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Follow on Google News | Dickinson Awarded the J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy AwardThe award will be presented during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Past recipients include the Chicago Tribune, Kraft Foods, U.S. Senator Harry Reid and Arizona State University. The award-winning archive compiles video interviews, photos, news clippings and other artifacts that document the history of the region's LGBT-rights movement. At the suggestion of Professor Emerita Lonna Malmsheimer, Dickinson archivists came on board to help curate, catalog and preserve the fast-growing collection. They also created a video compilation of oral-history interviews, making the information more easily available to students and researchers. Special Collections Librarian Malinda Triller-Doran, the library’s liaison to the women’s & gender studies department, came to the project after spearheading the launch of the Women’s Experiences at Dickinson digital collection. Because the LGBT History Project, like the Women's Experiences collection, brings often-unheard stories to light, she was eager to take it on. “I’ve seen the power of the connections that students make when they encounter firsthand accounts of individuals who have dealt with the same issues and questions they are working through themselves,” Shaw loved leafing through the flyers, newsletters, press clips, photos and other memorabilia offering tangible links to significant events, such as a large, early-'90s protest in Washington, D.C. “These artifacts are important because they’re part of history and because they show us that the local lesbian and gay community was very visible,” she said. “They also show us how much times have changed and how much progress we’ve made over the years.” “It’s all about connecting with people,” Triller-Doran added. “The LGBT Center’s project demonstrates initiative in helping to address a historical gap, and I think the SAA Advocacy award recognizes that initiative.” www.dickinson.edu End
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