Blog post by

Maggie Tarmey, Library and Information Science
Processing Scholar

Maggie Tarmey (he/they) is a current MLIS student focusing on archival studies and moving image archival practices. He has a background in film studies and completed an honors thesis on the seminal film The Watermelon Woman which critically analyzed archival practices both within the film and in the creation of the film itself. Maggie also has extensive outreach experience working with the Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive Project, and a vast amount of reference experience working as a Library Student Research Assistant (LSRA) in YRL. This summer Maggie will be processing the Larry Clark papers, a series within the larger L.A. Rebellion collection stewarded by LSC. The materials include pamphlets, programs, press, correspondence, and ephemera from film festivals, symposia, and film programming, and primarily focus on Larry Clark's Passing Through (1977). In addition to processing, the position will engage in outreach efforts to support discovery and access.