Archival Projects

Public History

Our World(s): The Queer Intersecting Lives of Lorraine Hansberry, Mary Oliver, and Molly Malone Cook // Archival Capstone Project at Smith College (Jan 2023 - May 2023)

Welcome to the worlds of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, poet Mary Oliver, and the woman who loved and photographed them both — Molly Malone Cook. For my archival capstone project at Smith College, I worked with the Molly Malone Cook papers at Smith College's Special Collections and the Lorraine Hansberry papers at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in order to design a physical and digital public history project. In addition to two display cases and a website, this project included a public PechaKucha presentation and participatory elements designed to encourage audience engagement.

Oral History

Documenting Lesbian Lives // Oral History and Lesbian Subjects course at Smith College (January 2022-May 2022)

After extensive research and writing an interview guide with over 100 questions, I conducted, recorded, and transcribed a three hour oral history with a lesbian elder for the Documenting Lesbian Lives project housed in Smith College’s Special Collections. [Interview closed to the public until 2050.]

Processing

Alison Bechdel papers // student processing assistant & finding aid co-author (January 2022- April 2022)

Aileen C. Hernandez papers // student processing assistant & finding aid co-author (April 2022-August 2022)

International Women’s Tribune Centre records // student processing assistant & finding aid co-author (August 2022-May 2023)