News from RBML’s Archivists | April 2021

  Insider cheers! Technical Services Archivist Patrick Lawler described and made accessible for the first time, according to Head Archivist Kevin Schlottman, “a truly massive set of 19th-century newspapers” from the Seymour B. Durst Collection of Historical Manuscripts, Documents & Newspapers, 1764-1990. Here’s further news of newly processed collections: Beatrice Saunders correspondence with Gordon Hamilton […]

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News from RBML’s Archivists | March 2021

Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares these updates of a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. Insider cheers! Our colleague Melissa Cabarcas has completed a major project that, behind the scenes, makes it easier for RBML staff to find materials in frequently used collections. What this means for […]

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News from RBML’s Archivists | February 2021

  Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares these updates of a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. 🆕 Newly processed collections Josephine Baker Collection “Documents Baker’s career from her arrival in Paris in 1925 as a show girl in the Revue Negre; her selection to star in a […]

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News from RBML’s Archivists | January 2021

  Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares these updates of a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. 🆕 Newly processed and available As we do every January, we lifted restrictions that expired at the turn of the year.  This year, 15 collections had folders or sections that were […]

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Linking Names in Our Archival Collections: Shared Authority Review (Interim update)

One of our collaborative work-from-home projects since the COVID pandemic started in March 2020 is our ongoing review of linked authority records in our archival collections. The shared authorities in our archival collections are managed in ArchivesSpace and are utilized across four of our distinctive collections including the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, the […]

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