1 10 1 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/8ae48d85b1a646c3feccf802bab8c257.pdf c939354cf7b161e4d15d85a3606bb01b PDF Text Text 1 Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Fall 2025 Humanities Festival Traveling Exhibit Development Process Hanz Olson, Librarian and Archivist Overview and Credits: • • • • Location: Natrona County Public Library Proposed Date of Installation: Start install on September 17th and 18th Length of Exhibit after Install: September 27 through October 24 Client-partners: Casper College Humanities Festival and Natrona County Public Library Development Team • • • Curators: Hanz Olson (librarian and archivist) and Hannah Baldwin (CC Biology graduate and UW-C Biology archivist assistant) Project Manager: Hanz Olson Exhibit Developers: Hanz Olson and Hannah Baldwin o Exhibit Designers: Hanz Olson, Hannah Baldwin, and Eddie Siebert (Casper College English major and Arts and Humanities institutional repository assistant) Goals and Objectives: Launch a successful contribution to the 2025 Humanities Festival in the form of an engaging traveling exhibit that aligns and creates avenues for connecting with stakeholders and visitors. Interpretive Master Plan: • Stakeholders Casper College Humanities Festival Committee, the Goodstein Foundation Library and its Western History Center, the Natrona County Public Library, collection donors, and Casper and outside communities. Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �2 • • Big Ideas External Stakeholders Provide a sampling or archival materials and promote reflective questions through the curatorial use of the Casper College Archives by showcasing efforts made at o Capturing Casper College o Archiving Faculty Interests and Pursuits o Connecting College Life and Wyoming Culture External Artifacts: o Question response forms Internal Stakeholders Model Casper College values through the work of developing the exhibit. o Integrity – Hard work, accountability, trust, open communication, and respect o People – Growth, support, personal development, and positive relationships o Diversity – Thought, culture, and experience o Forward Thinking – Intentional, innovative, and sustainable planning in the pursuit of excellence o Community – Partnership and service Internal Artifacts o Documentation of exhibit packages in Western History Center Materials Pulled for Request and Exhibits Log o Published Exhibit Development Process Document Smithsonian-based Anticipated Audience Preferences (IPOPs): The following IPOPs are applicable to the 2025 Humanities Festival traveling exhibit: • • Ideas: “Visitors seeking conceptual and abstract thinking” o Archiving Faculty Interests and Pursuits People: “Visitors seeking emotional connections” o Archiving Faculty Interests and Pursuits o Capturing Casper College o Connecting College Life and Wyoming Culture Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �3 • • Objects: “Visitors seeking visual language and aesthetics” o Archiving Faculty Interests and Pursuits o Capturing Casper College o Connecting College Life and Wyoming Culture Physical: “Visitors seeking multi-sensory experiences” o Connections to digital resources and learning experiences (in-person and/or remote digital) o Incorporation of selected leather, metal, technology, Thunderbird mascot, and wooden objects Interpretive Hierarchy: • • • • Title (label-poster with big ideas): Traveling Gallery Highlighting the Archiving of Casper College and Wyoming Culture Big Idea: Featuring a process of restoring what it means to archive an institution backward from a constantly revolving exhibit space at its doorstep. Key Messages: The archives of an institution start with but also incorporate broader communities. Interpretive Tools: o Objects o Thunderbird mascot trappings o Typewriter and gloves of Margert Demorest’s o Slide scanner o Old library cataloging equipment o Casper College mugs o Wyoming Mountaineers equipment o Images o Public Relations Department o Interactives o No audio or visual materials at this time but Digital and Institutional Repository QR codes and reflective question response forms will be included. Capturing Casper College ▪ Casper College Life ▪ Photographs of President Tilghman H. Aley ▪ Thunderbird Rodeo Archiving Faculty Interests and Pursuits Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �4 • • Norman Weiss Manuscripts Margaret Demorest’s Annotated Shakespeare Sonnets Connecting College Life and Wyoming Culture • College Life and Wyoming Culture digital page (more information on landing forthcoming) o Reflective question forms (see Assessment and Engagement below) o Text o Public Relations Department Publication(s) o Margaret Demorest Papers o Faculty Manuscripts and Publications Exhibit Launch Road Map: Put together the following “packages” for curation in the atrium-gallery of the NCPL: • • • • Assessment Package Digital Curation Package Engagement Package Physical Curation Package Assessment and Engagement: • • • Requests to research faculty papers sign-up Requests to research Public Relations Campus and Buildings and College Life record groups Responses to reflective questions embedded in the exhibit o Where do you find the most play in capturing Casper College? Possible responses: ▪ Athletics ▪ The classroom ▪ College life ▪ The theater o In your mind, what are the characteristics of a life project? Possible responses: ▪ Being in the moment ▪ Finding the key to self-actualization and life-long learning ▪ Creating a record of your beliefs, convictions, and values Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �5 • ▪ A combination of all of the above o Have you discovered a connection between Casper College Life and Wyoming Culture in this exhibit? If so, let us know what the connection is! Label with link to Museum/ Gallery Studies webpage in the last exhibit case Concept Design: The Concept Design included identifying the follow focus panels. Focus panels are the equivalent of the exhibits overarching and interwoven sections. The interpretive strategy of all panels is aligned with the incorporation of multiple interpretive tools as outlined by the Smithsonian. These are Objects, Images, Interactives, and Text. 1. Capturing Casper College Focus Panel • Interpretive tools: Objects, Images, Interactives, and Text • Reflective Question: Where do you find the most play in capturing Casper College? 2. Faculty Interests and Pursuits Focus Panel • Interpretive tools: Objects, Images, Interactives and Text • Reflective Question: o What is a life project based on to you? ▪ Being in the moment ▪ Finding the key to self-actualization and life-long learning ▪ Creating a record of my beliefs, convictions, and values ▪ A combination of all of the above • Exhibit Display Cases for Sonnet Writing o Looking at an example of a sonnet composed using words and images from the two Margaret Demorest and Humanities Festival display cases, viewers will have a chance to compose and send in a copy of their own sonnet using a line-by-line form. • Reading Room Faculty Papers Sign-up Form o Margaret Demorest o Norman Weiss 3. College Life and Wyoming Culture Focus Panel o Interpretive tools: Objects, Images, Interactives, and Text o Reflective Question Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �6 o Have you discovered a connection between Casper College Life and Wyoming Culture in this exhibit? If so, let us know what the connection was! Final Design Phase: o Final Packages o Exhibition Title Poster Label o Focus (section) Labels ▪ Capturing Casper College ▪ Showcasing Faculty Interests and Pursuits ▪ Discovering College Life and Wyoming Culture o Captions o Physical exhibit packages Measurements • • • • Front End o Western History Center Materials Pulled for Request and Exhibits Log Internal Formative Evaluation o Research request transactions (in-person or online) Internal Summative Assessment o Published Exhibit Development Process o Completed Western History Center Materials Pulled for Request and Exhibits Log Quantitative and Qualitative o Faculty Manuscripts and Publications Research Requests (Demorest and Weiss) o Responses to Reflective Questions • On-site or Digital Requests for Access • Responses to critical questions and exhibition via online forms: 1. Where do you find the most play in capturing Casper College? 2. In your mind, what are the characteristics of a life project? 3. Have you discovered a connection between Casper College Life and Wyoming Culture in this exhibit? If so, let us know what the connection is! Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 �7 Question QR Codes: 1. 2. 3. Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center 125 College Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82601 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center Exhibit Development Records Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource &nbsp;<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2025 Description An account of the resource This digital collection contains archival exhibit development records created by the Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library and Western History Center Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 04.ii..h.i.2025.02_ExhibitionDevelopmentProcesses Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fall 2025 Humanities Festival Traveling Exhibit Development Process Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2025 Description An account of the resource Archival exhibit development process for an exhibit on archiving Casper College and connecting Casper College to aspects of Wyoming Culture. This is exhibit was an extension of the College Life and Wyoming Culture Exhibit curated by Hannah Baldwin that is on semi-permanent display until its next iteration in the Goodstein Foundation Library. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 04.ii..h.i.2025.01_HumanitiesFestival-NCPL_EXDP Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Hanz Olson; Hannah Baldwin; Eddie Siebert