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Dear Peter- Congratulations on your retirement!! It was always a pleasure to see you at ARLIS conferences and work with you on ways to improve the society. I know you will love spending time with your Dad. Best wishes for this new chapter of your.life!! Ted On Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 4:01 PM Peter P Blank <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings friends and neighbors, > > It is with the usual bittersweet note of such missives that I announce May > 31, 2021 as my last in-office day with Stanford Libraries. To be closely > followed by a move to the Bainbridge Is., WA, area where I will join my > dear, soon-to-be 99-year-old Dad in morning coffee trips, gardening chores, > and, hopefully, a few Mariners games. > > All the news that's fit to print herein: > Peter P. Blank announces retirement as Photography Curator for Special > Collections with the Stanford Libraries > <https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2021/02/peter-p-blank-announces-retirement-photography-curator> > > I am extremely pleased to also announce that my three-year term > appointment position as Stanford Libraries' first Photography Curator will > be replaced by an ongoing, base budget funded continuing Photography > Curator position. We all know how difficult it is to create new positions > in the base these days, so this quite wonderful news. The Stanford > Libraries Photography Initiative is established. As I am not serving on the > search committee, I am freely available to provide insight on the position > should anyone wish to contact me. My pleasure. > > I would be remiss if I failed to honor the stars in my personal heaven: > Betty Jo Irvine, head of the Indiana University Fine Arts Library. Who > made all things possible. It was a long time ago I dropped into her office > and blithely announced my intentions to become an art librarian. Many of us > owe a huge debt of gratitude to BJ. (And hopefully an annual contribution > to the B.J. Kish Irvine Graduate Scholarship in Art Librarianship at IU.). > The stuff of legends. > > Eileen Fry, head of the IU Slide Library and Fine Arts Visual Resource > Center. Who provided me with a valuable, and second, example of what it > meant to be a "professional." And I believe introduced me to the > "relational database." The Joy! > > Ross Day, head of the Robert J. Goldwater Library at the Metropolitan > Museum of Art when he hired me. My first Boss. In hindsight I realize > Ross's patience with a not so young know-it-all was well beyond what any > supervisor should be expected... Yet, he hung with me those first three > eye-opening years. Always supportive. I bow. Another exemplary role model > who helped me realize how invaluable a small research library can be for > its community. (No matter the size of your operation, at that point of > one-on-one contact, we all work in "small" research libraries.) > > Alex Ross, head of the Art & Architecture Library at Stanford. Who hired > me... TWICE! If that's not being a glutton for punishment, I don't know > what is. I learned from a pro's pro as to the rigors of informed collection > building, how to work *with* dealers (such an important lesson that I > hope is part of the continuing curriculum of art librarianship), the ins > and outs of branch management..., the importance of good peer > relationships... (it's an endless list - picture the rolled-up list > unrolling across the floor...). We're having drinks this weekend, weather > permitting. > > Jack Perry Brown, head of the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, The Art > Institute of Chicago. The style! The aplomb! The bow ties! Jack provided me > with an opportunity many of us seek at some point in our careers. How does > one ever check the box of "experience in hiring and managing professionals" > if no one offers you that first chance!? Jack gave me the chance. And that > crew seems to be doing well. A shout out to Amy B, Amy T, Hannah, and > Melanie. All Aces. And like all his predecessors, Jack was extremely > supportive, encouraged me to continue my graduate studies in the history of > photography, which was and is hugely important for me. > > Thank you all more than I can possibly ever articulate. > > And to all my wonderful ARLIS/NA colleagues, who shared all those > wonderful conference dinners and parties (most of which my memory is bit > fuzzy on...), I wish you peace and good health. > > Peter Blank > > ==================== > > [For the most recent news and procedures on access to the Libraries, please > view the latest access policies <https://library.stanford.edu/status/> > <https://library.stanford.edu/status/>.] > > *Starstuff: science meets art, print meets photography, Galileo meets > Linda Connor > <https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2020/10/starstuff-science-meets-art-print-meets-photography>* > (Oct. 2020). > > > > ReMix (July 2020). A Lens on Society > <https://mailchi.mp/stanford/jul2020lensonsociety>. > > > > Peter Blank > > Photography Curator > <http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2018/04/special-collections-photography-curator-appointed> > > > Dept. of Special Collections (Room 220B) > > 557 Escondido Mall > > Stanford Libraries > > Stanford, CA 94305 – 6064 > > > > [log in to unmask] > > library.stanford.edu/spc > > Stanford Libraries Photography Initiative > <http://library.stanford.edu/node/156083> > > 650.561.2392 Cell > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~