{"id":3992,"date":"2013-11-09T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2013-11-08T22:26:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T06:26:18","slug":"in-reverence-of-research-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/in-reverence-of-research-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"In Reverence of Research Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 313<\/h3>\n

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Two more promo pieces went live yesterday, both focusing on how offline Los Angeles research collections aided in the quest to document the life and career of Ann Dvorak.<\/p>\n

The first is kind of cheating because it was written by me for the Central Library blog where I work<\/a>. My post focusing on the value of undigitized newspaper collections.<\/p>\n

The second was written by Los Angeles historian extraordinaire Nathan Masters who blogs for KCET<\/a> on behalf of the L.A. as Subject <\/a>organization. Nathan’s focus goes a bit broader and extends to some of the other local institutions that I utilized which proved to be invaluable.<\/p>\n

Both posts feature one of my all-time favorite images of Ann Dvorak which is from the Los Angeles Herald Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library<\/a>. The photo shows her entering the courthouse on February 14, 1936 for the first day in her lawsuit against Warner Bros. It’s a wonderfully dramatic shot and she looks like she’s ready to step before the cameras. I first saw this photo in 2004 when I was interning in the LAPL Photo Collection and the second I saw it I knew it was a must have for the book. Nine years later, it’s still one of the most striking photos I have even seen of the Divine Miz D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 313 Two more promo pieces went live yesterday, both focusing on how offline Los Angeles research collections aided in the quest to document the life and career of Ann Dvorak. The first is kind of cheating because it was written by me for the Central Library blog where I work. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t