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This looks like a terrific (free!) talk by Robert Darnton, director of
the Harvard Libraries — full information is at
http://www.heymancenter.org/events.php?id=138:

Google, Libraries, and the Digital Future

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:15pm
Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center

*Robert Darnton* is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and
director of the University Library at Harvard University. He will speak
on “Google, Libraries, and the Digital Future”

This event is free and open to the public.
No Tickets, no reservations required.
Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

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Amanda L. French, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scholar, Digital Curriculum Specialist
Archives and Public History
New York University
King Juan Carlos Center
53 Washington Square South #507
New York, NY 10012

TEL: 212-998-8638
FAX: 212-995-4017
AIM: habitrailgirl
amanda.french@nyu.edu
http://amandafrench.net
http://twitter.com/amandafrench

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Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
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Before Central Park, before the Statue of Liberty, before Coney Island, New York had Green-Wood Cemetery. Founded in 1838, Green-Wood Cemetery was once a top national tourist destination, rivaling Niagara Falls in annual visitors. Conceived as part of the nascent rural cemetery movement, Green-Wood helped reconfigure how Americans viewed death and mourning. Among its notable “permanent residents” are Leonard Bernstein, Louis Comfort Tiffany, “Boss” Tweed, Albert Anastasia, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lola Montez, Henry Ward Beecher, and a flock of (living) parrots. In addition to functioning as a cemetery over 170 years after its founding, Green-Wood is also recognized as a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior.

The Archivists Round Table is being offered a behind-the-scenes look at record-keeping in Green-Wood Cemetery. Remarkably complete documentation has been preserved in the form of ledgers, deeds, photographs, grounds keeping reports, etc. While these records help cemetery offices carry out their day-to-day functions, they have also been great resources for historians, biographers, and genealogists, often revealing details unobtainable through other available forms of documentation.

Jeff Richman is Green-Wood Cemetery’s historian. He is the author of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery: New York’s Buried Treasure and has developed a variety of cemetery tours. Richman has led baseball, Civil War, and, most recently, artist documentation projects at Green-Wood. He also conducts workshops on cemetery photography.

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009

Place: Historic Chapel, Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn

Time: 5:00 – 5:45 pm Social

5:45 – 7:45 pm Program

Directions: Subway: R to 25th Street/4th Avenue, Brooklyn. Walk east one block to 5th Avenue (uphill, away from the Gowanus), cemetery entrance at 25th Street and 5th Avenue. NOTE: Although there are multiple entrances to Green-Wood, all but the 25th Street entrance will be locked after 4 pm.

Fee: Free to Members and Students $6 Non-members

RSVP: To Jenny Swadosh by Friday, September 17, 2009 jennyswadosh@gmail.com (preferred) or telephone: (212) 229-5942. Please be reasonably sure that you can attend before responding.

Attendees are welcome to arrive early and take a self-guided tour of Green-Wood Cemetery. A cemetery map may be downloaded from http://www.green-wood.com/index.php/5/detail.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

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