Comments on: Trials and Tribulations with the Fred Patten Collection http://doalchemy.org/2009/07/trials-and-tribulations-with-the-fred-patten-collection/ Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:44:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Melissa Conway http://doalchemy.org/2009/07/trials-and-tribulations-with-the-fred-patten-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-7521 Melissa Conway Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:13:01 +0000 http://doalchemy.org/?p=623#comment-7521 Fred Patten visits the Eaton Collection once a month to help organzie his collection. He is, in fact, here today (March 30, 2010 going through two large boxes with archivist Eric Milenkiewicz. His sister Sherryl Patter drives him here and she said it takes only about an hour to drive from North Hollywood to Riverside. Fred Patten visits the Eaton Collection once a month to help organzie his collection. He is, in fact, here today (March 30, 2010 going through two large boxes with archivist Eric Milenkiewicz. His sister Sherryl Patter drives him here and she said it takes only about an hour to drive from North Hollywood to Riverside.

]]> By: Lawrence Eng http://doalchemy.org/2009/07/trials-and-tribulations-with-the-fred-patten-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Lawrence Eng Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:47:02 +0000 http://doalchemy.org/?p=623#comment-803 Glad you made it out to the collection! Sorry I couldn't do the academia panels at AX (was out sick), but I'm sure you and Mikhail held down the fort just fine. It sounds like you spent a nice chunk of time in at the collection. When I went earlier this year, I didn't have nearly as much time, but the benefit is that I live closer (2 hours by car). I talked to the Special Collections Reference Librarian about bringing a group in for a tour (possibly coinciding with AX). Obviously, that didn't happen, but we should still consider it for the future. You've seen firsthand how much material there is, and how it's massively unsorted. A group tour and cataloguing trip could be a lot of fun. Definitely find out whether or not we can scan and post some of the fandom-related material online. I made a few photocopies of old newsletters/mailings, but I don't want to put them online without permission from Fred and/or the C/FO. Glad you made it out to the collection! Sorry I couldn’t do the academia panels at AX (was out sick), but I’m sure you and Mikhail held down the fort just fine.

It sounds like you spent a nice chunk of time in at the collection. When I went earlier this year, I didn’t have nearly as much time, but the benefit is that I live closer (2 hours by car). I talked to the Special Collections Reference Librarian about bringing a group in for a tour (possibly coinciding with AX). Obviously, that didn’t happen, but we should still consider it for the future. You’ve seen firsthand how much material there is, and how it’s massively unsorted. A group tour and cataloguing trip could be a lot of fun.

Definitely find out whether or not we can scan and post some of the fandom-related material online. I made a few photocopies of old newsletters/mailings, but I don’t want to put them online without permission from Fred and/or the C/FO.

]]> By: Vampt Vo http://doalchemy.org/2009/07/trials-and-tribulations-with-the-fred-patten-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Vampt Vo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:03:06 +0000 http://doalchemy.org/?p=623#comment-788 Wow, that's pretty incredible stuff. If only I lived in California instead of New Jersey, off here on the other side of the country, I'd be visiting that library in a heartbeat. Thanks for getting the pictures - I look forward to seeing some of Fred's stuff in the Otaku Archive if that works out. Wow, that’s pretty incredible stuff. If only I lived in California instead of New Jersey, off here on the other side of the country, I’d be visiting that library in a heartbeat. Thanks for getting the pictures – I look forward to seeing some of Fred’s stuff in the Otaku Archive if that works out.

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