by kitchensisters | Aug 1, 2019 | The Keepers
Listener Steve Karsch wrote to tell us about the Desert Libraries of Chinguetti. From kottke.org: For hundreds of years, families in Mauritania have been maintaining libraries of old Arabo-Berber books. Originally on the route of pilgrims travelling to Mecca, the...
by kitchensisters | Jul 31, 2019 | The Keepers
“The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Suffragist Papers” From Smithsonian.com: “Over the past year, By the People has introduced a number of “campaigns” calling on volunteers to transcribe the digitized papers of Abraham Lincoln,...
by kitchensisters | Jul 25, 2019 | The Keepers
From the New York Times: “The most significant collection of photographs depicting African-American life in the 20th century is being auctioned. Historians fear the archive could end up hidden away.”
by kitchensisters | Jul 24, 2019 | Podcast, The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Gary Kamiya, historian and author of Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco and the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Portals of the Past” column. We love the way Gary spins a yarn. Hear him on our podcast, “San Francisco–Stories from the...
by kitchensisters | Jul 18, 2019 | The Keepers
The Fresh Air Archive is live! “Explore over 40 years of interviews with the voices that shape our world.” Start digging and listening at freshairarchive.org.
by kitchensisters | Jul 16, 2019 | The Keepers
Proud to say The Kitchen Sisters have been given a GRAMMY Preservation Grant—along with the likes of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, San Francisco Symphony and Tulane’s archive of the first black disc jockey in New Orleans—to preserve and protect our deep...
by kitchensisters | Jul 15, 2019 | The Keepers
On the latest episode of The Kitchen Sisters Present… we talk with Nancy Pearl, “one of the 10 coolest librarians alive.” She’s the best selling author of Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason, and a regular commentator about...
by kitchensisters | Jul 9, 2019 | Podcast
Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS She’s been called “one of the 10 coolest librarians alive.” She’s the best selling author of Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason, and a regular commentator about books on NPR’s Morning...
by kitchensisters | Jun 26, 2019 | The Keepers
Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS “From the very beginning the intent was that the American people needed to be able to access the records so that we would be able to hold the government accountable for its actions.” David Ferriero. We talk with David...
by kitchensisters | Jun 20, 2019 | The Keepers
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