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Saturday, August 22 • 8:30am - 9:45am
SESSION 610 - The 'Great Society' and the Archives: Fifty Years of Archival Activism

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This panel discusses and assesses the last fifty years of American archival work, with a focus on the development of archival activism, broadly defined, and its future implications for archival theory and practice. Occasioned by the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” efforts, this panel examines the lasting effects on archival practice of the resulting legislative actions and developments that aimed to increase equality, diversity, and opportunity in American society.


 

 
Speakers
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Kim Anderson

Digital Initiatives Archivist, Iowa State University
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Fran Blouin

Professor of History, University of Michigan
Francis X. Blouin Jr. is director of the Bentley Historical Library and professor in the history department and School of Information at the University of Michigan. From 1984 to 2004 he led an effort to do a complete inventory of the archives of the Vatican. He has served on the board... Read More →
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Michelle Caswell

Assistant Professor of Archival Studies--UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
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Rand Jimerson

Director, Archives Program, Western Washington University
Randall C. Jimerson is professor of History and director of the graduate studies program in Archives and Records Management at Western Washington University. He is a Fellow and past president of the Society of American Archivists. He has written extensively on archives and history... Read More →
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Jesse Johnston

Project Director; Faculty, ARC Group; Univ of Michigan
Jesse Johnston is a Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Before working at NEH, he was an Archives Specialist in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural... Read More →

Saturday August 22, 2015 8:30am - 9:45am EDT
Room 24 Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
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