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biographical and historical information about persons, families, and organizations that created or are documented in historical resources (primary source documents) and their connections to one another. Users can locate archival collections and related resources held at cultural heritage institutions around the world.</p> <div><strong>SNAC is an international cooperative</strong> including, but not limited to, archives, libraries, and museums, that is working to build a corpus of reliable descriptions of people, families, and organizations that link to and provide a contextual understanding of historical records. A complete list of SNAC Cooperative members can be found <a href="https://portal.snaccooperative.org/node/482">here</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer footer-inverse"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 footer-content"> <p class="text-center"> <img src="https://snaccooperative.org/images/paper_dolls_art2.png"/><br/> </p> <h4 class="text-center">Social Networks and Archival Context</h4> <p class="text-center" style="margin-top: 5px;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/snaccooperative" title="Visit us on Twitter"> <i class="fa fa-2x fa-twitter-square" style="vertical-align: middle" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://snaccooperative.org/contact" title="Contact us"><span class="fa-stack fa-sm"> <i class="fa fa-square fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x" style="color: #000"></i> </span></a> <a href="https://portal.snaccooperative.org/terms_and_privacy" title="Terms and Information"><span class="fa-stack fa-sm"> <i class="fa fa-square fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fa fa-life-ring fa-stack-1x" style="color: #000"></i> </span></a> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 footer-content"> <p style="font-size: medium; margin-top: 30px;">SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and corporations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.</p> <br> <p><a href="https://portal.snaccooperative.org/user/login">Portal Login</a></p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 footer-content"> <div class="row"> <h4 class="">Sponsors</h4> <p> <a href="http://www.mellon.org" target="_blank">The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation</a><br> <a href="http://www.imls.gov" target="_blank">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a><br> <a href="http://www.neh.gov" target="_blank">National Endowment for the Humanities</a> </p> <h4 class="">Hosts</h4> <p> <a href="http://library.virginia.edu" target="_blank">University of Virginia Library</a><br> <a href="http://www.archives.gov" target="_blank">National Archives and Records Administration</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="https://portal.snaccooperative.org/themes/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js?qay4n9"></script> </body> </html>

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