Abstract
This article details the processing of the LaVerne Harrell Clark Photographic Collection by University of Arizona Poetry Center librarians, archivists, and interns, and the current status and next steps of the collection. The LaVerne Harrell Clark Photographic Collection, which contains thousands of portraits and candids of poets taken circa 1960-2000 by LaVerne Harrell Clark, the Poetry Center’s first director, is deeply entwined with the Poetry Center’s institutional identity. In addition, the authors explored ways in which the collection and the institution as a whole are positioned as uniquely Western and also of national significance. Those processing the collection became interested in the ways that this identity might affect other collections within the institution, such as the book collection and other archival collections. At the core of this exploration were questions about how the process of documentation and identity making occurs.
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Recommended Citation
Wahl, Erin R.; Pierce, Pamela; Burk, Wendy; Johnson, Julie Swarstad; and Kortemeier, Sarah
(2024)
"Creation of a Southwestern Authors Archive: Revisiting the LaVerne Harrell Clark Collection Ten Years Later,"
Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 15:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol15/iss1/1
