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@overholt@glammr.us · 2 hours ago

History in Your Hands: an introduction to archives in six panels. https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/archives-history-in-your-hands-an-illustrated-pamphlet/

Line drawing of a woman with stacks of paper spread on a table
Caption: ARCHIVISTS PROCESS COLLECTIONS
TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO USE,
FIRST SURVEYING THEM TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THERE
AND PLAN THE BEST WAY
TO ORGANIZE AND DESCRIBE
THEM. — Line drawing of a woman with stacks of paper spread on a table Caption: ARCHIVISTS PROCESS COLLECTIONS TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO USE, FIRST SURVEYING THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THERE AND PLAN THE BEST WAY TO ORGANIZE AND DESCRIBE THEM.

Archives: History in Your Hands (An Illustrated Pamphlet)

What is an archive? What is an archival collection? What do archivists do? Unless you’ve spent some quality time in reading rooms, these ideas might feel a bit vague and nebulous. But we would neve…

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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

@overholt
And g'bless archivists, every one.

@geekiviste@piaille.fr · 2 hours ago

@jeffjarvis @overholt 👍