Contributed by Valerie-Ann Lutz During this meeting a decision was made to continue the many helpful conversations on the DVAG Blog. Check back for a follow-up post and participate in the dialogue! The final DVAG meeting of 2013 was held in the grand 19th century library of the Union League on South Broad Street. In … More DVAG Meeting at the Union League – December 18, 2013
Contributed by Elizabeth McDermott Violette de Mazia was ahead of her time as a female intellectual of the modernist era. Her association with Dr. Barnes and the Barnes Foundation beginning in 1925 led to her becoming the driving force behind their art education program. For over 50 years she taught her students about the aesthetic … More Violette de Mazia Foundation Archival Project
Submitted by Barbara Anne Beaucar The Barnes Foundation’s Archives, Libraries, and Special Collections department is pleased to announce that Barbara Anne Beaucar was promoted to the position of Archivist last September. After graduating with a MA in History from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Barbara was hired by the Barnes Foundation in 2002 as part … More News From The Barnes
I want to thank the DVAG members for such a great year. It was wonderful to meet so many new people and hear you share your insight, opinions and expertise. At our last meeting, which was a group discussion, we weren’t able to cover all the topics and there were some really important ones. Shortly … More From Your New Chair, Laurie Rizzo
Reposted from the Presbyterian Historical Society. On the 21st of March, 1960, police officers in the South African township of Sharpeville opened fire on protesters, killing 69. With the incident fresh in its mind, that year the 172nd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. addressed apartheid for the first time: The … More Presbyterians, apartheid and divestment
Hagley is seeking two full-time project archivists for a three-year effort to process the David Sarnoff Collection (2800 feet). One archivist will focus on manuscript materials for the full three years of the project; the other will focus on audiovisual materials for the first two years of the project only. The proposed project will make … More Job Posting: Project Archivists for Hagley Museum and Library’s David Sarnoff Collection
Through the generous support of a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act, over 800 prints, photographs, and pieces of ephemera documenting the African American experience will be digitized and added to the Library Company’s digital collections catalog ImPAC. A collection of national importance, the graphics depict African American life, community, work, art, … More LSTA Grant Funds Digitization of Library Company of Philadelphia’s African Americana Graphics Collection
Contributed by Jodi Boyle, MARAC Local Arrangements Committee, Spring 2014 Meeting in Rochester Quick, in what city were baby shoes and bloomers invented? What about items as diverse as the thermometer, Jell-O, and the first “gold tooth?” Where did Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, George Eastman, Cab Calloway and Buffalo Bill Cody each call home for a … More Calling All Archivists Interested in History, Innovation, Collaboration and the Exciting Future of Archives
The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for 2014’s Collections Care Training Series! Collections Care Training programs are for staff who are involved in collections care activities or have responsibility for cultural collections, such as librarians, archivists, curators, collections managers, stewards of historic house … More CCAHA Announces its 2014 Collections Care Training Series
Contributed by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen If you are a DVAG member, there’s a decent chance you attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Fall 2013 meeting a few weeks ago. It was right here in Philadelphia, and rumor has it that with over 450 attendees, this was the best-attended MARAC meeting ever! DVAG members were well-represented … More Celia Caust-Ellenbogen shares her MARAC Philly Experience
Delaware Valley Archivists Group 