Monthly Archives: June 2016

The Texas Film Round-Up Comes to Galveston!

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The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is excited to bring the award-winning Texas Film Round-Up to Galveston on June 23 – 25! Beginning Thursday, June 23, we are providing FREE digitization of any Texas-related films and videos, including home movies, advertisements, PSAs, educational films, and more at the Rosenberg Library at 2310 Sealy Street, Galveston, TX 77550 during library hours.

We will continue accepting films and videos through Saturday, June 25. We encourage all of you to dig up your family films and videos out of closets, sheds, or drawers and bring them to the Texas Film Round-Up. To qualify for free digitization, participants must be willing to donate a digital copy of their materials to TAMI’s archive. We also collect copies of Texas-related films that have already been digitized.

TAMI will also host a public screening, “What does Waikiki have that Galveston doesn’t?,” on Saturday, June 25 from 4:30 – 6:00 pm in the Rosenberg Library’s Wortham Auditorium that will help raise funds to restore an early and rare film of the 1931 Pageant of Pulchritude from the Rosenberg Library’s collection to full color, a new digital technique that has only recently been developed.

Help us restore this treasure, never before seen in color, to its intended state. The screening will feature many films from the Rosenberg Library, including fun, mid-century tourism films, an interview with filmmaker King Vidor about the 1900 storm, and footage of the 1925 Galveston Bathing Girl Revue transferred from 35mm nitrate film.

Get more program details on the Round-Up page!

FREE Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) is proud to announce a FREE Grant Proposal Writing workshop geared toward archivists, librarians, and other staff members in Texas archival repositories. An emphasis on NHPRC and other federal grants is stressed.

Location: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Date: Monday, June 20, 2016

Attendees will be able to:

  • Understand the grant review process
  • Differentiate between types of grants and funders
  • Know parts of a grant proposal and where to look for resource
  • Identify alternative sources of funding

Spaces are available on a first come, first serve basis. Class size is limited to 30 attendees.

For more information or to register, visit https://www.tsl.texas.gov/thrabworkshop. Questions can be directed to Ashley Stevens, THRAB Principal Assistant, at astevens@tsl.texas.gov or call at 512-463-9807.

**Upon receipt of completed registration form, attendees will receive a confirmation email.** Feel free to circulate to others.

Register now for the RAAC/SGA symposium – August 2, Atlanta, Georgia

Please join the Regional Archival Associations Consortium and the Society of Georgia Archivists for a symposium focusing on the interests of our nation’s regional archival organizations. Sessions will focus on advocacy, public awareness, education, disaster planning and recovery, and grant development. This symposium will take place on Tuesday, August 2, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Coca Cola Headquarters in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists Annual Conference.

Registration is now open. To view the schedule and register, go to the registration site. Registration is open to anyone interested in attending. The symposium is free. Lunch can be purchased at the Coke café. Credit cards only.

Please feel free to distribute this to your regional’s mailing lists and encourage others to register.

If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu or 601.266.4347.