From the Kislak Stacks
These monthly lunchtime presentations by Kislak curators, faculty, and students focus on individual works or small archives and collections found among the holdings of the Kislak Center.
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Witnesses to History: Historic Moments Documented within Family Photo Albums in the Kislak Center
Samantha Hill, Curator of Civic Engagement in the Kislak Center
This event was postponed from Friday, April 21, to Friday, May 5.
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Samantha Hill, Curator of Civic Engagement in the Kislak Center, will reflect on the growing trend in libraries to collect family photo albums as historic documents. Not only does a family photo album capture our most precious moments and interests, but it also grants us a glimpse into communal memories that document migration, war, protests and the evidence of gentrification. This talk will explore how photographic self-documentation illustrates the breadth and depth of historical moments by featuring examples from the Kislak collection.
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