Black Metropolis: Digitizing the History of Mill Creek
20,000 residents, 43 churches, over 800 businesses. A thriving Black community, demolished. Now, the pieces are being put back together. A few weeks ago, Anderson Archival met with Christopher Gordon and Levi Cullifer of the Missouri Historical Society. Gordon, Director of Library and Collections, has been with the Society for 23 years. He is responsible […]
Celebrating Anderson Technologies’ 30 Year Anniversary
By Managing Principal Farica Chang What does a digitization and legacy preservation company give a technology company for its 30-year anniversary? If you’re Anderson Archival, you give Anderson Technologies its history in book form. Over the last months leading up to this milestone anniversary, the Anderson Archival team worked to gather story data, digitize newly […]
Ancestry Interred
Above photo by Andrea Glazer, 2022. Communities are built on cultural touchstones like churches and common meeting places, parks and schools for children to learn and play, and cemeteries to lay ancestors to rest and revere their legacies. We’ve talked in the past about the importance of cemetery records to cultural heritage. The physical conservation […]
Incoming!
by Marcia Spicer Every few months the question of location comes up when talking with prospective Anderson Archival clients. We’re located in St. Louis, Missouri, and for many local families and organizations—like one we’ll be profiling next month—that’s perfect. For others, distance is a pain point. I can empathize with that; after all, we’re typically […]