Digital Conversion of Photographic Negatives 1954-1956

The Worthington Globe newspaper is a regional paper long-serving the counties in southwestern Minnesota. The once-daily newspaper now only publishes twice a week. As the Globe consolidated, its large collection of photographic negatives was moved to various locations. The ownership at the Globe recognized something needed to be done to preserve the regional history contained in the photographic negatives and approached the NCHS. The Globe has signed a release form donating the thousands of negatives and granting the use of the images. As part of a phased grant project, negatives from the years 1954 to 1956 were cataloged and scanned in-house for this grant. The original negatives were then placed into archival storage. Digitization not only helps preserve the images on the negatives but also daylights images for easy access and sharing that otherwise would have remained hidden from view.