The Wynds of History: Interesting Find

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Interesting Find

My journey to Temple includes a significant commute. While I can read for the hour I'm on the train in each direction, the hour in the car can feel like wasted time intellectually. On my "to do list" was to find academically relevant material to listen to during the drive. While visiting the web site for the Library Company of Philadelphia recently, I found that they have several programs saved in podcast format.

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From the age of seven, when I first "met" Elizabeth Blackwell, my fascination with people and places has led me to ask questions - who were they? where did they live? what did they think? how did they feel? how was she different from me?

I read every biography about a woman my elementary school had to offer, searching for those answers. I wasn't satisfied with the books that started with what someone had accomplished - her "famous moment" so to speak. I loved one specific series that started with a heroine's childhood and told a narrative story about her entire life.

While I now look first to primary documents and objects for answers, I'm still asking questions. While I still search to place an individual within a specific context and deduce motivations, I also now search for answers on how to share that information with others, in ways that spark spark imaginations and trigger more questions. I am simultaneously committed to preserving the stories, objects, and locations that give me and others a tangible, direct link to the lives we study.