{"id":1194,"date":"2013-07-27T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2013-07-29T17:43:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T17:43:45","slug":"online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"wdel<\/a>
At one time WDEL in Wilmington also had a television broadcast station. Source: http:\/\/www.oldwilmington.net\/oldwilmington\/radio-tv.htm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are significant online resources to help scholars and the public locate and use video and audio recordings of broadcasts, and we are seeing some great advances in this area.\u00a0 One of those involves the Internet Archive<\/a>, a source of web-based content since the late 1990s.\u00a0 Beginning with printed matter and websites, the aggregator and digitizer quickly added audio and moving images to the initial holdings.<\/p>\n

Now this virtual repository has taken another leap forward as it added television news from 20 different channels.<\/a>\u00a0 By collecting and preserving broadcasts, the Archive gives researchers easy access to network and local programs produced over the past 3 years.\u00a0 Twenty-four hours after an airing, the latest show is added to the files.\u00a0 But \u201cThe plan is to go back year by year, and slowly add news video going back to the start of television,\u201d the New York Times report<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

This collection was inspired by Vanderbilt University\u2019s Television News Archive<\/a>, an earlier project to preserve and provide access to the news broadcasts from the national television networks.\u00a0 Vanderbilt creates recording of news broadcasts and preserves the content for future generations while providing the widest access possible within the copyright limits.\u00a0 This repository has recordings back to August 5, 1968.\u00a0 Its core consist of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox News.<\/p>\n

The Library of Congress is working to rescue shows shot on fragile videotape, the Washington Post Reports<\/a>.\u00a0 At the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center technicians are converting old videotapes, from the 1950s through the 1970s, into digital files.\u00a0 The tapes with delicate coatings are in outdated formats, and programs were often erased as producers \u201cwere slow to realize that the initial records might have value in the distant future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"wdel<\/a>
A WDEL TV broadcast from Wilmington Delaware in 1950. Courtesy of oldwilmington.net
http:\/\/www.oldwilmington.net\/oldwilmington\/radio-tv.htm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also the University of Baltimore\u2019s Langsdale Library has the WMAR Collection<\/a>, a source for news broadcasts from Maryland\u2019s first television station.\u00a0 The film and videotapes comprise broadcasts from 1948 to 1987.<\/p>\n

And here is a link to the NBCUniversal Archive.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

These resources are going to be valuable as scholars and the public may easily access and leverage largely untapped broadcast records to peer into and reconstruct the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are significant online resources to help scholars and the public locate and use video and audio recordings of broadcasts, and we are seeing some great advances in this area.\u00a0 One of those involves the Internet Archive, a source of web-based content since the late 1990s.\u00a0 Beginning with printed matter and websites, the aggregator and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOnline Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mike's History Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dixonhistory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dixonhistory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"headline\":\"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/wdel-tv.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/wdel-tv.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/wdel-tv.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/wdel-tv.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mike's History Blog\",\"description\":\"Reflections & News About Working With the Past\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\",\"name\":\"Mike\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog","description":"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog","og_description":"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/","og_site_name":"Mike's History Blog","article_published_time":"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Mike","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dixonhistory","twitter_site":"@dixonhistory","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/"},"author":{"name":"Mike","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"headline":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts","datePublished":"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/"},"wordCount":414,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/","name":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts - Mike's History Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg","datePublished":"2013-07-27T16:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-29T17:43:45+00:00","description":"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. Watch the online journal for pieces on research projects I am working on, tips for doing local and family history in Delaware and Maryland, and news and comments of interest to those following the practice. -- Mike Dixon, Historian","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/wdel-tv.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/online-resources-help-researchers-tap-into-tv-radio-broadcasts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/","name":"Mike's History Blog","description":"Reflections & News About Working With the Past","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a","name":"Mike","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mike"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2IGzo-jg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":255,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/cab-calloway-summer-students-explore-mass-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":0},"title":"Helping Cab Calloway Summer School Students Explore Mass Media","author":"Mike","date":"August 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I just finished working with an engaged group of young people at the Cab Calloway Summer School for the Arts.\u00a0 The progra\u00a0was designed to introduce\u00a0these scholars to old media, which was largley new to them. \"This Just In: When Radio & Television Came of Age\" was fun to do as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Delaware"","block_context":{"text":"Delaware","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/delaware\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/old-radio-1-1024x754.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":918,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/digital-university-collections-for-research-delaware-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":1},"title":"Digital University Collections For Researching Delaware History","author":"Mike","date":"February 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The University of Delaware has been working to make digital collections available on the World Wide Web, for some time now.\u00a0 The scope of those efforts is large and covers a vast amount of different resources, which are helpful\u00a0when investigating Delaware\u2019s past. The diverse body of material\u00a0has many resources.\u00a0 There\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Research Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Research Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/research-resources\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Review, the student newspaper of the Unviersity of Delaware, from May 1970. Digital editions of the serial are available online.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/review-may-12-1970.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1972,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/mike-dixon-named-to-national-fire-heritage-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":2},"title":"Cecil County Man Named to National Fire Heritage Center","author":"Mike","date":"December 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Dixon of Elkton, MD has been named to the Board of Trustees for the National Fire Heritage Center.\u00a0 The National Fire Heritage Center is the nation\u2019s archive for historic documents, and other perishables related to fire protection.\u00a0 These perishables include:\u00a0 art and artifacts, audio, books, charts and graphs, documents,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fire Service"","block_context":{"text":"Fire Service","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/fire-service\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dixon-scan-0021a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dixon-scan-0021a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dixon-scan-0021a.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dixon-scan-0021a.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1213,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/media-outlets-interested-in-mason-dixon-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":3},"title":"Media Outlets Interested in Mason-Dixon Line","author":"Mike","date":"August 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On the Pennsylvania Line, I am doing an interview with a Baltimore Television Station about the Mason-Dixon Line. All around parts of the Mason-Dixon Line, communities are observing the start of the 250th anniversary of the beginning of one of America\u2019s most famous boundaries.\u00a0\u00a0 The work by Charles Mason and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maryland"","block_context":{"text":"Maryland","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/maryland-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mason-dixon-channl-45-la.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mason-dixon-channl-45-la.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mason-dixon-channl-45-la.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mason-dixon-channl-45-la.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mason-dixon-channl-45-la.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1722,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/historical-research-into-a-disaster-greenwood-delaware\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":4},"title":"Historical Research into a Railroad Disaster: Greenwood, Delaware","author":"Mike","date":"June 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I have been researching a deadly Delaware tragedy that spurred a vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad to push for national safety transportation regulations.\u00a0 Following several accidents involving powerful explosives, including a catastrophic one in Greenwood, DE, the Bureau of Explosives was created under the American Railway Association. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Community Studies"","block_context":{"text":"Community Studies","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/community-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A house destroyed in the greenwood diasaster, a train wreck.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/greenwood-108a-greenwood-explosion-library-greewood-town-history-300x210.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5234,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/salem-county-newspapers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1194,"position":5},"title":"Salem County Newspapers Online","author":"Mike","date":"August 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Chronicling America at the Library of Congress has updated its digital newspaper database with the inclusion of two historic Salem County newspapers: The Monitor and the Monitor-Register. These Woodstown, NJ papers, spanning 1884 to 1925, are now digitally accessible for historical and family history research. The publications were successfully added\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Jersey"","block_context":{"text":"New Jersey","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/new-jersey\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-07_22-58-56.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-07_22-58-56.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-07_22-58-56.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-07_22-58-56.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-07_22-58-56.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}