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Title: Frozen Film and FOSDIC Forms Restoring the 1960 U.S. Census of Population and Housing

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: In this article, the authors describe a collaboration of theMinnesota Population Center (MPC), the U.S. Census Bureau, and the National Archives and Records Administration to restore the lost data from the 1960 Census. The data survived on refrigerated microfilm in a cave in Lenexa, Kansas. The MPC is now converting the data to usable form. Once the restored data are processed, the authors intend to develop three new data sources based on the 1960 census. These data will replace the most inadequate sample inthe series of public-use census microdata spanning the years from 1850 to 2000, extend the chronological scope of the public census summary files, and provide a powerful new resource for the Census Bureau and its Research Data Centers.

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Authors: Rivers, Natasha; Ruggles, Steven; Gardner, Todd K.; Schroeder, Matthew; Alexander, J.Trent

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History

Issue: 2

Volume: 44

Pages: 69-78

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other

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