"Seeing Through Risk in the Special Collections Classroom: A Case for Flexibility" by Marc Brodsky, public services and reference archivist at Virginia Tech, describes a collaboration between special collections and a history class that emphasized engagement with primary sources. A class of 50 students participated in a transcription project involving 120 letters written by a local soldier serving in Europe during World War I that were addressed mostly to his wife in Blacksburg, VA. The project proved especially relevant given the centennial of the United States' involvement in WWI. Read all about it here.
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Abigail Christian
Archival Outlook Editor & Production Coordinator
Society of American Archivists
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