Local Image Collections

This is a selected list of local image collections compiled by Howard Besser. An assignment for his Fall 1995 Image Database Class requires groups of students to visit, review, and report back to the class about how one of these collections (or another collection approved by the instructor) organizes and manages their visual information. In addition, many students will want to do follow-up papers or projects with the collections they visit and review. A list of sites actually visited is also available.

Ann Arbor area collections

Here are collections in the Ann Arbor or Detroit area:

Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, contact Jennifer Moldwin, Librarian, (313)833-7929, jmoldwi@cms.cc.wayne.edu
Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, contact Bill Landis (bill_landis@cc.cranbrook.edu) or Mark Coir (mark_Coir@cc.cranbrook.edu)
African-American History Museum, Detroit contact Emanuel Cooper, Curator of Exhibitions, (313)833-9800
Museum of Art, Univ of Mich , contact Carole McNamara, Collections Manager (carnamar@umich.edu) or Lori Mott, Associate Registrar (lorimott@umich.edu) to request appointment, and be sure to talk with Toni Kramer (tonik@umich.edu) about the computer aspects
Bentley Historical Library, Univ of Mich, contact Anne Frantilla, Asst Reference Archivist (annef@umich.edu), or Nancy Bartlett, Reference Archivist (nbart@umich.edu)
Art & Architecture Library slide collection, Univ of Mich, contact Dorothy Shields, slide curator (dhsh@umich.edu)
Papyrus Collection, Univ of Mich Special Collections, contact Judy Ahronheim, Head of Original Cataloging (jaheim@umich.edu) or others

Berkeley area collections

We are hoping to set up some distance learning facilities so that Ann Arbor students can work with collections on the UC Berkeley campus. Berkeley's Museum Informatics Project is planning to assign a coordinator specifically to deal with (and evaluate) communication between Ann Arbor students and staff from Berkeley collections.

Berkeley collections that you can work with for your final group project. Many of these also have interesting related topics for your independent paper and project.

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