Behind the Scenes: Helping Letters Tell a Story
Posted by: Laura Kells
A look at the challenges processing archivists face and the types of decisions they make when organizing unsorted letters
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Of Note: Lessons from a Director’s Chair
Posted by: Laura Kells
This is the first in an occasional series in which we share items that have caught our eye. This unusual item from the papers of stage and film director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) is a memento from the first movie he ever directed, Applause (1929). Mamoulian saved the back of his director’s chair that had been …
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Behind the Scenes: Good Things Come in All Kinds of Packages
Posted by: Laura Kells
Unlike the standard archival boxes that researchers see in the Manuscript Reading Room, the containers that hold manuscripts when they first arrive in the Manuscript Division’s Preparation Section can range from file cabinets and storage containers to liquor boxes and trash cans.
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“Homeward We Our Cycles Turned from Wandering in an Unknown Land”: Wilbur Wright’s account of a bicycle ride by the Wright Brothers
Posted by: Laura Kells
Wilbur Wright’s letter to his sister describing of a 30-mile bike ride he took with his brother Orville in September 1892 illuminates an enthusiasm for bicycles and bicycling adventures that was a precursor to their pioneering work in aviation.