Friday, January 14, 2011

Now Online John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum


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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - now online - www.jfklibrary.org
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Next week marks 50 years since the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and to help celebrate, the history of JFK's presidential library has gone digital.

The digital project launched Thursday with the help of Kennedy's daughter, Caroline.


Digitizing the presidential library was no easy task. It took four years and $10 million dollars to scan more than 200,000 documents.
They include Kennedy's handwritten notes and typed memos on the Cuban missile crisis and personal correspondence with leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.
There are also 1,200 recordings, reels of film, and hundreds of photographs from his presidency, including the final days and hours before his assassination.
You can log on to www.jfklibrary.org and explore the new digital archives.


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The John F. Kennedy Library announced their new Digital Archives on January 13, 2011. The result of a public-private partnership, It contains contains thousands of digitized documents; 300 recordings of telephone conversations, speeches, and meetings; museum artifacts; moving images; and photos and will continue to grow over the years.
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