In order to make the readings I did for my internship easier to locate, I moved them to the beginning of my blog and created this post linking to each of them.
Reading 1
Wilhelm, H. (1993). Chapter 16: Storage Environment: Relative Humidity, Temperature, Air Pollution, Dust, and Fungus. The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Grinnell, Iowa: Preservation Publishing Company. (pp. 539-574)
ISBN: 0-911515-00-3
Reading 2
Wilhelm, H. (1993). Chapter 18: Handling and Preservation of Color Slide Collections: Selection of Films, Slide Mounts, Slide Pages, and Individual Slide Sleeves. The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Grinnell, Iowa: Preservation Publishing Company. (pp.625-654)
ISBN: 0-911515-00-3
Reading 3
Wilhelm, H. (1993). Chapter 7: Monitoring the Long-Term Fading and Staining of Color Photographs in Museum and Archive Collections. The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Grinnell, Iowa: Preservation Publishing Company. (pp. 239-266)
ISBN: 0-911515-00-3
Reading 4
Reilly, J. M. (1986). "Chapter IV: Identification of 19th-Century Photographic and Photomechanical Print Processes." Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints. Eastman Kodak Company. (pp. 48-72)
ISBN: 0-87985-365-4
Reading 5
Reilly, J. M. (1986). "Chapter I: The History of Photographic Printing in the 19th Century." Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints. Eastman Kodak Company. (pp. 1-13)
ISBN: 0-87985-365-4
Reading 6
Ritzenthaler, M. L.; G. J. Munoff; & M. S. Long. (1984). "3. Appraisal and Collecting Policies." Archives & Manuscripts: Administration of Photographic Collections. Chicago, IL: Society of American Archivists. (pp. 55-70).
ISBN: 0-931828-61-9
Reading 7
Ritzenthaler, M. L.; G. J. Munoff; & M. S. Long. (1984). "2. History of Photographic Processes." Archives & Manuscripts: Administration of Photographic Collections. Chicago, IL: Society of American Archivists. (pp. 27-54).
ISBN: 0-931828-61-9
Reading 8
Shatford, Sara (1986). Analyzing the Subject of a Picture: A Theoretical Approach. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 6(3). (pp. 39-62).
Reading 9
Foster, Anne L. (2006). Minimum Standards Processing and Photograph Collections. Archival Issues, 30(2). (107-118).
Monday, May 3, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Today was the last day of my internship.
I spent most of it working on a fun project--someone from England emailed us to offer more information about some images shot by Cushman in London in the 1960s, and I worked on verifying the information using Google and Google Earth. I'm particularly interested in London because I spent a semester there as an undergraduate in 2005. I loved seeing how the photographs taken by Cushman compared to more recent images. This was one of my favorite comparisons. In 1961, Cushman took these pictures of St. John's church in Smith Square that had been ruined by bombing and was not yet repaired:
The original can be found on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.
If you look carefully in the image above, you can see weeds growing through the church steps. The original can be found on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.
The church has since been restored as a concert hall. Here is an image of the church from Google Earth:
Since the trees are kind of in the way in that picture, here is another recent photograph of the building: http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/St_Johns_Concert_Hall.jpg
And here is the website for the church/concert hall: http://www.sjss.org.uk/
I also worked on some permission-to-publish forms.
I spent most of it working on a fun project--someone from England emailed us to offer more information about some images shot by Cushman in London in the 1960s, and I worked on verifying the information using Google and Google Earth. I'm particularly interested in London because I spent a semester there as an undergraduate in 2005. I loved seeing how the photographs taken by Cushman compared to more recent images. This was one of my favorite comparisons. In 1961, Cushman took these pictures of St. John's church in Smith Square that had been ruined by bombing and was not yet repaired:
The original can be found on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.
If you look carefully in the image above, you can see weeds growing through the church steps. The original can be found on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.The church has since been restored as a concert hall. Here is an image of the church from Google Earth:
Since the trees are kind of in the way in that picture, here is another recent photograph of the building: http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/St_Johns_Concert_Hall.jpg
And here is the website for the church/concert hall: http://www.sjss.org.uk/
I also worked on some permission-to-publish forms.
Monday, April 26, 2010
I worked on more permission to publish forms today. One of the most interesting ones was for someone working for a Supreme Court Justice.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Today I worked on permission to publish forms for Cushman images and sent another patron information on the publication fees for Counts images. One of the permission to publish forms I worked on was one for some photographs of San Francisco taken by Cushman. This wasn't one of the images requested, but it was also taken in San Francisco at the same time as some of those that were on the form, and I enjoyed it:
You can find the original image on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.
You can find the original image on the Indiana University Cushman site, here.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I spent most of the day pulling and scanning sports negatives for the ongoing sports exhibit project. I also entered some more items into the accessions database.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Brad was out sick, so I didn't get to go back to the off-site storage facility today.
Instead, I worked on filling an order for images of the Forest Quad dorm. The requester had selected particular images, so I just had to pull the negatives and scan them. Once the images were scanned, Dina placed them on a website where the patron could download them.
I then entered some more items from the memorabilia cabinet into the accessions database.
Instead, I worked on filling an order for images of the Forest Quad dorm. The requester had selected particular images, so I just had to pull the negatives and scan them. Once the images were scanned, Dina placed them on a website where the patron could download them.
I then entered some more items from the memorabilia cabinet into the accessions database.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Today we went to an off-site storage facility to prepare some of the films belonging to the University Archives for transfer to the ALF (the Auxiliary Library Facility). The off-site storage facility is actually in a converted bowling alley:
It's a very strange space. It's also used by Indiana University's Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection, so there are mannequins strewn around the hallway leading to the film storage room. Some of them are whole, but there was also a garbage can full of arms and hands near the door. The room in which the films are stored is similar to a warehouse--a very large and open space filled with rows and rows of films in cases.
I worked on going through some of the films from WTIU, the Indiana University television station. Brad called the films I was going through "quads," although he wasn't sure why they were called that. After some Googling I thought maybe they were quadruplex videotape, but I'm not sure about that.
In any case, they were very large reels of film in cases, and I spent the day going through them and creating a list of the films. I looked at the labels on the cases and copied down any information about the content of the video and its date of creation. I then stuck a barcode next to this information on the sheet and an identical barcode on the case.
Most of the films I went through were on "Microcomputers," but there were also a significant number on "English Composition" and other miscellaneous topics. Most of them were from the 1970s.
Brad was also going through films, and he ran across some very odd labels. My favorite was the one that was apparently of an earthworm dissection.
It's a very strange space. It's also used by Indiana University's Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection, so there are mannequins strewn around the hallway leading to the film storage room. Some of them are whole, but there was also a garbage can full of arms and hands near the door. The room in which the films are stored is similar to a warehouse--a very large and open space filled with rows and rows of films in cases.
I worked on going through some of the films from WTIU, the Indiana University television station. Brad called the films I was going through "quads," although he wasn't sure why they were called that. After some Googling I thought maybe they were quadruplex videotape, but I'm not sure about that.
In any case, they were very large reels of film in cases, and I spent the day going through them and creating a list of the films. I looked at the labels on the cases and copied down any information about the content of the video and its date of creation. I then stuck a barcode next to this information on the sheet and an identical barcode on the case.
Most of the films I went through were on "Microcomputers," but there were also a significant number on "English Composition" and other miscellaneous topics. Most of them were from the 1970s.
Brad was also going through films, and he ran across some very odd labels. My favorite was the one that was apparently of an earthworm dissection.
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