Digital Collections and Archives
Dates
- Existence: 2001-07-01 - 2023-01-03
Biography
Abstract:
Digital Collections and Archives, now Tufts Archival Research Center, is the Tufts University steward for all archival records and materials of significant and historical relevance to the college.
Digital Collections and Archives, now Tufts Archival Research Center, is the Tufts University steward for all archival records and materials of significant and historical relevance to the college.
The collection began as the University Archives, which were incorporated in 1965 by the Tufts University Board of Trustees (Annual Reports 1965-1988). Previously, the position of archivist was loosely created in 1959 as a means of processing and acquiring important university and student records for preservation. This role was filled by Tufts history professor and historian Russell L. Miller, who also wrote the Tufts University history "Light on the Hill." The archives were considered a department of the University Library (known as Eaton and then Wessell at that time), overseen by the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering.
The university's archives were first kept in Eaton Library, but moved to the Wessell Library building in 1965. Originals of some records were sent to vaults in Ballou Hall for storage. In 1991, due to budget issues, the university archivist was laid off. When the office was reopened in 1997, it was as the University Archives and Special Collections, also located as a department within the Tisch Library.
In July 2001, Digital Collections and Archives was created when the University Archives was tasked with developing a Tufts Digital Library. The department moved from the College of Arts, Science and Engineering to the Central Administration, directed by the University Provost. The Special Collections department remained under Tisch Library.
In January 2023, the name of the department was changed to the Tufts Archival Research Center.
List of directors:
- Greg Colati, 1997-2001, Digital Collections Archives and University Archivist; 2001-2004, Digital Collections and Archives Director
- Anne Sauer, 2005-2014, Interim Director, 2005; Director and University Archivist, 2005-2014,
- Eliot Wilczek, 2014, Interim Director
- Dan Santamaria, 2014-present
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Boston Streets Collection
Friends, A Newsletter for the Friends of Tufts Libraries
This collection contains the newsletter from the Friends of Tufts Libraries announcing news, sponsors, calendar of events, and other information. It is published twice a year. Libraries covered by the publication include the Tisch Library, Digital Collections and Archives, Edwin Ginn Library, Hirsh Health Sciences Library, and Webster Veterinary Library.
Jester Hairston exhibit [1 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Jester Hairston exhibit [2 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Jester Hairston exhibit [3 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Jester Hairston exhibit [4 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Jester Hairston exhibit [5 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Jester Hairston exhibit [6 of 6], 2013
Exhibit boards and labels created for the exhibit, "Jester Hairston, A29: He and His Talents Prevailed." The exhibit was curated and installed by Tim Walsh, graduate assistant, in August 2013 and taken down by Leah Edelman, graduate assistant, on January 7, 2014. Materials include reproductions of photographs and correspondence from DCA's collections.
Services Make the Repository, 2006
This paper provides an overview of the collaboration between the Perseus Project and the Digital Collection and Archives at Tufts University in moving the collections of the Perseus Project into the DCA's Fedora based repository as well as a listing of potential services necessary to support a successful institutional repository.
