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Archives Photo of the Week: Baby
Umatilla baby in Oregon; Papoose in cradle.Penn Museum Image #148783 I’ve recently returned back to the museum after having taken some time off for paternity leave (thanks to Tom Stanley for covering...
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Archives Photo of the Week: Penn Relays
1767. [Diskobolos of Myron.]Penn Museum Image #166422April 24th marks the start of the 2014 Penn Relays. For those unfamiliar, the Penn Relays is the oldest and largest track and field event in the...
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Archives Photo of the Week: Unearthed from the Archives
Advertisement for library shelving in the Elkins LibraryPenn Museum Image #245775 This Friday at 2PM, the Penn Museum Archives will open it’s doors to show off some of our treasures as part of a new...
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Archives Photo of the Week: Mosquee Assan Pacha, fontane des Ablutions. Caire.
57 Mosquee Assan Pacha, fontane des Ablutions. Caire. [Assan Pacha Mosque, Fountain of purification. Cairo.]Penn Image #166024 I came across this week’s photo by chance and was just mesmerized by it....
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Archives Photo of the Week: Mustache.
Portrait of George Byron Gordon, Museum’s first full-time director from 1910-27.Penn Image #162272 The Penn Museum Archives is home to the archival collections of the directors of the museum. As you...
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Archives Photo of the Week: Old School Cool
Frank S. Speck sketching, and observers. St. Augustine July 1935.Penn Museum Image #195106 This image captures Frank S. Speck, the son of noted anthropologist Frank G. Speck, sketching while in...
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Sitio Conte in Real Time: January 8, 1940
Everything is unsettled and hectic. The expedition has been arranged so suddenly. - Mason to Merrill, January 8, 1940 The chaotic nature of planning a last minute archaeological expedition was...
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Sitio Conte in Real Time: January 12, 1940: “Plastico”
A part of every expedition, the crew for Sitio Conte began to collect supplies. Camps need to be stocked with all sorts of goods, from food and clothing to medical supplies and scientific materials....
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Sitio Conte in Real Time: January 26, 1940
Tire trouble near Penonome. En route Panama to Cocle 1/26/40 Taken by S.K. Lothrop The Masons running a rapid in the Rio Grande de Cocle. 1/26/40 Taken by S.K. Lothrop
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#ArchivesMonth
The Penn Museum Archives Since the 1990s, the archives profession has used October as a rallying point for advocacy for the important work that archivists do. What was once a week honoring archives has...
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