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This episode continues this months live broadcast of hobo themed content in conjunction with the UConn Archives exhibition There & Back Again: A Hobo’s Tale on view until February 28th, 2020. A family history was delivered to me this month, written under the moniker Hobo Hills, detailing a train hop from California to Kansas in […]

This episode of d’Archive features a conversation with Project Archivist for the Maurice Sendak Collection, Clara Nguyen, about the many facets of the collection and the man. The Sendak collection has received nothing but praise since its donation to UConn in 2018. Clara takes us on an audio tour of some of her favorite pieces […]

This episode features a conversation with three young scholars from the Young Scholars Senior Summit program at UConn during the summer of 2019. These young scholars came from across the country to pursue research in social justice issues relating to immigration, incarceration, and the environment and presented their platform to peers and advisors for critical […]

This episode of d’Archive highlights a digital humanities project developed at Greenhouse Studios as part of the UConn Humanities Institute’s Humility, Conviction and Public Life Project. I am joined by fellow team members from the Greenhouse Studios incubator located at the UConn Library, Wes Hamrick and Tom Lee for a discussion about the AR (Augmented […]

This episode includes interviews that were collected from UConn alumni and members of the New Left student organization, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at a Woodstock 50th anniversary celebration this summer hosted by guest curator of Day-glo & Napalm, George Jacobi. These interviews were recorded on August 17th, 2019 with Larry Smyle and Jeffrey […]

This episode continues our discussion around the late 1960s and the ongoing reflections from 50 years ago to Woodstock, Vietnam and cultural change. I am joined by Phd candidate Danielle Dumaine from the UConn History Department to discuss her dissertation research on poet Diane di Prima’s diaries held at the Archives & Special Collections and […]

Guest Curator, George Jacobi and Chris Malis join me for a conversation about the UConn Archives exhibition Day-Glo & Napalm: UConn 1967-1971. As UConn alumni, and Woodstock audience members, George and Chris discuss the exhibition, their student days at UConn 50 years ago, the music, the attitudes, and the perspectives they hold about the times […]

This episode of d’Archive features field recordings from the UConn Archives open house event which took place April 24, 2019. The open house was titled In a Manner of Speaking and sought to demonstrate the critical perspectives which archival collections contain. Archivists were interviewed about the materials they curated for the public opening from Railroad […]

This episode features an overview of collection materials in the archives documenting the Black Student sit in of April 22, 1974 in the Wilbur Cross Library at UConn. This direct action came as a student response to several grievances regarding structural racism in higher education and locally in the Anthropology Department. In addition, the list […]

This episode features a conversation with visual artists Mary Banas and Breanne M. Trammell about their residency at Counterproof Press in the UConn School of Fine Arts. Mary and Breanne consulted the Alternative Press Collection at the UConn Archives during their residency in April of 2019 to workshop and design visual ephemera about social justice […]

This episode features a conversation with Wahib, a visiting student from Algeria through UConn’s Global Affairs SUSI program. Wahib hosts an online radio program called Algerian Black Pearl and is interested in modes of communication and political discourse. The advisor for the SUSI program, Jack Barry, joins to talk about the importance of international exchange […]

Author, Photojournalist and Associate Professor Scott Wallace at UConn’s School of Journalism, joins me for a conversation about his exhibition In the Crosshairs: Dispatches from Central America, 1983-1990, which was on display February 15 – March 15, 2019 in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the UConn Storrs campus. This exhibition featured Scott’s photography, […]

This episode features a conversation with Amanda Douberley, Academic Liaison and Assistant Curator at the William Benton Museum of Art at UConn, about the role of the museum and its comparative mission to that of the archives. Having worked collaboratively to produce exhibitions and programming between the Benton and UConn Archives, Amanda’s perspective on outreach […]

This episode features a conversation with Thomas Lawrence Long, Associate Professor in Residence in the UConn School of Nursing and curator of the Dolan Collection of Nursing History. Tom provides insight to the history of LGBTQ AIDS activism during the 1980s and 90s where direct action by groups like ACT UP drove change in the […]

This episode features an overview and discussion of archival collections focusing on hoboes and train-hopping culture.  The UConn Archives is known for its large railroad collections that document the legacy of the train, it’s mechanics and industrial infrastructure.  However, a less documented railroad culture is that of the hobo who also occupies a historical place […]

Our third installment of the genre sessions features a conversation with Phd candidate Leslie Sabiston at the Department of Anthropology Columbia University, discussing Westerns and Indigenous representation.  Stemming from the increasing mainstream visibility of Indigenous peoples through activism to decolonize and occupy, native roles in print, film and TV hold particular weight in portrayi...

This episode features a discussion with Hartford activist, author, and public historian Steve Thornton of the Shoeleather History Project about people’s history and the meaningful impact that largely unrecorded events and individuals have left on the landscape.  Thankfully, the archives contains Steve’s papers which document labor activism, anti-apartheid and Irish solidarity stru...

This episode features a conversation with Tages and Emily Stinnett about their personal archives and how one decides what to keep and what to throw away.  Personal archives, as opposed to those found in research collection archives, contain the sentimental artifacts that help shape our personal recollections of time and place.  This discussion samples from […]

A conversation with Associate Professor of Sociology at UConn, Ruth Braunstein, on her research dealing with religious communities and political activism on the right and the left.  Ruth’s work has been promoted by the UConn Humanities Institute’s Humility & Conviction in Public Life Project.  Her work has utilized the Alternative Press Collections at the archives [&#8230...

A sample of the wide range of archives topics covered on this season of d’Archive.  Season 2 is in the works, will air in the Fall of 2018, and sounds a little something like this: the dusty plains and gallows of Western genre fiction, big data and digital archives, the forensics labs of Conservation, War […]