Becoming a Film Friendly Archivist Workshop

Friday, August 22, 2008
9am to 4pm
$50 per person (lunch on your own in Golden)
RSVP: Beth Heller, Preservation Librarian, 303.384.0110 x13
bheller @ americanalpineclub.org
This workshop furnishes the practicing archivist with skills to identify, assess, and preserve history caught on film.
Upon completion of this workshop participants will be able to:

Perform basic identification [...]

Friends of the Library Event

World-class alpinist, journalist and Friend of the Library member, Pete Takeda, unearths the terrifying legacy of the Cold War’s most daring CIA operation in his award-winning book, An Eye at the Top of the World.
Pete’s book is a true story involving Cold War intrigue in the remotest part of the Himalayas and a deadly poison [...]

The NEH Challenge Grant (Revisited)

Many AAC, CMC, and Friends members have asked about special projects we’re working on in the Library. If you look at the blog sidebar called “Adopt a Preservation Project,” you will see we are preserving film, building an intern program, and applying for grants, just to name a few.
In May, we submitted our application for [...]

Free! Movie Night July 15th, 7pm, Hard Grit

The American Alpine Club and The Colorado Mountain Club present the second in their monthly series of free movie nights at the American Mountaineering Center, Golden, CO. This month’s movie is Hard Grit, SlackJaw Film’s award-winning look at British gritstone climbing.
Here is the Official Trailer from SlackJaw
The movie starts at 7pm, Tuesday, July 15th, [...]