Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records (Ms.2022.010)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records |
| Date range: | 2014-2024 |
| Creator: | Brown University. Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice |
| Extent: | 18 Terabytes 26.4 Terabytes (18,351 digital files and 1,607 folders) 1 Linear Foot 1 record carton |
| Abstract: | The Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations series is an archival collection of oral histories gathered as part of the larger Global Curatorial Project which also includes a traveling exhibiton using materials from the collection. These files are all related to the documenting, translating, and recording the oral histories of project participants who are connected to the communties they live in and can provide testimonies to living in the modern wake of slavery. This collection is comprised of external hard drives and electronic records documenting the oral histories of participants including formats such as: BRAW, docx, jpeg, mov, mp4, mp3, tif, and wav files. |
| Physical description: | 15 external hard drives and 3 folders. |
| Language of materials: | The oral history participants speak in Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Fulah, French, Kongo, Lingala, Portuguese, or Wolof. For each oral history the collection includes transcriptions in the original language and English translations of each oral history transcription. |
| Repository: | John Hay Library , University Archives and Manuscripts |
| Collection number: | Ms.2022.010 |
