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Scouted: An Inadvertent Archive From The Search For A Cinematic Vegas, Catherine Borg
Scouted: An Inadvertent Archive From The Search For A Cinematic Vegas, Catherine Borg
Occasional Papers
This paper highlights the transformation of materials within the Mancuso Collection from utilitarian location scouting materials in the service of a film to historical record of the Vegas valley in 1994-95. Destined for disposal, these displaced artifacts are also an important record and reminder of the hidden labor and creative output of the many people who contribute to cultural products.
Evidence Of Sanctity: Record-Keeping And Canonization At The Turn Of The 13th Century, Michelle Light
Evidence Of Sanctity: Record-Keeping And Canonization At The Turn Of The 13th Century, Michelle Light
Library Faculty Publications
In 1234, the papacy asserted an exclusive right to canonize saints. To gain control over the canonization process, popes required increasingly specific written evidence from communities about their saints and developed investigative procedures to authenticate the communities’ miraculous evidence. Gathering written testimony for review in Rome was an act of domination over local processes for sanctifying community members. Not only did papal record-keeping remove decision-making from local hands, but it also enabled review of correct belief, structured community responses to the sacred, and provided an effective display of papal rights. During the process of St. Gilbert of Sempringham in 1201–1203, …