A Dispensary of Knowledge

// FACTSO: Where historical truths emerge from the archives

A wild dispensary of source material: scanned primary sources, lost Geocities pages, hand-digitized local history books, and documents rescued from digital oblivion. We preserve what others might forget.

Archive Collections

Explore our growing repository of digitized historical materials

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Primary Sources

150+ documents

Original manuscripts, letters, diaries, and government records. Hand-transcribed with annotations and contextual notes.

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Lost Web Archives

500+ pages

Geocities genealogies, early web history projects, and digital ephemera rescued from link rot and server sunsets.

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Local Histories

75+ volumes

Small-print local history books from community libraries, digitized and indexed for searchability.

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Maps & Surveys

200+ items

Historical maps, land surveys, and territorial documentation georeferenced and annotated.

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News Clippings

1,000+ articles

Newspaper articles, community bulletins, and ephemeral publications capturing moments in time.

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Oral Histories

50+ recordings

Transcribed interviews, audio recordings, and firsthand accounts from knowledge keepers.

From Dusty Shelves to Digital Archives

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Discover

Unearth rare documents in libraries, archives, rotten webpage links

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Digitize

Carefully scan, photograph, or extract digital materials preserving quality

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Transcribe

Convert images to searchable text with meticulous attention to detail and editorial corrections

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Annotate

Add context, cross-references, and metadata for accessibility and searchability

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Share

Openly! For all: researchers, students, curious minds

Contribute to the Archive

Have historical documents gathering dust? Know of digital archives at risk? Help us preserve knowledge for future generations.