George Butler's 1862 letter to his future wife, Fanny Brett. It was partially written while on a ship. The language is distinctly of the time, and he makes unflattering observations of pre-earthquake San Francisco. Our Archives has a typed copy for legibility.

A “Buy Canadian” flyer tucked in a BC Cement Co receipt sent to Richard Nimmo in 1934. The flyer asked customers to buy produced-in-Canada goods to increase employment in our country!

A 1920 invoice from Brackman-Ker Milling Co to J.A. Bell for alfalfa meal and shorts. The whole delivery came to $9.80, including the .50 freight charge! A 1976 hand-drawn greeting card by Willard Michell, while he was in Saanich Peninsula Hospital.

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty is #ArchivesUniqueItems!

1862 letter from George Butler

1920 Brackman-Ker Milling invoice➡️JA Bell

“Buy Canadian” flyer tucked in a BC Cement Co receipt➡️Richard Nimmo in 1934

1976 greeting card by Willard Michell

#LogCabinMuseumAndArchives

libraries, archives, and museums by sharing our materials through the mutual #ArchivesHashtagParty. We’re not ready to say goodbye just yet, so we’re excited to continue sharing some of our materials here at the North Carolina Collection.

Here at the North Carolina Collection, we were saddened to hear about the end of #ArchivesHashtagParty. In 2017, the National Archives and Records Administration launched this social media campaign to connect hundreds of galleries,

DYK? We've had a few films that have been filmed around here at the #LogCabinMuseum!

And this month’s #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is #ArchivesFilm! So of course we're about #tbt.

#DeathGoesNorth (f. #RinTinTin), #SonOfLassie, #CommandosStrikeAtDawn, & more recently, #AirBud's #PuppyStarChristmas.

Today is #ViralVideoDay so we thought we’d bring back one of our most popular videos! This video was from the #ArchivesHashtagParty demonstrating the ASMR created by the Salting House door when we close up for the day.
#History #ViralVideo #ASMR

Even though the #ArchivesHashtagParty has come to an end is anyone interested in keeping the party going? #ArchivesHashtagAfterParty

#archives #glam #libraries #museums

Email that reads: "Dear #ArchivesHashtagParty Participants, After years of archival adventures and countless shared treasures, the #ArchivesHashtagParty has come to an end. Since its inception in August 2017 , this initiative has brought together hundreds of galleries, libraries, archives , and museums worldwide, reaching millions on lnstagram and X. From the inaugural #ArchivesSquadGoals to our grand finale in #ArchivesHandwriting, we have loved journeying through history's nooks and crannies together. Your enthusiasm turned these monthly themes into vibrant celebrations."

There are a million more essential reasons why dismantling the federal government is bad, but this one stings as an archivist. #ArchivesHashtagParty was a fun way to share the UAW archives with a broader audience and I will miss it. THANK YOU to the NARA social media team for the great work. 😢

A handwritten page from a journal with clear, orderly handwriting.

A handwritten page from a journal with informal and scribble-like handwriting.

Can't ready your doctor's handwriting? How about these pages from Dr. Howard A. Kelly's 1872 copybook - featuring his script as a 14-year-old composition student (left) and later as an adult (right).
#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesHandwriting

Page of DTR Kartabo station guest book of February 1916 showing signatures of William Beebe, Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, and 6-8 others.

We’re glad to be joining the #ArchivesHashtagParty this month, looking at #ArchivesHandwriting. Here we see an early 1916 page from the guestbook of the Department of Tropical Research’s station in Kartabo, British Guiana.
#archives

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy - Senior Class Examination in Theory and Practice of Pharmacy, April 12, 1878

It's time for another #ArchivesHashtagParty! This month's theme is #ArchivesHandwriting, and today we're sharing one of our old tests. This a gorgeous handwritten copy of the Senior Class Examination in Theory and Practice of Pharmacy from April 12, 1878. Can you answer any of the questions? 📝

The theme for today’s #ArchivesHashtagParty is #ArchivesHandwriting. ✒️

The handwriting booth at Olvera Street, via @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Herman J. Schultheis Collection (tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll...).

#OlveraStreet turns 95 this year as it opened on April 20, 1930.

Fort Snelling, Aug to Sept 2nd 1864. Dear Wife and Children I am well and hope you are all the same. It is a month to day since I left home. It seems a long time although I have nothing to complain of and if I was a young single man, I think I could enjoy myself. I have heard nothing from home since I left and I am anxious to hear from you, and whether you have found the sheep or not. I don't think they used me exactly right in not allowing me to volunteer, but I shall not fret about it. I published another piece in the paper which will appear in the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat of the 3rd Sept.

Inspired by @kenoshamuseums.bsky.social, here's part of a Civil War letter written by Charles Marples. Handwriting is pretty similar to their Civil War letter.

We have a substantial collection of materials from Marples, who moved from MN to NE
#ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty #archives

Handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Spine of handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Joining the #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty with this manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, handwritten (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper made by themselves at their paper mill. Undoubtedly written before they had their printing press! In the Athenaeum collection!

Piece of note paper with JFK's handwritten notes that includes the words and phrases "State of the Union," "Communist control is not negotiable," "Social reform - land change," and "Trujillo."

Page from Kathleen Kennedy's diary with entries for the days June 5, 6, and 9, 1944.

Notes for JFK's civil rights speech by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and another person.

Letter dated July 8, 1957 to Senator John F. Kennedy criticizing him for his remarks about Algeria.

We’re kicking off our first #ArchivesHashtagParty on here, and boy do we have a lot of material for this month’s theme: #ArchivesHandwriting.

From JFK to his family to administration members to everyday citizens, the archives at the JFK Library is full of examples of all kinds of penmanship.

Flyer with illustration of Africa with eye in center, top half colored in green and bottom half colored in red.

This #handwritten #poster fills our #handwriting fix for #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty! African Students Association event from Apr 1967 promised movies, cultural displays, folk songs & dances 💚

Full poster: bit.ly/ou-ua-africa... #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO

Handwritten letter to Miss Callie Harding, Kearney, Neb. My dear cousin, I presume by this time you have given up all hopes of ever again hearing from me, but I pray you to excuse my negligence this time and promise you I will do better in the future.

Behind on your emails (I know I am)? You're in good company. Mae Strickland opens her 1891 letter to her cousin Callie Harding with: "I presume by this time you have given up all hopes of ever again hearing from me."
#Archives #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty #Nebraska

It's #ArchivesHandwriting for this month's theme of the #ArchivesHashtagParty. Today, archives around the country are sharing resources from their collections to celebrate the art of penmanship.

Anonymous poem next to a crepe paper owl perched on gold painted stick. Poem Transcription: "Oh the Owls, Oh the Owls, Just listen to them howl. They work on education Public health + legislation We work hard from morn till late at nite To make all bills so very tight. Bring on the Owls " " " "

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is #ArchivesHandwriting, and it's also #WomensHistoryMonth, so we wanted to highlight the OWLs! The VT Chapter of the Order of Women Legislators, est. 1936, encouraged election or appointment of women to public office and provided support among its members.

#TBT: 1951 postcard of Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills💚 The Ridgewood Savings Bank at 71st Ave (still standing!) is at center right. Postmarked March 9th, the back features #ArchivesHandwriting with a message for family.

#QPLarchives #Postcards #1950s #ForestHillsQueens #ArchivesHashtagParty

Large group of Japanese Americans gather for a group photo outside of barracks, with mountains in the background. Manzanar, 1943. Courtesy of the National Park Service, Katsumi Taniguchi Collection. #ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

Akiko Iwasaki posing in front of barracks and Heart Mountain, 1944. Courtesy of Yoshio Okumoto. #ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

Barracks in winter, covered in snow and icicles. Amache, 1942-1945. Courtesy of the George Ochikubo Collection. #ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

A group photo of the Gila River Co-op workers on a picnic. They are surrounded by rocks and cacti. Gila River, 1944. Courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections. #ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

A young girl wearing a coat and boots stands near barracks, Minidoka. Courtesy of the Frank Kubo Collection. #ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

The #archiveshashtagparty theme for today is #archiveslandscape, so we’re taking a look at the desolate desert and swamplands that the 10 War Relocation Authority camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII were located. First up, Castle Rock behind the Tule Lake barracks.

Last year, ANCM and Paul Rafferty did some detective work and discovered that this #ArchivesLandscape painting by Winston Churchill, long thought to depict Venice, is actually a view of Miami (see the palm trees and skyscrapers?)
🖼️L2023.12.1
📷2024 photo #ArchivesHashtagParty

Long view of person walking along a vast landscape in Antarctica. Color slide.

LIFE magazine visits Wright Valley, Antarctica: Investigating the world's coldest desert, 1984-85, is our #ArchivesLandscape today!
More from this shoot online at our Lynn Johnson Collection at bit.ly/lynnjohnson-...
#ArchivesHashtagParty #DocumentaryPhotography

Field of hyoscyamus in bloom, image from Heber W. Youngken Sr.'s personal correspondence and photographs in the MCPHS Archives

It’s the first #ArchivesHashtagParty of the year! This month’s theme is #ArchivesLandscape and we automatically thought of Heber W. Youngken Sr.! Heber W. Youngken Sr. was a faculty member at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy from 1923 until his death in 1963.

Sepia photograph of a rolling plain. Houses are tucked into a small grove of trees, with a larger building in the background

Black and white photo of Lake Kearney from the NW. The landscape is mostly flat, with a few trees and one person in the foreground. Houses are visible in the distance

Two views of Kearney, #Nebraska, proving that Nebraska isn't 100% flat. These were taken in the late 19th/early20th century; the lake one by Solomon Butcher & Son, the other by John Stryker.
#ArchivesLandscape #ArchivesHashtagParty

Recognized as one of the most significant designed landscapes in the country, Mount Auburn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 & designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003. Photo: Alan Ward
#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesLandscape @usnatarchives