Post by Ishkah on Feb 10, 2024 3:34:40 GMT
Michigan University has tons of special collection archives that can be searched through.
Here's a guide for requesting scans from the Ted Kaczynski Papers collection, but the same guide can be applied to other collections:
Also if you are able to visit the reading room in person here are some tips:
Here's a guide for requesting scans from the Ted Kaczynski Papers collection, but the same guide can be applied to other collections:
Step 1: Browse through the full archive contents list for the 1 or 2 folders you’d like to request (You can only request 2 items per month): Ted Kaczynski Papers 1996-2014 (umich.edu)
Make a note of the ‘mixed materials’ number from the 1st column and the folder number from the second column, this is the box and folder number for where it’s stored in the library.
Step 2: Sign up for a free account on the University of Michigan Special Collections website under "All Other Researchers", so that you can request items: Aeon - Registration
Make sure to use a real email you have access to, as that’ll be where they send the dropbox links to scans of items you requested.
Step 3: Once you’re registered, Click here for the archive catalog: Ted Kaczynski papers, 1996-. - Record - Catalog - Library Search (umich.edu)
Scroll to the bottom of that page and click "Request this". (Don’t worry that it says reading room only, see next step).
Step 4: Then click "Switch to Duplication Request" in the top-right corner.
Step 5: A lot of the form will show as having already been filled in automatically. So, you just have to scroll down to where it says box number, and fill in that with the corresponding ‘Mixed Materials’ number from the catalog in step 1.
Under "Other Detail, Inclusive Pages, Etc" you can just reiterate that you’d like ‘Full scans of folders ___ & ___ please.’
Then just hit “Submit Request” and you're finished.
Step 6: In roughly 20 days you should get an email with a scan of your document in a dropbox link. But, you can always sign back into your account to see how the request is progressing (remember that your username is the email you used to sign up with): Aeon - Registration
Make a note of the ‘mixed materials’ number from the 1st column and the folder number from the second column, this is the box and folder number for where it’s stored in the library.
Step 2: Sign up for a free account on the University of Michigan Special Collections website under "All Other Researchers", so that you can request items: Aeon - Registration
Make sure to use a real email you have access to, as that’ll be where they send the dropbox links to scans of items you requested.
Step 3: Once you’re registered, Click here for the archive catalog: Ted Kaczynski papers, 1996-. - Record - Catalog - Library Search (umich.edu)
Scroll to the bottom of that page and click "Request this". (Don’t worry that it says reading room only, see next step).
Step 4: Then click "Switch to Duplication Request" in the top-right corner.
Step 5: A lot of the form will show as having already been filled in automatically. So, you just have to scroll down to where it says box number, and fill in that with the corresponding ‘Mixed Materials’ number from the catalog in step 1.
Under "Other Detail, Inclusive Pages, Etc" you can just reiterate that you’d like ‘Full scans of folders ___ & ___ please.’
Then just hit “Submit Request” and you're finished.
Step 6: In roughly 20 days you should get an email with a scan of your document in a dropbox link. But, you can always sign back into your account to see how the request is progressing (remember that your username is the email you used to sign up with): Aeon - Registration
Also if you are able to visit the reading room in person here are some tips:
It's just the same registration form to to be able to request items & visit the reading room: Aeon - Registration
Here’s the request form for booking the reading room: Aeon - EAD Requests (umich.edu)
You just have to tick the boxes for the boxes of documents you’d like to see, and they will be brought out one at a time when you visit.
Then say what date you’d like to visit. You have to submit your request at least one week in advance of your visit. And here's the address:
Sixth Floor, Room 660
Hatcher Library South
913 S. University Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
Finally, you definitely have permission to take photos as the archive curator confirmed on the website blog article: The Ted Kaczynski Papers.
Here’s the request form for booking the reading room: Aeon - EAD Requests (umich.edu)
You just have to tick the boxes for the boxes of documents you’d like to see, and they will be brought out one at a time when you visit.
Then say what date you’d like to visit. You have to submit your request at least one week in advance of your visit. And here's the address:
Sixth Floor, Room 660
Hatcher Library South
913 S. University Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
Finally, you definitely have permission to take photos as the archive curator confirmed on the website blog article: The Ted Kaczynski Papers.