Montana Memory is easier to use than ever

I've long had a love-hate relationship with the Montana Memory Project, which provides access to digital collections that relate to Montana’s cultural heritage and government to make previously unavailable historic and cultural content available to the general public. (Think of it as Montana's version of the Library of Congress's American Memory Project.)

Love, because there's so much great stuff available. Hate, because in the past, it has been hard to find what I'm looking for. That last part is changing—thanks to the work that Jennifer Birnel and friends have been doing to make searching Montana Memory easier.

The new Collections Page makes it easy to narrow your search by collection (for example, Mapping Montana and the West or Photographs from the Montana Historical Society). That page also makes it easier to refine your search by the type of material you want to search (for example, photographs, documents). Once you've pulled up a list of search items, you can use the date feature on the left hand side of the page to narrow your search even further.

Intrigued? Jennifer created a brief video on searching the new Collections Page that you may find helpful. She's also always happy to answer questions.

Better yet, plan on attending our session at the upcoming Indian Education for All Best Practices Conference on finding primary sources, where Jennifer will provide a training in finding IEFA-related materials on Montana Memory.

You can register for the March 2 - 3, 2019, conference (which will be held at Carroll College, in Helena) here.