The Online Library is Open

Started by Smithsonia, November 27, 2010, 05:44:11 AM

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Smithsonia

Ladies and Gentlemen of CAPTALK;

Parts of the Team CAP Library are now open. http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1049
  Also here: http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2407
                   http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1656
                   http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1656&page=2
                   http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2319
                   http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/index.php

This is the Maj Gen. John F. Curry Wing of the Library. Click on and rummage around. Many of the things I have been
speaking about - regarding Jack Curry -- are now available in image form for all to see.

None of the exhibits will be eliminated, however some of the choice buttons will cleaned up soon. Items will soon be added. Pardon our dust. This is a work in progress.
 
This is designed to be less a discussion forum and more a research library for AEOs, Historians, Cadets, Commanders, Members at large, and interested parties.

For the next few days this is the TeamCAP Library Preview.

Lt. Col. Mark Hess of the Georgia Wing has contributed 2 years and 15,000 man hours of time, 8 million pages of code, 125 thousand language phrases, 7500 digitally enhanced photos, 3 dedicate servers, 250 gigabytes of content. His dedication to this Library is humbling. His abilities as a researcher are remarkable.

To start with I believe there are about 2,500-3,000 photos, 1500+publications. Room for more. Mark adds material everyday. In a year or so there should be total of 1 million pages available.

Please tour. It will take some time. Leave as return as you like. Enjoy...

Leave Mark a message if you like at his email address is here: http://forum.teamcap.org/sendmessage.php
   You can also PM me and I'll pass it along.

He could use some IT support too. So get in touch if you can aid in this matter. Use the addresses above.

Mark Hess has done us all the grandest of favors. Now we should be good to him and thank him. I will continue to do so.

Also - Get out the well loved and up until now hoarded items in your collection. Neaten them up. Fold them or hang them nicely. Photo or Scan them into folders. Make them presentable again. Admire them again. Love them anew. Keep them handy. You can post these in a Collection Wing all your own at this website, soon.

Mark will be accepting image and document donations about CAP and military history  - photos or scans only. This way, the library will fill to the rafters with information.

There is much for all of us to share.

This is a Great Day for all members who love CAP history, education, research, heritage, one another, and the Patrol. Mark will be adding items as he goes. I know that Mark has more than double in storage and preparing for release than what is online today... maybe 5 times as much. Also check out his axillary site on SCRIbd: http://www.scribd.com/TeamCAP/shelf
  This site takes time to load and has lots of little buttons to fiddle with. BUT, there's enough reading to keep you rubbing tired eyes for weeks.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!



With regards;
ED OBRIEN

caphornbuckle

This is EXCELLENT!!!

Thank you and Lt Col Hess for all the hard work.

Can't wait to get going through all the information!
Lt Col Samuel L. Hornbuckle, CAP

fyrfitrmedic

MAJ Tony Rowley CAP
Lansdowne PA USA
"The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul." -- Kurt Hahn

Eclipse

A great effort, and clearly something which took a lot of work, but my two initial questions or concerns are why this isn't
under the mantle of the rest of CAP websites, and why this is setup as a forum.

Unless you are looking for people to comment on each piece, etc., a forum engine isn't really the appropriate system to use for something like this.

"That Others May Zoom"

Smithsonia

#4
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Eclipse;
I can't tell you why Mark made the choice of a forum engine - I worked only on content. People can comment on the object, item, photo, etc. That said, since I have no idea - I'll ask Mark.

Regarding TeamCap.org being an Official CAP site.

Command isn't set up with a library committee and the specific policies regarding an online library are not thought out nor spelled out.

As you know CAPs "online" thoughts are in transition. How long this transitional period will take - is uncertain.

With regards;
ED OBRIEN

Smithsonia

#5
The Anti Sub Patrol (Coastal Patrol) Wing of the Library is now open. Items from each of the Sub Patrol bases are on display.
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1790

Given the extensive collection of items in the Coastal Patrol exhibit... I like this area the best:
It has a bunch of training materials on U-boats.
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1816
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

James Shaw

Mark Hess has been working and consulting with me about this website. He realizes its importance and value to the organization. He has been a good person to work with in asking questions and trying to make sure that it matches alot of the parameters CAP looks for. He has removed some elements over time and added some.

Do not misunderstand he has not "asked for permission" nor has he had to. He has been very careful in his approach. I applaud him and have been viewing parts of it over time. Mark has done an absolutely fantastic job and has provided ALL historians and people with a great place to research and share.

He even postponed the full launch a few times to try and make sure that other areas could be looked at and talked about.

Great job Lt Col Mark Hess of GAWG.
Jim Shaw
USN: 1987-1992
GANG: 1996-1998
CAP:2000 - Current
USCGA:2018 - Current
SGAUS: 2017 - Current

FARRIER

As Siskel and Ebert used to say, "I give this a thumbs up". Its a great site. I like the idea of the forums as a cyber classroom. And, I love the area to trade CAP collectables between members. Ebay is great, but some of the sellers don't know what they are selling, labeling items with WW 2 in the header, and its something Vangaurd sells. And, FINALLY, there is a spot where we can view our (CAP's) heritage. I thank all of those who worked on this site and its contents.

Respectfully,
Photographer/Photojournalist
IT Professional
Licensed Aircraft Dispatcher

http://www.commercialtechimagery.com/stem-and-aerospace

Smithsonia

#8
For the Uniform, Insignia, Badge, Device, Patch, Ribbon enthusiasts - Here's a place to be enthusiastic.
http://showcase.teamcap.org/index.php

This showcase has thousands of images. Many of these items are new to me. That said, Mark will be adding to the Uniform
Gallery soon. The Uniform Gallery is now open at the TeamCAP Library.

The only addition that I made to this gallery is my Squadron Patch.
http://forum.teamcap.org/album.php?albumid=2&pictureid=23
The Black Sheep...

Mark Hess did every bit of the rest.
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

flyboy53

Cool archive. How do you submit corrections? The red Emergency Services Name Plate is for the old "Owner Pilot Service," ie, "O.P.S." It wasn't worn by normal ES personnel.

This badge was worn sans a name plate on a flight suit/baseball cap that had also has the OPS emblem, which happens to be the current ES dog patch....for those of you who wondered its lineage.

Smithsonia

Flyboy;
You can leave a message here: http://forum.teamcap.org/sendmessage.php
Right now we are finding little IT bugs - so those are a priority. In fact next weekend the whole
site will come down for 24 hours to load all the "de-bug corrections" I'll post that maintenance down time.

BUT, we'll get to the exhibit corrections soon enough.
Thanks!
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

Smithsonia

Quote from: caphistorian on November 27, 2010, 08:28:15 PM
Mark Hess has been working and consulting with me about this website. He realizes its importance and value to the organization. He has been a good person to work with in asking questions and trying to make sure that it matches alot of the parameters CAP looks for. He has removed some elements over time and added some.

Do not misunderstand he has not "asked for permission" nor has he had to. He has been very careful in his approach. I applaud him and have been viewing parts of it over time. Mark has done an absolutely fantastic job and has provided ALL historians and people with a great place to research and share.

He even postponed the full launch a few times to try and make sure that other areas could be looked at and talked about.

Great job Lt Col Mark Hess of GAWG.

This generous comment comes from Jim Shaw. A good man in every way. I've said to him and I say to you, "we are coming to the Golden Age of Civil Air Patrol History." Jim's "back scenes" work is polishing and burnishing this gold to Bristol bright.
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

Smithsonia

#12
My absolute favorite exhibit in all the new history library is here: http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1956

It has CAP members (from Popular Mechanics article) defending their courier plane from saboteurs. Look at it. It's a stitch given that the plane is fabric covered. Stitch - fabric - get it?

It's an illustration, not a photo. Probably because nobody ever did it like that. AND no one wanted to even do an editorial action setup suggesting that they did do it. It is so good.

CAP Aircraft exhibit is now open. It's extensive: http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1817
Although I just found a couple of little mistakes, which we'll soon correct. Can you find them?
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

EMT-83


Smithsonia

#14
The Gallery of CAP Leadership is now online:
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1048

AND the Civil Defense catalogue is now online too:
http://forum.teamcap.org/downloads.php?do=cat&sort=name&id=58

Most of the video library is online here:
http://forum.teamcap.org/video.php
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

BillB

How much protection is there hiding behind a fabric aircraft if someone is shooting at you?
Gil Robb Wilson # 19
Gil Robb Wilson # 104

Smithsonia

Here's your Aircrew survival kit circa '42 online at the Library now: http://showcase.teamcap.org/thumbnails.php?album=306
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

Fly Boy

Just looking through, it's great! Where was this 3 years ago when I was doing a history project on the Subhunters?

C/1st Lt. Kaufman
SER-FL-169

Smithsonia

In May of '44 CAP closed Biggs Field Border Patrol Duties. The announcement is here:
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2452

If you think that the men and women of the WW2 CAP were hiding from the draft or jaunting around
in flying machines for pleasure and without sacrifice... this should help you with some very plain truths.

The rest of the Border Patrol Gallery is here:
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1789

Forest Patrol is here:
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1792

Much more is coming on these topics, others too, and soon. Mark said he has
double this amount ready for Christmas - when he'll have enough time to catch up
the site.
With regards;
ED OBRIEN

Smithsonia

#19
People have asked me - What is my favorite document in the TeamCAP library? There are 2 sets of documents
which I'd like point out.

1. This one is on two pages - has so much detail, and is truly a remarkable piece of history owned by Mark Hess. This long letter is about closing a Texas Border Patrol Base at Ft. Biggs and is addressed to its serving CAP Members.
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2452
http://forum.teamcap.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2453

2. This one is a long briefing document that came from the Navy twice a month regarding the Atlantic UBoat War. In Dec '42 times were tough and things were very bad:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33383846/WWII-1942-U-Boat-Monthly-Report-Dec

And an update 7 months later when things were getting better.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33334781/WWII-1943-U-Boat-Monthly-Report-June

Give these documents time to load. If you are a historian and storyteller at heart - these documents say more about our WW2 efforts, duties, people, and sacrifices than any other documents I've ever seen. I've posted these addresses before. I've now had time to read and reread them over time. I have simply fallen in love with them both - so to have these in an open library and accessible to me, is an honor.

The entire SCRIBd site is great and there are 50 full and feature length library documents in there: http://www.scribd.com/TeamCAP/shelf
With regards;
ED OBRIEN