Digitizing Colorado State University's
Historic Photograph Collection: A Case Study
Beth Oehlerts (Colorado State University Libraries)
Abstract
This chapter discusses the experiences of creating a medium-sized
digital collection of the earliest photographs from Colorado State
University's Historic Photograph Collection. The entire collection of
500,000 photographs chronicles the history of Colorado State
University, the city of Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Digitizing the first phase of this vast collection included
capturing 5500 images from glass plate negatives, 750 images from
magic lantern slides,and 7500 images from gelatin nitrate prints.
These formats were chosen because they are the oldest and most