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AS WE NAVIGATE THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIGENOUS AND DIVERSE PEOPLES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, THE NORTHERN MARIANAS HUMANITIES COUNCIL ACCUMULATES A WEALTH OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALS IN ALL FORMS, FROM PAPER, WOOD, STONE AND SHELL TO GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, TO DIGITIZED PHOTOGRAPHY AND MAPS.

This archive is intended for your discovery and interaction.

If you have any additional information about people, places, or practices depicted or discussed in any of our archive records, please feel free to contact us at info@nmhcouncil.org.

GUIDE

Archive records are searchable by media type, collection, or keyword.

TO SEARCH BY MEDIA TYPE, select the dropdown menu next to where it says "Media Type" and select the type of media you are looking for, then click "Submit". Many photos are stored as JPEG or TIF files, while many documents are stored as PDF files.

TO SEARCH BY COLLECTION, select the dropdown menu next to where it says "Collection" and click on the name of the collection you want to view, then "Submit". Many collections are name for the people or institutions of their origin, such as the Michael A. White Collection or the Marine Corps Archive Collection.

TO SEARCH BY KEYWORD, click on the blank field with a magnifying glass icon next to where it says "Search Term" and type the word or words you would like to see results for, followed by the "Submit" button. A very general keyword that might yield many records would be "war". A more specific keyword search such as "nurse" or "Dr. Torres" may yield only a few results. 

You may also narrow your search by applying a combination of filters using the above search parameters together. For example, you might select "JPEG" from the media type field, "Michael A. White Collection" from the collections menu, and type "Refaluwasch" in order to find only records that contain JPEG images with the word "Refaluwasch" in the title or description within the Michael A. White Collection.

TO VIEW ALL RECORD INFORMATION, click on the highlighted word "Details" to the right of the record listed. This will allow you to view any information contained about the record content as well as download record content. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Northern Marianas Humanities Council Digital Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.