A fuller post will appear here in advance of next class, recounting some highlights of our previous unit. For now, in the interest of two reminders:
- Tuesday's readings by Ramsey and Yakel have been moved to Thursday 3/30. Although we will meet in Special Collections on that day, please plan to have finished your third Problem-Solving exercise and bring those readings to class so that we can discuss the implications of archival digitization on a collection like Nellie Godfrey King's.
- As we convene in Special Collections on Tuesday 3/28, I have asked you to keep in mind some central questions from our discussions this week, most notably:
- How can/does "whiteness" become an archival imperative?
- How might we be sensitive to "whiteness" -- or avoid it from becoming -- an imperative in our processing of Nellie Godfrey King's papers? (A related question brought up by Mallorie right at the end of last class: "Why/Would we want to?")
Tuesday's discussion will be somewhat blended. In the interest of reaching a tentative, combined organization plan for the collection, Dean McCormick may begin by leading us through a series of questions:
- What are the questions?
- Where are the clues?
- What else have you found?
Finally, prior to Tuesday's class, please take time to review "Levels of Arrangement" (pp. 3-4 of the "BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PROCESSING" handout) and the "Preliminary Processing Plan" (p. 3 of the "ARCHIVAL COMPONENT" handout). Several of your questions about developing a complex organization are actually answered here!
See you on Tuesday, and check back here for a fuller post soon!
-Dr. Graban
