Blogging with Historical Documents

An interesting approach to blogging on historic collections is being taken by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.  Chewpapers.blogspot.com follows the efforts of several archivists in restoring and organizing a trove of documents recovered from the Chew’s family estate, Cliveden. The blog takes an interesting approach to the documentation by scanning the documents and posting them as high resolution pictures that can be viewed by readers. The quality of the pictures is fantastic and it is fascinating to be able to read the actual hand written documents. This innovative approach to blogging helps to include the public in research in an interactive way.