This post is an epilogue of sorts. The project to process, describe, and make accessible the Meyer Schapiro Collection at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library is now complete. This post is also a prologue. Now that the collection will soon be available to the public, I can only imagine that new scholarly and historical […]
Category: Encoded Archival Description
On "records," papers," and "collection": a DACS case in point
As the project keeps progressing, one thing has become abundantly clear: the Meyer Schapiro archive encompasses much more than a traditional manuscript collection. While a significant potion of the archive is indeed Schapiro’s “papers,” it also houses other material such as audio-visual documents and a major collection of his own drawings, paintings, and sculptures. These […]