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
Contributed by Ashley Stevens Sponsored by the Young Friends of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, ‘Staches and Spirits was a rousing success with over 75 people in attendance on October 16th. During the course of the two hour event, attendees had the opportunity to mingle, to sample free whiskey and to check out historic photographs … More Archives Month Philly: ‘Staches and Spirits
Currently, the Rare Book Department at the Free Library of Philadelphia is providing tours which include an introduction to the history of the book showing select items from the collections, including cuneiform tablets, a section of a papyrus scroll, a medieval manuscript and a leaf from a Gutenberg Bible. The tour also includes a visit … More Archives Month Philly: Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book tour and exhibitions
Archives Month Philly is still going strong, and with 10 days left, there is something going on almost every weekday — this is just a handful of the events and everything listed here is free! Full info on these and more at ArchivesMonthPhilly.com Also, don’t miss the numerous ongoing exhibits >> Romance Between the Sheets…of Paper! at University of … More Archives Month Philly
Dear Delaware Valley Archivists, With a new year almost upon us, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect back on what amounted to a busy and exciting 2018. With 245 members, the Delaware Valley Archivists Group is just one member shy of matching our highest membership numbers ever. We sincerely appreciate the continued support … More 2018 Year End Report from the Chair
Posted on behalf of Hoang Tran. Reflecting on DVAG’s efforts to strive for transparency, accountability, and fiscal responsibility, DVAG presents the 2017 Treasurer’s Report. For 2017, DVAG continued its commitment to provide its members with a number of services and programs that included quarterly meetings, networking events, supported Archives Month Philly, educational and career advice, … More Treasurer’s Report – 2017
Posted on behalf of Hillary Kativa. As 2017 draws to a close, many thanks to all of the DVAG members who joined us for our 2nd annual holiday potluck at the American Philosophical Society on December 8th and at events throughout the past year. And what a busy and exciting year it was, beginning in … More Chair’s Report – 2017
2016 was a busy and exciting year for archivists in the Delaware Valley, beginning with our March meeting on the care and management of audio-visual materials at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. We also held a town-hall discussion on the ethics of archival internships at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, explored the … More 2016 Chair’s Report
As always, DVAG is invested in transparency and to that end we present our treasurer’s report, representing our finances at the end of 2016. This year we increased our SAA Annual Meeting Travel Grant to support not one, but two local archivists attending the conference. We continued to hold funds for PhillyDH to support THATCamp Philly, and … More 2016 Treasurer’s Report
[Posted on behalf of Shaun Kirkpatrick] On October 20, Archives Month Philly descended on the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Old City for the Othmer Library‘s open house, “The Golden Age of Science Advertising.”
Delaware Valley Archivists Group 