PHOTO: Still frame of Oregon State University Dr. Bradley Boovy, Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as accessed Jul. 3, 2017 from the video player provided for the OSU Queer Archives Oral History VIDEO: Item 11: Bradley Boovy, June 6, 2017. (Video is part of the "OSU Queer Archives (OSQA) home page - Archival collections and materials in the university's archives that document LGBTQ+ histories at Oregon State, Corvallis, and Benton County" including the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection (OH 34), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon. OSU Queer Archives (OSQA): ORAL HISTORIES & Videos. (Note: the provided video player does not seem to be accessible to Microsoft Internet Explorer browser users like me who are low vision blind and using some standard accessibility settings because the player controls, such as the play button, are not visible, as seen in the still frame above. I was still able to play this video, but only because I could guess at where to hit the button to play or pause the video.)
I am not trained in the library sciences, but I found it interesting to read the journal paper by Natalia Fernández, Bradley Boovy, "Co-Founding a Queer Archives: a collaboration between an archivist and a professor," "Archival Practice," Vol 3 (2016) (also HTML and PDF) This journal describes itself as "A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published biannually, Archival Practice provides a scholarly forum for discussion of real-world application of archival theories and practices in the modern archival repository. This may include archival acquisitions, processing, reference, outreach, preservation, or management in any archival setting."
A new phrase to me that was used in their paper was "intersectional community activism" as one of its core missions. This is clearly a cutting gedge concept because a Google define:"intersectional community activism" links first to the OSU Queer Archives, but a less restrictive search suggests it is "is intentional in exploring social concerns through multiple dimensions of identity" and links to a page discussing "Intersectional Community Organizing for Social Justice" as well as the book "Enacting Intersectionality in Student Affairs: New Directions" by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe. This might be a good topic for a future post, if I learn more about it.
Links related to the OSU Queer Archives:
- "OSU Queer Archives (OSQA): HOME - Archival collections and materials in the university's archives that document LGBTQ+ histories at Oregon State, Corvallis, and Benton County," oregonstate.edu accessed Jun. 6, 2017 -- the tab at top of page goes to the following page:
- "OSU Queer Archives (OSQA): ORAL HISTORIES & VIDEOS - Archival collections and materials in the university's archives that document LGBTQ+ histories at Oregon State, Corvallis, and Benton County," oregonstate.edu accessed Jun. 6, 2017. For a complete list of oral history interviews see the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection, 2015-2016 (OH 34)
- Finding aids 2934 goes to "OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection, 2015-2017," oregonstate.edu accessed Jun. 6, 2017
- Browse through all the OSQA videos available by doing an OSU media "Search for tag: 'oh34osqa'" oregonstate.edu accessed Jun. 6, 2017 to produce a list with still photos
- Access through OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) via the finding aid Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) finding aid ID: OH 034"OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection, 2015-2017" oregonstate.edu accessed Jun. 6, 2017 to produce a text list of OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection (OH 34), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon. (Preferred Citation is: OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection (OH 34), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.)
On Jun. 11, 2017, I emailed the second part of my oral interview answers to the OSU Queer Archives, which after it is posted in the Archives I plan to post a link to it from my blog page. Unfortunately, I was unable to do a video interview due to my low vision blindness and partial paralysis -- just visiting a doctor is hard for me to do today -- but I am still able to touch type my answers, albeit very slowly, over a couple of weeks of time. (See my previous post OSU Queer Archives request for my participation (1/28/17))
See previous posts and related links
- Student produces video history of OSU LGBT community (5/16/15) - Oregon State University student Kiah McConnell displays her thesis poster, concerning OSU LBGT community history, May 14, 2015 -- See video at about 28:40 minutes: From Natalia Fernández, "OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film by Kiah McConnell, 2015," Oregon State Queer Archives oregonstate.edu accessed Oct. 14, 2015. The documentary shows the first gay student meeting notice printed in the student newspaper in 1976 (at about 26:39 minutes)
- OSU Queer History Month hits front page of student newspaper (10/8/15) See Natalia Fernández, "OSQA ~ The OSU Queer Archives," Oregon Multicultural Archives Blog posted May 9, 2015 that says, "film was created by Queer Archives intern Kiah McConnell. . ." Also see Oregon Multicultural Archives Blog and video posted by Natalia Fernández, "OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film by Kiah McConnell, 2015," OSU Queer Archvies posted 2015 (40:00)
- Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in WGSS; Queer Studies Minors Qwo Li Driskill
- Vanessa Alexandra Vanderzee Oregon State University The Valley Library Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Natalia Fernández, Oregon State University Librarian-Oregon Multicultural OSU Queer Archives
- Dr. Bradley Boovy Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- "OSU Queer Archives (OSQA): ORAL HISTORIES & VIDEOS: Archival collections and materials in the university's archives that document LGBTQ+ histories at Oregon State, Corvallis, and Benton County," oregonstate.edu/osqa/ accessed Mar. 12, 2017 - In spring term of 2016, the OSU Queer Archives (OSQA) collaborated with the history class HST 368 Lesbian and Gay Movements in Modern America with Professor Mina Carson. Carson, along with OSQA co-founders Natalia Fernández, Curator and Archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives, and Professor Bradley Boovy, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, developed an oral history project for the students.
- Google search site:http://library.oregonstate.edu Thomas Kraemer
