Contributed by Scott Ziegler William Parker Foulke, widely remembered for discovering the first dinosaur bones in America, was deeply interested in a number of reform causes. Not the least of which was the effort to colonize freed slaves in Africa. A new gallery, Colonization in the Foulke Papers, focuses on these efforts. Building off of the African … More New Gallery: Colonization in the Foulke Papers
From the New York Times STURBRIDGE, Mass. — Sarah Blanchard was sorry she skipped a worship service. Sarah Wood apologized for denouncing infant baptisms. And as for the Cheneys, Joseph and Abigail? Well, “with shame, humiliation and sorrow,” they acknowledged having had sex before marriage. More than 250 years ago, their confessions of sin were … More In Church Attics, Clues to the Private Life of Early America
Contributed by Barbara Anne Beaucar Chelsea has been working as a volunteer intern at the Barnes Foundation Archives in Merion since November 2013, helping the archivists with a variety of tasks from photocopying, scanning, pulling and re-filing records for researchers to cataloguing and data clean-up in the collections management database. Assigned her own project, … More Meet Chelsea Houck!
Last year, more than 20 institutions around the Delaware Valley participated in Archives Month Philly, a celebration of archives, special collections and cultural institutions held annually in October. Events included a film screening at PhilaMOCA, behind-the-scenes tours at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, a lantern slide salon … More Mark your calendars for Archives Month Philly 2014!
On June 26th, cultural institutions around the Delaware Valley region celebrated the launch of Home Before the Leaves Fall, a new digital history site highlighting little-known World War I resources and archival materials. Held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the launch event featured a physical and digital display of items from participating institutions, including the … More New WWI Digital History Site Launches
Contributed by Jessica Hoffman What a wonderful turnout we had for the DVAG/DUSAA Archives Career Panel on Thursday, May 29! It was an interesting, informative conversation about attractive job skills in the current job market, as well as advice on cover letters and networking. We had several different valuable perspectives on the panel and a wide … More Recap of the DVAG/DUSAA Archives Career Panel
Hopefully many of you were able to participate in or attend the renewed Archives Month initiative in October. Our goal as the planning committee was to establish a small initiative that would acclimate the local archives community to the Archives Month concept and establish a framework for an annual celebration. We originally aimed to support … More Archives Month Recap
DEADLINE: July 31, 2014 Description of the Arline Custer Memorial Award Presented by the MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee, this award honors the memory of Arline Custer (1909-1975), MARAC member and editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Eligibility The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books and articles written or compiled … More Award Announcement: Arline Custer Memorial Award Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
Contributed by Laurie Rizzo, DVAG Chair It is spring in the Delaware Valley, a new cohort of graduates are entering the workforce, some projects are coming to an end, and other projects are just beginning. As our set of local patrons wanes for the summer, a new set of scholars will begin to take this … More Report from your Chair
Contributed by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, DVAG Membership Coordinator If you haven’t yet paid your membership dues for 2014, please do so right away. Members in arrears will be removed from the DVAG listserv in early June. So far in 2014, five new members have joined DVAG. Please join me in welcoming Liz Fite, Chelsea Houck, Edward … More Membership Report
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