By MAYA LAU Published: New York Times, July 19, 2013 At the Interference Archive in Gowanus, Brooklyn, posters, fliers, zines, stickers, T-shirts, books, newspapers, games and videos tell the story of radical political movements. To find out more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/nyregion/the-activism-files.html?smid=pl-share
Contributed by Bayard Miller On the evening of June 27th, the Delaware Valley Archivists Group held a general meeting at the Curtis Institute of Music for a conversation about something that is (or should be) on every archivist’s mind, equitable access to archives. Archivists from a diverse array of backgrounds gathered in the … More A DVAG Discussion on the International Council on Archives: Principles of Access to Archives
NARA’s Media Matters blog has been on a roll lately, posting some of their outstanding work with a batch of materials from the Defense Visual Information Center. In “Don’t Walk Like a Man : Be the Best WAC You Can Be,” Media Matters ishares with us a film from the Women’s Army Corps’ Military Etiquette … More Defense Visual Information Center films
via MARACBlog Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (ART) Call for Participation: Disaster Planning for Archives and Their Communities Date: Monday, October 7, 2013 Location: Center for Jewish History, New York, NY As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, train service has been restored to the Rockaways and City beaches have … More Call for Participation: Disaster Planning for Archives and Their Communities
Contributed by Gary D. Saretzky More than twenty New Jersey history-related organizations have already registered for Archives and History Day at the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan, organized by the Monmouth County Archives, on Saturday, October 12. Exhibit tables for archives, historical societies, government agencies, local history collections at public libraries, and other not-for-profit history organizations are … More Planning continues for Archives Week in Monmouth County
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