Historical Society of Mendocino County launches crowdfunding to digitize local history collection

MENDOCINO Co., 2/24/21 — The Historical Society of Mendocino County, a local non-profit dedicated to preserving a rich collection of archives of Mendocino County history, is planning for the future. This week the organization launching a crowdfunding campaign to support an long-term digitization project to preserve the nearly one million pieces and better share them with future generations.

The Historical Society serves a a repository for a variety of different eras and communities in Mendocino County history, and the digitization project will both preserve the materials items in the collection, and allow digital versions to be more easily shared with history buffs and reseachers both near and far. Digitizing the materials will also improve access to the existing archives, as the digital records are more easily searchable and indexed. The project will require the construction of a scanning station at the society’s headquarters in Ukiah, and thousands of hours of labor over many years. The crowding funding campaign has a goal of $25,000.