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The Politics of the Presidency I wanted to share with everyone the videos and other material from my course on the American Presidency from Washington to Lincoln. Here’s the archive of RealClear History articles with the videos. Students may find the written overviews and the ads a good way to get a brief survey of […] For a 2-credit January term class on archives as institutions, students are asked to answer the question, “What is an Archives?” with a general audience in mind and in the format of their choice. McKeever “What is an Archives?” powerpoint 2012 Archives Project. Alexandra McKeever Margaret Barthel “What is an Archives?” 2010 film Barthel film […] Black Women in Philanthropy MMUF Presentation 9.27.10compressed (1) Over the last three years, the College Archives has engaged with a group of Global STRIDE scholars in an assignment to write about Smith’s link with global education. The students and the college archivist work together to determine a topic and identify the relevant sources in the archives. The student conduct the research, identify visual […] Over the last 4 years, STRIDE students at Smith have been working with the College Archives to produce an on-line encyclopedia of Smith history. With the support of the STRIDE program and the Office of the President, 4-5 students annually have been part of the Smithipedia experience. http://blogs.smith.edu/blog/smithipedia/ This video was researched, produced and edited by Iris Howorth, Class of 2012, as her Archives Concentration capstone project. She selected the images from the College Archives’ Buildings Files Collection, A-Z. Archival Tour of Smith [College] The core of the historical essays hosted on the Archives’ site were researched and written by Williams students. Some of these were the result of a Winter Study course titled Building Histories which was essentially a research methods class in disguise. Letters Home was an ambitious project that involved students researching different periods in the institution’s history, creating letters (or other communications) to their ‘families’ in the correct style/format/syntax/etc., and videotaping their performance as the period student. The project has recently been split into sections for ease of viewing. After opening a chapter, scroll down through […] Tutorial booklet (1) Grinnellians_in_the_Era_of_Disunion_booklet (2) |