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Information Professional Or Caretaker Of "Old Stuff", Daniel Davis
Information Professional Or Caretaker Of "Old Stuff", Daniel Davis
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Do archivists emphasize their role as technicians with specialized skills and knowledge or do they emphasize their role as sort of "semi-pro" historians? This debate has been around since the 1930s and is not likely to be decided any time soon. My argument is that young archivists cannot afford to take an either/or approach and must incorporate elements of both paths or risk obsolescence and/or continued low salaries.
Appreciating A Pretty Shoulder: The Risquie Images Of Charles Ellis Johnson, Daniel Davis
Appreciating A Pretty Shoulder: The Risquie Images Of Charles Ellis Johnson, Daniel Davis
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Housed in the collections of the Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University is an intriguing set of risqué photographs dating roughly from 1890 to 1910. Some of the images are stereo-views or cabinet card portraits of burlesque actresses either in tights or displaying bare necks, shoulders, and upper bosoms. Other photographs in the collection are even more suggestive with women undressing, lounging about with dresses that reveal their thighs, wearing body suits, and removing one-another’s clothing. By today’s standards they are more comical than pornographic. Considering the conventions of the time, however, especially in conservative, turn-ofthe-century Utah they …