Modernist Home Design, Preserved Online

Plus, our concerts from home series, Pepsiman and more!

View this email in your browser Archive    Donate     Blog     Jobs     Volunteer     July 2024 Browsing the Archive Using Archive Collections to Preserve Mid-Century Modern Architecture George Smart, founder and CEO of USModernist, is dedicated to preserving mid-century modern houses with the aim to preserve them and showcase their artistic value. He uses the Internet Archive to maintain an open digital collection of modernist homes and architectural magazine called USModernist Archives. The Archives chronicle the work of 150 architects, detailing 21,000 houses, and features a vast library of architectural publications. Smart also promotes his mission through his podcast, USModernist Radio. The Internet Archive's resources are invaluable to Smart's work, leading him to support the organization as a donor. Learn more below. READ GEORGE'S STORY The Monthly Giving Circle reflects our commitment and collective drive to defend Universal Access to All Knowledge. In addition to sustaining our work, Monthly Giving Circle members enjoy exclusive events, benefits, and discounts! Join George Smart and over 16,000 members by making a recurring monthly donation to the Internet Archive today. Celebrating the Archive's Virtual Concert Series During the early days of the pandemic, the Internet Archive had to shift to remote work in March 2020, which brought the challenge of keeping everyone engaged during our all-staff virtual meetings. In April 2020, we came up with a creative solution: biweekly musical performances before our Monday and Friday meetings. Called "Essential Music Concerts from Home," this initiative was like offering treats to entice people to attend a staff gathering. As we celebrate the program's (just over) four-year anniversary, we've written a blog highlighting some incredible musical guests from over 50 artists who have performed on our virtual stage. You can read about them in our blog, linked below. MORE ON CONCERTS FROM HOME From Our Collections Out of its Shell It's always a delight perusing through the Biodiversity Heritage Library for a plethora of texts on the amazing flora, fauna and historic artifacts of that past that make up our ecosystems! This time, we recommend Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis, which covers the unique and beautifully photogenic marine, freshwater and terrestrial mollusks of Australia. Press Play on Pepsiman Pepsiman was the mascot for Pepsi in Japan during the 1990s. The character was featured in advertisements, music albums, and even its own video game, all of which are preserved in the Archive. Highlighted above is a mini-CD from the video game called JAMES & GANG—PEPSIMAN (1998), released to promote the ad campaign in Japan at the time. What We're Reading ROLLING STONE: MTV News Is Back (Kind Of) Thanks to the Internet Archive THE WASHINGTON POST: Opinion: Libraries can help end the culture wars. That's why they're under fire. COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Internet Archive fights to preserve digital libraries in Second Circuit hearing MSNBC: The end of libraries as we know them? with Brewster Kahle and Kyle Courtney: podcast and transcript LIFEHACKER: 21 of the Best Free (Legal) Streaming Services for Movies and TV LIBRARY JOURNAL: Tulsa Radio Station Works to Preserve Large, Rare Music Collection  If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Internet Archive, we would greatly appreciate your support. You can help out by visiting archive.org/donate or by texting ARCHIVE to 44321. Thank you for helping us provide Universal Access To All Knowledge. DONATE TO THE INTERNET ARCHIVE Share Tweet Forward You are receiving this newsletter because of your relationship with the Internet Archive. Review our Privacy Policy Our mailing address is: Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 Want to change how you receive these emails?  You can update your preferences to change what types of notifications you receive, or switch from HTML format to plain text. You can also unsubscribe from this list if you don't want to hear from us again.