Abstract:
"Common Touch: Re-Envisioning the History of the Blind": Common Touch: The Art of the Senses in the History of the Blind is a joint project of the Library Company’s Visual Culture Program and artist Teresa Jaynes…; "When Bad Things Happen to Good Manuscripts: A Case Study of the Zora Neale Hurston Papers at the University of Florida": In 1960, celebrated African American author Zora Neale Hurston died in relative obscurity in a Florida hospital. With no one coming forward to claim them, her belongings were ordered destroyed…; "Latinos en Oregón: A Latino/a community oral history project": While the development and implementation of an oral history project may be well- known to you, specifically working with your local Latino/a communities on such a project may not be…; "Connecting, Contributing, Commemorating, Collaborating: Archival Adventures with the Records of the Chinese YMCA Movement": The work of the North American YMCA in China during the period from the late 1890s to the 1940s is richly documented in the Kautz Family YMCA Archives. Following several decades of isolation…
Description:
Sponsored by Rare Book School at the University of Virginia; Moderator: Athena Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; "Common Touch: Re-Envisioning the History of the Blind": Speaker: Rachel D’Agostino, Library Company of Philadelphia; "When Bad Things Happen to Good Manuscripts: A Case Study of the Zora Neale Hurston Papers at the University of Florida": Speaker: Florence M. Turcotte, John Freund, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville; "Latinos en Oregón: A Latino/a community oral history project": Speaker: Natalia Fernández, Oregon Multicultural Archives, Oregon State University Libraries and Press; "Connecting, Contributing, Commemorating, Collaborating: Archival Adventures with the Records of the Chinese YMCA Movement": Speaker: Lara Friedman-Shedlov, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, University of Minnesota
