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Saturday, August 6 • 9:00am - 10:15am
608 - More than Lip Service: Ensuring the Trans* Voice is Part of the Archival Record

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If the goal of archives is to provide all-encompassing documentation of the communities in which they exist, then archivists need to make pointed efforts to collect materials from all members and groups of those communities, including all possible identities along the gender identity spectrum. The panelists examine efforts to include trans* history in the archival record and discuss various aspects of the archival process, including collecting, arrangement and description, access, and promotion.
Chair
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Nikki Lynn Thomas

Archivist for Collection Management, UNC Charlotte

Speakers
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Harrison Apple

University of Arizona
Harrison Apple is a Ph.D. candidate of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Arizona.
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Linda J. Long

Curator of Manuscripts, University of Oregon Libraries
Linda Long is the Curator of Manuscripts in Special Collections and University Archives in the University of Oregon Libraries.
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Laura Peimer

Archivist, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
I have been an archivist at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University since 2008. Currently, my primary responsibilities are processing and public services. I have been involved in processing three of the Library's trans* manuscript collections. While working... Read More →

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Saturday August 6, 2016 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Room 210/211 Hilton Atlanta, 255 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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