2023 by Month
To celebrate Homecoming 2023, the University Archives converted a physical photo timeline exhibit of USC Upstate University History to an online digital exhibit, significantly broadening the audience for the timeline. The exhibit was linked in various social media outlets, as well as advertised by a QR code within a physical exhibit in the Library. You can visit the Homecoming Timeline by clicking HERE.
The roots of this digital exhibit began in the fall of 2022, when three students began doing transcription of handwritten letters as a History Internship (HIST 499), working with Professor Tammy Pike and Mr. Joe Hursey of the Piedmont Historical Preservation Society. In December 2022, the University Archivist, Ann Merryman, suggested a collaboration with Professor Pike to expand the planned transcription work in her upcoming HIST 391 course into a digital exhibit project, providing students with the opportunity to strengthen their research skills as well as create digital content that could be highlighted on their resume.
In the Spring of 2023, professor Pike's HIST 391 "Women and World War II: War, Propaganda, and the Homefront" course continued to transcribe additional letters from the Margaret Payne collection, supplementing this work with historical research into events of the time and place the letters were written to provide context. In order to bring balance to both sets of letters in the digital exhibit, the University Archivist, a Faculty Librarian, and the student employee in the University Archives researched and provided additional content for letters 1 - 40, mirroring the work students were being assigned in HIST 391.
This digital exhibit combines digitized letters, transcriptions, and related background information provided by the students working on the project. Click on the image below to view the digital exhibit.
