It’s been a few months since my last update on the processing of the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection. Since I last posted, we’ve made great progress, completing the processing the Biographical Series. We’ve also already made a significant (archivally sound) dent in
Although she’s far too modest (and busy) to mention it, our own Lisa Darms appeared in the latest version of the Village Voice’s annual “Best of NYC” feature, talking about the amazing Riot Grrrl Collection at the Fales Library and Special Collections. Needless to say,
Today’s post comes from Stephanie Schmeling, who works as an Archives Assistant in the New York University Archives. Stephanie is in her second year of the Archives and Public History Master’s Program at NYU. Have you ever watched History Detectives on PBS? Well, if you
Today’s post comes from Michael Chui, who’s been working with me to process the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection. He’s a student in NYU’s Museum Studies program, and has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. He’s got an interesting and unique take on the
One of the most recent initiatives in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation department is the creation of the Archives Preservation Program. The program supports the long term maintenance of archival materials held by the archival repositories in Bobst Library. The three collecting repositories—Fales, Tamiment
Happy Archives Week, everyone! The Archivists Round Table of New York is sponsoring a series of tours, lectures, and other events to commemorate the 22nd Archives Week (October 10-16, 2010). You can find a list of events, complete with RSVP information, on the Archivists Round
To kick off Archives Week 2010, we have a post introducing our Media Preservation Unit in the Preservation and Conservation Department. Being a university research library, the collections housed at Bobst are in constant use, which wears away the material. It is the role of
If you’ve paid any attention to US politics, media, culture, etc., during the last century or so, you’re probably aware that Americans are not fond of communists. Of course, not every American feels this way, but I think it’s safe to say that hatred of
This week’s post comes from Siobhan Hagan, a graduate of NYU’s MIAP program, who is now working as an assistant in the Media Unit of the BG Preservation & Conservation Department. As the Fales finding aid for the Andrea Callard Papers states on their website,
Today’s post comes from Brendan Dolan, Project Archivist for the Archives of Irish America at the Tamiment Library. Brendan holds an MA in Irish Studies from NYU and has been working on the Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture Collection since January 2009. If