First, visit the Riches M.I. site at https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/. Then find "Add Your Story" at the top of the screen and click on it. This will take you to the contribute page. You will have to log in or create an account to submit materials to Riches, since it is an academic site. Once you are logged in, you will see the form used to contribute materials. First, you must decide what kind of item you are submitting. Choose from the following choices: a document, image, oral history, video, or website. For my example, I will be submitting an image of the Sanford High School Class of 1925. Riches M.I. asks many questions for submitting an image, and it is important to be as detailed and thorough as possible. The following are the questions asked by Riches when submitting an image:
- Title: In this example, the title is "Class of 1925."
- Historical Background Information: Here I give the following background of Sanford High School... "Sanford High School (located at 301 W. 7th St., Sanford, FL, 32771) was built in 1902.Though it was named Sanford High School, the school included grades one through twelve. An increasing student population caused the need for a new school to be built. In 1911, the name was changed to Sanford Grammar School, when the new Sanford High School was opened. The new school (located at 9th St. and Palmetto, Sanford, FL, 32771) ran until 1926, when the third high school was built and renamed Seminole High School. The class of 1925 graduated from the second Sanford High School, and this photo was taken on the front steps of the school."
- When was the item created?: In this example, the answer is "1925."
- What location does the item describe?: "Sanford High School #2," since it was at the second high school location.
- Please enter the address of the item: This is so submitted material can be pinned on the page with the map on it. The address for this photo is "9th St. & Palmetto Ave., Sanford, Florida, 32771."
- Who created the original item?: This is a difficult question for a lot of the images that I'm submitting, since I don't know who the photographer was. The answer here is "Unknown."
- What is the original format of the item?: They are looking for answers like photographic print, film negative, etc. with this question. The answer here is "Photographic Print."
- What are the dimensions of the item?: This is normally given in inches, and this photo is "7.5' x 10' Inches."
- Where is the original item located?: Here they are looking for the box number, folder number, image number, collection name, etc. This image is in "Archival Box #3A, Students Folder, SM-073-071, Sanford High School Collection." (Note- the SM # is the image number).
- Where is the original item housed?: This answer requires the institution housing the item, such as a repository, museum, etc. This image is housed at the "Public History Center, Archives."
- Who owns the copyright to the original item?: The answer is the "Public History Center." (The PHC especially owns the scans of all the items housed there, which was a term in UCF's contract when they leased the student museum).
- Transcript of text written on photo, or on mount: This is if anything was written on the image. Written on this particular image is "Sanford High School Class of 1925, Sanford, Fla. (SM-073-071)."
- List any books, articles, websites, etc. that you used as a source for your "Historical Background Information.": It's important to list your sources, not only for plagiarism reasons, but also so the researcher can utilize the sources that you used to further their research, if need be. The following source was used for this image...
"'Sanford Grammar School 1902-1977,' pamphlet prepared by the Seminole County School Board in 1977."
Lastly, you upload the image if you have it scanned onto your computer. Then agree to the Riches M.I. terms and conditions, and click contribute. You will have successfully submitted an item to Riches Mosaic Interface!
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