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The Clarke film project update

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  After over a decade of processing and describing Channel 9 & 10 News film we are finally working with raw film footage from 1980. While there was a limited quantity of film up to 1969, there was a vast quantity from the 1970s. There is not much 1980-1982 alpha/chrono film. This was how the 9 & 10 crew organized the daily raw film footage they shot all over Michigan. See A-19-80 above. We hope to complete the alpha/chrono series by May 2026. Then we will have some Eye On Michigan, stock footage,  and miscellaneous film to process. The majority of the collection has now been processed and described. It has been a haul to get to 1980! Many thanks to my two current and awesome film processing students Max M. and Rebekah H. and the many prior film students whose work contributed to the success of this student-powered film project. 

MSU Digital Archivist job posting

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  Michigan State University is accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. Please apply or share with your networks. And please excuse the cross-postings.   You can view the entire job posting here: careers.msu.edu/jobs/...

a major finding aid for the N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth

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One more step Mr. Hands, a painting by N.C. Wyeth for the book Treasure Island.(in the public domain) When I lived in West Chester, Pennsylvania, I used to visit the Brandywine Museum of Art at Chadds Ford, where N.C. Wyeth's art is exhibited, so the announcement below is interesting to me and I think for anyone who enjoys art, art in children's literature or access to primary sources.  Hello! My name is Lillian Kinney, librarian and archivist, and Manager of the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Research Center at the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds, Ford, PA , managing our libraries, archives, and special collections. I am very pleased to announce the publication of a major finding aid for the N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth, which can be found digitally on our new instance of ArchivesSpace: brandywinearchives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/... . Detailing the life of this American artis...

2 MI archivist jobs

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  The Archives of Michigan, located in Lansing, MI, is hiring two full-time archivist positions. Postings are open until October 7, 2025.   Digital Acquisition Archivist (Historian 9-P11) The Digital Acquisition Services Archivist position will communicate with state agencies, local governments, and private donors to identify, appraise, acquire, and accession digital archival/historical records and facilitate public records access.  This position is responsible for writing and running scripts to package digital records for ingest into the Preservica preservation system.  The digital acquisitions archivist also works with the collections services digital archivist to maintain, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues in Preservica.  This position works on a team to implement and migrate to the ArchiveSpace collections management system.  The digital acquisition archivist also participates in fieldwork projects, provide reference services for the public, and s...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Bicknell & Co. Store, Clare, MI

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Students and 10-month faculty return to campus this week and classes begin next week. So far this week I had to re-add part of my HST 583 course materials to my Ultra Blackboard page. I also have a nasty drip in the processing room radiator which has twice soaked a chunk of carpet despite turning off the water valve and my putting a large plastic bowl beneath the drip. While processing a collection, I found this business advertising card with a weird image for Bicknell's, Clare. So I'm focusing on the positive today-the business advertising card.  Small business advertising cards like this were common in the 19th-early 20th century. They advertised all kinds of businesses and goods. Most sported colorful images of cute children and pretty women so people would want to take and keep the card, increasing the possibilities of product sales.   Bicknell's department store was still operating when we moved to Clare over 25 years ago. That building store is now a successful wedd...

CLIR digitization grants program info.

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                                                       Amplifying Unheard Voices Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices  Call for Applications Opens August 5   The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) will begin accepting initial applications for the fourth cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices  on August 5, 2025. This regranting program supports the digitization of rare and unique materials that deepen the public understanding of underrepresented communities, including people of the global majority, disabled populations, indigenous voices, LGBTQ+ communities, immigrants, displaced persons, the ...

CMU floral sights this week

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  Here are some pics of Bio flowers, which had bees, and Ed Building's pollinator garden, which did not.