Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
New Book: Women in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Founded in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) played a pivotal role in many of the key events of the American civil rights movement.
In Hands on the Freedom Plow, 52 women offer their personal stories of working for SNCC. In addition to coverage of the founding of the SNCC and work in the national SNCC office, the volume provides new perspectives on a variety of topics: early sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and Freedom Rides; the 1963 March on Washington; the Mississippi Freedom Summer; the movements in Georgia, Alabama and Maryland; and Black Power.
Editors and contributors have recently appeared on two forums to discuss the book and their personal experiences in SNCC:
Hands on the Freedom Plow (BookTV; video; 1 hr, 20 min) Importance of music in the movement;
Sisters in the Struggle: Women in the Civil Rights Movement (Forum Network; video, 54 min.)
For additional sources that document the history of SNCC, see the Civil Rights Digital Libary.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Faith Beamer Cooke Digital Collection
Washington State University has recently digitized fifty-three items from the Francis Beamer Cooke Digital Collection. Items include published and unpublished poetry, correspondence, and photographs. All the digitized items are a part of the larger Francis Beamer Cooke papers, which was acquired by Washington State University in 2008. The Washington Women's History Consortium assisted in providing funding for the digitized items.
Cooke was a twentieth century poet and a native of Oregon. Everywhere she lived, Cooke was an active member of the local community, with a special interest in developing cultural programs. By 1945, she had founded the Writer's Workshop (later Mid-Columbia Writers League and the Mid-Columbia Writers Association) and a Unitarian Fellowship. She continued throughout her life to develop her skills as a poet by participating in writer's organizations and seminars throughout the Pacific Northwest and often around the world. As the Tri-Cities grew Cooke expanded her efforts to develop regional and statewide poetry and community organizations. She was a key participant in the Benton-Franklin County Fair, the creation of the Columbia Arts Center, the Washington Poets Association, the 1976 USA Bicentennial Project, the Washington State Centennial Project, and other similar events. The Washington Poets Association established a poetry award as a memorial to Cooke, their founder, in 1999.
Cooke was a twentieth century poet and a native of Oregon. Everywhere she lived, Cooke was an active member of the local community, with a special interest in developing cultural programs. By 1945, she had founded the Writer's Workshop (later Mid-Columbia Writers League and the Mid-Columbia Writers Association) and a Unitarian Fellowship. She continued throughout her life to develop her skills as a poet by participating in writer's organizations and seminars throughout the Pacific Northwest and often around the world. As the Tri-Cities grew Cooke expanded her efforts to develop regional and statewide poetry and community organizations. She was a key participant in the Benton-Franklin County Fair, the creation of the Columbia Arts Center, the Washington Poets Association, the 1976 USA Bicentennial Project, the Washington State Centennial Project, and other similar events. The Washington Poets Association established a poetry award as a memorial to Cooke, their founder, in 1999.
Coins of Passage: Faith Beamer Cooke papers, 1928-1999, (Cage 729, Box 5, Folder 259, Item 1)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A Culinary Chronicle of Mount Holyoke College
“Everything Is Wholesome and Abundant”: A Culinary Chronicle of Mount Holyoke College, 1837- Today, A Library Exhibition in Williston Library Court (November 1 – December 15, 2010)
This announcement includes a wealth of information about culinary history at Mount Holyoke College. In Celebrating an MHC Thanksgiving in the 1800s (video; 5 min, 30 sec), archives librarian Patricia Albright showcases diaries, letters, and photographs from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. The site also offers sample images from the exhibition and information about such topics as kitchen layout, strategies for preserving foods before the days of refrigeration, and victory gardens.
This announcement includes a wealth of information about culinary history at Mount Holyoke College. In Celebrating an MHC Thanksgiving in the 1800s (video; 5 min, 30 sec), archives librarian Patricia Albright showcases diaries, letters, and photographs from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. The site also offers sample images from the exhibition and information about such topics as kitchen layout, strategies for preserving foods before the days of refrigeration, and victory gardens.
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| Making Bread, 1894-95 (Image Provided Courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections) |
Monday, December 6, 2010
Three Exhibits Explore Colonial Sewing
Eve M. Kahn, Revising Our Ideas of Colonial Sewing, New York Times (September 30, 2010). Kahn highlights exhibitions at the Connecticut Historical Society, the Florence Griswold Museum, and the Winterthur Museum that offer new insights into Colonial women’s sewing habits.
Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840
Connecticut Historical Society, October 5, 2010 - March 26, 2011
This exhibition features more than seventy examples of needlework art. An illustrated catalog by Susan P. Schoelwer (pictured at left) accompanies the exhibition. Online information about the book includes images of five samplers from the exhibition.
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley
Florence Griswold Museum, October 2, 2010- January 30, 2011
Many of the 70 embroideries, watercolor sketches, and portraits in this exhibition are from private collections.
Betsy Ross: The Life Behind the Legend
Winterthur Museum, October 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011
Marla Miller, who co-curated the exhibition with Winterthur's Linda Eaton and Katie Knowles, is the author of the new scholarly biography, Betsy Ross and the Making of America (Henry Holt, 2010).
Connecticut Historical Society, October 5, 2010 - March 26, 2011
This exhibition features more than seventy examples of needlework art. An illustrated catalog by Susan P. Schoelwer (pictured at left) accompanies the exhibition. Online information about the book includes images of five samplers from the exhibition.
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley
Florence Griswold Museum, October 2, 2010- January 30, 2011
Many of the 70 embroideries, watercolor sketches, and portraits in this exhibition are from private collections.
Winterthur Museum, October 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011
Marla Miller, who co-curated the exhibition with Winterthur's Linda Eaton and Katie Knowles, is the author of the new scholarly biography, Betsy Ross and the Making of America (Henry Holt, 2010).
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
On This Day: Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest sparked a boycott of the city's bus system.
See Today's Document from the U.S. National Archives:
Illustration of bus where Rosa Parks sat, December 1, 1955
Diagram of the Bus Showing Where Rosa Parks Was Seated (ARC Identifier: 596069); File Unit: Aurelia S. Browder et al. v. W. A. Gayle et al., No. 1147; U.S. District Court for the Northern (Montgomery) Division of the Middle District of Alabama. (1839 - ); Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 1991; Record Group 21; National Archives.
Explore further with Teaching With Documents: The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks, also from the National Archives. Parks recalled her role in Montgomery Bus Boycott in a brief interview (Teachers' Domain; 2 min., 13 sec).
See Today's Document from the U.S. National Archives:
Illustration of bus where Rosa Parks sat, December 1, 1955
Diagram of the Bus Showing Where Rosa Parks Was Seated (ARC Identifier: 596069); File Unit: Aurelia S. Browder et al. v. W. A. Gayle et al., No. 1147; U.S. District Court for the Northern (Montgomery) Division of the Middle District of Alabama. (1839 - ); Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 1991; Record Group 21; National Archives.
Explore further with Teaching With Documents: The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks, also from the National Archives. Parks recalled her role in Montgomery Bus Boycott in a brief interview (Teachers' Domain; 2 min., 13 sec).
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