Tag: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

ReadInk Rare Books Proprietor Outs His Secret Job

Howard Prouty, home on the range at the Margaret Herrick Librarywhere he wrangles and corrals collections.Our friend and colleague, Howard Prouty, of ReadInk books, has had a day job for around twenty-five years, one that I presumed he wished to maintain a low profile about.A private man, he may be uneasy but a recent OscarĀ®-related newspaper feature discusses itToday, the Omaha World-Herald features a high profile feature about Howard and his job as acquisitions archivist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library.As the story notes, "Prouty spends lots of time in dead people's homes, attics,...

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