April 12, 2012, Filed Under: Cataloging, Research + TeachingDecades later, current headlines echo controversies addressed in Morris Ernst collection Through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a team of archivists and student interns has been working to organize and catalog the papers of attorney Morris Leopold Ernst since September 2009. The collection is now open for research, and a finding aid is available online. Morris… read more
June 22, 2010, Filed Under: PhotographyCollection showcases hand-colored tintypes in period frames The Stanley Burns tintype collection is a remarkable and rare assemblage of unusually large, hand-colored, American tintypes in period frames. With more than 130 items, this is one of the largest collections of its kind. Portraiture in America has a long tradition. In the colonial era, painted portraits provided a… read more
