New York State Library | New York State Newspaper Project
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January
2002
Volume 12, Number 1 Issued quarterly by the Friends of the New York State Newspaper Project |
Staff Highlights (October) Laura Zelasnic joined the NYS Newspaper Project as Project Cataloger. In addition to being an archivist, an author, and one-time Lemelson Center Intern at the National Museum of American History, Laura's prior experience includes cataloging historic newspapers at the US Department of Labor. (October) Heather Hochstatter, Preservation Coordinator, and Jeff Sohn, Project Coordinator, conducted a tour of the Project's collation/preservation center as part of the New York Library Association's 2001 annual conference. (November) Eric Sazer began work as a Collation Assistant. Eric is one of six collators under Heather's supervision. Field Work (October -December) NYC-based Project Catalogers Kim Wobick and Laura Zelasnic continued or completed the surveying and cataloging of newspaper collections at the following institutions: Huntington Free Library; City Island Historical Society; Hostos Community College; Bronx Historical Society; Alliance Francais; Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library; Roosevelt Island Historical Society; Marymount College; Charles Dawson |
History Center; Harrison Public Library; Concordia
College; Bronxville Public Library; Tuchahoe Public Library; Leo Baeck Institute
(Center for Jewish History); Fordham University; Lehman College; NYU's Taminet
Collection, The Historical Society, Inc. Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown;
NYPL branch libraries in Baychester and in Roosevelt Island; and the publishing
offices of Co-op City Times and Norwood New.
Other News A meeting of the Friends Group was held on October 23, 2001. The special guest speaker was John de Rosier, Times Union editorial cartoonist. The November 27, 2001, Friends meeting was cancelled. (November) A donated copy of The Constellation was added to the Library's collection. This famous single-issue paper, dated July 4, 1859, is considered to be the "largest newspaper in the world." It is now one of two copies held by the State Library. Current Statistics
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Posted: April 9, 2002
New York State Library | New York State Newspaper Project