[posted on behalf of Bayard Miller] On Wednesday night, the Wagner Free Institute of Science, once again fired up the historic lantern slide projector for the third annual Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon. Covering diverse ground — entertainment to instruction; travelogues to botany lectures — the presenters reminded us how lantern slides were used in … More Archives Month Philly: Lantern Slide Salon
[posted on behalf of DVAG member Kelsey Duinkerken] The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing’s new exhibit, 100 Years in Nursing History, opened this Monday with a small reception and open house. The exhibit includes material from a variety of local nursing training schools as well as items related to … More Archives Month Philly: 100 Years in Nursing History
Posted on behalf of Bayard Miller. The 2015 Archives Month Philly season officially kicked off last night over at Frankford Hall with a very special Nerd Nite: Archives Edition. The large crowd gathered to toast the night away and learn about ink, handwriting, and women doctors. Lisa Berry Drago took us from goat to … More Archives Month Philly: Nerd Nite
The following post is written by Jessica Hoffman, this year’s recipient of DVAG’s scholarship to attend the Society of American Archivists annual meeting. If you couldn’t attend SAA and are interesting in hearing more — or if you did attend and want to share your experiences! — please come to our SAA Wrap-Up Happy Hour … More SAA Annual Meeting 2015: Our Scholarship Recipient Reports Back
Call for Proposals Announcement The Program Committee is now accepting session proposals for the Spring 2016 meeting to be held April 14-16, 2016 in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference theme is Archival Confluence: Connecting Theory and Practice. Please visit the following Google form for more information and to submit session proposals: http://goo.gl/forms/loyQoO1DRR. Proposals will be accepted … More Call for Proposals for MARAC Spring 2016
Save the date for June 4th, when you can spend some quality time with other Delaware Valley archivists while getting behind-the-scenes tours of the USS Olympia, the oldest steel warship still afloat in the whole world! You can walk there from Center City via the Walnut Street footbridge, park at the Penn’s Landing lot, or find street … More ABA + MARAC + 19th century warship
In the grand tradition of our ever-popular Lantern Slide Salon, this year’s Archives Month Philly program will feature a screening of archival films and videos curated by the Archives Month Philly team. Institutions are invited to submit any film or video for consideration, whether it’s already been transferred or is in need of transfer. Through … More Call for submissions: Archives Month Philly film screening
The Drexel University SAA chapter is cosponsoring a career panel with Delaware Valley Archivists on Wednesday, May 20th at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The panel will consist of 5 professional archivists and will be followed by a Q&A session and reception. Refreshments will be served! This will be a GREAT opportunity to chat with … More Save the date: Career Panel at HSP!
The MARAC/NEA Boston Conference has come and gone, and it’s now time to share what you’ve learned! Please join your fellow DVAGers for an informal MARAC wrap-up session this Thursday evening at the Union League Heritage Center. If you attended and/or presented at the conference, please come and share conference highlights, abridged versions of presentations … More MARAC Wrap-Up!
Although it’s hard to believe, it’s already February, which means Archives Month Philly is only 8 months away! Want to help make this year’s program the best one yet? Join us at Strangelove’s on Tuesday, February 24th at 5:30 pm for our first 2015 planning meeting. Planning to join us? Please RSVP to archivesmonthphilly@gmail.com so we can plan … More Calling all volunteers for Archives Month Philly 2015!
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