A fully accessible digital archive of the collected works of Winnifred Eaton Babcock Reeve (Onoto Watanna). Dir. by @Marychapman62. Organizer of #OWCattle100.
Yesterday we launched the @WEatonArchive v2.0! There are now 345 texts in the archive, new scholarship, new headnotes, and new features (including a fully visible revision history for each text). Many new additions to #Alberta & #Hollywood. Have a look: https://t.co/JrHbA38cMS
Join us for "Not Your China Doll: A Conversation on Anna May Wong, the First Asian American Film Star" with author @ksalisbury and Dr. Mila Zuo on Thursday, Oct 3 @ 2:30 PM in BuTo 323. Register here: https://t.co/mdsn3vY4h6
Check out this hybrid critical digital archives symposium coming to Vancouver in April (or online near you). Some great keynotes, too! See the thread for a student CFP (closing Feb 29).
Join us for #CrossingFonds, a critical digital #archives symposium in Metro Vancouver & online, Apr 25-28. Check out our early bird, reduced, and virtual rates! https://t.co/39ajwctfIZ #DH#media#heritage#GLAM
Have you taught any Eaton texts using the @WEatonArchive? The @AWWRecoveryHub has an open call for teaching materials or brief reflections (due Mar 11)! https://t.co/TDCtH3QvDi
The @WEatonArchive Conference opened this morning with opening remarks from Conference Director @Marychapman62, a blessing from Florence Kelly, Elder from the Onigaming First Nation, and a presentation from Diana Birchall, Eaton's granddaughter and biographer.
Scenes from Friday's Transcribe-a-Thon!
Joey Takeda and Sydney Lines (both from @WEatonArchive) led participants in a workshop on transcribing texts.
Have you ever participated in a transcribe-a-thon?
Event sponsored by:
@sfu_library
@ubc_english
@UBC_PH@ChinookCHS
Winnifred Eaton Reeve Conference has been full of creative and interesting ways to experience and interpret her work @WEatonArchive. Dr. Rena Heinrich and Dr. Colleen K. Daniher treated us to an interactive morning! Thanks for the inspiration😊@UCalgaryArts@UCalgaryLibrary
Day 2 highlights from #OWCattle100 included a photo of Winnifred Eaton at Mark Twain’s 70th birthday, talks on her time as a screenwriter in Hollywood & a screening of The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney, a script she helped write. @WEatonArchive
Such fun touring this group of Winnifred's family & aficionados to two of her Calgary homes (with a stop at her colleague Nellie McClung's place) #OWCattle100
We heard Diana Birchall (Eaton’s granddaughter and biographer), speaking at the @WEatonArchive Conference, “The Fairy Germs: Being Winnifred Eaton’s Granddaughter". @UCalgaryLibrary@UCalgaryArts
Don't miss our free, public screening and discussion of @SLouisaWei's 2013 documentary #GoldenGateGirls about #EstherEng, the first woman to direct Chinese-language films in the US. July 29. Co-sponsors: @ChinookCH @4CYYC. #OWCattle100#womeninfilm Tix: https://t.co/sF8CiseDxO
Discover The Paper Trail collection at UBC Library, a digital archive of identity papers known as Chinese Immigration (C.I.) certificates created through Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act. https://t.co/lsKvtl7NGi
Join author & literary historian @ShaunMHunter for a walk to two of Winnifred Eaton's many Calgary addresses with a window into her storied life in the city she came to call home. Co-sponsors: @HumanitiesYYC @ChinookCH Register at https://t.co/1QSoAdf9nL #OWCattle100#YYCHeritage