Archivist at Pennsylvania State Archives, @PHMC. MD native, married to amazing archivist Andra. Views mine obvs. Currently on a break
Harrisburg, PA
Joined October 2018
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Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum to open in December wgal.com/article/lancaster-m…
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I wrote this for the archivists who love throwing things away. I see you. I love you. @contingent_mag contingentmagazine.org/2022/…
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It's #HistoricBridgeAwarenessMonth! Photographed in 1930, this stone eagle was placed on top of a stone pillar located at the western edge of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, in Harrisburg. A duplicate was placed across the street.
ALT Photographed in 1930, this stone eagle was placed on top of a stone pillar located at the western edge of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, in Harrisburg, Pa. A duplicate was placed across the street. Lee Lawrie sculpted both eagles.
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The centre stone of an archway is the KEYSTONE.
The two curves either side of the keystone are called HAUNCHES.
The inner surface of an arch is the INTRADOS.
The wedge-shaped stones from which an arch is built are called VOUSSOIRS.
The two lowest voussoirs are called SPRINGERS.
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Colonial newspapers contributed to the perpetuation of slavery. Advertised 250 years ago today: “RUN AWAY ... a NEGROE slave, called CATO ... broke into a house in York-Town, and stole from, thence upwards of Ninety Pounds.” (Pennsylvania Gazette 10/28/1772)
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There are practically no drawings of rabbits or birds in the margins of books anymore and we're worse off for it tbh
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'Hearing Voices: Memoirs from the Margins of Mental Health' at @librarycompany through December:
bit.ly/3wKFnyq
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The @Pirates defeated the @Yankees in the 1960 World Series ⚾️ . Game 7 took place Oct.13, 1960 at Forbes Field. Gov. David L. Lawrence was motivated to write articles for the @PittsburghPG chronicling the Series. #OnThisDay, #Archives, #Baseball 👉 pastatearchives.com
ALT On this date in 1960 the Pittsburgh Pirates won the MLB World Series defeating the New York Yankees four games to three. Image shows Governor David Lawrence holding newspaper with headline “Bucs Are Champs”
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Join the Christ Church Preservation Trust as they discuss the completed Historic Philadelphia Congregations project in-person or virtual on Nov. 16th from 1p.m.-7p.m.
Free but registration is required.
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#ArchivesDYK that the @HouseArchives committee records, institutional records, and personal papers collections take up 2,300 cubic feet of space? That does not even include our media, objects, and oversized collections! #archiveshashtagparty
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Sometimes an archivist drops by the conservation lab with a dead fish in an envelope and we all gasp and titter.
Then 3 months later said archivist comes with 17 more and it’s not as funny.
#ArchivesDYK #ArchivesHashtagParty #NamJunePaik
ALT An off-white envelope with a small dried up fish visible through the address window. There is a note glued to the envelope with handwriting.
ALT 2 piles of envelopes with dried fish seen inside and handwritten notes glued to the envelopes.
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Pennsylvania needs a ‘keystone.’ Like some giant ancient keystone that we keep on display somewhere like a state treasure, but then gets stolen in some elaborate heist scheme, because we also need more leaves heist schemes in our lives
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The House Archives has a digital collection site: digitalcollections.pabmc.net…
Photographs, committee records, and personal paper collections are now in one location! Note: this is not the entire House Archives. To digitize the whole repository, will take YEARS! #archivesmonth
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My university sent me a pocket sized version of my doctoral degree, is this common? I guess just in case I get pulled over by a cop who needs credible information about the ecological and evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication
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New Zealand has been doing amazing work in this space. In keeping Māori artifacts culturally "alive" they have created the Mana Taonga principle. While designed for indigenous objects, it represents a powerful thinking shift in how we understand and preserve all collections.
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Feeling snarky. I made these handy email sign-offs for museum people who have stopped trying impress anyone.
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Fall arrived on time and seasonable temps should compel steady changes throughout Penn’s Woods. The drier summer means fewer leaf fungi observed, setting the stage for what could be a notably vivid fall season. 🍂🍁 More in first #PAFallFoliage report ➡️ bit.ly/2OCvs8C.
ALT Map of Pennsylvania showing McKean, Potter, Susquehanna, and Wayne counties approaching best color for fall foliage. The rest of the state is starting to change. Southcentral Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania has no foliage change.
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"With digitization, the possibilities for future use are almost unlimited, said Susan Feller, president of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums, an international nonprofit that is overseeing the new Duke grant."
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Black voices of Adams County coming to the Adams County Historical Society's new museum. gettysburgtimes.com/life_ent…
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.@ChronAmLOC's 50th state (&now 20 MILLION pages)!! @hyperallergic "Work has already begun on digitizing the NH Gazette, the first newspaper known to be printed by an enslaved person...& Among the Clouds, a newspaper printed on top of Mt Washington."
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