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The Story of the Stuff: Issues in Temporary Memorial Preservation Main MenuWhat Are Temporary Memorials?A DefinitionThe Problem of Temporary MemorialsEssential Questions to BeginCase StudiesCase Studies IntroductionTexas A&M & the Bonfire Memorabilia CollectionCase StudySandy Hook Elementary & the Story of the StuffCase StudyFurther StudyQuestions & Recommended ReadingsAshley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5Self-Reliant Film
Virginia Tech & the April 16th Condolence Archive
12015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb560701Case Studyplain1603612015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5On April 16, 2007, a lone gunman killed 32 people and wounded 17 in two separate attacks on the Virginia Tech campus. The incident remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
The outpouring of grief from around the world was swift and overwhelming. As news of the tragedy spread rapidly online, people began sending their condolences to Blacksburg in the form of teddy bears, cards, homemade objects, and any other expressions meant to give comfort to those affected by the shooting. The university was inundated with an unprecedented amount of material.
Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist at Virginia Tech, led the initiative to catalog and preserve the objects received.
12015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5A Module for Library and Information Science StudentsAshley Maynor4Homeplain2015-09-16T17:20:52-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5
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12015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Charlene Kirkpatrickaaff0b465fe57dd3461d61c03aca4d2b62978844Virginia Tech Collection1About the 4/16 Collectionplain2015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5
12015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Charlene Kirkpatrickaaff0b465fe57dd3461d61c03aca4d2b62978844Archives as Memorials?1Spaces of Memory & Memorializationplain2015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Ashley Maynor5adce0171052a8cc24f02b7c0a0c96951154dfb5
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12015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00Interview with Tamara Kennelly1An interview with Tamara Kennelly, university archivist at Virginia Tech about the April 16th Condolence Archive. Supplement to the web documentary The Story of the Stuff.plain2015-09-16T17:17:22-07:00
