An Archivist's Tale

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Archivists in conversation with archivists, discussing their work and passions and how they care for the historical record and present the storied past. Hosted by husband and wife team Karen Trivette and Geof Huth.

Geof Huth and Karen Trivette

  • Feb 21, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 246 EPISODES


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Episode 123: It Had to Be Remote (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 53:47


Karen Trivette and Geof Huth, hosts of the podcast, return to discuss their archival lives during the pandemic and their plans for the podcast's future and even the one archival trip they have planned for this year.

Episode 122: The Myth of Self-Reliance (Natalie Baur)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 59:23


Natalie Baur, Archivist-at-Large, tells us her story of encountering the profession, which transported her to Miami, then Ecuador, and then to Mexico, where her story has become one of an archivist for hire continuing to work in a global pandemic.

Episode 121: Max Meyer: Recollections of a Foreign-Born Citizen (Lourdes Font)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 70:37


Karen Jamison Trivette and guest host Alex Joseph interview fashion scholar Lourdes Font, professor of history of art at the Fashion Institute of Technology. They discuss the life and work of Max Meyer, a principal at Abraham Beller and Company, a New York City-based women's cloak and suit manufacturer, and examine how archival materials helped tell his story.

Episode 121: Max Meyer: Recollections of a Foreign-Born Citizen (Lourdes Font)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 70:37


Karen Jamison Trivette and guest host Alex Joseph interview fashion scholar Lourdes Font, professor of history of art at the Fashion Institute of Technology. They discuss the life and work of Max Meyer, a principal at Abraham Beller and Company, a New York City-based women's cloak and suit manufacturer, and examine how archival materials helped tell his story.

Episode 120: 2X2: Accounts Payable at a Masonry Company: Why Are They Letting Me Touch This Stuff? (Molly Tighe and Matt Strauss )

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 61:32


Molly Tighe and Matt Strauss tells us their stories of moving from a masonry company and Japan into archives, how they met, and how they keep their archives thriving and relevant in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.

Episode 120: 2X2: Accounts Payable at a Masonry Company: Why Are They Letting Me Touch This Stuff? (Molly Tighe and Matt Strauss )

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 61:32


Molly Tighe and Matt Strauss tells us their stories of moving from a masonry company and Japan into archives, how they met, and how they keep their archives thriving and relevant in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.

The Archival Enterprise (to David B. Gracy II)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 3:49


After a long absence, An Archivist's Tale presents a poem to David B. Gracy II, one of our guests. Geof Huth of AAT wrote and read this poem.

The Archival Enterprise (to David B. Gracy II)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 3:49


After a long absence, An Archivist's Tale presents a poem to David B. Gracy II, one of our guests. Geof Huth of AAT wrote and read this poem.

Episode 119: Let's Get One of Those Archivist People (Anne-Flore Laloë)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 57:31


Anne-Flore Laloë, Archivist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, tells us how a masters of English and a PhD in geography led her to archives, what it is like to work with helpful molecular biologists, how she, as a lone archivist, manages an organization with facilities in multiple countries, and how records of science can enchant the mind.

Episode 119: Let's Get One of Those Archivist People (Anne-Flore Laloë)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 57:31


Anne-Flore Laloë, Archivist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, tells us how a masters of English and a PhD in geography led her to archives, what it is like to work with helpful molecular biologists, how she, as a lone archivist, manages an organization with facilities in multiple countries, and how records of science can enchant the mind.

Episode 118: Healing Deep Wounds: Enlightening People about the Past and the Present (Saad Eskander)

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 61:05


Saad Eskander, former National Archivist of Iraq, speaking to us from Iraqi Kurdistan, tells an inspiring story about his work running his nation's archives and his struggle to repatriate national records taken by the US government and even journalists, and he explains how archives can show us a way to the truth and toward a better and more just world.

Episode 118: Healing Deep Wounds: Enlightening People about the Past and the Present (Saad Eskander)

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 61:05


Saad Eskander, former National Archivist of Iraq, speaking to us from Iraqi Kurdistan, tells an inspiring story about his work running his nation's archives and his struggle to repatriate national records taken by the US government and even journalists, and he explains how archives can show us a way to the truth and toward a better and more just world.

Episode 117: The Box Has Meaning (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 59:11


Karen and Geof, hosts of the podcast, return alone together to discuss how their work has changed and how it has remained the same during the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss what they learned about their operations and how they might change when they return to work.

Episode 117: The Box Has Meaning (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 59:11


Karen and Geof, hosts of the podcast, return alone together to discuss how their work has changed and how it has remained the same during the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss what they learned about their operations and how they might change when they return to work.

Episode 116: Archives is Trending (Rosemary Pleva Flynn)

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 59:55


Rosemary Pleva Flynn, the Chair of the Society of American Archivists' Dictionary Working Group, talks about the origins of this just-released Dictionary of Archives Terminology, an online-only dictionary for archivists, explains how entries are created, and details the rich features of the dictionary. Find DAT at dictionary.archivists.org.

Episode 116: Archives is Trending (Rosemary Pleva Flynn)

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 59:55


Rosemary Pleva Flynn, the Chair of the Society of American Archivists' Dictionary Working Group, talks about the origins of this just-released Dictionary of Archives Terminology, an online-only dictionary for archivists, explains how entries are created, and details the rich features of the dictionary. Find DAT at dictionary.archivists.org.

Episode 115: Advocacy on a Bone-Deep Level (Tamar Zeffren)

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 60:33


Tamar Zeffren, Archival Collections Manager at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, tells us how archives kept her from becoming a lawyer, explains how she worked odd archives jobs when beginning her career during the Great Recession, and explains how her archives team continues their work while working from home during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Episode 115: Advocacy on a Bone-Deep Level (Tamar Zeffren)

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 60:33


Tamar Zeffren, Archival Collections Manager at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, tells us how archives kept her from becoming a lawyer, explains how she worked odd archives jobs when beginning her career during the Great Recession, and explains how her archives team continues their work while working from home during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Episode 114: History is the Story of People (Greg Hunter)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 60:33


Greg Hunter, Professor at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, tells the stories of his career, stories of almost always starting from scratch and creating archival improvements for the United Negro College Fund, ITT, the Academy of Certified Archivists, the US National Archives, and historical societies on Long Island.

Episode 114: History is the Story of People (Greg Hunter)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 60:33


Greg Hunter, Professor at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, tells the stories of his career, stories of almost always starting from scratch and creating archival improvements for the United Negro College Fund, ITT, the Academy of Certified Archivists, the US National Archives, and historical societies on Long Island.

Episode 113: My Work is My Hobby (Pat Franks)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 56:01


Pat Franks, Professor, and Program Coordinator of the Masters of Archives and Records Administration program at San Jose State University, tells us how a grant opportunity from the New York State Archives led her to records and information management and eventually into a rich career of teaching and writing.

Episode 113: My Work is My Hobby (Pat Franks)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 56:01


Pat Franks, Professor, and Program Coordinator of the Masters of Archives and Records Administration program at San Jose State University, tells us how a grant opportunity from the New York State Archives led her to records and information management and eventually into a rich career of teaching and writing.

Episode 112: We Have the Power to Change Ourselves for the Good (Cliff Hight)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 65:15


Cliff Hight, Head of Special Collections and the University Archivist at Kansas State University, sits down to discuss his life as an archivist, how his archives was prepared for working at home for covid-19 because of another disaster they had experienced, and shows how his career and ours have intersected many times over the years.

Episode 112: We Have the Power to Change Ourselves for the Good (Cliff Hight)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 65:15


Cliff Hight, Head of Special Collections and the University Archivist at Kansas State University, sits down to discuss his life as an archivist, how his archives was prepared for working at home for covid-19 because of another disaster they had experienced, and shows how his career and ours have intersected many times over the years.

Episode 111: I Could Live Forever (Judy Blankenship)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 61:38


Judy Blankenship, a de facto archivist working to document the visual culture of Cañari people of Andean Ecuador, tells us her story of becoming an accidental archivist after finishing her career and traveling the world.

Episode 111: I Could Live Forever (Judy Blankenship)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 61:38


Judy Blankenship, a de facto archivist working to document the visual culture of Cañari people of Andean Ecuador, tells us her story of becoming an accidental archivist after finishing her career and traveling the world.

Episode 110: Paper is a Virus (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 53:41


Karen Trivette and Geof Huth, hosts of An Archivist's Tale, discuss how they are conducting their archival and library work while confined at home and living their lives in Manhattan, in the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Episode 110: Paper is a Virus (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 53:41


Karen Trivette and Geof Huth, hosts of An Archivist's Tale, discuss how they are conducting their archival and library work while confined at home and living their lives in Manhattan, in the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Episode 109: I, Too, Am an Archivist: Why Can't I Go out There and Save the World? (Diedre Dinnigan)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 59:32


Diedre Dinnigan, an Archivist and Heritage Specialist and the Principal of ForKeeps, tells us how stumbling upon an archives changed her life, how she became an archivist because of that, and why she prefers to be an independent archivist in charge of her own destiny and focused on helping people and institutions save and understand their heritage through their archives.

Episode 109: I, Too, Am an Archivist: Why Can't I Go out There and Save the World? (Diedre Dinnigan)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 59:32


Diedre Dinnigan, an Archivist and Heritage Specialist and the Principal of ForKeeps, tells us how stumbling upon an archives changed her life, how she became an archivist because of that, and why she prefers to be an independent archivist in charge of her own destiny and focused on helping people and institutions save and understand their heritage through their archives.

Episode 108: A Map to Someone's Life (Ostap Kin)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 55:49


Ostap Kin, Archivist, Librarian, and Research Center Coordinator at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, tells us the story of chance that redirected part of his life from literature to archives, his immigration to the United States, and how archives capture valuable and coherent fragments of the world. (Photo credit: http://alkadabraphotography.com)

Episode 108: A Map to Someone's Life (Ostap Kin)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 55:49


Ostap Kin, Archivist, Librarian, and Research Center Coordinator at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, tells us the story of chance that redirected part of his life from literature to archives, his immigration to the United States, and how archives capture valuable and coherent fragments of the world. (Photo credit: http://alkadabraphotography.com)

Episode 107: All Related to Word and Image (Marvin Sackner)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 57:01


Marvin Sackner, one of the founders of the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, explains how he and his wife became collectors of visual poetry and other works that merge image with text, how they built their renowned collection, and where he donated their assemblage of publications, artworks, and personal papers related to this field. This is a story about the collector as a curator and archivist.

Episode 107: All Related to Word and Image (Marvin Sackner)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 57:01


Marvin Sackner, one of the founders of the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, explains how he and his wife became collectors of visual poetry and other works that merge image with text, how they built their renowned collection, and where he donated their assemblage of publications, artworks, and personal papers related to this field. This is a story about the collector as a curator and archivist.

Episode 106: Filing Was in My Blood (Rachel Binnington)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 62:30


Rachel Binnington, an American archivist in England, reveals her peripatetic life story that begins when she was a child, tells us of her archival yearnings which began many years be most of ours did, and surprises us with her wide array of archives jobs covering corporate records, US congressional records, and the colonial records of Louisiana.

Episode 106: Filing Was in My Blood (Rachel Binnington)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 62:30


Rachel Binnington, an American archivist in England, reveals her peripatetic life story that begins when she was a child, tells us of her archival yearnings which began many years be most of ours did, and surprises us with her wide array of archives jobs covering corporate records, US congressional records, and the colonial records of Louisiana.

Episode 105: One Man with a Dog, One Man with a Kettle (Paul Dryburgh)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2020 59:26


Paul Dryburgh, Principal Records Specialist (Medieval Records) at the National Archives of the UK, explains how a Medievalist transforms into an archivist and discovers a life full of history, people, technology, and the materiality of records. Humour (in this case), intellectuality, humanity, and diplomatics ensue.

Episode 105: One Man with a Dog, One Man with a Kettle (Paul Dryburgh)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2020 59:26


Paul Dryburgh, Principal Records Specialist (Medieval Records) at the National Archives of the UK, explains how a Medievalist transforms into an archivist and discovers a life full of history, people, technology, and the materiality of records. Humour (in this case), intellectuality, humanity, and diplomatics ensue.

Episode 104: A Living Body of Information (Kerstin Arnold)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 63:19


Kerstin Arnold, a cultural heritage professional at Archives Portal Europe tells us of her beginnings at the German Federal Archives and provides the amazing story of how a small band of people aggregate metadata on 55,000 fonds and collections held by European archives to allow people all over the world an easy way to find the information they need through Archives Portal Europe.

Episode 104: A Living Body of Information (Kerstin Arnold)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 63:19


Kerstin Arnold, a cultural heritage professional at Archives Portal Europe tells us of her beginnings at the German Federal Archives and provides the amazing story of how a small band of people aggregate metadata on 55,000 fonds and collections held by European archives to allow people all over the world an easy way to find the information they need through Archives Portal Europe.

Episode 103: I’d Rather be in Charge of My Own Uncertainty (Margaret Crockett)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 60:56


Margaret Crockett a consultant archivist and records manager with Margaret Crockett, Ltd., and Archive-Skills Consultancy, tells us about her beginnings in government archives, her adventures in archives on the open sea, and how she loves the freedom of being an independent archivist.

Episode 103: I’d Rather be in Charge of My Own Uncertainty (Margaret Crockett)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 60:56


Margaret Crockett a consultant archivist and records manager with Margaret Crockett, Ltd., and Archive-Skills Consultancy, tells us about her beginnings in government archives, her adventures in archives on the open sea, and how she loves the freedom of being an independent archivist.

Episode 102: A Mole Costume (Tamara Thornhill)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 65:10


Tamara Thornhill, Corporate Archives Manager at Transport for London, tells us not only her own tale but also the often surprising history of her organization, which oversees almost all of the transportation system in Greater London, include most famously the London Underground.

Episode 102: A Mole Costume (Tamara Thornhill)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 65:10


Tamara Thornhill, Corporate Archives Manager at Transport for London, tells us not only her own tale but also the often surprising history of her organization, which oversees almost all of the transportation system in Greater London, include most famously the London Underground.

Episode 101: A Primal Need to Save Everything (Jennifer Anna)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2020 63:47


Jennifer Anna, Photo and Digital Asset Manager for the World Wildlife Fund, tells us how cinephilia led her to photography, archives, and a career managing the digital.

Episode 101: A Primal Need to Save Everything (Jennifer Anna)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2020 63:47


Jennifer Anna, Photo and Digital Asset Manager for the World Wildlife Fund, tells us how cinephilia led her to photography, archives, and a career managing the digital.

Episode 100: We Don't Travel. All We Do is Talk (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 59:06


Karen Trivette and Geof Huth sit down at the end of the year to celebrate the 100th episode of this podcast and discuss their individual archives days, their plans for 2020, the value of archives, and the home they have found for their podcast archives.

Episode 100: We Don't Travel. All We Do is Talk (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 59:06


Karen Trivette and Geof Huth sit down at the end of the year to celebrate the 100th episode of this podcast and discuss their individual archives days, their plans for 2020, the value of archives, and the home they have found for their podcast archives.

Episode 99: There's Always Jobs in Archives (Joseph Komljenovich)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 57:34


Joseph Komljenovich, Senior Associate Archivist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, regales us with stories: of how he began his college career studying finance but slipped somehow into archives, about epiphanies, about never having been a normal kid, and even about returning to finance, to some degree, in his current job.

Episode 99: There's Always Jobs in Archives (Joseph Komljenovich)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 57:34


Joseph Komljenovich, Senior Associate Archivist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, regales us with stories: of how he began his college career studying finance but slipped somehow into archives, about epiphanies, about never having been a normal kid, and even about returning to finance, to some degree, in his current job.

Episode 98: I'm Constantly Being Smacked in the Face on Purpose (Cal Lee)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2020 64:42


Cal Lee, Professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, invites us to his office to discuss how philosophy and the need to address digital records propelled him into archives and how he has connected himself deeply into the archival profession nationally and internationally.

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