Dennis Pajot is a life long resident of Milwaukee, who enjoys as a hobby researching Milwaukee baseball. An active member of SABR and its local Ken Keltner chapter, his memorabilia has been displayed at both the Milwaukee Historical Society, the Milwaukee Public Library and the Wisconsin State Historical Museum. Paul has been writing articles on Milwaukee Sports collectibles since 2007 and is in his 3rd year of writing his popular Vintage Brew series. A lifelong collector of various antiques and collectibles, he specializes in Milwaukee and Wisconsin related Sports and Historic Memorabilia. Paul lives within walking distance of Miller Park and its predecessor, Milwaukee County Stadium. Paul Tenpenny was born, raised in and is proud to be a citizen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He lives in New York City with his family. When not immersing himself in old game programs, wire service photos and newspaper archives, he produces theatre Off-Off-Broadway, and was formerly a contributor to The Onion. In addition to his work with, he runs the Green Bay Packers Uniform Database, an ongoing research project devoted to the design history of that other Wisconsin pro team. That history is currently lost to us, but hopefully will return soon.Ĭhance Michaels is a native New Yorker who spent many of his formative years in Milwaukee and developed a lifelong interest in the region's sporting history. Milwaukee's history has been uniquely accessible, as both major papers have had extensive archives posted to Google. I wouldn't paying a reasonable amount for access to the archives, so long as they're made available. The library currently has a no-fee trial of the sample collection library patron access to the archive is subject to further negotiation and agreement between NewsBank and the library." He continued: "NewsBank and the Milwaukee Public Library are in discussion to establish the business terms for this service. Once completed, NewsBank will provide the archive service to our newspaper and community, including the Milwaukee Public Library." "This is a massive development project involving digitizing millions of pages of microfilm. "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a partnership with NewsBank to develop and maintain a digitized, permanent collection of our valuable archival information," Stegman wrote in a September 14 e-mail to LJ. Google will no longer host the online material, Stegman added. "That's hopefully going to be resolved soon," he said of the archive's removal, adding that he could not pinpoint a more precise date for its return. The database was removed without warning, leaving researchers, genealogists, and other library patrons in the lurch.īut Chris Stegman, who took over as Milwaukee Journal Sentinel president in June, said the digital archive's disappearance was nothing more than an unfortunate mix-up caused by a switch to a new computer system at the newspaper, which was purchased by the Gannett Corporation in April. The online archive, which spanned millions of digital pages covering roughly 120 years of local history in city newspapers, had been available at MPL since 2009 through the Google News Archive. Library Journal reports some good news, that the Journal Sentinel archives, pulled from Google last month, may be returning soon:Ī popular digital Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper archive will "soon" be available again to Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) patrons after it abruptly vanished without explanation on August 16, the paper's president told Library Journal on Wednesday.
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