Month: November 2015
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Happy Thanksgiving, 1945
The holidays must have been tough for servicemen and women during World War II, but it seems like after the war was over and one was STILL not home, it must have been extra frustrating. Perhaps leaders knew this, or perhaps it was just that, in 1945, Americans had so much for which to be…
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Mieki and Japanese Corporate Magazines (PR-shi)
While many among us have transitioned to reading news and feature articles online, the print magazine persists. As libraries too have exchanged print journal subscriptions for electronic, we nevertheless remain committed to collecting a number of magazines and other periodicals in print. This is especially true when it comes to serial items published in Japan,…
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Humor at Marlboro
Written by Ben Rosen, archival processor Pianist Rudolf Serkin, co-founder and longtime artistic director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival, was known for his love of practical jokes, crude humor, and other forms of childish fun, as Marissa has pointed out in her blog post on the Marlboro Music School and Festival records. According…
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The Unpublished Creative Works of Walter Hart Blumenthal
Written by Rive Cadwallader, archival processor There is something melancholy about an unpublished typescript. Walter Hart Blumenthal (1883-1969), a writer and editor, compiled two. Although Blumenthal had a successful career and published dozens of scholarly articles, his creative writing never attracted much attention. Flipping through Exit Laughing, and Perspectives: Stories of This Brief Tenement Wherein…
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Processing August Mencken
Written by Zach Fruit, a student in “Behind the Reference Desk: Archival Methods, Forms, Theory.” As part of a graduate English course I am taking with Jean-Christophe Cloutier entitled “Behind the Reference Desk: Archival Methods, Forms, Theory” I recently had the opportunity to process a collection of papers belonging to August Mencken. This class has…