Realizing that their 125-year old history was unorganized, deteriorating, and inaccessible, Plumbers Union Local 130 reached out to The Digital Archive Group to keep it all from being lost forever. From their flagship sponsorship of the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade and dying the Chicago River green to the recruitment and training of apprentices and journeymen to the plumbing industry, …
Prior to closing Harpo Studios and relocating offices to Los Angeles, Oprah Winfrey and her team of advisors had the task of preserving the legacy of, unarguably, one of the world’s best-known personalities. After a thorough investigation of suppliers, led by Miss Winfrey’s personal photographer of 27 years, The Digital Archive Group was selected for the project. For the assignment, …
TDAG is proud to have been selected to honor the Rev. Billy Graham by digitizing and making accessible his legacy archive. In over 55 years of ministry, Billy Graham preached the Gospel message to more than 215 million people in over 185 countries. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), which he founded in 1950, continues to reach out to millions …
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is a human rights advocacy organization and a nonprofit charitable organization that works to realize Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s dream of a peaceful and just world by advancing human rights. TDAG was entrusted to digitize Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy and the legacy of the organization led by RFK’s widow and Founder, Ethel Kennedy. Digitization and …
A move of the laboratories of the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute to the Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago facilitated digitization of hundreds of valuable scientific lab research journals. The assets, totaling over 500,000 pages, consisted of various sized journals and notebooks, many of which included loose pages, oversized computer print outs and scientific film “gels”. Due …
The Chicago Bears have been an ongoing client for TDAG. We started with digitization of several thousand photographs and negatives from 1930 – 1965 when the Bears were still playing football at the Cubs Wrigley Field. Subsequent projects have included digitization of historic programs, media guides and ticket collections. The Bears use these images throughout their marketing programs and in …
TDAG recently completed one of our most significant projects, the digitization of the Records and Briefs of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. These valuable assets contain the official court filings representing the background and context of landmark legal cases presented to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The documents represent historic court cases in …
As the umbrella organization for 300 + unions in Chicago and Cook County, Chicago Federation of Labor amassed a large collection of historical assets including The Federation News, photographs, documents, videos and board meeting minutes. The Digital Archive Group was hired to organize, preserve and digitize the archive in preparation for their 125th anniversary in 2021. All of their historical …
Chicago sports photographer George Burke began photographing baseball players in 1929, when he succeeded famous Chicago Examiner cameraman Francis P. Burke as the photographer of the Chicago Cub’s. Mr. Brace also photographed the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bears during his career. George Burke’s location in Chicago gave him unlimited access to players on all major and minor league teams …
The Blackhawks are one of the “Original Six” NHL teams. They have won six Stanley Cups Championships since their founding in 1926. Prior to a move to a new office in the United Center annex, TDAG was asked to digitize the Blackhawks player files consisting of over 25,000 assets including photographs, slides, negatives, contracts, publications and news clippings. TDAG provided …