New Digital Collection: Diaries Digitized by UC Merced Tell First-Hand of Civil War, Lincoln Assassination
abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20
Summary:
INFOdocket draws attention to this announcement from the California Digital Library: “A new digital collection provides a glimpse into the everyday life of a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil War, as well a first-hand account of President Lincoln’s assassination and its aftermath. The UC Merced Library contributed the collection to the Online Archive of California (OAC), Calisphere, and Merritt, in what appears to be the final chapter in a search for Lincoln’s last written words... The Nightingale collection is available on the OAC and Calisphere, and has been deposited in the Merritt digital curation repository—thus ensuring both broad public access to and long-term preservation of these historically significant materials.”