by Jessica Chapel
You can’t cut an American president out of history. How, then, do you represent a president driven from office in disgrace and his complicated legacy? During a recent California trip, I took a detour on my way …
Electric Youth at the Boston Science Museum
by Jessica Hoffman
Two large metal mushrooms loomed above me, barely obscured by the thin shield of wiry threads fencing them in. The room glowed with an otherworldly light. The air crackled with spiraling energy. Suddenly, the loudest noise I’d …
Object Stories at Portland Art Museum
by Julia Newman
Beginning in 2010, the Portland Art Museum launched Object Stories as a way to challenge the grand and limited narratives frequently supported within museums. The first iteration of this outreach project invited community members to share stories …
Stay Tuned!
Dear Archives Unboxed readers!Starting next week, we will be moving to a new format for the blog. Simmons SLIS students have been busy writing about outreach & advocacy projects.
After a brief hiatus, we will return with this series
… Meet Margaret Grant Cherin, Collections and Exhibitions Curator
by Constance Hyder
Margaret Grant Cherin is the Collections and Exhibitions Curator at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, an early college in Great Barrington, MA. After studying Art History at Smith College, Margaret continued her studies at the Courtauld …
Meet Dr. Kenvi Phillips, the first curator of Race and Ethnicity at the Schlesinger Library.
by Sony Prosper
I recently met with Dr. Kenvi Phillips to discuss advocacy and outreach in the context of a curator working in a research library. Kenvi comes from a rich cultural heritage and history background. She received a bachelor’s …
Meet Snowden Becker!
by Adam Schutzman
Snowden Becker has been actively involved in outreach and advocacy for most of her professional career. She has been working in the cultural heritage field for over 20 years and is perhaps most well known for her …
Meet Lorna Condon, Senior Curator for Historic New England
by Anna Faherty
Lorna Condon, the Senior Curator of Library and Archives at Historic New England, was kind enough to meet with me this week and tell me about the collections and programs her institution offers. In her position of …
Stephen R. Curley, Tribal Archivist for the Mashpee Wampanoag Community
by Jessica Hoffman
A vast complex sits apart from a main road on the Cape, housing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Community and Government Center. Nicknamed “The Castle,” the new building is a state-of-the-art asset, layered with modern architecture, security guards, …
KJ Rawson, Founder of the Digital Transgender Archive
by Erica J Hill
K.J. Rawson is the director of the Digital Transgender Archive, an online platform providing digital versions of transgender historical records, born-digital records, and holdings of other repositories around the world. Despite not having professional training in …