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  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...

  Here's my favorite stress reliever pencil to preface this announcement. Code4Lib 2025 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held March 10-13, 2025 at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ. You can find more information about the conference on the conference web site ( https://2025.code4lib.org/ ) and more information about the Code4Lib community at https://code4lib.org/about/ . Keynote speaker nominations for the Code4Lib 2025 Conference will be accepted from now through November 22. Nominations should be made on our keynote nominations page ( https://wiki.code4lib.org/2025_Keynote_Speakers_Nominations ) on the Code4Lib wiki. To get a wiki account, please email Ryan Wick at ryanwick@gmail.com ; if you wish to make a nomination without a wiki account, please email Hardy Pottinger a...

 Happy Halloween Everyone.  Here is some helpful disaster recovery advice for historic collections from the NEDCC, a wonderful resource. Recovering from a Disaster? We’re Here to Help. Whether you're facing wet collections, mold, or other damages, NEDCC provides  free preservation advice  to support your recovery efforts. Our 24/7 Collections Emergency Hotline is here to answer any questions as you return to your institutions or homes: 1-855-245-8303. You can also explore our  Disaster Assistance Page , which features a curated list of recovery resources from leading cultural heritage institutions. To help you get started, here are a few resources: -  3.6 Emergency Salvage of Wet Books and Records -  3.7 Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs -  3.8 Emergency Salvage of Modly Books and Paper -  NEH Chair's Disaster Recovery Grants for Humanities Collections  (due 4/25/25) For organizations affected by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Hele...

  Hello from the Northeast Document Conservation Center! We've got some free upcoming webinars that might interest you-register ahead of time to receive the link. And if you can't join us live, no worries! Recordings will be added to our  NEDCC Preservation Training   playlist afterward. Webinars: Oct 31st -  Writing Your NEH Preservation Assistance Grant Nov 1st - Ask A Conservator Day: Interleaving Nov 7th - Information Session: "Ready-Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California Dec 17th - Information Session: "Ready-Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California Plus, we've released two new Conservation and Preservation shorts: Understanding the Leafcasting Process Preserving a Legacy: Digitizing Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's Broken Discs Hope you'll check them out! ------------------------------ Kindly, Ryn Marchese Northe...