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...destroying cultural treasures by neglecting to perform needed preservation techniques. Harvard is caretaker to what are often the last or best-preserved copies of coveted and rare films, and it would be reckless if the libraries were not able to maintain the restoration and purchasing power of the current HFA. Professors often complain about the poor state of Widener’s collections, with critical books missing or misplaced due to inadequate staffing and funding; it would be a shame if the same happened to rare prints transferred into the library. Moreover, it will be a disruptive process to bring...
Sadly, it is impossible to examine the HFA shakeup without fitting it into a consistent pattern of administrators marginalizing the arts, a symptom that jeopardizes Harvard’s stature. The VES department is still recovering, both internally and in public perception, from the firing of former chair Ellen Phelan in spring 2001. Phelan, a distinguished painter who brought in top New York artists, was replaced by Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber, an English scholar with no formal background in the practice of visual arts. Now that the VES is having its renowned film archive taken away?...
...wake of last month’s decision to transfer control of the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) to a College librarian, professors are protesting that the move will imperil the collection and that it signals a reversal of the University’s support for film scholarship...
...Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) had run the HFA since the vast collection of original film prints was founded 25 years ago. But on Jan. 26, Kirby transferred control of the archive from Cavell Curator Bruce Jenkins to Suit Librarian of the Fine Arts Library Katharine Martinez...
...HFA employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Jenkins, a senior lecturer at VES who has overseen the collection since 1999, was likely to leave the University. The employee did not know whether Jenkins had tendered his resignation yet, and Jenkins declined to comment for this story. Tom R. Gunning, a film scholar at the University of Chicago who has been in contact Jenkins and sent Kirby a letter attacking the move last week, said he believed Jenkins had been asked to step down from his position as Cavell curator of the Archive. Jenkins currently retains his office...