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Two years ago,I wrote about a copy of the Declaration of Independence that was found in a Maine attic and sold to a private collector. The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled this morning that the collector may keep the document. From the WSJ article: In 2005,after receiving a tip about the sale,the [...] A few bits and bobs that tickled our fancy over here at Archives Found headquarters,but don’t really fit anywhere else…. Archivist-turned-British-secret-intelligence-agent,now mystery novelist Stella Rimington has a new book out this month. From an article in The Australian: The ability to think clearly and organise information is more important to a real-life agent [...] I fully support equal civil rights for gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgendered Americans. Period. For those of you who haven’t been involved in the various discussions on the Archives &Archivists listserv or on other blogs,this might be a bit of a departure from my usual posts. I’ve been tossing this post around [...] Fifteen museums and cultural institutions (including the Smithsonian American Art Museum) are participating in Wikipedia Loves Art ,a scavenger hunt/content-building contest that looks like a whole lot of fun. Check out the Flickr group and rules here. Some of the prizes that looked most toothsome to me: Indianapolis Museum of Art The photographer with [...] A quick roundup of recent articles about the effects of state budgets on archives and preservation. Economy hurts effort to preserve the past- The Columbus Dispatch “Preserving the past is important,but if governments don’t start spending and borrowing less,there won’t be much of a future left for our kids to enjoy,”Sepp said. [...] |
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