Becky FifieldJan 21, 20161 minGet Ready! Snow in the Mid-AtlanticStay safe, stay warm, and make sure you’ve updated your emergency plan, whether at home, at work, or protecting our cultural heritage....
Becky FifieldJan 12, 20162 minThe Crazy Things We Do for Cultural HeritageI was at a children’s playgroup in Beacon, New York yesterday with my son. Yet again, I was trying to pull together in a coherent thread...
Becky FifieldJan 8, 20161 min“Omelettes – Plain or with Rum”What? Where in culinary history did I miss the inclusion of rum in an omelet? New York Public Library announced recently the availability...
Becky FifieldNov 21, 20132 minGeorge Frideric Handel and The London Foundling HospitalGeorge Fredrich Handel. Public Domain. The Messiah, written by George Frideric Handel in 1741 and first performed in Dublin before its...
Becky FifieldAug 29, 20132 minCatering to Clients in an 18th Century Philadelphia ShopI spent July at a Research Fellowship at Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden. This mainly meant identifying manuscripts and object...
Becky FifieldAug 1, 20131 minDigging in the Archives: Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical LibraryMy time here at Winterthur is wrapping up. I took yesterday to visit two incredible local institutions, the Friends Historical Library at...
Becky FifieldJul 22, 20132 minMuseum Monday – WNYC Municipal Archives OnlineBack in May, I gave a lecture on collections emergency preparedness at the New York Archives Conference. It was supposed to be a...
Becky FifieldJul 8, 20131 minMuseum Monday – Working at WinterthurI’m in residence at Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden working on my 18th century runaway project and participating in a preventive...
Becky FifieldJul 5, 20131 minHistoric Philadelphia Mapping ResourcesMy research on indentured and enslaved servants’ lives has led me to mapping out their existence on historic maps of Philadelphia. I’m...
Becky FifieldApr 1, 20134 minMuseum Monday: Maryland State Archives in 2013The stepped structure of the Maryland State Archives on Rowe Blvd, Annapolis. For a building built in 1984, I think the Maryland State...
Becky FifieldJan 30, 20132 minBook: The Look of Architecture by Witold RybczynskiIt’s a little bit untrue to title this small volume solely a book. It caught my eye while I was perusing the stacks last week at the New...
Becky FifieldJan 16, 20132 minA Late Tribute to The Silver SpoonThe NYSL has old fashioned stacks, and up on Stack 11, I had been peering through books about railroad station design (alas, I did not...
Becky FifieldDec 20, 20122 minSpaces that Feed the Writing BrainMcSorley’s. 2003. I just finished Dwight Garner’s “A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan” in The New York Times (December 14, 2012). I’m...
Becky FifieldNov 20, 20122 minTransportation Tuesday: Amtrak’s Quiet CarI was putting together another post on Amtrak when I stumbled across a New York Times Opinion on Amtrak’s Quiet Car by Tim Krieder. The...
Becky FifieldNov 12, 20122 minMuseum Monday: User Theft of CollectionsYesterday, The Baltimore Sun reported that Jason James Savedoff was sentenced to one year in prison for his supporting role in the theft...
Becky FifieldSep 20, 20121 minLibrary Find: How To Manage Without A Maid“Maid service is getting harder and harder to find at any price and only too often, even if you pay top wages, you will have to put up...
Becky FifieldAug 31, 20121 minHaving Dinner with Robert JocelynI’ll have the Scollop of Oysters, hartychokes, cold lobster, and olive pudding! Winterthur has in their collections the Dinner Book of...
Becky FifieldAug 27, 20124 minMuseum Monday: Researching Museum Collections for Living History PractitionersLecturing at the Bergen County Historical Society, March 2011. I’m a Collections Manager in a large New York City institution. My first...
Becky FifieldJul 23, 20122 minMuseum Monday: Lunch Hour at the New York Public LibraryNew York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Photo: Wikipedia. My mother’s favorite meal of the day is lunch. Usually those...
Becky FifieldJun 26, 20122 minBooks That Shaped America at The Library CongressGo now, and visit the list at the Books That Shaped America project at The Library of Congress. The exhibition opens June 25 on the 2nd...