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For Biographers, The Past Is An Open (Electronic) Book

WNYC Radio | By Ilya Marritz
Published September 4, 2013 at 1:05 AM MDT
Digital ephemera can capture things that don't appear in official accounts of events — but the material's in danger of disappearing if it's in obsolete formats.
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Digital ephemera can capture things that don't appear in official accounts of events — but the material's in danger of disappearing if it's in obsolete formats.

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Ilya Marritz

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