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Final Report: 2020-2023 Inclusion Action Plan Musselman Library
Get PDFThis report documents Musselman Library\u27s accomplishments and progress made on the 2020 Inclusion Action Plan (IAP)
Musselman Library DEIB Strategic Plan 2024–2027
Get PDFMusselman Library approved its second Inclusion Action Plan in December 2020, for implementation in 2021–2024. To stay abreast of changing needs, the DEIB Committee has collaborated on an updated Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Strategic plan, which addresses what we see as the most pressing issues now and in the upcoming years.
The decision to create a new plan is based on changes at Gettysburg College, including a new Chief Diversity Officer and new institutional priorities and programs, as well as decreases in budget, staffing, enrollment, and tuition revenues.
Our focus will be on three strategic areas, as determined by a library staff survey that identified organizational needs and priorities. These are library accessibility; student belonging; and student wellbeing and satisfaction. Our aspirations for each are defined in terms of three S.M.A.R.T. goals—goals which are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely.
While building on existing ideals and practices, these focus areas address issues requiring more concentrated effort from us. They are not limited to the parameters of the present plan but are simply a more articulated and intentional version of the work we do every day
The Struggle for Empire in the Old Northwest Territory: The Fur Trade and Alliances on the Middle Ground
No full textThe Old Northwest Territory is a uniquely underserved area of American history. It stood at the intersection of several empires, each of whom often viewed it as something desirable only when hoping to keep it from falling into the hands of their rivals. Indigenous and creole people lived and died in those spaces, using the fur trade as a means for survival while they navigated between Imperial overlords. This work endeavors to build on existing academic scholarship, fill some gaps therein regarding where this topic fits into the bigger picture, and hopefully inspire others’ interest in doing further research. This work engages with extant secondary scholarship to examine the role of alliances, kinship, and the economics of the fur trade in this remote region of the North American frontier during European colonization. We can hope to understand how the success or failure of Imperial policy hinged on the adaptation or resistance of existing alliances and kinship networks to it. This work hopes to explain why many interior Indian tribes remained loyal to the British for decades after the Revolutionary War and were willing to fight with them against the Americans during the War 1812. Primary sources such as Territorial Papers, State Collections, American State Papers, and firsthand accounts provide a window into events that occurred in the timeline of this dissertation. This work examines the American, British, and French government’s administrative policies towards its own colonies and towards Indigenous peoples, viewing the chronology of events to determine cause and effect. The best analysis is that relationships dictated the success or failure of administrative systems on the Middle Ground until one state actor gained the power to impose its will on a multicultural frontier. Alliances with the French, Spanish, and British failed to save the Indigenous population from American hegemon
The Markings of Argentine Chinatown: Stereotypes, Hybridisation and ‘Invasion’
No full textVisual landscapes mark location and representation. When considering Argentine Chinatown, its visual markings reflect stereotypic Chinese elements, hybridisation with local culture, and the ‘invasion’ of space. These visuals help locate and ‘authenticate’ the place, thereby legitimising tourists’ gaze. They also provide clues to its past and future direction. Visual landscapes are not only aesthetic place-markers but are also the embodiment of that space
The Americans With Disabilities Act in the Borderlands
Get PDFDuring the twentieth century, the United States federal government claimed to be working in partnership with Indigenous governments. However, it neither sufficiently ensured that Indigenous people were protected to the same extent as settlers nor fully released Indigenous governments to create their own protections. The results of this dynamic can be seen through examining civil rights legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Although settler disability historians have tended to view the ADA as a unifying success, it did not legally or culturally account for disabled Indigenous people living on Indigenous land within the United States
Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit
No full textThis is the first ever book on Rahel Szalit (1888–1942), one of the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin. Szalit was a sought-after illustrator and painter who was murdered in the Holocaust and was all but lost to history. Szalit’s fascinating life demonstrates how women artists gained access to Jewish and avant-garde movements by experimenting with different media and genres. Drawing on a range of sources from 35 archives in 7 countries (Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Israel, and the US), this biography recovers Szalit’s life and presents a representative collection of her art, bringing Szalit into the larger conversation about Jewish artists, Expressionism, and modern art.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1199/thumbnail.jp