Smithsonian – STL partnership and black history

  • Does digitizing these records effect how the public will interpret STL’s history?
  • Are there significant STL black history gaps this project aims to uncover? or rather just history from the perspective of individuals?
  • has this been done anywhere else? if so did it succeed?
  • I think the quote “whether it’s your grandma doing oral history, or it’s a high-school graduation on VHS” does well to represent the many ways history can be captured and conveyed.
  • I think that if they ran this program through schools or libraries and had students bring things in, it could be both educational and forward the Smithsonian’s goals.