The Spring issue of Archivaria contains an interesting article by Richard J. Cox titled "Lester J. Cappon and the Creation of Records: The Diary and the Diarist." The article focuses on the Lester J. Cappon's use of a diary for various functions including: a mnemonic device, documentation of scholarly activities, and a place of personal … Continue reading Archival Sources: Diaries and Blogs
Red Memory: Residential Schools Exhibit
Tree of emotions One of the prominent parts of The Learning Place at the TRC National Event in Quebec was the Red Memory exhibit created by the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission. The exhibit aims to tell the true history of the Indian Residential Schools that existed in Quebec … Continue reading Red Memory: Residential Schools Exhibit
Cultural Landscapes at NCPH 2013
Tongariro National Park, NZ Thursday afternoon I attended the "Whose Public? Who speaks for Cultural Landscapes" session at NCPH featuring Susan Gray, Elizabeth Pishief and Aurelie Gfeller. This session was a more traditional format with the presenters each reading a formal paper. The common theme in the session was the preservation of cultural landscapes and … Continue reading Cultural Landscapes at NCPH 2013
NCPH2013 Thursday WordPress Thoughts
My time at NCPH 2013 actually started on Wednesday. The majority of my Wednesday activities revolved around networking and talking with new and old colleagues from Western University. Interesting discussions but not really blog post fodder. As such I'm skipping to Thursday in my run down of this year's NCPH experience.WordPress as a Public History … Continue reading NCPH2013 Thursday WordPress Thoughts
Preservation of the Northern Michigan Asylum
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Traverse City was visiting The Village at Grand Traverse Commons. The built heritage preservation and adaptive reuse of the buildings contained in the 63 acre site is amazing and serves as a reminder of the possibilities encompassed by built heritage. The Village is built on the … Continue reading Preservation of the Northern Michigan Asylum
Inuit Art at the Dennos Museum Center
The Enchanted Owl, Kenojuak Ashevak One of the reasons I was so keen to visit the Dennos Museum Center was the Inuit Gallery and expansive collection of Inuit art that is housed at the Dennos.The Inuit art collection at the Dennos includes over 1,000 items including "prints, sculptures, drawings, tools, textiles, and animal specimens" primarily … Continue reading Inuit Art at the Dennos Museum Center
Temporary Exhibits at the Dennos Museum Center
I spent part of last weekend in Traverse City, Michigan. The Saturday morning of my trip was spent wandering around The Dennos Museum Center located on Northwestern Michigan College campus. My visit was great, the space is well designed and featured a number of interesting visiting and permanent exhibits.The Dennos was far from busy when … Continue reading Temporary Exhibits at the Dennos Museum Center
Names and Family History
Last week NPR and CBC played a number of a stories focusing on feminism, the life of working women, and women's right. Many of these stories were linked to the fact that Friday March 8th was International Women's Day. The abundance of discussion relating to feminism and women's rights cause me to think about the … Continue reading Names and Family History
Nontraditional Events in Heritage Spaces
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a concert as part of Bon Soo (think Winterfest on a Northern Ontario scale). The concert featured two great traditional music groups, Dentdelion and Les Poules à Colin. The music was a great display of traditional music heritage and the preservation of Canadian francophone culture.In addition the … Continue reading Nontraditional Events in Heritage Spaces
Digital Tools For Transcription
In the past when I have worked with audio recordings of oral history interviews I have worked with Audacity for the digitization and transcription of the recordings. Audacity is open source and does a great job in the digitization process and handles the manipulation (clean-up) of audio files well. Additionally, Audacity does allow users to … Continue reading Digital Tools For Transcription