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Years before social media and the Internet, @AlonsoSPerales corresponded with people across the US to mobilize Latino civil activism. Just how far did his network extend? Browse this digital project to see the extent of his work: recoveryapp.github.io/ASPCorresponde… #usLdh #digitalhumanities Map of North America with lines connecting points.
@AlonsoSPerales Perales was a co-founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (@LULAC) and one of the most prominent US civil rights leaders of the twentieth century.
@AlonsoSPerales @LULAC This digital project was supported by Recovery's US Latino Digital Humanities program and led by Dr.@LGauth19 and @thereza68, MLS, with help from Sonia Del Hierro and Sophia Martinez. The Alonso S. Perales Papers are housed at @UHoustonLib Special Collections. #usLdh
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Since pretty much everyone under quarantine has to use digitized primary sources, I thought it might be useful to point to #digitalarchives that *explicitly* acknowledge & caution users abt #archivalsilences in their contents, and describe their work to rectify them.

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1/ A note: Most people appreciate the easiness of online access to archival material, but tend to forget that all #digitization is selective.
2/ This means that what you see online is usually not “everything” that an institution holds abt a topic. It's important to understand the digitized together w the physical. Even if you can't access physical records now, you'll be able to better contextualize what you see online.
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