About this Event
Children’s voices - found in diaries, manuscript newspapers, and other child-authored texts - constitute essential evidence for a fuller history of the American past, illuminating how young people encountered and interpreted their worlds. While such texts are abundant, they are not easily discoverable in archives. American Antiquarian Society curators - including Grolier Club member Laura Wasowicz and manuscript curator Ashley Cataldo - will discuss the history of American children as authors, diarists, printers, and publishers, and introduce a new initiative to make them available. "Historic Children's Voices, 1799-1899," supported with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, will provide intellectual access to child-authored texts via detailed cataloging and digitization. AAS will be making over 11,000 pages from these sources accessible to a wide variety of audiences via a web resource, a conference, a public program, and teaching support for K-12 classrooms. This talk will feature examples of recently digitized and cataloged materials.
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Accessibility:
- An ADA-compliant lift from street level to the lobby is available to anyone with mobility issues. All desk staff should be ready and able to assist you in operating the lift, with or without advance notice.
- A “T-Coil” assisted listening system is available to anyone attending a lecture in the Exhibition Hall. Visitors with hearing aids should turn their devices to the “T” setting in order to access the system; visitors without hearing aids may request a “loop receiver” with earphones.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, United States
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