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Michael Ragsdale commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Autographs'

I invite you to check out a unique yet contemporary ephemera and autograph collection of mine - something I posted online elsewhere as a tribute to NBA Washington Wizards sports team owner and philanthropist Abe Pollin. He died last month in Washing…

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Michael Ragsdale commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Autographs'

Check out my latest posts in the All Images section of TEN. They are of another individual who is presently in the news media spotlight - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who was on Capital Hill yesterday to take a grilling during the roughly…

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Michael Ragsdale added 3 photos to the album 'Various in-person autograph collecting images'

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Michael Ragsdale commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Autographs'

Collectors, check out the first images of some of my in-person NYC event-specific autograph collecting efforts - in the All Scrapbooks section of TEN. They are of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly who is said to be considering staying on…

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Michael Ragsdale added 5 photos to the album 'Various in-person autograph collecting images'

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The now imprisoned Lynne Stewart

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Michael Ragsdale added 22 photos to the album 'Now Imprisoned Lynne Stewart collection'

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About Me:

Beginning the morning of September 11, 2001 in New York City I embarked upon two ephemeral collecting projects documenting a lot of the reaction to the attacks, death and destruction that occurred that day.

One was a fourteen month collecting effort, while the second one lasted seven years with a focus on NYC area events which addressed 9/11 Aftermath- and Iraq invasion-related issues. Both encompass over 2,000 pieces.

Since 1998, I have also collected ephemera associated with several political occasions in NYC, and gathered nearly 2000 autographs at public and private events I helped videotape for C-SPAN, Columbia University, the Manhattan Institute and other clients.

Write to me if you are interested in learning about or purchasing my collections.

The image associated with my name is of the Press Pass I was required to wear at the 2001 Al Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria - which took place five weeks after the terrorist attacks here. I was on the C-SPAN video crew covering it Live. A lot of cameras were there.

At this historic dinner, then Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to the public for the first time - after coming out of hiding from Osama bin Laden - and Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan made a lot of people teary-eyed with his singing of Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears and God Bless America.

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http://911digitalarchive.org/galleries.php?collection_id=12

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The now imprisoned Lynne Stewart (Note: This IS an ephemera related post -MF)

Since 2002, pundits in the U.S. news media have called her everything from an activist and radical lawyer to a terror moll and terror monger - while in news commentaries and articles, they have also suggested she “Play well…” and “Rot in Hell.” Of course, I’m talking about disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, who at the age of 70, surrendered to federal authorities here in New York City on November 19, 2009 to begin a 28-month sentence for assisting terrorism. Free on bail since 2… Continue

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 10:30pm —

The time I met Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger was in the news a week ago here in New York City. He, with many others performed or spoke at a memorial tribute for Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary fame. It took place at the Riverside Church in Harlem, which holds upwards of 2,000 people.

Seeger is of course an iconic singer/songwriter/activist who has dedicated his life to celebrating others through song, and I secured his autograph almost eight years ago to the day - twice when he appeared with Brooklyn poet… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 5:06am —

An invitation.

I recently posted the first images of pieces from my contemporary New York City-focus autographed and non-autographed paper ephemera collections on the site – some of which are related to the aftermath of 9/11 here. Check them out in the All Scrapbook section of TEN.

I also invite you to check out some of my writing and additional posting of images of from my collections elsewhere online.

My mostly C-SPAN autograph collection at:… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 7:30pm —