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X Marks the Spot
You would think that a building that had existed for over 2000 years in a large city and in pretty much continuous use wouldn’t have many secrets. And yet, Van Nice was able to make a few discoveries...
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Color Slides
While we were looking through the slides and negatives of the Van Nice Collection for any stray Artamonoff photographs, Günder and I happened upon some beautiful color slides of Van Nice and some of...
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Amarna Update
Written by Rona Razon, ICFA Archives Specialist Barry Kemp and Rona Razon, ICFA Archives Specialist, at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC Last month, Egyptologist Barry J. Kemp visited...
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New Finding Aids from ICFA
A list of ICFA’s Byzantine Archival Collections. The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) is pleased to announce the publication of four new finding aids on the department’s archival...
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Setting the Stage: Background on the Byzantine Institute
Written by Rona Razon, Archivist Edited by Beth Bayley, Archivist Assistant Thomas Whittemore’s professional goals had many manifestations, from meeting notes, to gorgeous colored pencil drawings in...
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The Leading Protagonist: Thomas Whittemore
Written by Laurian Douthett, former Archivist Assistant Edited by Rona Razon and Beth Bayley Thomas Whittemore in Kariye Camii, ca. late 1940s or early 1950. From the collection: Thomas Whittemore...
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“Earthquakes and war they have survived…”
Thomas Whittemore was an impressive person. The previous blog posts “The Leading Protagonist: Thomas Whittemore” and “Setting the Stage: Background on the Byzantine Institute” describe his grand...
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New Online Exhibit from ICFA: Before Byzantium
ICFA Online Exhibit: Before Byzantium: The Early Activities of Thomas Whittemore (1871-1931) The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) presents Before Byzantium: The Early Activities of...
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Ephemera in the Archives, Part 2: Thomas Whittemore’s Travels
Written by Beth Bayley, Archivist Assistant Although historians and archivists hate to admit it, we can never really know the past. The closest we can probably get to someone from the past is by...
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Rethinking Oversize Materials in Archival Collections
Written by Deena Gorland, ICFA Intern (Fall 2014) Edited by Rona Razon and Shalimar White Due to previous experiences working at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic, I was...
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