Digital Burma: The Baptist Missionary Archive at Denison University

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Presented at the 2014 Society of Ohio Archivists Annual Conference, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio

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Digital Burma

The Baptist Missionary Archive at Denison University

Society of Ohio ArchivistsMay 16th, 2014

1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

1831

2013

Denison University Archives

Packages, Boxes and Bags

Denison Museum

Eclectic Collecting

Center for Study of Burmese Art1970s era

Helen HuntClass of 1910

Karen students at Judson College, Rangoon

Karen States

Karen Bag

Rev. & Mrs. Robert JohnsonServed 1946-1966

Chin Shoulder Bag

Chin State

Henry SuttonClass of 1948

Lahu Woman’s Coat, 20th century

Fannie Doane House Reunion, 1941

Shan knife, 20th century

“DaDDy”

Family of Rev. Harry Ignatius Marshall

(1878-1952)

Karen State

Pair of lacquered bamboo bowls

Hand-painted album of ethnic tribes of eastern Burma, 1924

Artist: Saen Cit La Wan

Kachin

Karen

Tai Lü

From Projects to Pedagogy

Digital Liberal Arts

digitalscholarship.ohio5.org

From Projects to Pedagogy

Mellon-funded initiative in the Five Colleges of Ohio Building on previous Mellon (digital

collections) Doing things with digital collections

33 Project Ideas in the spring semester

8 Official proposals Approved

From Projects to Pedagogy

How do we build Digital Projects in LAC environments? Pooling resources Collaboration Reaching into larger communities