This episode of d’Archive features a conversation between railroad photographer and collector Jack Swanberg and railroad collections archivist Laura Smith. Laura talks with Jack about his interest and pursuit of photographing trains across the world and the collection he has built over the years. Jack’s collection is deeded to the Archives & Special Collections and […]

This episode features interviews with University of Connecticut alumn and faculty who participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities funded experimental education program, the Inner College in the early 1970s. This unique program allowed UConn students to take courses from other students or educators in a non-traditional academic setting and receive credit for teaching […]

This episode of d’Archive is hosted by archivist Kristin Eshelman in conversation with children’s author and illustrator Eliza Kinkz. Eliza spent time in the John P. McDonald Reading Room researching the James Marshall Papers as the 2022 James Marshall Fellow. This conversation features her experience as a Marshall Fellow and the inspiration she drew from […]

This episode of d’Archive features a conversation with Directing Curator Marshall Weber of Booklyn, an art dealership in Brooklyn, NY. We discuss the social justice forward perspective he has for academia and the art world as well as the company he works for, “Booklyn’s mission is to promote artists’ books as art and research material […]

This episode continues a conversation from Episode 43 with archivist Melissa Watterworth Batt about poet Charles Olson (1910-1970) and his collection which documents an intensive study into Herman Melville’s personal library and the marginalia found within it. Olson worked with Melville’ relatives as well as librarians, private collectors, and book dealers to attempt to track […]

This episode features a conversation with archivist Melissa Watterworth Batt about poet Charles Olson (1910-1970) and his collection which documents an intensive study into Herman Melville’s personal library and the marginalia found within it. Olson worked with Melville’ relatives as well as librarians, private collectors, and book dealers to attempt to track down the “lost […]

This episode of d’Archive features a discussion with the Head of Archives & Special Collections, Rebecca Parmer on a digital exhibition 25 for 25 which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the merging of UConn Library units: University Archives and Special Collections in 1995, as well as the construction of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center […]

This episode of d’Archive was recorded in the Fall of 2019 and features a conversation with Victoria Johnson, a human rights intern at the Archives & Special Collections and former UConn Library student employee. Victoria explored the Calabretta Collection of 1960s memorabilia, concentrating on the audio material related to the G.I. anti-war protest movement and the music […]

This episode of d’Archive features an eclectic holiday mix of audio samples from the archives selected by archivist Kristin Eshelman. Having been a guest for the 2017 holiday episode #10 of the podcast, it was only natural to ask her back to start the holiday off right for a part II of sorts. Featured Tracks: […]

This episode of d’Archive was recorded in the Fall of 2019 and features a conversation with Adrianna Chestnut, a human rights intern at the Archives & Special Collections as well as a member of the student environmental activism group Fridays For Future. Adrianna explored the collections for material relating to her interests in the first […]