NYU is set to host the 7th Orphan Film Symposium from April 7-10 at the School of Visual Arts’ newly revamped cinema in Chelsea (333 W. 23rd Street). The biennial symposium–known by those in-the-know simply as, “Orphans”–brings together a broad spectrum of scholars, filmmakers, preservationists,
One of the most used collections at the Fales Library is the Downtown Collection, which in part seeks to document Downtown New York artists and performers and their art forms. Interdisciplinarity was often the norm rather than the exception among Downtown artists, and as a
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Fales intern Lawrence Giffin. At the Fales Library and Special Collections, we are currently working on the arrangement and description of the born-digital ‘papers’ of the digital artist Jeremy Blake. Blake produced most of his work from 1997
A small exhibit case highlighting the commencement ceremonies at New York University entitled “Perstare et Praestare: Commencement at NYU” opened at the University Archives this past week. In the months leading up to commencement, the senior class at NYU celebrated its existence and prepared for
Processing at the Tamiment Library’s Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives offers a significant contrast to what I’ve focused on for much of my academic career. I often feel like I can’t bring the same subject expertise to my work as some other employees might offer,
Today’s post comes from Fales Processing Archivist Colin Wells. Colin recently moved to Switzerland to work for the United Nations Archives, but left us with this overview of preservation issues in the collection. Sylvester Manor is the home of the original European settlers on Shelter