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Special Projects

Much of the work of the archives this year has been in support of our NHPRC grant and supporting various Sesquicentennial related projects.

“Journeys to America: Illuminating Hidden Collections at Luther College and Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum” – funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Over the summer of 2010 we developed a position description, conducted a recruitment and ultimately hired Sasha Griffin as the Project Cataloging Archivist funded by our NHPRC grant. For more information about the project, please consult the Collaboration section of this annual report at http://lis.luther.edu/about/2010-11/goals/collaboration as well as the project blog at http://journeystoamerica.blogspot.com/.

Related to the grant project, we also arranged for Luther College to serve as a co-sponsor of the Society of American Archivist’s “Implementing DACS in Integrated Content Management Systems: Using Archon”. Additionally, to show our support for the NHPRC during the federal budget deliberations, Sasha and Rachel wrote letters to Iowa Senators highlighting our involvement and requesting continued funding for the NHPRC and its grant programs. We also mentioned our cause to Senator Grassley during his town hall meeting in March, giving his staff fliers of information on our project and the NHPRC.

Transformed by the Journey – Luther College’s Sesquicentennial Celebration

  • Kristen Underwood conducted research in the archives with the assistance of Archives Student Worker Rachel Johnson to create the Luther College History Walk. The walk will be performed on campus numerous times during the year.
  • Bob Larson and his Luther Sketches troupe conducted research in the archives to develop the script for their production that was performed at numerous alumni events this spring as well as several campus performances.
  • Wilfred Bunge, Mary Hull Mohr and Dale Nimrod continued their diligent work on the Luther College history publication. In addition, we worked very closely with Greg Vanney and his Publications staff to identify and make available hundreds of photos to be included in the book.
  • Rachel Johnson and Rachel Vagts worked with Tanya Gertz and Karen Martin-Schramm on the Journeys Portraits project for Homecoming 2011
  • Began developing Luther College Moments in History – first shared through the LIS blog and digital sign, now available on Facebook.

Other Archives Activities

  • Expanded the Luther College Archives Facebook page. We currently have 77 fans liking the page and over 160 monthly users. We have also seen various Luther staff sharing our content to their own friends’ lists.
  • ResourceSpace was implemented to assist in managing digital images. This project has had limited success and is being re-evaluated.
  • A manual was developed for dealing with digital images.
  • Luther Stories was held again during Homecoming with additional oral histories being recorded by Rachel Vagts and the student assistants.
  • The Bear Creek Archeology collection was returned to BCA. This collection had not been accessioned and was not technically part of the Archives.
  • Work continued slowly on the Postville Project with our partner, the University of Northern Iowa. We sponsored a screening of Luis Argueta’s abUSed documentary. We applied for and did not receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We currently have a proposal in front of the State Historical Society of Iowa for an HRDP grant and expect notification in late June or early July.
  • We re-evaluated the records retention schedule and made a number of updates. The policy is officially part of the college’s information safe-guarding policy.

Bibliographic Instruction

Spring

  • Museum Studies 220 – tour and lecture
  • Paideia 1– 3 sections

Professional Activities

Rachel

  • Began serving as chair of the 2012 Program Committee for the Midwest Archives Conference spring meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • Attended the annual Society of American Archivists meeting in Washington, DC.
  • Served as vice chair/chair elect of the Society of American Archivists Membership committee.
  • Served on the Iowa Historical Records Advisory Board
  • Member of the Society of American Archivists, Midwest Archives Conference, and the Consortium of Iowa Archivists.

Sasha:

  • Organized the first regional Archon User Group meeting at Midwest Archives Conference spring meeting

Service to the College

Rachel

  • Member of the Collections Committee
  • Member of the Sesquicentennial Committee, chair of Special Projects sub-committee
  • Member of the LIS Food and Drink committee and Digital Repository/Digital Planning committee
  • Member of Luther College Human Subject Review Board
  • Member of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee
  • Advisor for Habitat for Humanity campus chapter

Statistics

Our statistics are significantly higher this year due to numerous Sesquicentennial related projects.
Research visits
Faculty: 300
Staff: 65
Students: 128
Other: 27
Total research visits: 520
Off Campus research
Written requests: 245 (primarily e-mail)

Accessions

We continue to receive materials both through records transfer and donation. This year we received approximately 50 cubic feet. We continue to hold those materials during the Archon implementation.

Submitted by Rachel Vagts, College Archivist


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