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Tompkins History Center showcases HistoryForge and new online collections portal
Summary
The Tompkins History Center demonstrated HistoryForge (a searchable census‑to‑building transcription tool through 1950) and a new collections catalog that will house digitized files and oral histories; the center described loss of federal operating funds and plans for sustainability.
Ben Sandberg of the Tompkins History Center presented two digital initiatives to the Government Operations Committee on Dec. 4: HistoryForge, a transcription and mapping application built from individual‑level census records through 1950, and a newly launched online collections catalog that will eventually host thousands of digitized items including oral histories.
Sandberg said federal funding that previously supported the…
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