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This guide showcases research by undergraduate seniors enrolled in Dr. Patti Loughlin's History Capstone Seminar during fall 2024. Students selected from 4 collections (listed below) to conduct archival research, identifying interesting information and artifacts for further research, writing biographies and short histories, and assisting with metadata creation for Chambers Library Archives & Special Collections.
Use the navigation menu to view each student's findings and perspectives. Thank you to the UCO Department of History & Geography, Dr. Loughlin, and student researchers Cait Clymer, Jairo Hernandez, Hunter Knight, Joshua LaFortune, Marc Richards, Nathan Watkins, and Kai Wyskup for spending their semester with us in Room 215 at Max Chambers Library.
A.A. (Jack) Drummond CollectionArchives Goals:
Identify subjects, themes, and research questions within the boxes chosen from the collection; identify exemplary documents to digitize within each folder; document preservation issues; digitize documents useful for your research article
Student Product:
Improved inventory; research journal; article/blog post about area of interest (ex. legalities and politics of dam building and inundation)
John George CollectionArchives Goals:
Briefly research each publication to add theme/category (white nationalist, christian right, black power, communist, gay rights, etc.); research and document which publications (and specific issues) are currently digitized online, and which are available elsewhere using WorldCat.org
Student Product:
Improved inventory; research journal; article/blog post about area of interest
Charles Simmons and Native American Newspaper CollectionsArchives Goals:
Identify publications specific to Oklahoma; research and document which publications (and specific issues) are currently digitized online, and which are available elsewhere using WorldCat.org
Student Product:
Improved inventory; research journal; article/blog post about area of interest from local papers (ex. Black Chronicle, Black Advocate, Camp Crier of the Oklahoma City Native American Center)
University Clubs, Departments, and PeopleArchives Goals:
Help draw out diverse histories that more fully reflect our student body. Use the Vista and Bronze Book digital collection, Vista photo negatives, prior staff research, oral histories, and additional resources to create a subject file for future researchers.
Write a history of the evolution of this department and/or group. Publish an article detailing campus legacies of:
Student Product:
Subject file; research journal; historical research article
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