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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

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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

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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

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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

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Poquaesak Camp Amateur Films

MARMIA recently received three reels of silent, Kodachrome color 16mm films that total about 300 feet in all (about 11 minutes of footage). The films document the Poquaesak boys' six-week summer camp near the tiny village of McDaniel Station in St. Michael's, Maryland. The movies date from 1939-1946 and largely show boys participating in various … Continue reading Poquaesak Camp Amateur Films

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MARMIA’s Remote Summer Intern

This blog post was written by MARMIA’s 2021 Remote Summer Intern from Ryerson University, Iris Robinson (pictured below). Iris lives in Canada and has been remotely spending this May-August working on making our WJZ-TV Collection and our home movie collections more accessible. We are thrilled to have Iris join the MARMIA Team for the summer … Continue reading MARMIA’s Remote Summer Intern

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The Frank Mugno Collection

This blog post was written by MARMIA's 2021 Summer Intern from NYU's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation MA program, Mike Stetz (pictured below). Mike is a Baltimore native who will be spending this June-August working on our collections both in-person at our Impact Hub office and remotely. We are so excited to have Mike join … Continue reading The Frank Mugno Collection