Comments for the patriarchive

Comment on about by cupcakeheartbreak

cupcakeheartbreak — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:08:45 +0000

I love your blog! I really like the questions you raise, as I’m in my second year of (archival track) MLIS education, and I resonate with a lot of what you blog about. Professional archivists in my city seem a bit standoffish when approached with questions or concerns about the profession, and my instructors are not all necessarily archivists, and are only teaching theory. So I just wanted to let you know that your blog helps a lot when it comes to verbalizing the uncertainty and questions I have about this profession I’m entering. Thanks a lot, and keep writing!

Comment on Quakers! Sex! Anachronism! Bring it ON, google! by Driftingfocus

Driftingfocus — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:17:21 +0000

As a Quaker myself, I am curious – how did your interest in the SoF begin? Is it something you study, as well, or is it a more casual interest?

Comment on Get Thee to an Archives*! by historiann

historiann — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:07:58 +0000

I’m honored to be in such august company! Thanks, patriarchivist. Please let me know when you’ve got some stories up and I’ll send some traffic your way. Given the hugeness of historical biography as well as African American history and women’s history, my sense is that you’re about to be overrun with crazed, determined historians demanding to see what you’ve got hidden in your archives & libraries.

The historians at the “Researching and Writing the Lives of Unfree Women” panel, about which I have another post up today, were singing the praises of librarians and archivists. It’s amazing what a collaboration between a historian and a great archivist can achieve.

Comment on My Abstract for the Questioning Authority Conference by Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:41:07 +0000

Hi – I’m a stranger (here via Historiann) – I am especially loving the last paragraph of this. In our collaboration with beginning composition courses, we send every student to Wikipedia early in their research process and we have them dig into the discussion and history pages for precisely the reasons you outline so well here.

One of my colleagues had a student about a year ago tell her that he’d gotten sucked into the history pages on his topic for several hours — reading version after version of his topic (a topic that had ‘hit the mainstream’ about four years prior). He told her that it made him feel like he had a better understanding of how this topic was understood and discussed in the wider culture for that four year period – and how that discourse had changed over time (I think discourse is my word, not his, but the rest is a pretty close paraphrase). That is still one of my favorite student comments on this assignment ever.

Thanks for sharing the abstract – I wish I could hear the whole talk!

Comment on about by bibomedia.com

bibomedia.com — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:19:52 +0000

Comment on project scope by Woeful

Woeful — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:45:44 +0000

As a public librarian, these days I often miss the “science” part of library science. Best wishes with school! Don’t get discouraged, just jump through the hoops and be done with it.