Comments on: Gertrude Hoffman Theater Posters – the totality http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/ Special Collections & Archives Blog Tue, 14 May 2013 15:27:31 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Craig http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-45 Craig Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:03:33 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-45 This is wonderful information. It would be great to know more about your Mom and what she did as one of the Hoffman Girls.Our library holds this material and only know about the Hoffmans from our research as we try to understand this collection. Any information you would be willing to share with us would be welcome. Thanks for your response to our blog post. Craig Fansler Preservation Librarian ZSR Library Wake Forest University This is wonderful information. It would be great to know more about your Mom and what she did as one of the Hoffman Girls.Our library holds this material and only know about the Hoffmans from our research as we try to understand this collection. Any information you would be willing to share with us would be welcome. Thanks for your response to our blog post.

Craig Fansler
Preservation Librarian
ZSR Library
Wake Forest University

]]> By: John N.W.Johnson http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-44 John N.W.Johnson Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:10:46 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-44 How incredible to see such "Hoffman" memorabilia! My mother was a member of the troup "til 1939 when Gertrude & Max Hoffman brought the members safely back to USA as WWII escalated. My brother met the Hoffmans in NYC in 1956 after our father died. They were living in the Great Northern Hotel and our mother drove them out to Jones Beach for some sun & sea. We have our mother's scrapbooks & publicity photos. The gorgeous & multi-talented mom was Manya Wyshinska! How incredible to see such “Hoffman” memorabilia!
My mother was a member of the troup “til 1939 when Gertrude & Max Hoffman brought the members
safely back to USA as WWII escalated. My brother met the Hoffmans in NYC in 1956 after our father died. They were living in the Great Northern Hotel
and our mother drove them out to Jones Beach for some sun & sea. We have our mother’s scrapbooks &
publicity photos. The gorgeous & multi-talented mom was Manya Wyshinska!

]]> By: Craig http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-43 Craig Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:12:31 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-43 For research_ i've brought Kaeley McMahan into the discussion and she's talked to a Dance Faculty member-that is a good start. Anyone interested in Vaudeville, dance history, etc might also find these useful. For preservation: I've talked to Brenda Parsons at Etherington Conservation Center about this. As a result, I've ordered Japanese paper to use as backing. My plan is to humidify and flatten each poster (the best copy if there are duplicates). The large posters will be backed and possibly rolled or placed into an archival box (if I can find one large enough). The smaller posters will be backed and encapsulated. All duplicates will be boxed. For research_ i’ve brought Kaeley McMahan into the discussion and she’s talked to a Dance Faculty member-that is a good start. Anyone interested in Vaudeville, dance history, etc might also find these useful.

For preservation: I’ve talked to Brenda Parsons at Etherington Conservation Center about this. As a result, I’ve ordered Japanese paper to use as backing. My plan is to humidify and flatten each poster (the best copy if there are duplicates). The large posters will be backed and possibly rolled or placed into an archival box (if I can find one large enough). The smaller posters will be backed and encapsulated. All duplicates will be boxed.

]]> By: Katherine http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-42 Katherine Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:55:29 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-42 Next step is to bring some research to bear in creating good metadata for the posters. Craig, what are your preservation/stabilization plans for these fragile objects? Next step is to bring some research to bear in creating good metadata for the posters.

Craig, what are your preservation/stabilization plans for these fragile objects?

]]> By: Audra http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-41 Audra Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:03:51 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-41 Incredible! Thanks for illustrating some of the highlights of our collection! Incredible! Thanks for illustrating some of the highlights of our collection!

]]> By: petersrb http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/blog/gertrude-hoffman-theater-posters-the-totality/#comment-40 petersrb Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:37:48 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?p=115#comment-40 WOW! These are beautiful! Great job Craig. WOW! These are beautiful! Great job Craig.

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