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A tribute to a century of filmmaking. Take a tour of the Warner Bros. prop archive.
What a cool librarian job!
Who’s marching?
ProjectARCC is preparing for the 4/22 March for Science and the 4/29 People’s Climate March, and organizing to ensure LAM (Libraries, Archives, Museums) representation at both marches. We’re calling this Project mARCCh in recognition that as professionals charged with the preservation of cultural heritage, and an abiding commitment to information and knowledge access, we stand proudly in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who are at the forefront of information work around climate change, particularly scientists and journalists.
Source: lj.libraryjournal.com
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#AskAnArchivist Day October 5
We’ll be participating in #AskAnArchivist Day again this year on Twitter. On October 5 talk directly to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s archivists about what we do, why it’s important and, of course, the interesting materials with which we work! What are you most interested in learning about from our archives and archivists?
How Does It Work?
Ask questions tweeted with the hashtag #AskAnArchivist, and we’ll respond to all questions posed to us. As we get closer to the date, we’ll let you know which of our archivists will be monitoring the account at what time, so that if you have a question specific to one of them you can ask them directly!
We look forward to hearing from you on October 5!
The condo conversion of the Waldorf follows a pattern similar to that of another Manhattan hotel, the Plaza, a decade ago. In 2005, the Plaza Hotel closed for a three-year renovation, eventually reopening as luxury condominiums, many of which eventually sold for tens of millions of dollars, and a much smaller hotel portion. While the Waldorf has said it will maintain its archive after its conversion, Christie’s auctioned most of the Plaza’s most valuable objects to the highes
“One of the trends I’ve seen over the past 20 years is the increasing monetization of collections, and viewing them for their monetary values,” said Peter J. Wosh, director of the archives and public history program at New York University. Once memorabilia is put up for sale, he added, it is often out of the reach of historical societies and libraries. “It is really sad because a collection gets sold off and broken up, and is no longer accessible to people,” he said. “The Waldorf had a lot of prominent people staying there, so I imagine that the autograph value alone is probably monetarily valuable.”
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Want to be a part of AAA fun? The deadline for internship applications is TOMORROW, THURSDAY, February 25! For more information, see here.
Pictured here are Oral History Archivist Jennifer Snyder with her summer 2014 interns Emma Kibblewhite and Simone Zehren.
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#AskanArchivist at the Getty, 9am-12pm (PST) tomorrow
Three of our awesome archivists at the Getty Research Institute are ready to answer your questions. Leave a question here, or participate live on Twitter using the hashtag.
What’s the weirdest object you’ve catalogued? What gets you excited to come into work every day? What should I do to be sure my emails won’t get lost?
Read more about our archivists and info about #AskanArchivist here on the Getty Iris.
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More #ArchivesValentines from usnatarchives!
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Tags
Hey Tumblarians and tumblarchivists! What tags are working & being used for archives? Is #archives working? extabulis?
Maurita Baldock, one longtime member, jaunty in red-tinged glasses and an asymmetrical haircut, keeps watch by day over records that document American history as the curator of manuscripts at the New-York Historical Society. Included among them is a frank letter that Gen. George Washington wrote in 1782, before stretch jeans hit the scene. In it, he begs his tailor to make his britches “roomy in the seat and not tight in the thigh.”
Another librarian (well, in this case, archivist) trend piece. Thanks, NYT, for describing this woman's asymmetrical hair, another's nose stud, and a third's "thick-rimmed hipster glasses." The public has really been served by this hard-hitting reporting.
(That being said, archivists are awesome.)
Source: The New York Times
… is to not act furtive about it. One barbecue sauce stain looks much like another on these manuscripts, I assure you. I’ve lost track of my own at this point. You’ll want to let it dry out before you rearchive the page, of course. If you’re lucky, you’ll have dripped onto the someone who deserves it like, say, the Celine. [Scribbled in the margins: The I.B. Singer socks serve as a fine napkin in a pinch. Be careful though, (illegible) dissert. (illegible) pork drippings, might be asking questions.]
Over at Melville House, Dustin Kurtz imagines what the Harry Ransom Center director's handbook looks like.
Source: mhpbooks.com
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Each Friday, the Ransom Center shares photos from throughout the week that highlight a range of activities and collection holdings. We hope you enjoy these photos that reveal some of the everyday happenings at the Center.
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Take a Peep into the Conservation Lab! More images here: http://www.katherineswiftkelly.com/peeps/peeps.html Happy Spring!
BE STILL MY HEART.
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I’ve been adding lots of new archives and archivists lately, so I thought I’d send around the list again. Want to get on the list? Just send me a note! Much like the thelifeguardlibrarian’s list of libraries and librarians, your blog doesn’t have to be related to archives or special collections to be added. As long as you identify with the community, you’re in!
^Sup.
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This is a great resource for history students, archivists, and researchers!
Check out the other online courses from the Institute of Historical Research as well - tons of useful stuff!
How cool!
Source: twitter.com
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(“Let’s bone” over a photo of a bone folder.)
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(“I like the way you roll” over a photo of book trucks. Photo credit: 1273148018052_proc2 by yurilong)