Allen Phillips and Grant B. Romer. "Scenic daguerreotypes, made over 175 years ago, are extremely rare today. Named after Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), daguerreotypes are the first widely practised type of photography, quite unlike any other: the result it is both an image and object, a unique vestige of its time and place. The selection presented here is almost entirely drawn from the private collection of American collector Greg French, who built it over a 40-year period into

Philip Brookman (Editor) and Deborah Willis (Editor). "The Black Arts Movement brought together writers, filmmakers, and visual artists who were exploring ways of using art to advance civil rights and Black self-determination. This book examines the vital role of photography in the evolution of the Black Arts Movement, revealing how photographs operated across art, community building, journalism, and political messaging to contribute to the development of a distinctly Black a

This is the second of a three-part series by Aliza Leventhal and Julia Larson on enhancing archivists’ visual and technical literacy in handling complex digital objects. Foundational Components: Objects, Attributes, Blocks, and Libraries. AutoCAD image courtesy SMWM Collection, 2013-01, Environmental Design Archives, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley. The first article in this series introduced common features used in most digital design soft

Hello, all, I’m very excited to be an incoming Member-at-Large of the Visual Materials Section! I’m currently the Arts Archivist at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University, where I work with a large variety of visual materials. Here, I have the opportunity to not only process arts archives, but also to teach with them and create exhibitions. We have great graphic design collections; my favorite new acquisition is the papers of graphic designer, public artist

Hi! My name is Jacob Wolf, and I am super excited to be joining the Visual Materials Section steering committee as a Member-at-Large. I currently work for the Getty Research Institute as a Special Collections Archivist, where I am processing the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) archive with a team of archivists in Chicago. Currently, I am working on multi-format photo files, helping manage agents and subjects in ArchivesSpace, and I am continuing research on the television s

This is the first of a three-part series by Aliza Leventhal and Julia Larson on enhancing archivists’ visual and technical literacy in handling complex digital objects. Deconstructing CAD: Layers, Xrefs, and You. Screenshot of MicroStation. Image courtesy: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop (TGH) collection, (2021-13), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. Physical materials in a design archive are inh

Education—Tools and Tricks. Image courtesy: Resources Page, Everyone Archives, 2025. Everyone Archives is a community of archivists who work outside of major institutions to promote better archival practices by providing resources, events, and opportunities for community collaboration. The Everyone Archives Resources is open to, well, everyone! Their resources provide an ever-expanding list of information on conservation, oral history, web archiving, and more. Whether you’re

Thomas J. Campanella. "Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers of the American century. Their vast...

Education—Tools and Tricks. Image courtesy: Ukiyo-e Print Colorant Database, The Asian Conservation Studio and Scientific Research...

Exhibitions—Photography. Gay Activists at First Gay Pride Parade, Christopher Street, New York (detail), 1970; printed 2021, Arthur...