Emily is a graduate of the School of Information of the University of Texas at Austin and an alumnus of the New York Public Library IMLS Preservation Fellowship, where she worked closely with the audio and moving image archivists at the Performing Arts Library. Before coming to New York Public Radio in 2010, Emily worked with the Pacifica Radio Archives on the preservation planning and assessment of civil rights-era materials for the American Archive pilot. From 2010-2012, Emily was responsible for digitizing hundreds of hours of archival audio as part of the NEH-funded Municipal Archives WNYC Sound Collection project.
Emily Vinson appears in the following:
Brighter Than 100 Suns: Preparing for Nuclear Attack in New York City, 1951
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Five years after the U.S. Army Air Force dropped atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Cold War-era New York officials were preparing for the worst case scenario, an atomic bomb detonation over New York City.
Titanic: 'A Night to Remember,' 1956
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
One hundred years after the sinking of the British passenger liner RMS Titanic, the tragic story of the unsinkable ship fascinates as much today as it did on that fateful day, April 15, 1912. Though many today are most familiar with James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic," the story was first mass-popularized by acclaimed author Walter Lord, whose 1955 book A Night to Remember was drawn from first-hand accounts of 63 survivors on that maiden voyage.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
Monday, January 16, 2012
The Holiday Party the Cold War Hijacked
Friday, December 23, 2011
1964 World's Fair Hall of Science
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Seven years after Sputnik 1 was launched into orbit, and just six weeks after the U.S. space probe Ranger 7 sent back the first close range photos of the moon, civic leaders and Nobel Laureates gathered in Flushing Meadow, Queens, on a hot September day in 1964 to dedicate the World's Fair Hall of Sciences as a permanent structure committed to science education and exploration in New York City.
Frontiers in Genetics, 1949
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
This week's Studio 360, "Making Better People," takes a look at man's preoccupation with improving man. Featuring interviews with Greg Stock, author of Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future, and others, the program considers how we might better nature through engineering. Meanwhile, in the Archives we found a WNYC program exploring the same topic ...almost exactly sixty-two years earlier.
Remembering Eleanor, 1962
Monday, November 07, 2011
United Nations Day, 1949
Monday, October 24, 2011
Celebrated each year on October 24, United Nations Day commemorates the day in 1945 when the UN Charter was made effective. United Nations Day was first celebrated in 1948, and in 1949 the cornerstone of the United Nations building between First Avenue and the East River was laid. Among those present to mark the event were Carlos P. Romulo, President of the General Assembly, Secretary General Trygve Lie, President Harry Truman and New York City Mayor William O'Dywer.
Dedication of Frederick Douglass Circle, 1950
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Overseas Press Club: Dickey Chapelle, 1964
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
"The Bid was Four Hearts," the story of the Four Chaplains
Monday, May 30, 2011
Books are Basic, 1952
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
This week we celebrate National Library Week, an event close to the hearts of Annotations’ archivists. Since we're both graduates of library school and avid readers, delving into the collection for some library-related audio was a no-brainer for us. The only difficulty came in choosing which instance of library radio to select. From a World War II-era discussion of book burning in Germany to public library dedications through all five boroughs, libraries play a notable role in the historic WNYC collection.
Headlines in Chemistry, 1948
Monday, March 28, 2011
“Headlines in Chemistry” premiered on WNYC in 1947. Produced in cooperation with the American Chemical Society’s News Service, the show aimed to "present a program of interest to the lay public on the latest scientific developments in the chemical fields." Within four years the show was carried on about 80 stations nationwide [1], and by 1952 it was "beamed overseas in 42 languages [2].”
Archives Mixtape: Please No Squeeze the Banana, 1946
Friday, March 11, 2011
Undoubtedly readers of the Annotations blog have been waiting with bated breath for the next installment of the Archives Mixtape, and we are happy to oblige with a double feature!