EPISODE · May 14, 2024 · 1H 1M
Power At Work Blogcast #45: Safeguarding Labor's History: Labor Archivists for Labor History Month
from Power At Work · host The Burnes Center for Social Change
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Christine Root, Project Manager of the African Activist Archive at Michigan State University, and Alan Wierdak, reference archivist and social media manager for the Labor collections in University of Maryland's Special Collections and University Archives, to discuss the importance of maintaining the records and artifacts of labor history and how the labor movement can apply the knowledge of archives to today's struggles. Watch now to see some interesting items from these archivists’ collections. You don't want to miss the latest Power At Work blogcast! To access the African Activist Archive, click here. To access University of Maryland's labor collections, click here. Subscribe to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: TikTok Instagram Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Christine Root is the project manager for the web-based African Activist Archive and Overcoming Apartheid, both housed at Michigan State University. Alan Wierdak is a dual-master's student in History and Library Science, with specializations in Global Interaction and Exchange and Archives and Digital Curation. He is also the reference archivist and social media manager for the Labor collections in Special Collections and University Archives.
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In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Christine Root, Project Manager of the African Activist Archive at Michigan State University, and Alan Wierdak, reference archivist and social media manager for the Labor collections in University of Maryland's Special Collections and University Archives, to discuss the importance of maintaining the records and artifacts of labor history and how the labor movement can apply the knowledge of archives to today's struggles. Watch now to see some interesting items from these archivists’ collections. You don't want to miss the latest Power At Work blogcast! To access the African Activist Archive, click here. To access University of Maryland's labor collections, click here. Subscribe to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: TikTok Instagram Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Christine Root is the project manager for the web-based African Activist Archive and Overcoming Apartheid, both housed at Michigan State University. Alan Wierdak is a dual-master's student in History and Library Science, with specializations in Global Interaction and Exchange and Archives and Digital Curation. He is also the reference archivist and social media manager for the Labor collections in Special Collections and University Archives.
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