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What's New In Preservation At Musselman Library: Student Workers And The Beauty Of The Book, Carolyn Sautter, Mary Wootton Oct 2015

What's New In Preservation At Musselman Library: Student Workers And The Beauty Of The Book, Carolyn Sautter, Mary Wootton

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Musselman Library's Special Collections and College Archives at Gettysburg College involves student workers and interns in our preservation and conservation efforts. The recent addition to the staff of a half-time conservator position has opened up new avenues for training. This has also resulted in additional access points for our students, faculty and other researchers to interact with our collections. This presentation discusses our preservation activities and our new digital collection The Beauty of the Book. It also illustrates how we have engaged student workers in conservation and enhanced cataloging description projects giving them a deeper appreciation for and understanding …


Research And Documentation In The 21st Century: Oral History And Genealogy Of The Yuan Shikai Family, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao Jan 2014

Research And Documentation In The 21st Century: Oral History And Genealogy Of The Yuan Shikai Family, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao

Publications and Research

The oral histories and genealogies have long been used by historians, archaeologists, sociologists, ethnologists, and demographers in their investigation of past human behavior on social and historical evidences relating to a lineage organization or a clan. Chinese genealogical records has been used for thousands of years to record the genealogical history of a family, including a family’s origin, its subordinate lines, names and ages of the members, records of marriages, births and deaths, merits and deeds, and in early days brief biographical information of solely the male family members. This paper will examine the history of Chinese names and the …


Library Impact Statement For His 364 U.S. Environmental History, Amanda Izenstark Sep 2011

Library Impact Statement For His 364 U.S. Environmental History, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted iin response to new course proposal for HIS 364 U.S. Environmental History. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding faculty member: Amanda Izenstark. Requesting faculty member: Erik Loomis


Library Impact Statement For His 364, Amanda Izenstark Sep 2011

Library Impact Statement For His 364, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for HIS 364 U.S. Environmental History. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.


Library Impact Statement For His 303 The Roman Empire Nov 2010

Library Impact Statement For His 303 The Roman Empire

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for HIS 303 The Roman Empire. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Amanda Izenstark. Requesting faculty member: Bridget Buxton.


Library Impact Statement For His 300 The Hellenistic World Nov 2010

Library Impact Statement For His 300 The Hellenistic World

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for HIS 300 The Hellenistic World. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Amanda Izenstark. Requesting faculty member: Bridget Buxton.


Library Impact Statement For His 110 Ancient Greece Nov 2010

Library Impact Statement For His 110 Ancient Greece

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for HIS 110 Ancient Greece. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Amanda Izenstark. Requesting faculty member: Bridget Buxton.


Library Impact Statement For His 363 Public History: Presenting Rhode Island's Past Sep 2010

Library Impact Statement For His 363 Public History: Presenting Rhode Island's Past

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for HIS 363 Public History: Presenting Rhode Island's Past. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Amanda Izenstark. Requesting faculty member: Christiana Morgan Grefe.