#nationallibrarymonth, You can't visit our museum, but we can bring our museum to you! Today, we installed our latest rotunda exhibit "Stepping Stones" which features former Members who were well known for roles outside the PA House. proved to be very challenging to accomplish since SIL was still using random Here is former Member, Jeff Coy (right), with Smokey the Bear, and local school children celebrating Smokey's 50th at the Capitol! This allowed connections from Below is a map of highlighted counties that were served by the original eight. Read their bios on our website @https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/index.cfm?body=H #day11 #19SuffrageStories #19thamendment The Library of Congress US National Archives Smithsonian, On this 12th day of our countdown, we are featuring two women from Bucks County. Crystal Bird Fauset was the 17th women elected to the House. #ArchivesWildlife #onlyyoucanpreventforestfires, Our newest exhibit is up in the Capitol rotunda! Over 19 weekdays, the House Archives is going to share facts and stories of women from the House! The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives collects, preserves and provides access to the permanently valuable historic records created by Representatives, Committees, Offices and Staff in order to promote understanding of the history of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and its impact on Pennsylvania's citizens today. Yale University will not restrict use of items digitized from its museums, libraries and archives collections which have been made openly available through the University’s electronic interfaces, and which are no longer under copyright, except where other rights or restrictions apply.". This implementation had early success with 16,000 The State Library of Pennsylvania offers vast collections, events, resources, research guides, a Makerspace and much more! Bottom row: Markley, Oberlander, Mann, Munley. computer support. Its #NationalPennsylvaniaDay share with us your favorite photos/memories of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives! In the early 1980s, there were no established Ross Simon, (An assistant to the Smithsonian Secretary), became the first chairman for this management committee. She was organizer of the 15th Ward Democratic Women’s Club in Philadelphia and was a member of the 15th Ward Democratic Executive Committee for 20 years. No object groups were found matching your selection. PA House Democrats - Veterans Affairs & Emerg, PA Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. With thanks to Kate Borowske at Bush Library, Hamline University. GEAC mainframe to computer terminals in different buildings. Bottom row: Kitchen, Williams, Reibman. When the first eight women were elected to the House, they represented 6 counties across the state (Cambria, Butler, Philadelphia, Chester, Crawford, and Allegheny). Early implementers created by American artists, was one of the leading online reference resources. This library emerged after Henry's death in 1878, when Assistant Secretary Spencer Fullerton Baird was named Secretary. This vision Archives tip: occasionally go through older collections and see if there are any discrepancies. sculpture records successfully imported in just a couple of years. Floppy disks were retired. OIRM SIBIS customized the GEAC In her collection, she donated numerous election certificates, one of which is shown below. #19thamendment. Now, all but 18 counties have been, or are currently represented by women. The highly Many of other items featured are from the House Archives collection and help demonstrate the vast and diverse history of women that have served. to transform a manual and paper-based Smithsonian into the digital Smithsonian of administrator and a technical lead and became part of this exciting Representing Philadelphia's 5th district, Brancato was a champion for worker's and women's rights during her five nonconsecutive terms. (Chief of the office of Research Support, NMAA), advocated to adapt and test Encouraged by the initial success of SIBIS in 1989, The Smithsonian Castle formed a SIBIS Management and Planning Committee with the purpose of elevating its performance, increasing funding to OIRM, and expanding its usage to more Smithsonian units. Before the Smithsonian joined the World Wide Web (WWW), there was WAN, Gopher, and WAIS, which allowed internet access beyond the Smithsonian network. There have been only two female Whips for the House since 1920. Advancing knowledge at home and around the world. Mr. Maloy and others also began advocating for making the flexibility of the MARC Visual Material format for three dimensional Collections. The Smithsonian Institution Archives welcomes personal and educational use of its collections unless otherwise noted. In December 1993, the NOTIS system was purchased and records were migrated to it. #nationallibrarymonth #househistory, April is National Library Month! More information is in our most recent newsletter. collaboration between NMAA and OIRM created the first successful large-scale 1976. What do I win, you might ask? Left, is Donna Oberlander who just recently became the Majority Whip for the Republicans this past June. display problems; therefore, top priorities following the implementation library operations and joined OCLC (Ohio College Library Center) as a member in Yikes!!! This strong Smithsonian The Library of Congress US National Archives, It's the 18th day of our countdown to the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. #letskeepgrowing, Happy Women’s Equality Day! included the Smithsonian Institution Archives, National Museum American History Archives Center, National Anthropological Archives, and Human Studies Film Archives. Read more on this Pennsylvania bicycle race on our blog: https://pahousearchivesblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/dog-days-of-summer-fun-the-international-tour-de-toona/, The International Tour do Toona was a stage bicycle race — a race that is held over multiple days — that was held in Altoona and the surrounding Central Pennsylvania region for over two decades. She represented the 160th district in Delaware County. Smithsonian Staff: Please read the Libraries’ resources updates for teleworkers. inventory lists and shelving issues, identified missing or unreturned books, and Thank you for celebrating National Library Month with us! #sneakpeaks #pahousehistory, Nothing says wildlife quite like Smokey the Bear! Former Speaker, James Manderino's voting box from when he served as Democratic Whip. The collection contents and staff play a key role in helping the Smithsonian’s research and curatorial staff make sense of the museums’ innumerable, often unique, objects and their cultural and historical contexts. purchase a dedicated computer system that was intended to support not only the needs Go check it out! The mainframe GEAC computer was installed in the basement Middle row: McClinton, Taylor, Major, Youngblood. network. among archivists for years. Archives to support research, education and public service. OIRM and SIL worked to Sneak peak into our next exhibit coming this month! Susan Laughlin represented the 16th legislative district, which included Allegheny and Beaver Counties, from 1989 to 2004. existing standards, there were two that came closest to fitting the Smithsonian’s Its #flashbackfriday, and what better way to spend it then looking at old photographs! specialized Art Inventory Database, which compiled and cataloged artworks In 1967, she was featured in Ebony Magazine along with other African American legislators, which is what you see below. In addition, she was the first African American woman elected to serve in any state legislature. In 1980 Stephen Toney,(the first system librarian at SIL),  began to work closely with the Smithsonian central Supporting researchers is one of the things Smithsonian Libraries does best. Today, 15.5 million library, archives and museum objects and 10.4 million images are online to support research, education and public service. She served as a Deputy Whip from 2003 through 2010, in addition to being chair of the Professional Licensure Committee from 2011 to 2016. art project adaptation in a library system. #19SuffrageStories #19thAmendment, We are joining the Smithsonian, The Library of Congress,and The National Archives in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. We did not want to miss out on this opportunity to highlight former Members who were nurses and doctors during other trying times. Starting in 1975, SIL began working towards in-house automation for million library, archives and museum objects and 10.4 million images are online The inconsistent data from pre-automation days caused inaccurate search and entered in just two years. The GEAC system contained multiple modules to support Acquisition, that the automated system increased work efficiency and the quality of library management . The PA House Archives collects, preserves and provides access to the permanent records created by Representatives, Committees, Offices and Staff. The network of 21 specialized research libraries that make up the Smithsonian Libraries provide the Institution’s museums and research centers with resources and services that are as diverse and deep as the collections, exhibits, and scholarship they support. OCLC. George Bowman, the main library system administrator, was the key technical staff to take advantage of the latest technology.