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On Saturday, January 18, 2014, Concho Valley residents participated in the San Angelo History Harvest at the Stephens Central Library.

More than fifty community members brought old family photos, letters, journals, film and video, and other documents to be digitized onsite. Eight scanning stations were set up around the community room, staffed by sponsoring organizations and volunteers from Goodfellow Air Force Base who digitized hundreds of unique items along with collecting detailed documentation for each.

The collection owners were able to take their original materials home, along with free digital copies. The sponsoring organizations created and retained a digital copy in accordance with the owner's approval.

The objective of the History Harvest is to create a community collection from the area's families documenting local, regional, and national history to be held at the West Texas Collection (WTC) at Angelo State University and made available for research, teaching, and educational exhibitions. Most of the digitized images will be available on a community heritage website created by the West Texas Collection. The collection will continue to grow as sponsoring organizations host additional History Harvests within the Concho Valley.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) also participated in the History Harvest collecting Texas-based film and video for free digitization as part of their Texas Film Round-Up program. These materials are digitized in Austin and returned by mail to the owners, along with a digital copy. Over a two week period in San Angelo, TAMI collected a total of 1,294 films and videos.

Sponsoring local organizations include the Tom Green County Library, the West Texas Collection at Angelo State University, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, the San Angelo Genealogical and Historical Society, the San Angelo Standard Times and Region 15 Education Service Center.

View photos from the event, as well as some of the photographs and documents brought in by community members, in the slideshow below.

Flyer from the January 18, 2014, History Harvest in San Angelo.
Shannon Sturm (second from right), archivist and assistant head of special collections for the West Texas Collection, answers questions about the digitization process.
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  1. San Angelo residents arrive at the San Angelo History Harvest and check in at the intake table.
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  1. Thumbnail of: San Angelo residents arrive at the San Angelo History Harvest and check in at the intake table.
  2. Thumbnail of: Angelo State University student volunteer Abby Hall and Humanities Texas staff member Kelsi Tyler record information about family photographs brought by San Angelo residents to be digitized at the History Harvest.
  3. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Liz James takes a closer look at a historical photograph brought to the History Harvest by a San Angelo resident.
  4. Thumbnail of: A San Angelo resident looks through family photographs with volunteers from the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
  5. Thumbnail of: A volunteer from Goodfellow Air Force Base assists Humanities Texas staff member Sheena Moore with scanning historical documents.
  6. Thumbnail of: Shannon Sturm (second from right), archivist and assistant head of special collections for the West Texas Collection, answers questions about the digitization process.
San Angelo residents arrive at the San Angelo History Harvest and check in at the intake table.
History Harvest! : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: San Angelo residents arrive at the San Angelo History Harvest and check in at the intake table.
  2. Thumbnail of: Angelo State University student volunteer Abby Hall and Humanities Texas staff member Kelsi Tyler record information about family photographs brought by San Angelo residents to be digitized at the History Harvest.
  3. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Liz James takes a closer look at a historical photograph brought to the History Harvest by a San Angelo resident.
  4. Thumbnail of: A San Angelo resident looks through family photographs with volunteers from the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
  5. Thumbnail of: A volunteer from Goodfellow Air Force Base assists Humanities Texas staff member Sheena Moore with scanning historical documents.
  6. Thumbnail of: Shannon Sturm (second from right), archivist and assistant head of special collections for the West Texas Collection, answers questions about the digitization process.
  7. Thumbnail of: A collection owner provides details about a historical photograph to Humanities Texas staff member Kelsi Tyler.
  8. Thumbnail of: Susan Dirks from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (left) explains the Texas Film Round-Up, a program that provides free digitization of Texas-related films and videos.
  9. Thumbnail of: Collection owner Judy Baity displays a historical photograph of the Dossey and Davies Millinery Shop in Riverside, California.
  10. Thumbnail of: Letter dated February 19, 1864, from William Baskin in Tennessee to his sister in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Civil War. Courtesy of Patricia and William Wright Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  11. Thumbnail of: Letter dated December 17, 1860, from William Baskin to his father, William Chandler Baskin, during the Civil War, detailing rumors of secession, as can be read in the following excerpt: </br></br>"They [the students] are leaving on account of this state seceding. Pres. Patton gave us a lecture a few mornings ago in the chapel, he said that he thought it was useless for us to leave but he was confident that the state would secede, that we would be in no better condition by going to Miss., Ala., Ga. or Florida, for they would soon follow. (There he was forced to stop by the applause from Miss. and Ala. Students [...] the house shook with applause from all) [....]" William would later become mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi. Courtesy of Patricia and William Wright Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  12. Thumbnail of: Confederate soldier Charles Matthews in his Civil War uniform in Meridian Mississippi, ca. 1865. Courtesy of Judy Baity Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  13. Thumbnail of: Edward Haug (center) with parents Gotfried Haug and Amalia Haug at a barnstorming event in Leavenworth, Kansas, ca. 1917. Courtesy of Nada Huey Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  14. Thumbnail of: Edward Haug (second from left) and Mineola Haug (third from left) pose in front of a biplane in Fort Worth, Texas, ca. 1920. Courtesy of Nada Huey Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  15. Thumbnail of: Dossey and Davies Millinery Shop in Riverside, California. Courtesy of Judy Baity Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  16. Thumbnail of: Censored letter from William Wallace Lyles to his wife Jessie and daughter Patricia during his service in World War II, in which references to his location in the South Pacific were cut out. Courtesy of Patricia and William Wright Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
  17. Thumbnail of: President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves to onlookers from the presidential motorcade during a visit to San Angelo on January 14, 1957. Photo by Russell L. Seitz. Courtesy of Charlotte Seitz Collection, Community Heritage Collection, West Texas Collection, Angelo State University.
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