Go to Section or Dept. Name home

Contact: (434) 924-6109
Home | Contact Us | Where We Are

 

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

9/4/09

STEPHEN RAILTON
Professor of American Literature

Beyond the Text: Original Sources and Multi-Media

9/18/09

JEAN BAUER
Graduate Student, History

Reading Other People's Mail: Letters as Primary Sources

10/2/09

CRISTINA DELLA COLETTA
Professor of Italian

When the Original is Ephemeral: The World's Fairs in Italy Project

10/23 /09           

BONNIE GORDON
Associate Professor of Music

Traces of Sound: Music and Spectacle in Early Modern Italy

11/6/09

BENJAMIN COHEN
Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society

Periodical Cartoons and Questions about Natural Knowledge

11/13/09            

BART ELMORE
Graduate Student, History

Secrets, Secrets: Finding Sources on Private Corporations


Return to Programs & Events.



University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400113, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4113
ph: (434) 924-3021, fax: (434) 924-1431, library@virginia.edu

Text Version    |   Libraries   |   Depts./Contacts   |  U.Va. Home   |   ITC

Website Feedback   |   Search   |   Questions? Ask a Librarian   |   Hours   |   Map   |   Policies   |   Jobs

Tracking Opt-out    |   © by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

Federal Library Depository logo  This library is a Congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the Government documents is guaranteed by public law.