By: Esther Appiah & Ali Kara

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Dr. Fiona Vernal (representing WISC) Dr. Maurice Wade: Trinity College

Josh Serrano - Community Activist

Lloyd Best - Trinidadian Philosopher and Public Intellectual

Settlement and Housing in Post-War Hartford, CT

2 Airey Home, Chatham St, Hartford

● TOOLS: You may like a specific tool but it may not be appropriate for your data.

● Work with the resource limitations that you have; in this case our IPHONES and no video camera.

● Deeds office: Different layers of expertise: develop expertise in context; ask for help when we exceeded our expertise.

Takeaways● COMMUNITY PARTNERS: We need

to cater to the needs of our community partners as their priorities may shift but we want to avoid mission creep, adapted from its military context to mean: a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a project, often resulting in an unplanned long-term commitment beyond the scope and resources of the original plan

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Caribbean American Society● Embraced a new

opportunity to secure data with minimal demands on our resources

Takeaways Continued

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Christian Activities Council● Embraced the

opportunity to create an exhibit and conduct oral histories with the No More Slumlords Movement

West Indian Social Club● Declined the request

to find/ format images of 174 members that could be done by organization.

● Engaging with community partners requires discretion● Unforeseen Collaborations: Mission Creep vs New Opportunities

❏ Great for conducting oral histories and generating a raw transcript

❏ Transcribing feature that highlights as you read along

❏ Reasonable cost: Ten (10) cents per minutes ❏ You can upload other audio/video files❏ Works best with phone in airplane mode❏ Voice/Text recognitions require a lot of editing

Temi

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TEMI TRANSCRIPT SAMPLE

Deeds Office

● Quit-rent● Lien● Federal Tax Lien● Certificate of Attachment● Warranty Deed ● Lis Pendens

7Mortgage Deed

How many of the terms below can you identify?

Caribbean American Society,

est 1957

Membership Liston loan

from Edwin Carty, former president and member

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Obituary sample from Hartford Courant

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FINDING AND GENERATING CONTENT FOR AN ONLINE ARCHIVE

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● MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERTISE

● You will NEVER be an expert in any field in just 3 months

● You need to be an efficient reader○ Create a list of terms

● It’s okay to be frustrated, but don’t forget to try, try again.

Takeaways

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Caribbean Anticolonial Thought Online Archive

http://caribbeananti-colonialthoughtarchive.domains.trincoll.edu/

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Online Archival Resources

Thanks for Listening!

14Any Questions?