{"674439":{"#nid":"674439","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018Uncovering Hidden Narratives\u2019 Launches ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library today unveiled \u201cUncovering Hidden Narratives in Georgia Tech\u0027s History,\u201d a self-directed, online course exploring responsible description practices in archives and the way they influence the understanding of integration efforts before 1961, when the first three Black students began school at the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view the course, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/apps.library.gatech.edu\/courses\/hidden-narratives\/#\/\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned by Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Diversity Resident Alex Brinson with oversight from University Archivist Alex McGee, the course is the result of Tech undergraduate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/26\/not-forgotten\u0022\u003ESam Bolton looking for information about her grandfather, Robert Cheeseboro, being denied admission to Georgia Tech in 1953\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA reply to Cheeseboro and letters involving other prospective Black students were found in a collection called the \u2018Board of Regents records,\u2019\u201d said Brinson. \u201cBecause the materials in which we eventually found information involving Cheeseboro were vaguely described, they were difficult to find \u2014 essentially burying a piece of Georgia Tech\u2019s history.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinding these stories, she said, \u201cdemonstrates the power archivists have when processing or preparing archival collections for use.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe course is broken into three main sections: the traditional narrative around integration at Tech and the efforts of Black students before 1961; the process of discovering the Board of Regents records, including historical context and the lack of \u201cinclusive description;\u201d and how the Georgia Tech Library now describes such records to unveil the important stories contained within.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe decisions around how we describe and display these types of important historical records inform the way history is told and understood,\u201d said McGee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The self-directed, online course offers historical detail and context to pre-integration student efforts."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library today unveiled \u201cUncovering Hidden Narratives in Georgia Tech\u0027s History,\u201d a self-directed, online course exploring responsible description practices in archives and the way they influence the understanding of integration efforts before 1961, when the first three Black students began school at the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Library today unveiled \u201cUncovering Hidden Narratives in Georgia Tech\u0027s History,\u201d a self-directed, online course exploring responsible description practices in archives."}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2024-04-30 15:19:05","changed_gmt":"2024-04-30 15:20:40","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673887":{"id":"673887","type":"image","title":"Screen Shot 2024-04-30 at 11.14.02 AM.png","body":null,"created":"1714490351","gmt_created":"2024-04-30 15:19:11","changed":"1714490351","gmt_changed":"2024-04-30 15:19:11","alt":"Hidden Narratives screenshot","file":{"fid":"257338","name":"Screen Shot 2024-04-30 at 11.14.02 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/30\/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-30%20at%2011.14.02%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/30\/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-30%20at%2011.14.02%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3563210,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/30\/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-30%20at%2011.14.02%20AM.png?itok=JIyExTn-"}}},"media_ids":["673887"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193678","name":"Uncovering Hidden Narratives"},{"id":"174127","name":"Civil Rights Movement"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}