Beyond the Bandwagon: Curating Cultural Memory at Milner Library

Authors

April K. Anderson-Zorn, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Karmine Beecroft, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Maureen Brunsdale, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Brooke Bowers-Troutman, United States Air Force AcademyFollow
Sarah CoffmanFollow
Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Kathryn Jasper, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Lauren M. Lowell, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Tara Lyons, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Morgan Price, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Mark Schmitt, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Rachel E. Scott, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Samantha WolterFollow
Angela Yon, Illinois State UniversityFollow

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Description

Archival and manuscript materials record human experience; they document how people have lived, worked, interacted, and thought about the world. These unique or rare materials make visible the experience and impact of individuals and organizations within their respective cultural, geographical, historical, local, and educational milieu. By exploring such documents and objects, patrons can see and investigate these relationships firsthand. Primary sources form the bedrock of humanistic research, personal inquiry, and engaged teaching. With this volume, we invite you to explore the unique and rare materials housed in Milner Library’s Special Collections and Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield University Archives as well as the services that bring them to life for readers worldwide. Contributed essays from scholars and collection stewards highlight how a small sample of these rich collections facilitate teaching and learning within the Illinois State University community and beyond.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Milner Library, Illinois State University

City

Normal, IL

Comments

This publication is available in an online, multimedia publication at https://illinoisstateuniversity.foleon.com/milner/viewbook/.

An extended version with additional images, visualizations, and essays is available at https://view-book.org/beyond-the-bandwagon-curating-cultural-memory-at-milner-library/index, including:

• "The Ringling Archive" by Frederic D. Pfening, III
• "Henry Ringling North Collection" by Jim Dexheimer
• "John Falconer's Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key, 1685" by Dr. Katherine Ellison
• "Jesse W. Fell" by Maureen Brunsdale
• "Harold Sinclair Papers" by Bill Kemp
• "The Ways of Women or What We are Coming To" by Mark Schmitt
• "Realism in Lois Lenski's Regional Series" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons
• "Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects From Kipling's Jungle Book" by Maureen Brunsdale
• "The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland" by Dr. Keith Pluymers
• "Familiar Lectures and the Popularization of Botany" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons
• "The Black Manikin Press/Edward W. Titus Collection, 1926-1933" by Mark Schmitt
• "A Booke of Christian Prayers" by Dr. Tara Lyons
• "Monsters & Medicine" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons
• "Curating an Exhibit for a Special Collections Internship" by Kaelyn Corkery
• "Engaging Students Through Collection Development" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons
• "Authentic Student Learning Through Classroom Collaboration" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons
• "Sites, Sights, & Sounds of Circus" by Rebecca Fitzsimmons

Recommended Citation

Anderson-Zorn, April K.; Beecroft, Karmine; Brunsdale, Maureen; Bowers-Troutman, Brooke; Coffman, Sarah; Fitzsimmons, Rebecca; Jasper, Kathryn; Lowell, Lauren M.; Lyons, Tara; Price, Morgan; Schmitt, Mark; Scott, Rachel E.; Wolter, Samantha; and Yon, Angela, "Beyond the Bandwagon: Curating Cultural Memory at Milner Library" (2023). Milner Library Publications. 33.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/mlp/33