Lack Of Digitization

CTL-E-0769 · Practice · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Analog-only or inaccessible holdings: rescued collections still hostage to a single physical location, years or decades behind digitization.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-012; source research type(s): risk. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

EURweb, 'Ebony and Jet Magazine\u2019s Photo Archives Auctioned Off in Private Sale' (2019) — https://eurweb.com/ebony-and-jet-magazines-photo-archives-auctioned-off-in-private-sale/
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 'Chicago Library Receives $2 Million to Digitize Collection of African American History and Literature' (Feb 2024) — https://jbhe.com/2024/02/chicago-library-receives-2-million-to-digitize-collection-of-african-american-history-and-literature/
Mic, 'Obsidian Collection Archives is digitizing the rich photo legacy of the black press' — https://www.mic.com/articles/189710/obsidian-collection-archives-is-digitizing-the-rich-photo-legacy-of-the-black-press

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