Development of a Course Assignment Using the Labadie Collection
Academic Year:
2013 - 2014 (June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014)
Funding Requested:
$500.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
This application seeks funding for research assistance using the Joseph A. Labadie Collection. In the course, Sex, Sexuality & Public Policy (WS/Psych 394) students are asked to design a set of advocacy materials that would educate and persuade a policy maker about a topic of interest to the student. The Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan houses a large array of excellent historical examples of these kinds of materials from the 20th century, including political pamphlets, posters, and placards. The funds from the Instructional Grant would be used to pay for research assistance to find and catalog these examples for regular use in this course. There would be several useful outcomes from this archival research: a graduate student would develop a set of instructional materials using this collection and develop expertise using archival methods. Secondly, students in the course (75 students each year) would be exposed to the Labadie Collection, as well as the importance of using archival materials to think about contemporary politics.