A decade after I closed them because the campus froze the vacant archivist position, we're in the baby steps phase of reopening them. First step: an intern and our mentored student research coordinator looking at the holdings to identify prime digital humanities collections.
Dr. Tom Baker, historian, shared his thoughts on a couple events we can use as modern case studies. A 1963 expulsion due to "smut" published in a literary magazine. (We think the student wrote "shit".) And campus politics trends, leaning into the 70s.
Dec 6, 2024 17:53