Just back from my trip to Austin, and wanted to say a public thank you to several Austin, Texas, archivists, who allowed me to tour their facilities and ask questions and take them away from their very busy schedules. I was able to visit the Austin History Center, the LBJ Presidential Library, the Center for American History at UT, and the Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities, and want to thank Susan Soy, E. Phillip Scott, Linda Peterson and her staff, and Mary Alice Harper for their kindness and patience. Through confusion that was entirely my own, I ended up just dropping in on some of them and while they could have said they were too busy--as indeed they were!--they took time for shop talk and to compare notes. They really have some Texas-sized collections there and I'm amazed at what they've done with them. It was only my second time in Austin, and I can highly recommend the Austin Motel for a base; just a few minutes from downtown on South Congress Street, very comfortable-funky ("So close, yet so far out!") and with a great swimming pool, and affordable ; Gueros for dinner, Las Manitas for lunch, Ruby's for BBQ, Congress St. for cheesy Texas souvenirs (bobble-head armadillos et al). I know a lot of AMIA-ers were just there but I didn't get to go to that, so this was a nice chance to see the city. I spoke at the Alamo Theater downtown, also a very interesting place and a good venue for all sorts of film events. I even got to go to a couple of clubs where there was real nightlife with real adults! Anyway, thanks again to everyone in Austin for showing me around, and I'll look forward to returning the favor some day. Roy Webb, C.A. Multimedia Archivist Special Collections J. Willard Marriott Library 295 South 1500 East University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 office: (801) 585-3073 FAX: (801) 585-3976 [log in to unmask] http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roy Webb Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Film in Austin, Texas Back from vacation, off on another adventure! As you all know I'll be in Austin, Texas this week--and thanks yet again for all the wonderful replies!--to show a film from our collections. I realized I should mention the event to the Austin archivists in case they are interested in attending. The film I'll be showing, for Save Our Springs, is WILDERNESS RIVER TRAIL, produced in 1953 by Charles Eggert as his contribution to the efforts to stop the Echo Park Dam, a part of the Colorado River Storage Project. The reservoir behind the dam would have inundated the heart of Dinosaur National Monument; its defeat was a watershed event, if you'll pardon the pun, in the history of the American environmental movement, and this film was one of the major factors in turning the public against the dam. They are also showing other short environmental films. This will be at the Alamo Theater, downtown, Wednesday, July 19, at 7PM. Here's the web page from the Alamo Theater Downtown about it: http://www.originalalamo.com/downtown/frames.asp?b=/online_tix/show_deta ils.asp?show_id=3794 Hope to see some of y'all or all'y'all there! Roy Webb, C.A. Multimedia Archivist Special Collections J. Willard Marriott Library 295 South 1500 East University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 office: (801) 585-3073 FAX: (801) 585-3976 [log in to unmask] http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo 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]> 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]>