The Matthew Vassar Papers project consists of autobiographies, autographs, correspondence, diaries, maps, and photographs related to the founder of Vassar College.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Finding aid available at: http:\/\/specialcollections.vassar.edu\/findingaids\/vassar_matthew.html<\/a><\/p>\n This project will be funded by the Goodman grant.<\/p>\n We propose to digitize Series 1 (Materials concerning Vassar College), with more series as time \/ funding permits.<\/p>\n There are 225 listed items in Series 1.\u00a0 A conservative estimate suggests 338 items.<\/p>\n Estimates and assumptions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Assumptions:<\/em><\/p>\n Estimate:<\/em><\/p>\n 338 items x 2 (recto\/verso) = 676 images<\/p>\n Archival images most likely 40MB each, service copies at 30MB each.<\/p>\n 338 TIFFs @ 40MB = 13,520 MB = ~ 13GB<\/p>\n 338 TIFFs @ 30MB = 10,140 MB = ~ 10GB<\/p>\n All imaging is for paper; a mix of flatbed scanning and copystand will be used.\u00a0 Special handling required in consultation with Special Collections and Archives.<\/p>\n Files will follow the standard practice:<\/p>\n project-prefix_box_folder_item_page<\/p>\n where folder, item, and page will be left string-padded to three places.<\/p>\n Project prefix: mvp (for “Matthew Vassar Papers”)<\/p>\n N.B.: the finding aid has some folders ending with the letter “A”.\u00a0 In these cases, we will treat the “A” folder as a second item<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n Introduction The Matthew Vassar Papers project consists of autobiographies, autographs, correspondence, diaries, maps, and photographs related to the founder of Vassar College. Finding aid available at: http:\/\/specialcollections.vassar.edu\/findingaids\/vassar_matthew.html This project will be funded by the Goodman grant. Scope We propose to digitize Series 1 (Materials concerning Vassar College), with more series as time \/ funding permits. … Continue reading Matthew Vassar Papers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":938,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21900,21898,21905],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current","category-digital-projects","category-track-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digitallibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Scope<\/h2>\n
Items<\/h2>\n
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Storage requirements (based on imaging specs, below)<\/h2>\n
Imaging specs<\/h2>\n
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Naming convention<\/h3>\n
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\nmvp_002_016_001_001a.tif — archival
\nmvp_002_016_001_001.tif — service<\/li>\n
\nmvp_014_467_002<\/strong>_001a.tif — archival
\nmvp_014_467_002<\/strong>_001.tif — service<\/li>\n
\nmvp_006_186_001_001a.tif — letter, archival
\nmvp_006_186_001_001.tif — letter, archival
\nmvp_006_186_001_002a.tif — photograph, archival
\nmvp_006_186_001_002.tif — photograph, archival<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nMetadata considerations<\/h2>\n
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Other considerations:<\/h2>\n
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