A digital collection

I have compiled a series of items for my digital collection which includes scanned documents, scanned photographs, word files, a powerpoint presentation, sound files (.wav) and moving images (.mov) files. I might add a PDF-A file later this week, since it just occurred to me that it would be a good thing to try out as well. The collection is comprised of items from my place of employment, and all the items focus on 20th century Virginia history. With the exception of the sound and moving image files, the materials are related to prohibition in Virginia (1916-1934). The sound and moving image files are from other collections at my institution - and were included to create a realistic scenario of the variety of materials that are often found in government records. Considering that the sound and moving image files are from a different collection (not Prohibition), description of these items within context will definitely vary, unless I create a general "20th century Virginia" collection. This collection (either created together as it is for this project) or as grouped by subject (Prohibition in Virginia; 20th century Virginia political campaigns) are of interest to those researching: 20th century culture in Virginia; moral legislation; Prohibition; politics in the American South; media in politics and political movements; and other topics. In thinking of key terms, I can't quite escape from the LCSH and the Art and Architecture thesaurus and have the following floating in my head: Virginia; Politicians and Politics; Prohibition; 20th century; speeches; sound recordings; etc.

I don't know how this mix of materials will work out, but it should be interesting to see what the various environments can accommodate. The collection I have compiled was assembled in order to truly test what these programs can do and see what might work for some projects that are going on at my place of employment. I can't wait to get started!