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...blues, New Orleans-style. Mac Rebennack-known since 1963 for his professional appearances as Dr. John-has been a first-class musician, a cabin-class superstar and a keyboard boogie man, keeping the tradition of his native city alive and treating it proud. He is also a garrulous archivist of local musical lore and a dexterous spinner of tales. In his sunny town house in Manhattan's Chelsea district, the Doctor, 40, is the man to consult on matters of great musical history and moment...
...apparently insoluble problem: Vatican experts have only an approximate knowledge of where anything is. The effort to catalogue the papal treasures has been going on for more than 300 years now, and archivists still speak with awe of Cardinal Josephus Garampi, who managed, before his death in 1772, to inscribe more than 1.5 million catalogue entries, in strictly alphabetical order, in 124 large folio volumes. But since the millions of documents were all arranged by their places of origin rather than by subject matter, the problems of cross-indexing stretch toward infinity. And the staff numbers only 30. "If this...
Hofmann showed a photocopy of the single sheet of blue-lined white paper to Mormon Church Archivist Donald Schmidt, who displayed only mild interest. Hofmann incorrectly assumed that the church already had a copy. But when he consulted a historian the Missouri church, separate the ways. Utah establishment suddenly decided to acquire it from the dealer in exchange for other historic books and papers. Last week, as word of the document's existence finally be came public, officials of the two rival churches made a surprise announcement: the Smith blessing was being turned over to the Reorganized Church...
...seams lovingly shaved smooth, every link subtly interconnected to the larger piece. The wit is quiet, the words understated and nuanced, homely yet precise and evocative. Intrigued, you may soon want to stay up late with the retiring, lumberjack-shirted fellow thumbing through browned pages in his patient, archivist's enthusiasm, joining him and Swan as another "winter brother...
...sculptor Louise Nevelson. She has lived in it for close on 30 years, acquiring more rooms, filling them up. By now it is the hive of the queen bee, where Nevelson presides over a small force of workers: carpentry and joinery assistants who help with the sculpture, and her archivist, friend, photographer and general factotum Diana MacKown. Nevelson still leaves it often enough to be a near legendary sight in Manhattan's galleries and shops, and an enduring staple in the pages of Women's Wear Daily. She likes to swathe herself in costume and go to parties...