PNAA - 6/21/19

Today I was able to process the entire first diary and collect the metadata from it. The next step I am working on and will pick back up when I return in double checking the individual files to check for cut off words for pages that need a quick re-scan or pages that were slightly more tilted and fixing those in Photoshop. It was a very productive first three weeks and I am excited to return July 8th. I hope everyone has a lovely Fourth of July and can't wait to be back!

PNAA - 6/20/19

After Sara had problems with the Beast yesterday Bill worked on it again and it seemed to solve the problem. I was able to scan an entire diary today including the inserted pages. They are only .jpg files right now and I will process them into .tifs tomorrow and process them.

PNAA - 6/18/19

All of the slides of this first round have been scanned!!!! Feels super great to have all of these easily accessible, all 1,319 slides! That's a whole lot of memories. Another favorite one of this collection is a photograph of "Land's End in England"

Hopefully will get this visit this place one day!

Also, I finally figured out what the name of that farm in Sweden was!

These were some of the magnified pictures I tried to take and took me several different spellings into google. I knew I was looking for a farm near Lake Viren based on the other slides and their titles. Finally this afternoon I gave it one that shot and the spelling of Blötvik finally sparked something in the search engine and google maps took to a location on the coast of Lake Viren located in Smaland, Sweden! Glad I was able to figure that one out. 

There are not too many, but some slides Olive's cursive was still a little squished for me and was not able to make out a few of the name or titles on some of the slides. But, maybe giving it a rest for a while and coming back with a fresh eye may help.

PNAA - 6/17/19

Today was able to make headway on the metadata on the last box of slides, only four pages left! Those will be finished tomorrow and I can get started on diaries! Super excited :)

Also update, I will be out of the office on Wednesday.

PNAA - 6/13/19

YAY! The last of these slides in the boxes have been scanned, now on to finish metadata and double check some of the words I was unsure about. Super excited to continue working on these.

Mary and Jenny dropped off new storage boxes for the next set of slides. Big boxes with smaller boxes inside of them and then the possibility to add even smaller boxes inside of those. It was crazy.

PNAA - 6/12/19

Today I was able to figure out a few of the stubborn Olive's words that have come my way. Haven't been to get a close look at these pictures because a lot of these have been labeled by Olive or Nelson. I am excited to continue working with these slides and diaries.

I am almost done with scanning the third box of slides and these seem to be a little bit more askew despite being latest in his career. I hope to finish scanning tomorrow and continue to move forward with processing.

PNAA - 6/11/19

Today was able to finish scanning box 11, but still deep in the Metadata of it all. There is lots of funky words, especially on their journey through Sweden, lots of interesting words. Pouring over her cursive has made me rethink my handwriting, as many times I can barely read my own. I plan to finish a rough metadata on this tomorrow and move on the scanning box 13. Once these three boxes have been scanned and given a rough metadata, I hope to either move on to the diaries or going back through and making sure everything is consistent throughout these first 3 boxes.

PNAA - 6/10/19

Today moved forward with the second box of slides. Got partway through processing and then got stuck on the one word. I will try and upload a picture of the word later. It starts with a B and I am convinced it is spelled Blotuik, but I have stronger feelings it is wrong. This is the name of a farm the family visited on occasion and am wondering if any one has any idea which farm this might be.

Other than that decoding Olive's cursive has been like solving little puzzle's throughout the day as I build up the metadata on these slides. It's been really interesting following this journey they went on excited to continue.

PNAA - 6/7/19

Today worked with the beast and was able to get up to 100 pages scanned. Worked on transferring these to .tifs. On Monday Bill plans to exchange out the computer back to the old one to try and isolate the problem. Hopefully everything runs smoothly. I was also able to move forward with the slides and I am halfway through the second sabbatical. Sadly, I have not gone through and finished processing so I have not been able to dive into the pictures yet, but look forward to it. Will be back on Monday to continue working :)

PNAA - 6/5/19

Today worked with the beast again and was capturing just fine. I seemed to have made the program mad and decided to stop while I was ahead and save the work but move on to slides. Was able to complete trays 2 and 3 from box 10 and hope to finish processing and scanning box 10 tomorrow. Very excited to continue moving forward.

PNAA - 6/4/19

Able to keep trucking along on the slides for the first Box and updating all metadata.

As I continue to move this box the more I fall in love with these pictures. This is probably my favorite so far:

Nelson and Olive had this labeled as Santillana del Mar in Northern Spain. I think this is a beautiful depiction of casual chaos among these streets, complete with bull (I think could be a cow), dogs, school children, and chicken! Also you can see what looks to be Olive, Erik, and Jan.

I have made it my new screen saver and can't wait to keep looking through these.

On another note, Bill spent awhile trying to figure out the underlying issue with the ATIZ and finally we were able to get it to take several photos in a row with no complications. We hope to keep everything the same and I hope to move forward with the same set up and continue with the diaries tomorrow!

PNAA - 6/3/19

This is the blog for 6/3/19 published a day late:

So happy to be back at school and working on new projects! This PNAA project looks incredibly interesting and talking this morning with Jenny and Mary gaze more insight to what it is. This already peaks my interest as I am studying abroad in Europe and hope to visit some of the places they traveled as well.

Started off setting up the ATIZ for the first diary and was finally able to get everything running. After a couple of shots taken, the same problem reoccurred and wasn't able to continue working on the diaries. Spoke to Bill and Sara, and hope to move forward tomorrow to take a closer look at the scanner.

Caught up with Jenny on moving forward with the slides rather than diaries and updated the spreadsheet accordingly.