Jun 6, 2023VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Section Meeting Agenda (2023)Join us — June 29 from 2-3:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Pacific — for the Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting! The meeting will take...
May 1, 2023VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Section Meeting Details (2023)Please save the date — June 29 from 2-3:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Pacific — for the Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting! The...
Mar 6, 2023VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Alan Renga (2023)Hello, I am the VMS Webmaster, Alan Renga. I am the Digital Archivist at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, where I have worked since...
Feb 20, 2023IN DEPTH — Summing Up Summary NotesWhile a picture is worth a thousand words, it is rarely feasible, or welcome, to use quite so many to describe a picture or group of...
Feb 17, 2023IN DEPTH — Archiving ValentinesIn May 2021, I started processing the Nancy and Henry Rosin collection of valentine, friendship, and devotional ephemera. Assembled by...
Jan 31, 2023VMS LEADERSHIP — Born-Digital Visual Materials Discussion RecapWow, VMS - thank you to all who attended our born-digital visual materials discussion on January 25, 2023! This meeting reaffirmed just...
Nov 1, 2022IN DEPTH — Going to Bat for a Fan Favorite CollectionAmong the many treasures at the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, you can find over 2,000 baseball cards in the Benjamin...
Oct 12, 2022VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Amanda Claunch (2022)Hello all, I’m an incoming Visual Materials Section member-at-large. In my work at the Missouri Historical Society, I’m head of the...
Oct 12, 2022VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Mari Khasmanyan (2022)Hi everyone! I’m excited to join the Visual Materials Section as an incoming Member-at-Large and to be more involved with the Three-Year...
Sep 29, 2022VMS LEADERSHIP — From the Chair (2022)Hello all and welcome to 2022-2023! The pandemic (I know, we are all tired of hearing it, but I won’t mention it again after this, I...