This episode features an overview of collection materials in the archives documenting the Black Student sit in of April 22, 1974 in the Wilbur Cross Library at UConn. This direct action came as a student response to several grievances regarding structural racism in higher education and locally in the Anthropology Department. In addition, the list […]

This episode features a conversation with visual artists Mary Banas and Breanne M. Trammell about their residency at Counterproof Press in the UConn School of Fine Arts. Mary and Breanne consulted the Alternative Press Collection at the UConn Archives during their residency in April of 2019 to workshop and design visual ephemera about social justice […]

This episode features a conversation with Wahib, a visiting student from Algeria through UConn’s Global Affairs SUSI program. Wahib hosts an online radio program called Algerian Black Pearl and is interested in modes of communication and political discourse. The advisor for the SUSI program, Jack Barry, joins to talk about the importance of international exchange […]

Author, Photojournalist and Associate Professor Scott Wallace at UConn’s School of Journalism, joins me for a conversation about his exhibition In the Crosshairs: Dispatches from Central America, 1983-1990, which was on display February 15 – March 15, 2019 in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the UConn Storrs campus. This exhibition featured Scott’s photography, […]

This episode features a conversation with Amanda Douberley, Academic Liaison and Assistant Curator at the William Benton Museum of Art at UConn, about the role of the museum and its comparative mission to that of the archives. Having worked collaboratively to produce exhibitions and programming between the Benton and UConn Archives, Amanda’s perspective on outreach […]

This episode features a conversation with Thomas Lawrence Long, Associate Professor in Residence in the UConn School of Nursing and curator of the Dolan Collection of Nursing History. Tom provides insight to the history of LGBTQ AIDS activism during the 1980s and 90s where direct action by groups like ACT UP drove change in the […]

This episode features an overview and discussion of archival collections focusing on hoboes and train-hopping culture.  The UConn Archives is known for its large railroad collections that document the legacy of the train, it’s mechanics and industrial infrastructure.  However, a less documented railroad culture is that of the hobo who also occupies a historical place […]

Our third installment of the genre sessions features a conversation with Phd candidate Leslie Sabiston at the Department of Anthropology Columbia University, discussing Westerns and Indigenous representation.  Stemming from the increasing mainstream visibility of Indigenous peoples through activism to decolonize and occupy, native roles in print, film and TV hold particular weight in portraying current […]

This episode features a discussion with Hartford activist, author, and public historian Steve Thornton of the Shoeleather History Project about people’s history and the meaningful impact that largely unrecorded events and individuals have left on the landscape.  Thankfully, the archives contains Steve’s papers which document labor activism, anti-apartheid and Irish solidarity struggles as well as […]

This episode features a conversation with Tages and Emily Stinnett about their personal archives and how one decides what to keep and what to throw away.  Personal archives, as opposed to those found in research collection archives, contain the sentimental artifacts that help shape our personal recollections of time and place.  This discussion samples from […]