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A Little R & R – Encounters with Readers and Research

September 14, 2015 · by · in Artists, photographers, Research · 4 Comments

I have had the good fortune to connect several times with a deceased photographer’s family members — by that I mean a member or members of the families, often direct descendants, of photographers who worked in Georgia as visitors or residents. We sometimes stay in touch off and on for years, and I believe it […]

Tuesday Tips – Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes Off-the-Beaten-Path

January 21, 2014 · by · in Artists, Research · 2 Comments

Man Reading a Newspaper, daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr., ca. 1842; J. Paul Getty Museum, Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program For this Tuesday’s Tips I have listed some newspapers and indexes to newspapers that are available online for free, but are not found in the “usual” free newspaper sites (Digital Library of Georgia or Chronicling America, […]