If you want to contribute an item to the AAF Collection, first create images by either scanning or photographing each page of the item. (See How-To: Scan Items or How-To: Photograph Items.) You can then upload your image files to this website using a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program.
If you want to contribute an item to the AAF Collection and you have a digital camera, you can use it to take a digital image of each page of the item. If the item is a newspaper or something larger than your scanner bed, a digital camera works well.
Here are some recommended settings and tips if you use a digital camera to photograph your document.
If you want to contribute an item to the AAF Collection and you have a scanner connected to your computer, you can use it to scan each page of the item. If it is too large for the scanner bed, you may wish to use a digital camera instead. See How-To: Photograph Items.
I hope you will consider contributing items to the AAF Collection. It is a great way to share historical and educational information about the Army Air Forces during World War II.
Contributing an item is fairly easy. The hardest part is creating an electronic, or digital, copy of your item. Whether it is a book, magazine, newspaper, document, postcard or photograph, you must be able to create an image of each page of your item. You can do this using a scanner, or a digital camera.
To See Items in the Collection:
Welcome to the AAF Collection blog! This is a new feature of the collection’s website.
I combined the former Help page, About page, and Keep ‘em Flying memorial page into a series of blog posts. I hope the new format helps you easily find what interests you. You can use the Search box (top, right) to find all posts that mention a given keyword. Or, click on a Category to see all posts associated with a given category. The Category box is in the column to the right, then scroll down. Likewise the Tag Cloud box shows the relative frequency of certain keywords associated with each post. The more posts with a given tag, the larger the tag appears.
Most importantly, the blog format allows you to leave a comment. I hope you will add your own opinion and wisdom in response to my posts, so everyone can benefit.
From time to time, I will highlight particular items in the AAF Collection. And, I’m always interested in adding the biographies of veterans who served in the Army Air Forces. If you want to tell your story, or that of a loved-one, please contact me.