Document Type
Conference Material
Publication Date
3-20-2015
Department 1
Library
Abstract
Special Collections and College Archives at Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, regularly collaborates with various academic departments to conduct class visits utilizing the primary sources in Special Collections Reading Room. In the last two years, some of these opportunity have grown into semester long student curation experiences both inside Special Collections and in collaboration with Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College.
The exhibits discussed included:
Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era
Slow to Heal: The Evolution of Medicine from the Civil War Era to WWI
Owl & Nightingale Players, 1914-2014: One Hundred Years of Drama
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Sautter, Carolyn. "Artifacts as Ambassadors: Sharing Special Collections through Collaboration with Student Curators." Spring 2015 MARAC/NEA Joint Meeting. Boston, MA. March 20, 2015.
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Archival Science Commons, Cultural History Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Public History Commons, Social History Commons, Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
This talk was given as part of a larger presentation, History in Action: Collaboration in Academia, at the Spring 2015 MARAC/NEA Joint Meeting in Boston, MA on March 20, 2015.