City of Dreams : The Atlantic City Experience

FAIN: ZPA-283590-22

Atlantic City Public Library (Atlantic City, NJ 08401-4606)
Robert Peter Rynkiewicz (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2021)
Jacqueline Silver-Morillo (Project Director: November 2021 to March 2023)

The partial retention of key library staff, the addition of a digital archive assistant and an archival consultant, and the purchase of scanning equipment and digitization software to create a new digital repository for the cultural heritage collections of a regional public library in New Jersey. 

The City of Dreams: the Atlantic City Experience project will enable the Atlantic City Free Public Library (ACFPL) to preserve and increase access to the Atlantic City Heritage Collections by creating “The Atlantic City Experience Research Library Digital Repository.” This project will contribute to the commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States by digitizing materials documenting the contributions of the African American community to the development of Atlantic City and to the nation. With the largest collection of print, photographic and audio-visual materials about Atlantic City, the ACFPL is in a unique position to tell this story. Funding for this project will enable the ACFPL to fulfill its humanities mission through the retention of staff and the development of the digital infrastructure needed to invite the exploration of Atlantic City’s history while facing the enormous challenge of providing services during the coronavirus pandemic.

Associated Products

Atlantic City Historical Collections Digital Repository (Web Resource)
Title: Atlantic City Historical Collections Digital Repository
Author: Jacqueline Silver-Morillo
Author: Kate Roland
Author: Heather Perez
Abstract: The first collection to be added to the new repository: "The City of Dreams: the Atlantic City Experience" The digitization of the African American history collections from the city’s inception in 1854 to present day. The collections feature dissertations, oral histories, photographs, and artifacts which capture the voices of African Americans who grew-up, lived, and worked in the segregated section of Atlantic City called the Northside as well as after desegregation. The library plans add : Audio recordings of Sonora Webster, an orphan from rural Georgia who became a featured attraction at Atlantic City's Steel Pier, diving from a 40-foot-high tower into a tank while astride a horse.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://t4b308767a0199fbe.starter1ua.preservica.com/
Primary URL Description: Atlantic City Free Public Library Digital Repository of the Atlantic City Historical Collections.

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