filed under ‘better late’
So we’ve been hearing a lot about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. And I (Arlene) realize we’re a week or so late with this. But hopefully you’ll forgive us.
At any rate, one of the things that’s …
Author: Arlene Schmuland
Not in the archives
I (Mariecris) love movies and am especially excited when archives make it into the movies. In Fool’s Gold, the two main characters utilize the archives to find hidden treasure. Robert Langdon, in Angels and Demons, navigates temperature and …
Adventure in archiving
[Mariecris:] When working the reference desk you never know what type of reference requests will come along. Some of them are pretty consistent: people doing research for a book/dissertation, requesting images for a documentary or exhibit, compiling family history etc.…
Reading hieroglyphics
Who knew that hieroglyphics existed as late as the 1970s? I (Mariecris) made this discovery when looking through a collection with a donor. She was describing all the files she would deposit in the archives. One of the files she …
The Gift of Gab
… eludes me (Nicole) when it comes to blog entries.
It’s true. Asked to produce a blog entry (or *gasp* two!) and I become a muted shadow of my former chatty self. What topic to chose, how to present it, …
the curse of archives
The curse is, we’re all having too much fun. (Except Kathy who was forced into a work stoppage today because of computer issues and was forced to go bowling in lieu of working for us). We’re working on the upcoming …
When it all comes together
A&SC has been working on a number of department-wide tasks lately, but two have come together in an interesting way. Task one is to write a report on our activities over the past year and our goals for the next. …
When disaster doesn’t strike
At a bit of a loss for a current blog entry today, I (Arlene) decided to tell one of my favorite stories from working here.
I’ve read (Terry Pratchett) that opera works on the catastrophe curve: everything that could go …
Creative archives
Deborah Tharp is one of our researchers who has been utilizing photographs in our collection in some creative ways. Below is a composite photograph she created using images from our National Geographic Society Katmai Expeditions photograph collection. The photographs …
Encouraging an archivist
Today I (Arlene) finished description to a collection we received a couple of months ago. Having this description finished and posted on our website basically makes the collection available to our research audience.
It’s a small collection, but it’s important, …