D'Archive

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 […]

Season 4 of d’Archive kicks off with selections all semester from the Black Experience in the Art Collection, an archived series of lectures from a course taught under the same name from 1970-1994 at the University of Connecticut. This course was prompted by the Center for Black Studies in the late 1960s which encouraged other […]

This episode features a conversation with the repository manager for the Connecticut Digital Archive (CTDA), Mike Kemezis. Mike discusses the functions of the CTDA and issues of access and discovery of digital archives. The CTDA hosts digital collections from institutions across the state of Connecticut and is the primary access point for the UConn Archives […]

This onsite interview takes place in the Homer Babbidge Library’s Conservation Lab where we are led by UConn Library Conservator Natalie Granados on a tour. Natalie demonstrates the tools and machinery in the lab which she uses everyday to restore, preserve and house the fragile collections at both the UConn Archives and general Babbidge Collection. […]

This episode features a “best of the blog” commentary from UConn History Phd candidate and Archives student employee, Shaine Scarminach. Shaine has worked in the archives to unearth potential research topics and groupings of collections to make getting into the archives easier for students. His writing and research feature prominently on the Archives Blog and […]

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 […]