Comments on: Hopewell, Virginia Locals of United Mine Workers of America Photograph Collection http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/multiple_exposure/2011/04/27/hopewell-virginia-locals-of-united-mine-workers-of-america-photograph-collection-2/ Catablog of the Prints and Photographs Collection @ the Library of Virginia Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dale http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/multiple_exposure/2011/04/27/hopewell-virginia-locals-of-united-mine-workers-of-america-photograph-collection-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dale Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:19:36 +0000 http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/multiple_exposure/?p=189#comment-7 Thanks for reading Multiple Exposure. Yes, this was certainly a case of one man’s trash being another man’s treasure ! We all owe a debt of gratitude to people who save and donate such collections to public institutions.

A few related topics that might be of interest:

In 2012, the Library of Virginia will open an exhibition called “LOST & FOUND” that will explore how all of us take part in the collecting, fashioning, and erasure of our personal and communal memory. It will include several collections that have been saved through “dumpster diving” activities.

Approximately 100 of the Hopewell UMWA Collection photographs will soon be added to the other Library of Virginia photographs on Flickr: The Commons. The images should go live on Sept. 1, 2011. Please help us identify people, places, or events that you might recognize in the photos by commenting onthe site http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/

]]> By: Katherine Podlewski http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/multiple_exposure/2011/04/27/hopewell-virginia-locals-of-united-mine-workers-of-america-photograph-collection-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Katherine Podlewski Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:37:51 +0000 http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/multiple_exposure/?p=189#comment-6 Saved from the trash! Thank goodness for dumpster divers!

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