The New York Times – Travel:
Here’s a guide to illuminated manuscripts, antique tomes and first editions around the British capital.
Category: Archives and Records
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A Chicago Man’s 10,000 Concerts on Tape Are Becoming Digital History
The New York Times – Music:
From the mid-1980s until just a few years ago, Aadam Jacobs recorded thousands of club shows, including an early Nirvana performance. Volunteers are adding them to an online archive.
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Agosto Machado Is Dead; Artist Memorialized New York’s Avant-Garde
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
An experimental theater veteran, he collected the ephemera of his friends and colleagues. As they began to die, he made shrines honoring them.
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In ‘Passerby,’ an Artist Documents Women’s Lives One Photo at a Time
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
For a decade, Clémence Polès Farhang asked women on city streets if she could take their picture. This week, the photographs had their first exhibition.
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Tom Verlaine Was a Mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story.
The New York Times – Music:
The Television frontman died in 2023, leaving behind boxes of music and notebooks that are now headed to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
The New York Times – Music:
New problems are plaguing old reels, putting decades of history at risk. One man, armed with hair dryers and a love of tinkering, is leading the charge to rescue them.
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Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
The New York Times – Music:
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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Hagfish Doesn’t Forget About ‘Forgotten’ Female Authors
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Hagfish is a small press focused on out-of-print and obscure books by women. But it’s flexible on all of those things.
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Why Everything Is Being Called ‘Archival’ All of a Sudden
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Why is everything called “archival” all of a sudden?