Group portrait

I'm so glad that we took advantage of the sun and warm weather to get this picture. What a great group!

Library of Congress P&P link

Here is the link to LC P&P's "Catalog and Finding Aid Systems for Pictorial Materials: Representative Examples" click here

I want you to look through a couple of the examples listed here and find two sample collection level records that illustrate some of the points that I bring up in the lecture. Post screen shots of your samples here on the blog, along with the link and a brief comment on your thoughts on why you think this is a good example - and what it is an example of.

Appraisal puzzle

The Archives has been given the papers of distinguished Professor Emerita Estelle Jussim. Included among the papers are notes and drafts for her numerous publications, correspondence, family photographs, albums, and a large group of photographic prints that Professor Jussim had acquired from George Eastman House in preparation for a book on Alvin Langdon Coburn, left unfinished at the time of her death.  

The GEH Coburn prints are all marked on the verso with what look like accession numbers. How will this help you research them?

Do you keep the Coburn prints?

a.     If not, why not?

b.  If yes, why?

Put your decision and reasons in the comments section below. What other questions arise that you would need to investigate as part of this consideration?

The Last Roll of Kodachrome—Frame by Frame! | Vanity Fair

For a look at the last roll of Kodachrome see this link to Vanity Fair:

The Last Roll of Kodachrome—Frame by Frame! | Vanity Fair

Smithsonian Collections Blog: Sneak Peek from the Stacks: Photo Identification from Twitterverse

Smithsonian Collections Blog: Sneak Peek from the Stacks: Photo Identification from Twitterverse

Instructions for midterm posts

For the midterm:
The second half of the 19th century saw many, many important inventions and improvements to photographic technology. New processes were invented, new equipment, and new formats seized the public enthusiasm.

For this post you will select one such process, format or type of equipment and research its history. Your post will summarize for the others what happened, who and what was involved, and why it was important. Use illustrations and links to other sites as appropriate.

Please do not use the very earliest processes, daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype.

Example of post for midterm - on processes

Photo Archives Boston Fall 2012: The Tintype Process

Masked Mystery � underbelly

 This is interesting - be sure to read the comments (even though some are completely inane) so that you get to the one that actually explains what happened.

Masked Mystery � underbelly

Me and my younger brother who is always eating something! Blizzard of 1952.

Hi GSLIS West'ers - The sun is finally out here. My neighbor measured 27 inches of snow by his back door where there wasn't much of a drift. My husband has been shovelling and the plows have been by frequently. Still pretty messy. Hope you are all safe and warm. We are very grateful not to have lost our electricity. Let's hope that the worst of the winter is now behind us - on to April!!!
MM

Welcome to the LIS 471 WEST Spring 2013 blog

Here is some information that you might find useful about the 2nd part of the first assignment.

•Register yourself for ARTstor if you haven’t done so already.

•Select one 20th century documentary photograph from the collections available thru ARTstor, save a copy to your computer and then post it on the class blog 4with a credit line and a brief comment about why you selected this image.

There are literally thousands of documentary photographs on ARTstor in addition to all the photographs documenting works of art - for this assignment I'm not so much interested in the works of art as I am in the other kinds of photographs. You might start by looking at the collections listing - follow the link on the welcome page after you sign in:

 Some of the collections that you might find appropriate for this assignment include the incredible Magnum collection, the George Eastman House collection, and the Museum of the City of New York collection. Sites documenting architecture and the environment would also be appropriate. The main point is to familiarize yourself with the resources so enjoy browsing through some great images.

Here's a photograph I found browsing the Museum of the City of New York's Byron photographs:

Photograph by Byron Company (New York, N.Y.) of the Criterion Theatre, 1514-16 Broadway, "Beggar on Horseback". ca. 1924. Museum of the City of New York (93.1.3.159)