Molly Brown

@mollybrrown.bsky.social

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Reference & Outreach Archivist (the ‘grammer behind the curtain for @NU_Archives) | empathy through history | opinions & exclamation points are my own | she/hers

Woman wearing glasses with a pen in her right hand resting on a notebook that is on a table looking at a microfilm reader with text overlaid on it that reads "libraries work because we do"
"Coming April 7, 2025 featuring a foreword and afterword by Molly Brown and Christine Jacobson" image of book with text "The Home-Maker, Dorothy Canfield Fisher" and red and blue illustration of a woman's face in a neutral expression with a kitchen table in the background. followed by text: "“You will enjoy it and discuss it” - Harcourt Brace & Company, 1924" "“Enjoy it and discuss it with us” - Molly & Christine, 2025""
Title: "Increasing Archival Access by the boxes" Body text" 2,709 boxes ordered between February 1, 2023 (Grace's hiring) and February 20, 2025. ​ ​ If we stacked all the boxes requested in the past two years on top of each other, the height would amount to roughly:​ - the height of 2 Empire State buildings (2,908 feet) ​ - the weight of 6.7 adult male African elephants (47 tons)" powerpoint slide with image of two empire state buildings stacked on top of each other next to paige boxes next to 6.7 elephants.
Letter from Tom Feelings to Elma Lewis that reads: "to Elma who loves—and knows and then passes it on —like it was passed on to her. Love from, Tom Feelings"
Meme using screen captures of actor Adam Scott in parks and rec in two photos holding stop motion animated doll version of Mark S in Severance. Text: “Lumon Industries: do you think an abusivr employer could make this?” Text over next photo “no.”
Excerpt of Gay Community News final exam, the multiple choice section featuring questions about the Gay Community news
Sign taped to glass office wall that reads “greetings! I’m out of the office until January 6th! See you in the new year!” With a photo of the Christmas party from the movie Desk Set as the illustration
Grey cart with grey archival box, mug of pencils and business cards on it, in front of screen that reads "Happy Archives Deposit day"
Post it note on box that says “Daniel: some of these videocassettes have signs of mold or insect nests- Irene & Molly”
Screenshot of a streaming service video platform library (specifically prime video) on the subcategory called "feel-good love stories" with two movies beneath it: Leap Year and Terms of Endearment.
Black and white photograph of Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson in Desk Set. She is seated at a desk with her hand resting contemplatively on her chin as she looks off to the right in a wooden office busy with books, plants, maps, and papers
Woman standing on stool wearing all black with tan shoes installing photographic reproductions in glass cases for an exhibit
grayscale photograph of five white women in loose fitting white garments participating in greek dancing class, two women with one of their ams pointing up at an angle and one arm pointing down at an angle frame a trio of women raising and linking their arms
Scan of clippings folder title with "Harris, Ron Basketball" typed followed by a handwritten correction "Are you kidding? HOCKEY"
Scan of handout that is a booksellers' catalog. "Looking for Books on the African & Afro-American? If you are then, then send to: Ernest Hamilton, 5 Atherton Street, Roxbury, Mass. 02119 or Call 522-4797 for any additional info" what follows is a list of books being distributed by Ernest including the Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley.
Screenshot clipping from the Gay Community News with a title that reads "The GCN "Some of our Best Friends are Straight" Award" and a subtitle that reads "to Bob Getz of Two Penny Press and Joan Cameron our printer and typesetter, who have aided us immensely. Bob Getz taught us wha a newspaper physically is and helped get us started when we didn't even know the technical use of the word "layout."
Image still from intro to Mary Tyler Moore show where Moore is throwing her hat into the air with a gleeful smile
Black and white image of two women in jackets and hats holding a paper viewer with two dots to safely view the eclipse with
Photo of white blonde actress Betty Grable on the left in a blue dress eating a hotdog and white blonde actress Marilyn Monroe in a grey dress putting on her glasses while they are on a rooftop patio with a building skyline behind them
Two white women wearing masks, hard hats, and high visibility vests standing together in a recently painted blue room under construction.
Photo of a computer screen with a Google doc of door signs, one reading “welcome this door is not operational please visit us next door at SL-072” and the other reading “broken door :’( please exit via the reading room”
Email screenshot reading: Howdy from us Cowboy Staters.. hope you are doing well..Papa 3 Yahtzee is at it AGAIN..Idid get one :) We love you..Hi to Scott..pet the boss!
Jaunty pink and Orange illustrated calendar featuring a cowgirl holding the word “March”
Screenshot of an email from The Barbara Pym Society with the subject “three weeks until PymCon” and the text of the email reads: “The North American Conference is nearly here There's no need to beware the Ides of March if you come to the 2024 North American Conference! Join us in Cambridge MA on March 15-17 to discuss Jane & Prudence and enjoy the convivial companionship of fellow Pym fans. The deadline for bookings is Saturday March 9.”
meme of a sepia toned image of sisyphus pushing a boulder up an inclined cliff. the boulder has white text that reads "planning what to do with my one wild and precious life"
Photo of silver sugar globe (small dish for storing sugar cubes) held in a white hand in front of a quilt.
White woman standing in front of museum exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt museum for Dorothy Liebes. Woman is just to the right of center in brown dress with tote bag in one hand and other hand in pocket. She is standing in front of a predominantly pink hung textile and a predominantly green weaving
Centered photo of Anne Bancroft typing at a black typewriter on a desk that is messy with a full bookshelf in back and a bed to the right
Black and white photographic of a towel covered bottle of champagne being poured into a champagne coupe of a gloved handed individual. There are orange crop marks surrounding the glass
Black and white photograph of a large balloon float of the children's book character Ferdinand the Bull. The bull is holding a flower in his hoof and is floating by city buildings.
Black and white scan of a photograph of 6 children ice skating in a park surrounded by leafless trees with other skaters in the background of the photograph. The 6 children are holding each others jackets to skate in a line.
Image of framed photograph from the film Desk Set of two women in an office, one on a ladder clutching a plant, the other with a cardigan draped over her shoulders. Next to framed image is a stapler and tape dispenser and in front is a small red and white woven coaster
black and white photograph of a valentine with a leafy border, a scalloped heart cut out of fabric, and two half-moon shaped leaves in the center overlaid with a sepia headshot of Michael Dukakis outlined in hot pink pen, with a heart-shaped rose border
White woman with glasses brown hair and bangs wearing a face mask, black wrap sweater, and pumpkin colored dress taking a photo with her cellphone in a bathroom mirror
White brunette woman in chartreuse dress with a ribbon pinned with plastic buttons pinned to her dress taking mirror selfie at a bookstore restaurant
Publication that is on peach colored paper with a woman reading a book dressed in black and white surrounded by orange bolts of fabric. “designing and planning clothes published by Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences Inc. Scranton, Penna.”
Black and white photograph of 2 women seated on each side of a table full of mail with 4 women standing around the table. Behind the table is a man sitting on top of large canvas bags filled with mail. Image is painted on the right side with grey paint to emphasize the women in the image.
Screenshot of an email that says “Happy Day Off 4 acouple of dedicated workers!! Kick off your shoes...alittle snooze..pet Penny and enjoy!! Love you !!”