Back to Finding Aids

Halifax Exhibit collection

Project files related to the development and promotion of the Halifax Explosion Centennial Online Exhibit.

SHARE

Creator:

Susanna Coit

Date Range:

2017

Call Number:

AG158

Abstract:

This collection includes materials used in the development of the Halifax Explosion Centennial Online Exhibit as well as marketing materials and selected correspondence.

Extent:

.25 linear feet

Language:

English

Processed by:

Susanna Coit, 2017

Biographical/Historical notes:

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, the Archives and Research Library staff curated an online exhibit about Edward E. Allen’s involvement in the relief efforts. The exhibit called for a re-evaluation and review of the Halifax Disaster Collection (AG71) and other materials in the collections. In addition to an online exhibit, the entire Halifax Disaster Collection was digitized during the project and made available on the Internet Archive. Newly discovered clippings were added to a Flickr album. The exhibit was shared on social media and featured in a Boston Globe article.

Restrictions:

Correspondence (B1:F7) is restricted pending review by the Archivist.

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Perkins School for the Blind, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Credit line/Citation:

AG158 The Halifax Explosion Centennial Online Exhibit Project File. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Scope/Contents:

The collection documents the development and launch of the Halifax Explosion Online Exhibit. It includes notes related to content creation, research completed, and the development of the website. Correspondence includes discussions of content development, website development, and marketing of the online exhibit. Formats include handwritten and typed notes, printed e-mail correspondence, annotated photocopied material from AG71 (Halifax Disaster Collection), and other printed materials. The dates of the photocopied materials from AG71 (Halifax Disaster Collection) range from 1917 to 1919. Included book excerpts and other printed materials are dated 1939, 1940, and 2008.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 9 folders. When possible, materials within the folders are arranged chronologically.

AG71 Halifax Disaster Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Halifax Disaster Collection on the Internet Archive

Halifax Disaster Collection Clippings Album on Flickr

The Halifax Explosion Centennial Online Exhibit

Container List:

Box: 1

  • B1:F1: Finding Aids
  • B1:F2: Image Permission
  • B1:F3: Copies of Collection Items (with notes, used for reference)
  • B1:F4: Articles and Book Excerpts
  • B1:F5: Notes
  • B1:F6: Meetings
  • B1:F7: Correspondence
  • B1:F8: Media
  • B1:F9: Print out of online exhibit

Provenance:

Perkins School for the Blind

Subject headings:

  • Perkins School for the Blind–History
  • Allen, Edward E. (Edward Ellis), 1861-1950
  • Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
  • Halifax School for the Blind–History
  • Fraser, F.C. (Frederick Charles), 1880-1963
  • Halifax Relief Commission

Explore more resources from the Archives

Learn more about our collections, including digitized materials, and resources related to the history of Perkins School for the Blind and the history of education for people with blindness or deafblindness.

Visit the Perkins Archives page