VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Jacob Wolf (2025)

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 show

Ebony/Jet Showcase that JPC produced in the 1980s and 1990s.

Other institutions I have worked at include the Archives and Special Collections Library at

Western Michigan University, the Internet Scout Research Group, the University of

Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, and Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater

Research. I have an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in Public History from Western Michigan University. I also have a background in museums.

Outside of work, I’m a musician and a big movie person. I love a good schlocky horror film!

This will be my first experience in leadership with SAA, so I’m looking forward to the next two years!

Jacob Wolf, MA, VMS Member-At-Large (2025-2028), Special Collections Archivist, Getty

Research Institute