NARA Records Retention Schedule
Look through available indexes- Birth, death, marriage, church, federal, etc.
Look at NYC and State Records
Research Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx) on Family Search
Go to Search- Records
Look for birth, military registration cards, census, marriage, passenger lists, etc. and come up with a brief biography.
Go to GGG Naturalization Index
Search: Albert Einstein (Petition 4009 USDC NJ Trenton)
Go to Family Search Naturalization Paperwork and search for the Petition Number
(found in 4001-4050)
Search Francesco Iula naturalized ca. 1900 (I-400)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2043782?collectionNameFilter=true
(image 3830)
https://www.familysearch.org (Search catalog-keyword-Historical Records Survey)
New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 — FamilySearch.org
https://www.nps.gov/hdp/habs/index.htm
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1940
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Work+Projects+Administration
Further Reading:
Compilation of sample documentation and policies relating to acquisition and appraisal from various institutions ( Society of American Archivists)
Look at the parent institution (if applicable) and see how these archives fit within their scope, what their collections cover (regional, time period, etc), how they might differ or are similar to like institutions
Northeast Document Conservation Center (2012). Handling Practices
Northeast Document Conservation Center (2012). Protection from Light Damage.
Northeast Document Conservation Center (2012). A Short Guide to Film Base Photographic Materials: Identification, Care, and Duplication.
Northeast Document Conservation Center (2012). Types of Photographs
New York State Archives Preservation Guidelines for Electronic Records
Science Friday (December 18, 2015). Podcast. Backing Up the World Wide Web.
How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's words were freed from old floppy disks.
New York State Archives (2015). Data Analysis Part One: Preservation Guidelines for Electronic Records
Digital Preservation Coalition
Ringel, S. & Woodall, A. (28 Mar. 2019). A public record at risk: The dire state of news archiving in the digital age. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved from: https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/the-dire-state-of-news-archiving-in-the-digital-age.php
Shaban, H. (19 Mar. 2019). What the huge loss of old Myspace music means for Internet culture. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/19/what-massive-loss-old-myspace-music-means-internet-culture/
Ulaby, N. (2019). Internet historians mourn loss of cultural record as Yahoo prepares to delete groups. All Things Considered, NPR. Retrieved from: https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786469397/internet-historians-mourn-loss-of-cultural-record-as-yahoo-deletes-group-archive
Dowling, S. (2 Apr. 2019). Why there’s so little left of the early Internet. BBC Future. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190401-why-theres-so-little-left-of-the-early-internet
Eloise, M. (24 May 2019). Should we be archiving our digital lives? And how? Vice. Retrieved from: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kx395/how-to-archive-your-digital-life
Hodgson, C. (16 Sept. 2019). How the Internet Archive is waging war on misinformation. Financial Times. Retrieved from: https://www.ft.com/content/5be1f2ee-d60b-11e9-a0bd-ab8ec6435630
Helps educators, librarians, lawyers, and many other users of copyrighted works determine whether their activities are within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law.
Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan - Northeast Document Conservation Center