Category Archives: National Register of Historic Places

Digital photos for National Register submissions: An interview with Michael Southern, North Carolina’s Senior Architectural Historian, on making the move to digital

By Lee Wright | Published: March 18, 2009

Today was the deadline to comment on the National Park Service’s draft digital photo policy.  An earlier article on state leadership on digital photo policies cited North Carolina’s policy of requiring digital photos.
I recently asked Peter Sandbeck, who administers North Carolina’s Historic Preservation Office and serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, how they [...]

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Sharing insights from state Connecting to Collections efforts

By Lee Wright | Published: March 12, 2009

When the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced the latest round of Connecting to Collections grants,  they included brief descriptions of each.  However, the full text of the submissions is not available online.
In an effort to share knowledge and insights among all of us working in this area, we can rectify this situation by [...]

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Digital photo policies for state historic preservation nominations

By Lee Wright | Published: March 11, 2009

The recent request by the National Park Service for comments on the proposed update to the National Register photography guidelines, which omits geotagging, raises the question of the way in which states handle digital photography.
North Carolina, for example, requires the use of digital photography:

North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Digital Photography for Historic Property Surveys and [...]

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Proposed National Register photo requirements omit geotagging

By Lee Wright | Published: March 8, 2009

The comment period for the new photo requirements for National Register submissions ends March 18. Despite the fact that these requirements will likely be in place for the next several years, the draft from the National Park Service does not require that photos be geotagged.
The omission was intentional, but here’s our chance to rectify [...]

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