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Joan Sibley

Our year with J. Frank Dobie

September 25, 2015 - Joan Sibley

C. H. Dykeman, Photograph of J. Frank Dobie at his desk, 1959. Note the wooden roadrunner on his desk and the open file cabinet drawer showing folders of papers.

Thanks to support from the TexTreasures grant program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the papers of Texas writer, folklorist, and educator J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) are now [Read more…] about Our year with J. Frank Dobie

Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging Tagged With: archivist, Cataloging, Daniela Lozano, Dobie, Finding Aid, folklore, grant, Institute of Museum and Library Services, J. Frank Dobie, Joan Sibley, Life and Literature of the Southwest, southwest, Texas literature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, TexTreasures

Meet the Staff: Archivist Joan Sibley

September 24, 2015 - Sarah Strohl

Joan Sibley catches up with J. Frank Dobie at "Philosphers Rock" at Zilker Park.

Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of people at the Harry Ransom Center.

Joan Sibley has filled a variety of roles during her 25 years at the Ransom Center. Now, as Senior Archivist, she is responsible for the completion of retrospective conversion cataloging of manuscript collections, grant writing, and management of grant projects. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Archivist Joan Sibley

Filed Under: Cataloging, Digital Collections, Meet the Staff Tagged With: collections, Gloria Swanson, J. Frank Dobie, Joan Sibley, Louis Bayard, Meet the Staff, Pforzheimer, Project REVEAL, Sir Walter Raleigh, The School of Night, The University of Alabama

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