#archival collections

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In today’s archival adventures, I present the following text message exchange between myself and my husband.

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This Thursday! Rare BOO👻ks and other Spooky Selections from Special Collections

Straitjacket worn by actor Anthony Hopkins in the film "Silence of the Lambs."

Join us on the 6th floor of Hatcher this Thursday, 16 October between 4-6p for our second Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester! This event will feature spooky scary selections from across our Special Collections. 

Prepare to be spooked by the straight jacket worn by actor Anthony Hopkins in the film "Silence of the Lambs" (Johnathan Demme Papers), get in the Halloween spirit with children’s books and creepy recipes, enjoy skeletons and maladies from a selection of medical books, and experience the life-like latex baby from Robert Altman’s "Dr. T & and the Women." 

While you’re here, pick up a Third Thursday Passport and collect a stamp! Make it around to all four Third Thursday Open Houses — the Clark Library, International Studies, Asia Library, and the Special Collections Research Center — and win a prize!

Happy sp0o0oky Halloween! 👻

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New Neighborhood Archive Collections

Last year, we received a Legacy Grant from the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants program to organize and preserve archival collections from local community groups, including neighborhood associations, business groups, community service agencies, and more.

Thanks to the work of two dedicated archival processors, several of these archival collections have been completely organized, preserved for generations of future use, and described in detailed finding aids. Most of these are newly donated additions to the library collection, and some are existing collections that have been reorganized and better described to make them even more useful to library patrons. Work is well underway on many additional collections that will be finished soon.

Check out these finished finding aids:

Lowry Hill Residents, Inc. Records

Nokomis East Neighborhood Association Records

Jordan Area Community Council Records

Simpson Housing Services Records

Dinkytown Business Alliance Records

Camden Area Community Concerns Council Records (reorganized)

Central Neighborhood Improvement Association Records (reorganized)

Cedar Lake Park Association Records (reorganized)

Linden Hills Neighborhood Council Records (reorganized)

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Good morning and happy Woodcut Wednesday!

This 19th century seal of the state of New York comes from a fascinating collection of deeds and other legal documents produced by a family in Rye, NY.

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As part of my degree we have to complete a 60 hour internship at an archive. Since I work full time I get to do a practicum instead where I arrange and describe a collection bought off of ebay. My collection happens to be a collection of letters to a WWII sailor from his mother. Some of the letters have never been opened. It’s a pretty profound experience reading a letter that has been untouched for over seventy years and I can’t help but wonder why Mr. Paul Carpenter of the U.S. Navy never opened some of these letters.

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Lady Ann (Kenya)

Smoothly finished pottery by Glendia Cooper, an African American potter. The title of this piece is Lady Ann (Kenya). Making up one of two parts to this piece, the jar is accompanied by a jar stopper; and the two parts combined suggest a female figure.

From the Glendia Cooper Collection held by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

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This Thursday! Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood

Director Ezra Stone and actress Joan Davis on the set of the TV show "I Married Joan" that aired from 1952-1955.

Join us this Thursday, November 20th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!

This event will feature the recently processed Ezra and Sara Seegar Stone Papers. Ezra Stone (1917-1994) was an actor, director, author, theatre professor, and cow farmer. Best known for his portrayal of mischievous teenager Henry Aldrich on the radio show "The Aldrich Family" (1939-1953), Stone directed several Broadway productions, World War II soldier morale productions including Irving Berlin's "This is the Army,"  IBM educational films, and 300+ TV episodes including "The Aldrich Family," "I Married Joan," "The Munsters," "Lost in Space," and "Lassie."

Immerse yourself in 1930-1950s era Hollywood with original Aldrich Family 1930s radio scripts and stage designs for the TV show "The Munsters."  Learn about the Broadway musical "This is the Army,"  and how the U.S. Army attempted to boost WWII soldier morale. See an archivist’s prized rusty paperclip collection and learn about the process of organizing a large 200+ box archival collection. 

While you’re here, pick up a Third Thursday Passport and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — the Clark Library, International Studies, Asia Library, and the Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize!