On Monday, after receiving evaluation corrections, I completed several finding aids. For the remainder week, I worked with IMLS fellow, Amanda Carter,
on processing special collections. We
processed the papers for An Evening With Richard Parsons and An Evening With Colin Powell. It is interesting how much can be learned about what it takes to create these events by examining and organizing these papers.
In our archival seminar, we discussed library science
information theories such as Brenda Dervin’s Sensemaking, Elfreda Chatman’s Information Poverty, and Mark Granovetter’s Theory of Weak Ties. Professor Salvatore
asked us to think about how these theories can relate to information seekers within
the context of archives.
In Dr. Christopher Reed’s African American history seminar,
we talked about artists of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance, Jazz
and Bebop, and the WPA.
We also had a session with Yale University Professor, Jaqueline Goldsby, who
gave us a presentation on the Mapping the Stacks project. Goldsby emphasized that the challenges we face are an opportunity, because many of the problems being solved for
African American archives will become pioneering methods for all archives.
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