Document Type
Presentation
Conference Name
Society of American Archivists, College & University Archive Section, Spring Webinar Series
Publication Date
Spring 4-15-2021
Keywords
time capsule, outreach, processing
Abstract
In Spring 2016, a phone call arrived at the Rayfield Archives from the demolition site of an Illinois State University campus dormitory. Workers at the site had uncovered a time capsule and didn’t know where to send it. In the following months, the Rayfield Archives partnered with ISU units, including Marketing and Facilities, to promote the find and redirect a narrative of the sad loss of a dormitory to one of renewal and discovery. The work to triage the damaged capsule materials and make them immediately accessible was made all the more exciting by a second surprise time capsule discovery. Anderson-Zorn will discuss the steps taken to work with the materials from discovery to storage and how University partnerships have informed future historic-themed celebrations and discoveries.
Recommended Citation
Anderson-Zorn, April K., "Unboxing Time Capsules: Managing and Using Time Capsules in Your Archive" (2021). Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library. 130.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/130
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Video of the presentation can be found here:
https://academicarchivist.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/free-webinar-series-spring-2021/
Video of the webinar series can also be found on the Society of American Archivists YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SocietyofAmericanArchivists