About the website
How to use collection inventories [video]
A short video to walk you through our system for cataloging items within the collection. The video is out of date. One major addition is the search function we've added to the website, which can be found at the bottom of any page.
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About the Collection
The collection has gone through several phases. You can get a glimpse of how it came be here.
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Website Timeline
Updates were made to the website frequently. All of the changes within a given month (or series of months) are recorded so we can map the development of the website.
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Collaborators & Supporters
The collection is managed by Kit Porter Van Meter (KPV), but many have helped create it. Find out more about the contributors here.
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Initial Collection Supporters
Several people were crucial in the development of the collection. You can read more about those individuals here.
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NMHC Grant (2019) Updates
We tracked our last grant (May 2019 to December 2019) from the Northern Marianas Humanities Council with a series of updates--you can view them here.
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Personal CommentA heartfelt thank you to the Northern Marianas Humanities Council for supporting this work. I did not realize how difficult the job would be of working with this collection; I had left everything in boxes for 30 and more years for a reason. Without NMHC's support all this material would never have been made available to the NMI and the general public. On one level, it helped greatly to know that a group of people cared about preserving and having access to this material. On another level, I did not have the skills to design and do the technical/computer work. Michael Sousa proved to be the perfect person to teach and assist me.
It was my privilege to live on Rota and Saipan and to be part of those communities and their histories. My hope is that friends and families will enjoy seeing this slice of history. -Kit |