Archives and Records

August 3, 2023

Secret No More: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies Satchmo’s Vision

New jazz and exhibition spaces, and an inaugural show curated by Jason Moran, feature the trumpeter’s ‘wonderful world’ in full, collaged onto the walls. You can […]
April 27, 2023

A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library

On Tuesday night, a procession of writers, editors and publishing-industry veterans stepped past the lions outside the New York Public Library’s main branch on Fifth Avenue […]
January 7, 2021

The Record Keepers’ Rave

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November 23, 2020

Old Letters, Photos and Recipes Brighten Smaller Thanksgivings

Every Wednesday night at 8:15, 16 of my wife’s family members gather around computer screens in their homes in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; New York City; and […]
July 14, 2020

This Year Will End Eventually. Document It While You Can.

A few weeks ago, a nerdy joke went viral on Twitter: Future historians will be asked which quarter of 2020 they specialize in. As museum curators […]
May 15, 2020

The Mrs. Files

The Mrs. Files looks at history through a contemporary lens to see what the honorific “Mrs.” means to women and their identity. About two years ago, […]
January 24, 2018

All Good Magazines Go to Heaven

Advertisement LONDON — When James Hyman was a scriptwriter at MTV Europe, in the 1990s, before the rise of the internet, there was a practical — […]
April 6, 2017

Collector: David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist

David Letterman is one of the greatest entertainers in the history of television, but his legacy is more fragile than you may think. That’s because the […]
March 23, 2017

Watch Archives Prove Their Worth

When three guests spent more than $4 million on new Jaeger-LeCoultre watches during a recent visit to the company’s heritage gallery in Switzerland, their host, Philippe […]