The Primary Source Immersion Program was a three-day summer workshop designed to help instructors integrate primary sources into a new course or a redesigned course, with the ultimate goal of fostering students' information literacy skills. Working in collaboration with the Libraries’ Department of Teaching & Learning and partner collections across campus, recipients received a grant to facilitate the incorporation of primary sources into their classroom. All full-time teaching faculty, lecturers, and associate instructors from all disciplines were eligible to apply.
Interested in integrating primary sources into your pedagogy?
Contact the Department of Teaching & Learning at libinstr@indiana.edu. We can connect you with archivists and special collections librarians across the campus. If you've already worked with an archivist or special collections librarian, feel free to contact them directly.
"This program was nothing short of transformative for my students and my own experience in the classroom. Students in both courses unanimously named the archival elements as highlights, agreeing that their research skills improved as a result."
-Penelope Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of English
"The ability to physically interact with the archival materials was an experience I hadn’t had before and one that I will certainly seek out in the future."
-Undergraduate student in English L317
Collaborators
Carey Beam, director of the Wylie House Museum, with a student
Current partners
Archives of African-American Music and Culture -- William Vanden Dries and Brenda Nelson
Archives of Traditional Music -- Alan Burdette and Allison McClanahan
Black Film Center/Archive -- Ronda Sewald
Herman B Wells Map Collection -- Theresa Quill
Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology -- Kelsey Grimm and Sarah Hatcher
Kinsey Institute -- Liana Zhou
Liberian Collections -- Mireille Djenno
Lilly Library -- Rebecca Baumann and Maureen Maryanski
Moving Image Archive -- Andy Uhrich
The Sage Costume Collection -- Heather Akou
University Archives -- Dina Kellams and Carrie Schwier
University Libraries' Department of Teaching & Learning -- Meg Meiman and Meggan Press
Wylie House Museum -- Carey Beam
Past partners
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology (now part of the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) -- April Sievert
Mathers Museum of World Cultures (now part of the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) -- Ellen Sieber and Sarah Hatcher
2018 - 2020
Office of the Bicentennial
IU Bloomington Libraries
Lilly Library
University Archives
2017
Jay Information Literacy Fund
Hilda and Ellen Jay
"In all, I very much enjoyed researching and learning more about my topic. Throughout this semester, I have been exposed to a variety of sources that I didn’t even know existed beforehand. Although at times finding quality information was difficult, I believe that I have found some of the best available sources with substantial information that will be of great use on a future endeavor."
-Undergraduate student in History H270
Past Recipients
Summer 2017 cohort studies primary sources during a library workshop
Courses from this cohort will be implemented in Fall 2019 or later.
Beth Buggenhagen
ANTH-E 300: Photography and Ethnography
African Studies Collection
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum
University Archives
Carissa Carman
IFS course - Exploring Otherness: ARTX Integrated Studio on the Social Fabric of Collections
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum
Sage Costume Collection (Kelly Richardson)
Wylie House
Justin Carroll, IU East
HIST-H 105: American History I
Lilly Library
Lori Frye
SOAD-F303: Fashion Studio II
Mathers Museum
Sage Costume Collection
University Archives
Elizabeth Hebbard
FRIT-F615/MEST-M600: Medieval Manuscripts
Lilly Library
Barbara Hillers
FOLK-F600/ILS-Z604: Folklore Archives in the Digital Age
Archives of Traditional Music
University Archives
Ke-chin Hsia
HIST-W300: Issues in World History
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum
Moving Image Archive
University Archives
Eileen Julien
CMLT-C572: Modern African Letters
Lilly Library
Yuri Kim
GEOG-G338/538: Geographic Information Science
Herman B Wells Map Collection
Andrea Quenette, IU East
CMCL 334: Research with Primary Sources
Lilly Library
University Archives
Tatiana Saburova
HIST-W200: Photographing History
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum
University Archives
Jessica Zaker
EDUC-E325: Social Studies in Elementary Schools
Herman B Wells Map Collection
Mathers Museum
Colton Ames
EDUC-E/M300: Education in a Pluralistic Society
Lilly Library (Erika Dowell)
Mathers Museum of World Cultures (Sarah Hatcher)
The Sage Costume Collection (Heather Akou)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Marco Arnaudo
HON-236: Understanding Conflict in War, Management, and Business
Lilly Library ( Erika Dowell)
Map Collection (Theresa Quill)
The Sage Costume Collection (Heather Akou)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Krista Bailey, IU South Bend (course implementation is Fall 2019)
SUST0-S360: Topics in Sustainability and SUST-B399: Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems
University Archives
Alexander Cuenca
EDUC-M341: Foundations of Teaching Social Studies
Mathers Museum (Sarah Hatcher)
Vivian Halloran
ENG-L204: Intro to World Literature: Global Mystery Literature and the BBC
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann)
Wells Library African Studies Collection (Mireille Djenno)
Jon Kay (course implementation is Fall 2019)
FOLK-F360: Indiana Folklore
Archives of Traditional Music
Lilly Library
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Jason McGraw
HIST-H270: What is History?
Archives of Traditional Music (Alan Burdette; Allison McClanahan)
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann; Maureen Maryanski)
Moving Image Archive (Andy Uhrich)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Luciana Namorato (course implementation is Fall 2019)
HISP-P412/512: Brazil: the Cultural Context
Archives of African-American Music and Culture
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum
Wells Library African Studies Collections
Eleanor Owicki
THTR-T370: Theatre History
Lilly Library (Maureen Maryanski)
University Archives (Dina Kellams)
Roberta Pergher (course implementation is Fall 2019)
NEW 300-LEVEL HIST COURSE
Archives of African-American Music and Culture
Black Film Center/Archive
Kinsey Institute
Lilly Library
Map Collections
University Archives
Wells Library African Studies Collection
Travis Rountree, IU East
ENG-W270: The Rainbow in Rose City: Documenting, Engaging, and Celebrating the Richmond, Indiana LGBTQ Community
Kinsey Institute (Liana Zhou)
University Archives at IU East (Beth South)
Phoebe Wolfskill
AMST-A202: U.S. Arts and Media: Race in American Art
Lilly Library (Maureen Maryanski)
Akin Adesokan
MSCH-F219: African Cinema in the World
Black Film Center/Archive (Ronda Sewald)
Penelope Anderson
ENG-L317: Early 17th century English Poetry
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann; Maureen Maryanski)
Robert Dobler
FOLK-F141: Urban Legend
Kinsey Institute (Liana Zhou)
Wylie House (Carey Beam)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Heather Eastman-Mueller and Debby Herbenick
SPH-H395/595: Practicum in College Sex Education
Black Film Center/Archive (Ronda Sewald)
Alex Hollett
EDUC-E325: Social Studies in the Elementary School
Liberian Collection (Mireille Djenno)
Sage Costume Collection (Kelly Richardson)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Colin Johnson course will be implemented in Spring 2020
GNDR-G498: Gender and Material Culture
Lilly Library
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Sarah Knott
HIST-A240: Get Me Out! The History of Birth
Kinsey Institute (Liana Zhou)
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann; Maureen Maryanski)
University Archives (Carrie Schweir)
Wylie House (Carey Beam)
Lara Kriegel
HIST-J400: Lives, Diaries and History
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann; Maureen Maryanski)
University Archives (Carrie Schweir)
Gerry Lanosga
MSCH-J450: History of Journalism
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Jennifer Maher
GNDR-G300: Core Concepts and Key Debates
Kinsey Institute (Liana Zhou)
Lilly Library
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
The Sage Costume Collection (Heather Akou)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Michelle Moyd
HIST-E332: Africa Since 1800
Liberian Collection (Mireille Djenno)
Wells Library African Studies Collection (Mireille Djenno)
Jonathan Risner
HISP-S322: Introduction to Film Analysis in Spanish & COLL-C 103: Transnational Hispanic Cinemas
Moving Image Archive (Andy Uhrich)
Rebekah Sheldon
ENG-L369: British and American Authors
Kinsey Institute (Shawn Wilson)
Lilly Library (Rebecca Baumann; Isabel Planton)
Patrice Ward-Steinman
MUS-E661: Historical Research Methods in Music Education
Archives of African-American Music and Culture (Brenda Nelson-Strauss; William R. Vanden Dries)
Archives of Traditional Music (Allison McClanahan)
University Archives (Carrie Schwier)
Giovanni Zanovello
MUS-M603 The Study of Music Collectorship
Lilly Library
"As a result of the program, I realized that I needed to take more intentional time throughout the semester to demonstrate what primary sources are and how powerful they are as pedagogical tools, which is why I designed numerous activities where students were working directly with archives and collections…I have no doubt that the success of this assignment was because of the ongoing work with primary sources throughout the semester as well as specific time allocated to demonstrating my expectations."
-Alex Hollett, Doctoral Candidate, School of Education
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