Monthly Update
News And Updates :: Website And Technical Upgrades
Last month we experienced the challenges faced by technical difficulties with our website. We're happy to report that we've successfully addressed the issues and fully transitioned our old .com website to the new .org website. It has a familiar look, but is now more integrated into our eCommerce shop and online archival catalog portal. Be sure to update you bookmarks to access us online:
In other news, our new scanning equipment will soon be connected to more robust server and back-up data storage system. Our ability to digitize large format and large amounts of materials is now fully operational and team members have been busy digitizing materials in earnest for upcoming publications. Many thanks again to all the generous donors whose contributions secured this remarkable piece of equipment for OA+D. We plan on doing wonderful things with it that everyone can enjoy.
One of the current digitization projects underway is the scanning of all materials identified in our holdings by the late David E. Dodge. We're also working closely with the Dodge family to scan their materials as well. We hope to have scanning complete and not only display it prominently on the OA+D archival catalog site, but also utilize it for an upcoming publication on David's contributions to organic architecture.
If anyone has additional materials, drawings, plans, photos, etc. related to the life and work of David Dodge, please reach out to us at info@oadarchives.org.
From The Archives
Dozens of new lantern slides featuring real photos of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture have joined the growing collection of slides and photographs in the Archives. Lantern slides are positive transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. Lantern slide plates were commercially manufactured by sensitizing a sheet of glass with a silver gelatin emulsion. The plate was then exposed to a negative and processed, resulting in a positive transparent image with exceptional detail and a rich tonal range. Lantern slides were used for home entertainment and public lectures, and they were displayed in photographic exhibitions.
Many museum and university collections had vast amounts of these slides that feature works by architects like Wright, Adler & Sullivan, and others that are now out of use and being de-accessioned (or lost altogether) at an alarming rate. Because several feature unique real photo images, we are committed to saving and scanning as many as possible for future scholarly research and appreciation.
If you have architectural lantern slides or other materials that you're interested in donating to be preserved, please let us know by contacting us at info@oadarchives.org.
Shop OA+D :: New "Daylilies" Layflat Notebook
Summer is almost here and what better way to celebrate than to bring the joy of summer flowers with you wherever you go with our new exclusive layflat notebook, featuring a wrap-around cover nature abstraction of "Daylilies" by Eric M. O'Malley. This is a fit-in-your-tote-bag, stack-on-your-desk type of notebook designed to layflat and hold all your creative thoughts and sketched ideas.
Size: 5.25" x 8.25" Page Count: 144 pages; 70lb. recycled white paper Binding: Library-Quality Smyth-Sewn
Be sure to support OA+D with every purchase and order yours here.