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I've got one for the other archivists:
What pop culture representation of archives has you shaking your head or shuddering in disbelief?
#AskAnArchivist
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If you are an archivist, librarian, or interested in learning more about metadata, join us for one of our next in person events! This SSDN Conscious Metadata Working Session will take place on September 29th at 10am at FIU in Miami. Register here: bit.ly/FIU929
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Happy National Best Friends Day! Here are two legendary friends. From @librarycongress: Stephen Sondheim's letter to Leonard Bernstein:"Friendship is a thing I give and receive rarely, but for what it’s worth I want you to know you have it from me always.”
Show some❤️to your BFF.
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Excited to talk about Reimagine Descriptive Workflows at the OCLC cataloging community meeting on June 3 and even more excited that Keila Zayas-Ruiz from @SunshineStateDN will be joining to present "Scaling inclusive description training and practices" buff.ly/3G53vz2
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In 1994, they expanded their stores beyond Miami-Dade, opening locations in Broward and later Orlando. Happy 60th anniversary, @Sedanos!
Image: Shoppers at Sedano's Supermarket on 9688 Coral Way. Coral Gables, Fla. Bill Reinke, photographer. Miami News, 1982
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Emmett Till with his mother Mamie, courtesy of @fsulibraries and @SunshineStateDN. Find more images, documents, and oral histories about the life and tragic murder of #EmmettTill at dp.la: dp.la/search?q=emmett+till
ALT Emmett Till as a baby alongside his mother Mamie Till.
ALT Emmet Till as a young man stands alongside his mother. Her right arm is around his shoulders. He looks at the camera and smiles, she smiles while looking slightly to the right of camera.
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Jeanne Bellamy, a local journalist and environmentalist, helped to influence the establishment of Biscayne National Park and also advocated for the creation of Everglades National Park! #WomensHistoryMonth
Source: @historymiami
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Proposed development of the Capitol Center in #Tallahassee, #Florida, ca. 1947. Map created by Peter A. Juley & Son and Albert Davis Taylor. Millard Fillmore Caldwell Papers, 1917-1984 at the State Archives of Florida on #FloridaMemory.
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A new marker was unveiled today along the Miami River at Fort Dallas Park! The marker honors the mother of Miami herself, Julia Tuttle. #WomensHistoryMonth Be sure to check it out soon!
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Happy #Pi Day! These pie images from 1958, 1954, and 1945 are from the collections of @DigLibGA, @ncdhc and @MountainWestDL via dp.la.
ALT A man standing next to a woman on a stool laughing while putting plate of pie into her face. Black and white photo. 1958.
ALT Two boys stand in the street eating pie. Black and white photo.
ALT Two men and a woman stand smiling, holding pies.
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It's Barbie's "birthday." The iconic doll debuted at the American International Toy Fair on this day in 1959 and the rest is history.
Photo: Girls and Barbies, East Harlem, 1970. Photographed by Camilo J. Vergara. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Every day is a good day to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women, and today we pay special tribute to the librarians and archivists working to ensure cultural artifacts by and about women are available to all.
Image: @UMichLibrary and #MichiganServiceHub
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today, let's take a moment to celebrate women who have made and continue to make history.
Image: Shows Roxcy Bolton looking on as a woman gives a jubilant gesture at an ERA demonstration. Miami News Collection, #HistoryMiami (1973)
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Boynton Beach history includes many inspiring women who we are proud to highlight as part of #WomensHistoryMonth.
To start: Miss Gillian and her Miss Gillian School of Dance, which was established in 1956. 💃
See more: ow.ly/QsUG50I6UcB
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Throughout the month of February, we’re sharing photos from the @usflibraries archives that celebrate Black heritage at #USF.
Below, a student stands in front of a "Young, Gifted, and Black" poster. The 1970 celebration showcased Black pride with a poetry reading & fashion show.
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Legislative page Johnita Due sits with lawmakers at the Capitol in Tallahassee, ca. 1980. Beside Due are Rep. Joe Kershaw from Miami, the first Black elected to the Florida House since Reconstruction and Rep. Carrie Meek, who became Florida's first Black female state senator.
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This September 1914 image of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and her daughters from @UChicagoSCRC is just one of more than 200,000 photographs, letters, diaries, documents and other artifacts waiting to be explored in the Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection: BlackWomensSuffrage.org
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Dive into the musical connections between Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, and Swing at the new @NEHgov-funded Timeline of African American Music at @CarnegieHall: bit.ly/3H3IYKA
#BHM2022 #BlackHistoryMonth #culturegovUS
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The Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection provides access to more than 20,000 artifacts that help tell the story of Black women's leadership during the voting rights and civil rights movements. Explore it here: blackwomenssuffrage.dp.la/
#BlackHistoryMonth
