Digitization of Photos within Documents at the Texas Archaeological Research Lab

I worked on the Works Progress Administration records from the 1930s at the Texas Archaeological Research Lab (TARL). Some of the records had been previously digitized but there were gaps in the records. The records themselves were inconsistent with naming conventions. TARL wanted to have a standardized way to digitize and name photos that volunteers could follow and would help eliminate error. My project focused almost exclusively on photos since many documents had physical photos attached to them. I created a workflow and naming convention for digitizing photos that were embedded in documents. This will help current and future efforts to digitize projects at TARL. I also went through the previously digitized photographs and renamed them to fit the current naming convention as best as it could be. I also helped set up future projects and what would be a good scope for those projects.