Primary Source Immersion Program

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.  

 

students looking at archives

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

librarian with student

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

recipients looking at primary sources

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

recipients looking at primary sources
Photo courtesy of IU Libraries