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A Moving Target: Collecting the Wisconsin Budget Protests

A Moving Target: Collecting the Wisconsin Budget Protests. Jonathan Nelson, Collection Development Archivist jonathanr.nelson@wisconsinhistory.org. A Tradition of Proactive Collecting. AFL, SLP, SWP, and economic justice SNCC, Freedom Summer, and civil rights SDS and Vietnam War protests

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A Moving Target: Collecting the Wisconsin Budget Protests

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  1. A Moving Target:Collecting the Wisconsin Budget Protests Jonathan Nelson, Collection Development Archivist jonathanr.nelson@wisconsinhistory.org

  2. A Tradition of Proactive Collecting • AFL, SLP, SWP, and economic justice • SNCC, Freedom Summer, and civil rights • SDS and Vietnam War protests • Nicaragua and Central American policy • Reproductive rights issues

  3. The Opening Bell • Protests began on February 14 • 14 Democratic State Senators were reported in Illinois on February 20 • Scope and significance of the protests became apparent, collecting began the week of February 20

  4. We Develop Our Strategy • Varying perspectives • Documentation is ephemeral, collect now • Public officials’ papers and public records to augment private donations • Must select from a large quantity of available materials • Wide variety of formats • Preserve and provide access • Cooperate with WHS Museum

  5. Format and Content Acquisition Plans • Web-based information • Photographs • Audio and video • Legislative and governmental process • Public records • Manuscripts and personal histories • Signs and paper ephemera

  6. Tales From The Field • Collecting while protesting • With a little help from my friends • The Great Capitol Caper • “It’s not history yet!” • Signs, signs everywhere

  7. Lessons Learned • Politics play a role • Collect early and often • Enlist assistance • Ephemeral events create ephemeral records • Collect now, appraise later • Later the whole story will be told

  8. Madison, WisconsinMarch 12, 2011

  9. Questions? Jonathan Nelson, Collection Development Archivist jonathanr.nelson@wisconsinhistory.org

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