Programs & Events
ORIGINAL SOURCES
A Brown Bag Lunch and Conversation Series
| In the 21st-century university, scholars, artists, and students are using original sources – manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and other objects – in new and unprecedented ways. How do different disciplines define and approach original sources? What inspires researchers and artists to make use of original sources? How are new technologies transforming the ways original sources are used? How do libraries and archives provide access and support for new uses of original sources? Come and join a discussion with scholars, librarians, archivists, technologists, teaching consultants, and others. |
The events are free and open to the public. In some cases, an RSVP is required. Please see below for details.
1/29/10, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Discovering Mark Twain in Special Collections
A gallery talk followed by an “Original Sources” discussion. In conjunction with the exhibit, “The Making of Mark Twain and American Culture: A Commemoration of the Centennial of His Death." Presentations by JENNY BRAUN, JEAN FRANZINO, LISA MCGUNIGAL, AND KENNY WILLIAMS, U.Va. English Graduate Students. Please meet in the Lower Gallery (1st Floor), followed by a discussion in the Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd Floor.
Please RSVP by 1/27 to Kelly Miller (kem4h@virginia.edu). Space is limited.
2/19/10, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Flowerdew Hundred Collection at the University of Virginia
A presentation by Flowerdew Hundred Curator KAREN SHRIVER and undergraduate students, REBECCA GRIST and HAYDEN BASSETT
Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
4/7/10, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Keeping it Original: Selection and Decision-Making as Part of Conservation Treatment
A presentation by ELIZA GILLIGAN, Conservator for the University of Virginia Library
Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
4/23/10, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Unearthing the Gardens: Researching the University of Virginia Landscape in Special Collections
A presentation by LILY BRUGIERE and LYDIA BRANDT, graduate students in Architectural History
Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
Previous Original Sources Presentations
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9/4/09 |
STEPHEN RAILTON
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Beyond the Text: Original Sources and Multi-Media |
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9/18/09 |
JEAN BAUER
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Reading Other People's Mail: Letters as Primary Sources |
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10/2/09 |
CRISTINA DELLA COLETTA
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When the Original is Ephemeral: The World's Fairs in Italy Project |
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10/23 /09 |
BONNIE GORDON
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Traces of Sound: Music and Spectacle in Early Modern Italy |
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11/6/09 |
BENJAMIN COHEN
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Periodical Cartoons and Questions about Natural Knowledge |
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11/13/09 |
BART ELMORE
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Secrets, Secrets: Finding Sources on Private Corporations |
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