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  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 i...

  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 ...

One of the fun things about working in a historical institution with children's literature is that periodically I see a book waiting to be cataloged and I immediately know that I read it in my childhood. I'm very visual, so I thought the cover looked very familiar. Once I opened it, the illustrations on certain pages immediately clicked with my memory. How many of us had a book from childhood that we immediately recall when seeing it in a library, book sale, or exhibit? Good memories! Here's the cover compared to my hand now, but when I first read this book it was larger than my hands.   I remember the doll on the right, her vivid eyes and her stripped socks sticking out, but I don't know why. I guess she makes quite an impression compared to the other doll. I also vividly remember this illustration. It looks like they might tip over. Here's the back cover.