Photos in the Archives: Stereoscopes
Blogger: Megan Friedel In my last post, I discussed one of my favorite photograph formats, the stereoview. However, unlike most photographs, which are meant to be viewed as-is, the stereoview requires the use of another tool for the viewer to see the photo as it was meant to be seen. …
the campaign season
[Ed note: I don’t know what’s worse, that I put down the wrong election day in this posting originally–based on the advice of a colleague which I didn’t confirm–or that none of you caught it in the 4 days it was up! Go vote. November 2. And now back to…
Who is that guy, anyhow? Or: when documentation fails
Yesterday, while working on the blog entry about one of the reasons we don’t buy collections, I wanted to enter a link to the finding aid to the Eric A. Hegg photographs. Since we’re in the process of converting all of our finding aids from what they are to a…
To buy or not to buy
In last week’s mail came a rather lavishly illustrated catalog of materials from a documents/photographs/artifacts dealer listing a number of Alaskana items for sale. One of them, a photographic print by Eric A. Hegg, caught my eye. Because we have a small collection of photographic prints from Eric A. Hegg…
Too much fun to leave
From an unsolicited Facebook posting by a library colleague last night: Too much partying at the Archives Open House–I missed my bus. For those of you who missed the previous blog posting, we here at A&SC decided to celebrate Archives Month this year by holding an open house with AMIPA.…
Archives & Special Collections and AMIPA Open House, October 6th
Dear readers of our blog, We are inviting you – and anyone you know – to stop by our Open House at the Archives on Wednesday, October 6th from 4-6pm. October is Archives Month, and we’re celebrating by opening our doors to you, together with our neighbors, the Alaska Moving…
Photos in the Archives: Stereoviews
Guest blogger: Megan I have an abiding fondness for stereoviews. Anyone of my generation who grew up with their eyes pressed to a View-Master camera knows the sheer magic of looking through the viewfinder into a tiny, three-dimensional scene, every leaf and blade of grass picked out in perfect, near-real…
The sanitary archivist
A lot of people have been asking me lately about collections and what happens to the embarrassing or maybe not-quite-ready-for-the-public-eye bits in them. And the verb that’s been used by a lot of them is sanitizing. The questions usually fall into the following two groups: Do we do it? Will…
The end of a project
An archivist’s work is never done. Or so it just seems some days. But occasionally projects do end and the one I’m referring to today is our Alan May Aleutian expeditions photographs project. Last year the Alaska State Library and the Institute for Museum and Library Services gave us funding…