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Arsenic and Lace: Why Save (Deadly) Objects?

April 5, 2019 by Amy Vidor and Caroline Barta

Killer wallpaper. A childhood comic strip. A 10-foot portrait made of hair combs. Secret Oval Office Dictabelt recordings. These objects share one thing in common — they’re preserved in archives. Our podcast “Archival Fever” narrates the life stories of artifacts. We dive into the possibilities and problems of how we save history. Archivists at the […]

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