New Images in TALIM’s Glass Negatives Collection

View of entrance facade with canons, figure in military regalia approaching
View of entrance facade with canons, figure in military regalia approaching

Guest post by Michael A. Toler, Archnet Content Manager, AKDC @ MIT

New images have been added to TALIM’s Glass Negatives Collection on Archnet. Currently there are approximately 250 images in the collection, currently representing a selection from five of the eighteen boxes in the full collection.  New images are added every week as they are cataloged, and scanning resumes this summer.

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Marche de Noël at the Legation

On December 13 TALIM hosted a Marche de Noël (Christmas Market), for the benefit of charities operating in Tangier.  Scroll down for a gallery of images from the event.  The participating organizations were:


“Burroughs: The Tangier Letters” Brought to Life

Courtesy of Emmanuel Ponsart
Courtesy of Emmanuel Ponsart

Here are two photos from the November 3 performance of “Burroughs: The Tangier Letters” at the Espace Beckett. Performers Anne-James Chaton and Carolyn McDaniel gave readings in French and English of correspondence between William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. The letters ranged from ribald to hallucinogenic, mundane to shocking, and both performers movingly conveyed the wry genius of one of the 20th century’s most complex and controversial authors.

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