A few D.C. meeting announcements from the Visual Materials Section: First, we are pleased to announce that our D.C.-issue ever-trendy and uber-fashionable annual meeting t-shirts are available for advance purchase via the Section website! They look impressive on everyone -- not just VM members! See announcement below, or go straight to: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/SAA/2006tshirt.html *** VM Section meeting: As part of the D.C. meeting, the Section will be meeting on Friday, Aug. 4th from 12:15 to 2:15. In addition to Section business, Michelle Delaney will be our guest speaker. Michelle is Associate Curator of the Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American History. She'll be telling us about her collecting efforts focused on snapshot photography of the World War II era. *** T-Shirts: In the special June 2006 issue of VIEWS (online) is a VM Section 2006 T-Shirt order form. This eye-catching red shirt with a full color image from a WWI Liberty Bond poster is available in a limited supply. Advance purchase advised, as they could go quickly at August's extra-large joint meeting. Get yours before those NAGARA and CoSa folks snatch them up! (Thanks to Miriam Meislik for designing and producing these shirts, once again.) All VIEWS issues: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/SAA/views.html *** A special off-program tour has been organized for VM Section members for Wed., Aug. 2. We will be hosted at the Archives Center of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, starting at 1:00pm. The tour will be lead by the Center's Curator of Photography David Haberstich. There is a limit of 25 VM members for this tour, so please RSVP to [log in to unmask] to secure your spot and get logistical details. *** the annual VM Bookfair will be held in the exhibit hall during the morning of Friday, Aug. 4th and at the Section Meeting that afternoon. Also, stop by our section "office hours" at the exhibit hall that morning. See the April issue of VIEWS, page 7 for details. *** We will also have our traditional dinner out, with plans still pending. (Thursday evening, Aug 3 is likely date. Check bulletin boards at the meeting if you miss details in advance!) --James Eason P.S. Also note: The April issue of Views is also quite new. Be sure to visit both issues for your VM updates! http://www.lib.lsu.edu/SAA/views.html James Eason Chair, Visual Materials Section Society of American Archivists [log in to unmask] (510) 643-2704 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>