Academic Spaces in Digital ArchivesIn Class: Wednesday, September 27, 2017. May Sarton's The Small Room (1961) is a novel about the college experience from a professor's perspective. Sarton taught at Wellesley College from 1960-1964. Today we will investigate what the college was like in Sarton's time by searching Wellesley's digital repository. Working in small groups, you will pair at least one article, image, or advertisement from the newspapers with at least one quotation from the novel, drawing conclusions about why their similarities or differences matter. Paste your findings and record your observations in a Google Doc. We will share our responses at the end of class. You might discuss instances in which Sarton is mentioned or aspects of the novel of interest to you. Include a link to the issue that you cite as well as its date and publication information. What does browsing through the college newspaper teach you about the time period? How does it change your sense of the novel? What light does the novel shed on your navigation of the newspapers? These are questions you can consider as you browse and respond to your selections.
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