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The sanitary archivist
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 …
Photos in the Archives: Tintypes
Thanks from some grateful archivists
I don’t usually like to talk about new collections that have just come in the door. That’s for a very good reason: usually there’s at least a little bit of lag time (depending on the size of the collection or …
Friday in the Archives: a few of my favorite things
Photos in the Archives: Cyanotypes
Alice E. Brown papers part 4: An Alice Brown map index of my journey
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
The processing of the Alice E. Brown papers is close to an end. I will soon reach the destination of a fully processed collection. But to add a little extra excitement to my journey, I’ve talked with …
Eye of the Beholder: for a third glorious year
Alice E. Brown papers part 1: The beginning of the processing journey
Guest blogger: Mariecris
Serendipity has been the catch phrase in the archives these recent months. All sorts of serendipitous events have occurred within this past year, one of which is the accession of the Alice E. Brown Papers. Rebecca Lyon …
The sanitary archivist
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 …
Photos in the Archives: Tintypes
Thanks from some grateful archivists
I don’t usually like to talk about new collections that have just come in the door. That’s for a very good reason: usually there’s at least a little bit of lag time (depending on the size of the collection or …
Friday in the Archives: a few of my favorite things
Photos in the Archives: Cyanotypes
Alice E. Brown papers part 4: An Alice Brown map index of my journey
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
The processing of the Alice E. Brown papers is close to an end. I will soon reach the destination of a fully processed collection. But to add a little extra excitement to my journey, I’ve talked with …
Eye of the Beholder: for a third glorious year
Alice E. Brown papers part 1: The beginning of the processing journey
Guest blogger: Mariecris
Serendipity has been the catch phrase in the archives these recent months. All sorts of serendipitous events have occurred within this past year, one of which is the accession of the Alice E. Brown Papers. Rebecca Lyon …