"it is easy to see his loving gathering of Russian peasant figurines as a countermeasure to the Nazis ruthless roundup of human beings. One collection preserves and keeps alive and one exterminates. The collecting impulse is both merciful and murderous…"

includes : Reading: Harvard view of readers, readership, and reading history; Islamic Heritage Project; Expeditions and Discoveries; Contagion: Historical view of diseases and epidemics; Immigration to the United States 1789-1930; Women Working 1800-1930

"David S. Ferriero, a grandson of Italian immigrants and great-grandson of Irish ones, was a high school sophomore in Beverly, Mass…" ¶ NY Times, 31 March 2010

on the Connected History project.

"UCLA’s Biomedical Library… recently started building a collection of 19th to 21st century baby record books. These are memory books in which parents record a child’s activities and developmental milestones, and which provide a place to gather photographs, locks of hair, first teeth, and other mementos. Many books track individualized medical information—from height and weight to various childhood diseases; some also provide infant health care advice. The collection of nearly 500 titles and editions, with more than 900 different copies, now spans 125 years." (from an announcement of upcoming talk on the collection by Special Collections Cataloger Russell Johnson, at UW-Madison).

"DISA is a freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994." ¶ includes pamphlets, posters, newsletters… (3353 posters as of 16 February 2010)

"AIGA has invested in the development of Design Archives 2.0, which will launch later this week. The online archives, which contain more than 20,000 examples of design excellence dating back to 1924, will now provide faster and more robust search capabilities, more visual presentation options, share functions and improved navigation." Richard Grefé (1 February 2010)

Proceedings of the ARL-CNI Fall Forum (October 14–15, 2009)

government comics on variety of topics (firefighting, army motors, conservation &c &c) … front page thumbnails to data page, from which download pdf.

online archive of the British Council and the Design Museum

in The Interactive Archivist: Case Studies in Utilizing Web 2.0 to Improve the Archival Experience (SAA Society of American Archivists), May 18, 2009 ¶ "An important aspect of these new conversations is the way that they change the relationship between the archivist and the user." ¶ see link "Five rules for museum content," posted here 1 nov 09

hard copy for purchase, or download

"more than 30,000 historical digital images, photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, drawings and other visual materials. The collection is richest in portraits and snapshots of modern American physicists, astronomers and geophysicists but includes many other scientists as well as photos and illustrations of laboratories, telescopes, accelerators and other instruments, objects and places.

a "collection of collections" — software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collaboration of the School of Information and Library Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Aspen was conceived by Phyllis Johnson, a former editor for Women's Wear Daily and Advertising Age. While wintering in Aspen, Colorado, she got the idea for a multimedia magazine, designed by artists, that would showcase “culture along with play.” So in the winter of 1965, she published her first issue. “We wanted to get away from the bound magazine format, which is really quite restrictive,” said Johnson. ¶ Each issue had a new designer and editor…

"Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities features new acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University."

a good path into the TJS Labs Gallery of Graphic Design ¶ strong on cigarettes, tobacco

1930 – 1969 ¶ "Read the Blog!"

Every form of UK advertising and public relations material is represented in a wide variety of formats, including original artwork, posters, point of sale promotions, brochures, press and magazine proofs and cuttings, direct mail, photographs, transparencies, audio and video tapes, TV and cinema commercials and campaign research. It also holds advertising statistics, market research and trends, industry journals, consumer magazines and a comprehensive library of over 5,000 books.

search "eckersley" ¶ The Visual Arts Data Service is "based at the Farnham Campus of the University for the Creative Arts." ¶ via designobserver

search "eckersley" ¶ The Visual Arts Data Service is "based at the Farnham Campus of the University for the Creative Arts." ¶ via designobserver