AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE: R.E.M. Ephemera, Athens and Archives

design, news, research, teaching

R.E.M. Ephemera, Athens and Archives Last Year, I added eight newly researched and documented items from the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries to the People’s Graphic Design Archive (PGDA), a crowd-sourced digital repository dedicated to preserving and expanding access to graphic design history. These contributions build on my earlier work as a UGA Special…

Archives & Old Type Specimens

learning, teaching, typography

This past May I spent time perusing UGA’s (extensive) Special Collections Library archives through the Special Collections Faculty Fellowship, which provides support for the development of archives–centered pedagogy. Along with five other faculty from various disciplines, we planned student activities and archives interactions for our courses. Topics ranged from disaster preparedness to investigative reporting to…