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NEW IN PRINT — The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer. “Inspired by the groundbreaking work of W. E. B. Du Bois, this beautiful collection brings together an...
Dec 2, 2023


NEW IN PRINT — The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic
Elisabeth Gernerd. “From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the...
Dec 2, 2023


VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Meeting Proposal Brainstorming (2023)
Visual Materials Section event Thursday, November 2 @ 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT Do you have a project or an idea related to visual materials...
Oct 30, 2023


IN DEPTH — Lessons Learned in Preserving a Commercial Photography Studio
Over the past few years, the Missouri Historical Society’s Photos and Prints Department has undertaken a large-scale project to fully...
Jul 10, 2023


BOOK REVIEWS — Photobooks &
Matt Johnston. Onomatopee 220, 2021. With an overarching goal of increasing accessibility of photobooks to a broader readership, Matt...
Jun 9, 2023


VMS 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...
Jun 6, 2023


VMS 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...
May 1, 2023


VMS 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...
Mar 6, 2023


IN DEPTH — Summing Up Summary Notes
While 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 20, 2023


IN DEPTH — Archiving Valentines
In May 2021, I started processing the Nancy and Henry Rosin collection of valentine, friendship, and devotional ephemera. Assembled by...
Feb 17, 2023
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