Author: Eric Toole
Student at Pratt School of Information and member of the Linked Jazz team, interested in the intersection of archival research and semantic web technologies.

The Local 496 Project transforms the American Federation of Music’s Local 496 union list into a semantic data network. This document is a 1940’s directory of the segregated African-American chapter of New Orleans jazz musicians. This project will highlight the Batiste family network, many of whom are listed in the directory.
“13 min video comparing two film databases and recommending one for purchase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-jWfIHXJQ”