Local Mining Culture and Digital Humanities Methodologies

Why does it matter? -- Revisited

When analyzing works such as the Maxwell Collection, the question is often asked again and again what the significance is of such a small snippit of culture. The Maxwell Collection is anything but a small example of a larger society. This exhibit puts forth three arguments about this collection:
  1. The Maxwell collection is a microcosm, simply a proportionally smaller version of the larger society taking place around it.
  2. The Maxwell collection focuses its efforts onto the people involved, and their larger humanity.
  3. Finally, and arguably most significantly, the Collection shows this specifics District's attempts to better itself and provide for its workers.
When these arguments are set forth and understood, it becomes clear that the Maxwell Collection provides a small glimpse into the 1920s society that was present, and allows for an understanding of human nature: including wants and needs, in that same society.

*Exhibit composed by Tyler Breedlove with gracious access to the Maxwell Collection given by Deborah White and Pittsburg State University*

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