Why Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden
The roundabout road that led me to start digging deep at the Woody Guthrie Archives began well over forty years before the site opened… … Continue readingWhy Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden
Month: February 2017
Interview: Kathryn Hujda, Assistant Curator
A Q&A by Melissa Gordon Kathryn Hudja is an assistant curator for the Performing Arts Archives and Upper Midwest Literary Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections. MG: I am so curious about the John Berryman papers! Are you able to share an approximate number of people
View of New Bedford from Fairhaven, 1853
Poem by Joanie DiMartino … Continue readingView of New Bedford from Fairhaven, 1853
Earthworks
Standing beside the breastworks on that summer evening, under the shadow of grim and silent Kennesaw, with twilight deepening into night, there were shadows on all our hearts as well, shadows that stretched beyond us and fell on hearts and hearthstones far away, shadows that rest there still and never
Silent Conversation with John Berryman by Melissa Gordon
An author visits the John Berryman Papers and feels the presence of the poet. … Continue readingSilent Conversation with John Berryman by Melissa Gordon
Digitization in Archives: An Interview with Kathryn Hujda
Kathryn Hujda is an assistant curator at the Performing Arts Archives and Upper Midwest Literary Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections. This is the second part of a two-part interview. Click here to read part one. MG: What is a special collection? KH: Special collections contain
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Mrs. Tinkham’s Cabin by Joanie DiMartino
A captain’s wife struggles with seasickness. … Continue readingMrs. Tinkham’s Cabin by Joanie DiMartino