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Students completing the Archives Concentration, Book Studies Concentration and Museums Concentration presented their capstone projects followed by a reception and project exhibition on Friday, April 28, 2023. Students created both physical exhibits as well as digital exhibits available online.
Projects are located in the third floor exhibition cases of Neilson Library and will be on display for the next couple of months. Projects range in topic from the ethical management of antiquities in Neilson Library’s Caverno Room, exploring the experiences and identities of women through a collection of family recipe cards, the history of the Ada Comstock Scholars program, and ways that Smith students historically found community, competition, and celebration through skiing. Please enjoy and visit the students’ projects that are listed below.
Documenting Desire: Queer Longings at Smith College, Late 19th Century Isabel Aragon '23 (Physical exhibit on display)
Our World(s): The Intersecting Queer Lives of Lorraine Hansberry, Mary Oliver, & Molly Malone Cook Vivian DeRosa '24 (Physical exhibit on display)
Depicting Desire: Butch/Femme Representation in the Late 20th Century Sophie Jones '23 (Physical exhibit on display)
What Would Ada Comstock Do? A Journey through the Program and Its Struggles Cassandra Linder '23
Girl Powder: A 20th Century Ski Exploration at Smith College Elizabeth MacNeil '23 (Physical exhibit on display)
Necessary Ingredients: The American Housewife in Food, Gender, and Politics, 1865 to 1915 Clare McElhaney '23 (Physical exhibit on display)
"Life Here is the Body": Gender Transition in the Late 20th Century Zephyr Steiner '24
Crafting the Past: Memoir Production with My Grandmother Emma Solis '23
Binding Inferno, Past and Present: A Narrative of the Making Process Sophie Weinberg '23
Unraveling an Enigma: Exploring the Past, Present, and Futures of Toledo Museum of Art's Mummies Haley-December Brown '23
Breaking Down Van Buren: A Case Study in Ethical Collections Management Cameron Findlay '23
An Unauthorized History of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Noah Good '23
All artwork changes over time Annetje-ten Holder '23
The Mood Ring Sara Kunkemueller '23
Wearing the Past: The Value of the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection Mackenzie Peloquin '23
Dr. Kelly Anderson, Lecturer in the Study of Women & Gender and Lecturer in Archives, Lily Gurton-Wachter, Associate Professor of English Language & Literature, Jessica Nicoll, Director of Smith College Museum of Art, and Charlene Shang Miller, Educator for Academic Programs for Smith College Museum of Art, oversaw this year’s student capstone projects.
Additional Libraries and ITS staff members who made this project possible are:
Travis Grandy, Associate Director for Learning Research & Technology tgrandy@smith.edu
