1. Preserving the Frontier at Fermilab Adrienne Kolb, Fermilab Archivist Nadezhda Shemyakina, Assistant Archivist Midwest States Micrographics Conference Springfield, IL September 22, 2004

2. Fermilab’s Mission Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics and related disciplines.

4. The local map, 1966

5. Farms and Village of Weston on NAL Site

6. Dr. Ann Early reviews some of the artifacts she found in her 1970 survey of the NAL site. Archaeology

7. Native American Artifacts Augie Mier from Batavia donated the collection of arrowheads he found on the site to the Laboratory in 1978.

8. Prairie Restoration The 6,800 acres of the open space of the Laboratory has been protected since 1971.

9. Fermilab History Projects Fermilab Site History Committee Lillian Hoddeson, historian Karyl Louwenaar, early researcher

10. The Bartholomew / Konsbruck / White Farm 1865 - 1969

11. The Bartholomew / Konsbruck / White Farm 1969 - 2004

12. History and Archives House

13. Inside History and Archives House

14. Frontier Imaging Technology scanning Bubble Chamber photograph, 1975 computer image, 2004

15. Invention of WWW High-Energy Physics …of the millions who type http://www.... each day, how many realize that—like the universe itself—it all began with high-energy physics?... Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist at CERN, WWW creator Birthplace of the Web

16. Creating History and Archives Web Pages

17. 0) Select historic document and determine location on web site 1) Scan text 2) Perform OCR 4) Scan photographs 5) Prepare picture (if necessary, rotate, remove “dust”, adjust color levels and contrast, etc.), save psd document and small jpg 6) Create HTML page using text editor 7) Copy the HTML file to the server 8) Review before publication 9) Create link to this new page from History and Archives web site 3) Transfer text to MS Word, correct misspellings, remove incorrect paragraph breaks, etc. image of the text Editing the HTML file

18. Film to DVD, June 2003

19. Include Volunteers!

20. Why Digital? Local technology allows rapid exchange of huge amounts of data Easily accessible Easily searchable Minimal cost Easy to update, backup and copy

21. The History and Archives Project website can be found at http://www.fnal.gov/projects/history/