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The Spring MARAC meeting is in Harrisburg, where I lived for 4 years. I hope some of my archival friends attend. Wishing them a wonderful conference.  https://connect.archivists.org/discussion/registration-open-marac-spring-2025-harrisburg-meeting#bmd272be11-d4e2-4500-a20a-de850ba95ef9

Today I saw a format in a size I've never seen before in an archives:  a 1970 metal reel of 9.5 inch aerial negatives. The reel was stored in a black, plastic Kodak canister. In the Clarke, we have a lot of oversized aerial photographs, in black and white or color prints, or flat negatives, some of which are nailed to wooden boards. We also have a lot of film, some of which arrives on metal reels, but I've never seen a rolled negative on the original reel in this size. Here you can see the film on the reel and the black, plastic storage canister and matching lid. The Kodak label is immediately recognizable. The leader (blank film) at the beginning of the reel is reflective in the photograph. Next you can see the first image, a rectangular aerial. Aerial images were and are taken from airplanes with special cameras by aerial mapping companies. 

  My former students who processed any part of Saginaw Michigan lumber baron Charles S. Bliss' collection will be glad to know that Natalie is completing the processing of the last 7 cubic feet of Bliss.  For many years my HST 583 class processed Bliss when we met in person in the Clarke. COVID caused me to shift the class to hybrid, so students in the class physically processing Bliss was no longer practical. So, completing the last of Bliss had to wait until I had a really capable processing student.  Thank you Natalie! Bliss and his staff filled hundreds of Globe Leader Filing Cabinet boxes for his personal and business records. Most of the boxes were full of letters and assorted financials filled in rough alphabetical order. The boxes had sections separated by now acid paper sheets labeled A, B, C, etc. He and his staff roughly filed materials by personal and corporate names. Each box usually held an alphabetical run for a few months of a year.  This last bo...

Happy holidays! How many of you are sending cards with red fringe? Wishing you a wonderful holiday and a good year ahead. The Clarke Historical Library will be closed Dec. 21, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025. 

  Delta College library is seeking applications for the position of Archives Intern. The archives intern will provide arrangement and description of archival materials to help make them available for use by Delta College faculty, staff, students, alumni and the community. Delta College is committed to providing students pursuing a graduate degree with a concentration in Archives an excellent opportunity to participate in a comprehensive internship program at Delta College, one of America’s leading Community Colleges. Interns will work under the guidance and supervision of the Librarian/Archivist at Delta College.   For more information and to apply please visit: https://delta.peopleadmin.com/postings/6498

  Michigan State University Libraries is now accepting applications for visiting scholars for the summer of 2025. Our Visiting Scholars program welcomes researchers at all levels to make use of our world-class collections related to (but not limited to) popular culture, comics, rare books, Africana, LGBTQ activism, Michigan writers, cookery and foodways, as well as both the radical left and right.   Please consult our collections and MSU’s University Archives and Historical Collections for more information on MSU’s unique holdings.   How to Apply Our special collections travel grants all share the same eligibility requirements and follow a shared timeline. See the bottom of the page for details on specific travel grant criteria.   Eligibility Open to applicants from all nationalities. Non-U.S. citizens are required to obtain a J-1 visa if accepted. Applicants must be at least 50 miles from East Lansing. Any researcher, including un...