Crystal Memories (Kristalne Uspomene)

Sending MARMIA Memory Workers to Serbia! Photo courtesy of SVER Magazin Like many US Mid-Atlantic cities, Serbian city Zaječar was an industrial giant in the 20th century. Krystal-Zaječar opened in 1974 to produce crystal that was exported to the US, Western and Eastern Europe, as well as the USSR. The success of the factory was … Continue reading Crystal Memories (Kristalne Uspomene)

AV Training Resources: Local Television Production Glossary

This blog post is a double follow-up of two previous posts: our efforts to create AV training resources to share with the wider community and the other is continuing research on "What Is a Baltimorean?" Our digitization efforts for "What Is a Baltimorean?" helps in understanding the history of television production. MARMIA does not actually … Continue reading AV Training Resources: Local Television Production Glossary

Focus on: Helen Delich Bentley

Photo of Helen Delich Bentley courtesy of the Baltimore Museum of Industry As mentioned in a previous blog post, one of my favorite Baltimoreans is Helen Delich Bentley. Bentley was a politician, journalist, and most importantly to me, a big fan of industry and television: she was a broadcasting pioneer, having produced and hosted the … Continue reading Focus on: Helen Delich Bentley

Fragile Histories: From Baltimore to Zaječar

In graduate school I studied the state of audiovisual archiving in the US, and I didn’t fit in. My family and much of my personal identity hails from industrial cities in the US Mid-Atlantic region: Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Carteret, Baltimore. Lots of steel, coal, railroads, and bootlegging. I didn’t see these places’ stories represented in the … Continue reading Fragile Histories: From Baltimore to Zaječar

Capturing & Describing History: Baltimore Bands on Film

In December MARMIA’s AV Archivist, Joana Stillwell, finished her last semester in the MLIS program at the University of Maryland as well as a graduate certificate in Museum Scholarship and Material Culture. To finish her requirements, she processed the Melissa Shatto Collection which consisted of eleven silent Super 8mm films of Baltimore bands performing music. … Continue reading Capturing & Describing History: Baltimore Bands on Film

Meet MARMIA’s AV Archivist

This blog post was written by MARMIA’s Audiovisual Archivist, Joana Stillwell. Joana joined MARMIA as our first official staff member in June of 2021. We are so thrilled to have her on the MARMIA Team and for you to meet her! Joana at MARMIA’s office at Impact Hub, Baltimore. Hello! My name is Joana Stillwell … Continue reading Meet MARMIA’s AV Archivist

Remote Summer 2021 Intern: Work Overview

This blog post was written by MARMIA’s 2021 Remote Summer Intern from Ryerson University, Iris Robinson. Iris lives in Canada and remotely worked this May-August on making our WJZ-TV Collection and our home movie collections more accessible. This summer, I had the opportunity to complete a remote internship at MARMIA over the course of 12 … Continue reading Remote Summer 2021 Intern: Work Overview

Focusing on Film: Inspection and Repair

This blog post was written by MARMIA’s 2021 Summer Intern from NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation MA program, Mike Stetz. Mike is a Baltimore native who spent this June-August working on our collections both in-person at our Impact Hub office and remotely. This past summer I had the pleasure to intern here at MARMIA … Continue reading Focusing on Film: Inspection and Repair