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 Here's a picture from 2018 of my friend Tawny Ryan Nelb guest lecturing to my HST 583 class about architectural records. I'm pleased to share the announcement below that she has been named a SAA Fellow for 2024. This honor is very well deserved.  CHICAGO—Tawny Ryan Nelb, president of Nelb Archival Consulting, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) on August 15 during an awards ceremony at the Annual Meeting of SAA in Chicago, IL. The distinction of fellow  is the highest honor bestowed on individuals by SAA and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the archives profession. Nelb earned a BA in American Studies in 1975 from the University of Notre Dame in one of the first classes that included women. In 1983, she obtained an MA in American history. After serving as an archives and museum assistant at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library from 1975–1976, Nelb spent the next decade holding increasing positions of responsibility at Yale U

  Job Posting - Petertyl Archival Internship at Traverse Area District Library   With the sponsorship of the Traverse Area Historical Society’s Petertyl Education Fund, the Traverse Area District Library has a temporary position as a Petertyl Archival Intern.  The intern will participate in various projects in the Local History Collection at the Main Library and will be trained in a variety of archival methods and collection care.  Full job description and applications available on  our website here .  Interested candidates should email their completed application to  jobs@tadl.org .   Hi, I'm just sharing this info. Marian The Petertyl Archival Summer Intern will advance the processing of the archives in the Local History Collection and Participate in various related projects. In the performance of work, the Petertyl Summer Intern will receive educational experience in a variety of archival methods and collection care.  This position is funded by the Traverse Area Historical Socie

  Hi! I'm Matt Black, I'm a CMU senior with a semester to go. In many ways, my experiences at Clarke have helped me understand what kind of career I want. When I started at CMU, I knew I wanted to be an archaeologist and triple majored in anthropology, history, and mathematics, later adding a Native American studies certificate. However, a research project I did during the end of my sophomore year that largely used sources from the Clarke, introduced me to a field of history I had not previously known about and prompted me to change my history major to public history. After spending my summers at archaeological field schools, I still needed an internship before I could graduate. Given my past experience with the Clarke, I began an internship in January that turned into employment. During that time, I have helped process several collections including past CMU Athletics files, a collection of book auction catalogues related to fly fishing, and the family history of a CMU alumni

  Hello! My name is Kenndall Wallace. I’m a junior at CMU studying Media Arts and Art History, and in the future, I hope to write for television and stage productions. I’ve been a student film archival assistant for about two years now at the Clarke, and I’ve loved the experience! This year, I got to watch some pretty cool Channel  & 10 News reels using the Moviescop. Some of the footage I saw that particularly stuck with me this year included forest fires, golf commercials from the 70s, and Olympics athletes. I really enjoy being able to view and describe the reels we have in our collection, because it inspires me as a writer and intrigues me as an art historian. I spent a lot of time this year fixing up older reels instead of creating new ones– which I especially enjoyed, because it meant that I got to see older footage.  (One of the reels I worked on was actually recorded before my mom was born!)  This summer, I’ll be studying art history in Italy, practicing my writing, and sta

  Friday Rod and I attended an event to celebrate my friend Dr. Britt Fremion's book, The PBB Disaster at 50, which is a compilation of oral histories of those whose lives were severely affected by PBB and who continue to demonstrate great courage and resiliency, with examples of art and photos of the PBB Disaster 50th anniversary conference events at which I presented last year. Britt's students created a documentary which debuted as well. The students did an amazing job. They plan to share the documentary nationally.    A lot of primary sources from the PBB collections in the Clarke were featured in it. The night concluded with ideas about how to continue moving forward. It was a gut wrenching and inspiring and well done event. I wish that all my students who with me have worked hard to process and describe the PBB-related manuscript collections could have participated. Of all the work I have done in Michigan, I believe my work with PBB-related collections is the most importa

  I am Max Maksymowski, and I just started my journey at Central Michigan University this year. I'm a Broadcasting and Cinema Arts Major and a Technical Theater Minor. I hope to work behind the camera on a television set, or to be a post-production professional. I was hired this school year as a moving film archivist. I worked to make sure that the film I was working with, Channel 9 & 10 News raw film footage, was stable and able to be archived properly. I also watched the stabilized film (film that would not fall apart or degrade) on the film projector and described what I was seeing so that researchers can search for it and find it in the finding aid. My favorite part of the job was watching the films and seeing the wonderful 1970s fashion and wooden paneling on the walls. Looking into the past, it was interesting to see how very brown and orange everything was. From clothing to wallpaper, it was all just a little bit funky. This work in particular interests me because