Jordan Ross

This summer, Ph.D. student @jdeanross.bsky.social was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to develop his project, Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914-1930.

Here at CBDR, our work is made possible by the incredible students who bring passion to our projects! Meet Courtney Murray, a committed #DigBlk scholar. Her work is helping to push the boundaries of digital scholarship. Join us in celebrating Courtney! Thank you for your amazing contributions!

Processing the Past A hands-on graduate-level internship course co-taught by Zita Nunes, Associate Professor of English, and Holly Mengel, Head of Archives and Manuscripts Processing at Penn Libraries, reveals the comple...

I really enjoyed taking this class last semester and we had the wonderful opportunity to process a collection and develop a pop-up exhibit. Check out the coverage on the class!

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Hey, that’s interesting! Yes, it does coincide with when the School of American History was developed during this period. I’ll have to look at the meeting minutes again. But that’s an interesting catch!

I’d like to be added!

The Mystery of the Robert Purvis Library of Anti-Slavery Literature Jordan Ross, Ph.D. student in education & history, writing as part of the 2024 course “Professional Archiving and Curating for Academic Settings,” co-taught by Holly Jo Mengel, Head of Archives…

Sharing a blog that I recently published titled “The Mystery of thr Robert Purvis Library of Anti-Slavery Literature” uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/t...