Becca Bender

A/V Curator & Archivist at the Rhode Island Historical Society, "arkivnerd" per Norwegian media, views my own

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Thank you @rhodeislandpbs for the great profile of the @RIHistory Moving Image and Audio Collections! It's wonderful to see so much of our footage highlighted! Particular shoutouts to @NBC10 and @wpri12 whose #newsfilm is the backbone of our film archive.
https://t.co/2I8JAteiG0

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

@RIACLU While I’m grateful for @RIACLU’s statement in support of @MSanchezPVD’s first amendment rights, I’m puzzled as to why they refer to his expressed views as “controversial.” This seems like a very non-neutral stance for the ACLU.

[This American Life @ThisAmerLife]

Watch the video of Jahmal's grandmother, Lela Mae Williams, and her children getting on the bus that would take them north in 1962. This archival footage is from @RIHistory's @NBC10 collection. https://t.co/AHQOpaowQW

[This American Life @ThisAmerLife]

Jahmal Williams stumbles on a clue about his grandmother’s history that answers a question he’s always had. https://t.co/lbcp3lCzqx

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Wonderful to hear audio from @rihistory's @wpri12 collection included in this week's @ThisAmerLife, and to see footage from our @NBC10 collection accompanying the episode on their site. Nothing better than getting history out of the archive and into the world!

[This American Life @ThisAmerLife]

Jahmal Williams stumbles on a clue about his grandmother’s history that answers a question he’s always had. https://t.co/lbcp3lCzqx

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Tonight is the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival! Come watch what artists like @RaiMckTerry, @Abby_Epplett, @kingkwana and @christina9397 have created from the @RIHistory archival film collections. 7pm at Blackstone Valley Visitor Center in Pawtucket.
https://t.co/pZ1Pdl8W6r

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Beautiful piece from @wpri12 featuring film from @rihistory of the 1st Pride parade in PVD in 1976. This is some of my favorite footage that I've ever found in our collections - great to see it shared so widely! Thank you @ShiinaHL for the story! #Pride
https://t.co/vfPGzQ9GYJ

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

The Archive Remix Film Festival is back with all new digitized footage from our collections for you to play with! Put YOUR lens on history by remixing RI's filmed past into new short films that we'll screen together this fall. Signup and spread the word! https://t.co/u467jieSqo

[Rhode Island Historical Society @RIHistory]

Join the RIHS for the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival! Create your own films using at least 75% of RIHS archival footage! Check out this short video explaining the project in more detail, and sign up by following the link in our next tweet! (1/2)

https://t.co/4dJwo1zDz7

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Thank you for the festivals #GeorgeWein. I only discovered this 1964 filmed interview in the archive about a month ago, and I feel very lucky to be able to put it out into the world today.

[Rhode Island Historical Society @RIHistory]

We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Newport Jazz Festival & Newport Folk Festival founder George Wein yesterday at the age of 95. We searched our archives to share this interview with Wein from 1964 conducted by @wpri12 https://t.co/6KCbIwzYKO

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

It's going to be a beautiful evening for an outdoor screening! Join us at the https://t.co/8OFKdKuDms Film Festival to see new short pieces created from the @rihistory film collections. Bring a chair + picnic to the RIHS lawn at 110 Benevolent St, PVD | 6:30 entry/7pm show time!

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

@markj2 @RIHistory I don't know yet! Their films aren't due until Sept 1st!

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Check out our new project to put @RIHistory film collections into the hands of new storytellers. We gave Creators 300 minutes of archival footage - they're giving us back remixed short films. Local folks, join us for outdoor screenings! Non-local, they'll be up on YouTube later!

[Rhode Island Historical Society @RIHistory]

Join us for the FREE Archive Remix Film Festival series September 10th-12th at 7 pm. Watch our film collections come to life through creative reinvention by local artists.🎥

See the link below for details and registration information!
https://t.co/R5fER5GMrG

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

@bturkus @tvc15brian @XFR_collective @Private_Zero thank you @bturkus and @tvc15brian and grr.....

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

@rihistory is hiring a museum collections manager. RI is a REALLY interesting state for cultural heritage. We have as troubled a history as you will find re: slavery, violence against indigenous people, northern racism, etc. Help us get this history out! https://t.co/rRvf91ltOK

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Fantastic piece from my friend @phileil about the US's obsession with "happiness." By the 3rd time my health insurance company sent me a text message pressuring me to sign up for their new app "Happify" in the middle of a pandemic I wanted to scream.

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

I'm really sad to have missed the @PawSox era in Rhode Island, but at least I get to track down old footage like this first ever game at McCoy Stadium in #Pawtucket on April 24, 1970.

[Rhode Island Historical Society @RIHistory]

#OTD 40 years ago the longest game in professional baseball history began b/w the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings. 33 innings/8 hours and 25 min that spanned between 3 days.
For those feeling #PawSox nostalgia, here are clips from their first official game in McCoy

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

All over this in the kelly green! @ChrnclsOfMARMIA is my favorite archive to support!

[Becca Bender @beccbender]

Great conference today from @digicomMA. This from Jaccavrie McNeely is really resonating: "It’s really cool that we have something that dates back to the 1600s, but the average patron should be able to come in and see something that relates to them." #dcconference21