Posts tagged archives
Acknowledging Archives (after Caswell)

Developing strong, meaningful, relationships between artists and archivists has so much potential to be fruitful for both fields. Interestingly, both art and archives have been historically undervalued in academia: artistic practice as a vehicle only for expression or reflection of issues, requiring translation by a critic or art historian to make sense of its real value (4), and archivists as “handmaidens of historians,” seen as passive intermediaries between records and the historians who interpret them (5)

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Thread Library: An Argument for Art in the Stacks

Thread Library, an artwork I made for the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) in February 2020, suggests that information is always mediated by the tactile, tangible, material, and personal. Simply put, Thread Library is a collection of thread with a card catalog, and each thread is cataloged as if it were a book.

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A Comic Book Guide to Archives for Artists and Makers

In 2017, the Providence Public Library published a comic book called Lizard Ramone in Hot Pursuit: A Guide to Archives for Artists and Makers. Written and illustrated by Jeremy Ferris, it forms the core of a simple toolkit for archivists.

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NC Freedom Road Sites

Explore “Freedom Road Sites” related to Black Liberation across North Carolina through the African American Heritage Commission’s digital archives, or make plans to view these historic sites for when life goes back to semi-normal, like the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony in the Outer Banks, Orange Street Landing in Wilmington, or the Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown.

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Be Prepared: (Emergency) Resources on Preservation, Conservation + Care

Need resources on archive preservation, conservation, and collections care? Is your archive, library, or special collection prepared for a natural disaster? Do you have digital documentation of your collection… or need tips where/how to start?

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Collection: the Museum of the Cherokee Indian

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, NC, Cherokee Territory, is an immensely valuable resource. The Archives has a diverse range of materials, many of which are available to be accessed online using the online catalog.

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