Contributed by Hillary Kativa As the recipient of this year’s DVAG travel grant, I was fortunate to travel to New Orleans last month to attend the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists. In many ways, it was a trip of firsts: my first national conference, my first trip to New Orleans, and … More SAA New Orleans: Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Contributed by Hillary Kativa This fall, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Villanova University began work on a collaborative digital history exhibit to mark the Centennial Anniversary of the First World War. Organized around themes like propaganda, medicine, popular culture, and the Philadelphia home front, the exhibit will feature digital images of manuscripts, photographs, posters, … More New Collaborative Digital History Exhibit to Commemorate WWI Anniversary
MARAC (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference) returns to Philadelphia this fall for the first time since 2001. “Friends Meeting: Arts and Advocacy Along the Delaware” will be held from November 7 through 9 at the Hyatt Regency Penn’s Landing. A number of sessions focus on art, artists, and archives, with others devoted to advocacy and outreach. Other programs … More MARAC Philly 2013
Contributed by Hillary Kativa The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) has begun a two-year project to enhance description and discovery of its graphics materials and promote the linking and sharing of content among institutions and scholars. This project is funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission’s Innovation in Archives and … More HSP Receives Grant to Improve Accessibility and Description of Graphics
Less than a month until Archives Month Philly is in full-swing! Archives Month Philly is an outreach effort that raises public awareness about the value of the work we do as archivists along with the phenomenal collections we have in the region. Over twenty institutions are participating through workshops, lectures, screenings and tours. The month … More October is Archives Month – Find out what’s happening in Philly
Contributed by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen Summer may be fading, but DVAG’s ranks are swelling! Please join me in welcoming 15 new members to the DVAG fold: Stanley Alston, Annalise Berdini, E. Evan Echols, Bryan Eichner, Sarah Hegge, Jonathan Hoppe, Jessica Hoffman, Josue Hurtado, Sarh Kemp, Patricia Martinelli, Alison Miner, Jeffrey Moy, Bethany Myers, Donna Rhodes, and Christopher … More Membership Report
Submitted by: Barbara Anne Beaucar, MA, CA Associate Archivist The Barnes Foundation The Barnes Foundation is pleased to announce that Amanda McKnight began working full time for the Archives, Libraries, and Special Collections department in July 2013 with the new title of Assistant Archivist and Librarian. Amanda holds an MLS from the University of Maryland and, … More Staff update from the Barnes
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, through its Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), is excited to announce a new internship program slated to start this fall. The goal of the program is to provide emerging archivists with hands-on collections processing experience while providing needed arrangement and description work on the collections of … More New Internship Opportunity at HSP
By Kathy Boccella, Inquirer Staff Writer Published: Philly.com, August 22, 2013 In seven years under Plowman’s leadership, the Delaware County Archives has expanded online to become ranked among the top 30 genealogy websites in the country. Many researchers also go to the archives, on the county’s Fair Acre campus in Middletown, looking for a … More Delco archivist oversees trove of history
Contributed by Susan Duhl October 7, 2013. Location: Center for Jewish History, New York, NY Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (ART) admin@nycarchivists.org The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, in conjunction with the Center for Jewish History, is organizing a one-day symposium with the aim of bringing together archivists, records managers, … More Symposium: Disaster Planning for Archives and their Communities
Delaware Valley Archivists Group 