Archive: January 2023 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Laura Kells; (Year) 2023; (Month) January

Handwritten attendance sheet with signatures written in three vertical columns, in pencil

Of Note: Stargazing – A Look at Attendance Sheets from the Actors Studio

January 5, 2023

Attendance sheets signed by actors trained at the Actor Studio in 1955 were originally a routine record of who was there each day, but are now a useful resource for research into the history and influence of the Actors Studio as well as entertaining artifacts for fans of movies, television, and theater.

Posted in: Literature Culture & the Arts, Of Note

Photograph of Sam Ponczak smiling head and shoulders

“Lest You Forget”: Samuel Ponczak (1937-2022)

January 3, 2023

Posted by: Laura Kells

The Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States present a snapshot of Poland in 1926 through stunning illustrations and a virtual census of one-sixth of its population, just before the unimaginable devastation caused by war. This blog is a tribute to Samuel Ponczak (1937-2022), an untiring advocate for the collection.

Posted in: Digital Collections, International History

Refined by: (Author) Laura Kells; (Year) 2023; (Month) January