History Resources UWEau Claire

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History Resources _at_UW-Eau Claire

• Kati Tvaruzka, Education Librarian
• Colleen McFarland, Archivist

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Who we are and what we do
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Make a Personal Connection

• Can students relate to the topic?
• Is the topic already meaningful to students?
• Librarian or teacher as matchmaker

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UWEC Students Say

• There were little things in the collection I
  could relate to. I noticed as I drove home from
  Thanksgiving this past week, I realized how far
  Oxford was from Eau Claire. I never really paid
  attention before. Overall, I think archival
  material inspires creativity and yearn for
  knowledge.

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Small is Beautiful!

• What makes a historical subject or event
  important
• Big topic
• Overwhelming number of sources / Not enough
  sources
• Inability to find ones own opinion on the topic
• Many other students working on same topic

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Small is Beautiful!

• Small topic
• Manageable number of sources
• Ability to work with archival collections
• Often contain connections for students
• Personal connection
• Connections to the big topics
• Student becomes the expert

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UWEC Students Say

• By looking at the smaller stories of
  individuals one can put the pieces together to
  understand and see the bigger picture.
• Studying manuscriptsmakes the material more
  real or personable because of the emotional
  aspects. It creates more of a personal
  connection for us as students.

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Book em, Danno!

• Journal articles are
• Short
• More likely to be online
• Journal articles are also
• Confusing to students
• Not the dominant genre in history

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Book em, Danno!

• Books are
• More explicit in historical argumentation
• Long, but may be skimmed
• Rich with bibliographical entries for related
  primary and secondary sources

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UWEC History Faculty say.

• A recent award-winning senior capstone paper had
  the following numbers of secondary source
  citations
• Books 11
• Web sites 3
• Theses 2
• Government documents 2
• Journal articles 1

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Find a Voice

• Answering the so what question
• Has it all been said before?

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UWEC Students Say

• The value of using archival materials to me
  is to be able to see, touch, and read primary
  source material, and interpret it on my own. ()
  I am able to come to my own conclusions.
• I found myself understanding many concepts
  that I had read about in class to a much deeper
  extent.

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History Research Refresher
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Primary v. Secondary
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The Research Process
Basic Steps in the Research Process

• Pick a Topic
• Get background info
• Get in-depth info

Search Statement Encyclopedias Books
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Resources _at_McIntyre Library
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The Reference Collection

• Many subject-specific encyclopedias
• Students get a working knowledge of the topic
  key players, vocabulary, etc.
• Entries list other resources/references to track
  down
• School Media Centers also have similar resources

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The Instructional Media Center

• Textbooks
• Wisconsin journey. Teachers resource package, a
  guide for teachers
• Professional Materials
• New Badger History Series books from WHS (student
  materials teachers guide)
• DPI publications (Gov Pubs)
• Learning about Wisconsin activities, historical
  documents, and resources linked to Wisconsins
  model academic standards for social studies in
  grades 4-12

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Special Collections Archives
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Dennis Klimpke Collection, 1965-2002
Special Collections Archives

• War and Family Conflict in the Vietnam Era

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Dennis Klimpke Collection

• Pros

• Cons

• Small collection
• Letters, photos, and military honor certificates
• Emotionally rich

• Students must be able to read cursive handwriting

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Ellen Spalding Miller Papers, 1863, 1870-1877
Special Collections Archives

• Conflict and compromise in the migration West

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Ellen Spalding Miller Papers

• Pros

• Cons

• Primarily letters
• Early Wisconsin history
• Typed transcriptions available
• Portions of collections online athttp//digital.
  library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.Miller2b

• Does not address the most obvious meanings of
  conflict and compromise

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Olin Swenson Papers, 1932-1933
Special Collections Archives

• Farmers strikes in the Depression Era

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Olin Swenson Papers

• Pros
• Small collection
• Correspondence and clippings
• Mostly typed
• Popular topic

• Cons
• On microfilm

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UWEC Athletic Committee Records, 1946-1991
Special Collections Archives

• Conflict and Compromise in Womens Athletics
  (Title IX)

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UWEC Athletic Records

• Pros

• Cons

• Popular topic
• Typewritten records
• Many complementary resources
• Spectator Newspaper
• Periscope Yearbook

• Larger collection
• Extraneous materials

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Take Advantage
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National History Day Doing History Research
at UWEC

• Kati Tvaruzka, Education Librarian, McIntyre
  Library
• Colleen McFarland, Archivist, McIntyre Library

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Who we are and what we do
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Resources _at_McIntyre Library
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Bringing Students to McIntyre Library

• General Research Sessions (any discipline)
• Introduction to research process
• Using the librarys online catalog
• Using reference collections
• Using databases (tips of the trade)
• Hands-on lab with anonymous log-ins for
  students
• Kati Tvaruzka or Jill Markgraf lead these sessions

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Bringing Students to McIntyre Library

• Guidelines
• Please give us notice (month, preferred)
• Notify Circulation if going to check out
  materials (letter required from principal for
  teacher to check out all materials)
• Notify Reference for research session with a
  librarian (Kati or Jill)
• Bring your own paper for printing, money for
  copying

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Bringing Students to McIntyre Library

• History-Related Research Sessions
• Introduction to Special Collection Archives
• Smaller groups preferred
• Using archive materials databases/catalogs
• Only have materials for 6 county region
  with advanced notice of topics we can request
  collections from other ARCs.
• Colleen McFarland will lead these sessions

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What Archives has for researchers
Area Research Center preserving historical
records in a six-county region Buffalo,
Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Rusk, and Taylor

• More than 235 original local government
  public records
• Over 65 collections of papers and records
  produced by private organizations and
  individuals

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Collection Highlights

• Labor Records of seven local labor unions,
  Olin Swenson Papers, Arnold Gilberts Papers
• Lumber Northwestern Lumber Company Records,
  Orrin Ingram Papers, Lumber Camp Record Book
  from Cable, WI
• Frontier life Lucy Hastings Letters, Ellen
  Spalding Miller Papers
• American Indians Veda Stone Papers, Timothy
  Ericson National Guard Papers (account of
  Gresham)
• Military Dennis Klimpke Papers, Stacy Jalowitz
  My experience in the Gulf War

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National History Day Pilot Program
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National History Day Pilot Program
Our Vision

• Manuscript kits to be loaned out to school
  libraries
• Research guides to assist young researchers in
  interpreting the collections and choosing
  complementary primary and secondary sources
• Web pages linking students teachers to NHD
  resources, especially those local and statewide

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National History Day Pilot Program
Our Vision

• UWEC librarian support and project help via
  IM, email, social networks and onsite during
  peak NHD research times
• UWEC librarians work directly with school
  media specialists and teachers
• Librarians visit schools
• Classes come to UWEC

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National History Day Pilot Program
Your Ideas Your Suggestions Your Comments How
can we make this work?
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Take Advantage
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