Trent S Purdy

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• Purdy, T. S., & Jenkins, J. L. (2020). AV Archaeology: Excavating Film in University Special Collections. The Moving Image, 19(1 (released April 2020)), 101-108. doi:https://doi.org/10.5749/movingimage.19.1.0101
• Duncan, L. E., & Purdy, T. S. (2019). Poets, Pioneers, Sci Fi Authors and Arctic Explorers?!: Deaccessioning Audiovisual Materials in the Archives. Journal of Western Archives.
• Purdy, T. S., & Jenkins, J. L. (2019). A-V Archaeology: Excavating Film in University Special Collections. The Moving Image, 18.2, 15.
• Purdy, T. S. (2018). Case Studies in Campus and Community Outreach: The USS Arizona and the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. Journal of Western Archives, 9(1), 18.
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  December 7, 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the USS Arizona. The University of Arizona Special Collections Library holds a large archive documenting the life of the ship and her crew. To commemorate this anniversary, Special Collections curated an exhibit highlighting materials from the collection and a complete refresh of an existing digital collection that was built in the mid 1990’s.This case study discusses the unique collaborations and partnerships forged by Special Collections with the University of Arizona Athletics Department, University of Arizona Creatives Service & Brand Management Department, and campus and local groups to raise awareness of the exhibit and collection to campus, local, and national communities with emphasis given to promotion via traditional and social media outlets.

Presentations

• Purdy, T. S., & Duncan, L. (2023, May 13). Stewardship of Oral Histories . Conference of Intermountain Archivists Annual Conference. Logan, Utah: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
• Purdy, T. S., Jim, K., Laura Palmer, B., Sarah, J., & Gordon, D. (2023, November 14). Mentoring and Advice for Early-Career Archivists.. Conference of Intermountain Archivists Fall Caucus. Virtual: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
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  Moderated panel discussion at Conference of Intermountain Archivists Fall Caucus.
• Purdy, T. S. (2022, July). Audiovisual and Oral History Archives. Borderlab Summer Institute Workshop. University of Arizona Special Collections: National Endowment for the Humanities / UA Confluence Center.
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  This workshop detailed the best ways to document and preserve physical and digital materials as well as the process of designing media release forms. 
• Purdy, T. S. (2022, November). Ford Foundation Archival Consultation Workshop: Preservation Audiovisual Materials . Ford Foundation Archival Consultation Workshop. Zoom: Ford Foundation / University of Arizona Special Collections Library.
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  Best practices for stewarding audiovisual and oral history materials.  
• Purdy, T. S., & Howard, A. D. (2022, May). The Films of Andrew Ellicott Douglass: Astronomer, Archaeologist, and Father of Tree Ring Dating. 2022 Conference of Intermountain Archivists Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
• Purdy, T. S., Harry, B., Rose-Steed, M., & White, A. (2022, May). Stewarding Audiovisual Materials in the Archive. 2022 Conference of Intermountain Archivists Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
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  Panel discussion with AV archivists from archives located in intermountain region. I presented but also moderated the session. 
• Purdy, T. S. (2021, October). The Films of Andrew Ellicott Douglass: Astronomer, Archaeologist, and Father of Tree-Ring Dating”. 2021 Conference of Intermountain Archivists Fall Caucus. Online: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
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  Presentation on A.E. Douglass motion picture digitization project funded by the CLIR Recordings at Risk grant.
• Purdy, T. S., & Howard, A. D. (2021, July). Archival Crossings: Oral History at the Intersections of US Immigration Crises Past and Present. 2021 Annual Conference of the Oral History Society: Oral History and the Media. Online / United Kingdom: Oral History Society.
• Purdy, T. S., & Howard, A. D. (2021, October). The Films of Andrew Ellicott Douglass: Astronomer, Archaeologist, and Father of Tree-Ring Dating”. THE FILMS OF ANDREW ELLICOTT DOUGLASS: ASTRONOMER, ARCHAEOLOGIST, AND FATHER OF TREE-RING DATING (VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION). Online: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
• Purdy, T. S. (2020, November). The Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona Exhibit. Arizona Libraries Association Annual Conference. Online: Arizona Libraries Association.
• Purdy, T. S. (2019, Fall). Stewardship of Oral history recordings at UA Special Collections. Oral History Association Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah: Oral History Association.
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  Presentation included in Curating the Voices of the Grand Canyon State:Arizona’s Archival Community and the Challengesof Oral History Collections panel.
• Purdy, T. S., & Duncan, L. (2019, Sprin). Archives Month, the Southern Archives Month events and programming. ARIZONA ARCHIVES SUMMIT XI. Tempe History Museum.
• Purdy, T. S., & Rose-Steed, M. (2019, Summer). Audiovisual Materials in the Archive. Conference of Intermountain Archivists / Society of Southwest Archivists Joint Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ: Conference of Intermountain Archivists / Society of Southwest Archivists.
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  From selection and appraisal to preservation and access (and beyond!) audiovisual materials pose unique challenges and opportunities to archivists. This pop-up session facilitates discussion amongst colleagues about the multifaceted challenges posed by responsible stewardship of time-based media, including but not limited to appraisal, preservation, digitization, and access. Colleagues are encouraged to share specifics regarding successful and innovative projects, programs, workflows, and solutions developed at their institutions.I was on paternity leave and could not attend session. Molly Rose-Steed moderated the session in my absence.
• Purdy, T. S. (2018, May, 24). AV Workflows in the Archvies, "Workflows in the Archive" Panel. Conference of Intermountain Archivists. Salt Lake City, Utah: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
• Purdy, T. S. (2018, Spring). The Ken Wolfgang Collection: Films in Time. Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 39th Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM: Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.
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  Travelogue films presented popular travel destinations and tourist attractions to captivated audiences throughout the United States. Filmmaker Ken Wolfgang produced travelogues between 1958-1982 that documented a breadth of regions and their cultures ranging from Mexico, Thailand, Japan, India, Singapore, Austria, and the American southwest desert. With these films, Wolfgang strove to document the cultural perspective of his subjects without reinforcing the negative stereotypes of foreign cultures held by members of contemporary American culture. This presentation examines the travelogue films of Ken Wolfgang in which the filmmaker strove to avoid traditional tourist highlights which most travelogue films documented, and instead sought to provide insightful perspectives into the lives' of the film's subjects.Ken Wolfgang’s collection of films and papers were donated to the University of Arizona Special Collections Library in 2012 and were quickly made available to researchers via traditional archival processing practices as well as a digital exhibit. Archivists successfully collaborated with faculty from the English Department to provide students from a graduate level English class to access content from this exhibit to compose essays, which they presented at an end of the semester symposium held at Special Collections. This presentation discusses the challenges that processing a large film collection posed to the archive and steps taken to remediate them as well as the successful collaboration between archivists and English faculty to embed primary source materials within class curriculum. The presentation also discusses the presentation of travelogue films as a unique form of performance art, and the enthusiastic community that provided exhibition outlets for this unique and often overlooked genre.
• Purdy, T. S., Johnson, K., & Steed, M. R. (2018, May, 24). Audio in the Archive: MPLP, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and Access, Panel member. Conference of Intermountain Archivists. Salt Lake City, UT: Conference of Intermountain Archivists.
• Purdy, T. S., Lassere, M., & Sanchez, A. R. (2018, March). Ethical Practices for Indigenous Archival Materials. Ethics & Archiving the Web. New York, New York: Rhizome.
• Purdy, T. S. (2017, January). Case Studies in Campus and Community Outreach: The USS Arizona and the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. Arizona Archives Alliance Summit. Tempe History Museum: Arizona Archives Alliance.
• Purdy, T. S. (2017, May, 2017). Case Studies in Campus and Community Outreach: The USS Arizona and the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Conference of Intermountain Archivists / Northwest Archivists Joint Conference. Boise, Idaho: The Conference of Intermountain Archivists / Northwest Archivists.
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  December 7, 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the USS Arizona. The University of Arizona Special Collections Library holds a large archive documenting the life of the ship and her crew. To commemorate this anniversary, Special Collections curated an exhibit highlighting materials from the collection and a complete refresh of an existing digital collection that was built in the mid 1990’s.This session will discuss unique collaborations and partnerships forged by Special Collections with the campus Athletics Department, Navy ROTC, and local groups to raise awareness of the exhibit and collection to campus, local, and national communities with emphasis given to promotion via traditional and social media outlets. In addition, we will discuss the process, tools and impacts of updating an existing 20-year-old static digital exhibit to a new dynamic site befitting of a landmark anniversary.This session will encourage archivists to pursue unique and innovate collaborations with campus units and community groups to foster outreach and promotion of archival exhibits and collections. The session discusses how traditional media outlets and social media were used effectively to promote the mission of the archive and it holdings.Participants will also learn the processes, tools and impacts of updating an existing digital exhibit to improve access and discoverability of unique primary source materials.This session is targeted to participants at all stages in their career, from the ILS Graduate student to the tenured faculty archivist. The session is designed to encourage participants to explore new avenues of collaboration, promotion, outreach, and innovate processes and tools to improve the effectiveness of archival digital exhibits.
• Purdy, T. S. (2016, January). The Great Soul Trial. Arizona Archives Summit. Tempe History Museum, Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State Library.
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  Presentation that discusses the scholarly research value of the Great Soul Trial Collection (MS 542).

Poster Presentations

• Purdy, T. S., & Duncan, L. E. (2020, November 18). Accessioning audiovisual materials at the University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections. Association of Moving Image Archivists annual meeting. Virtual: Association of Moving Image Archivists.
• Purdy, T. S. (2016, May). Implementing the Tag to Increase Access to Digital Exhibits. Conference of Intermountain Archivists. Ogden, Utah.
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  Poster presented at Conference of Intermountain Archivists annual conference in Ogden, Utah, May 12, 2016. Poster describes the implementation of the tag within EAD XML finding aids to embed images and audio within online finding aids to increase accessibility and discoverability of archival primary source materials

Reviews

• Purdy, T. S. (2019. Review of Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists(p. 2).
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Others

• Purdy, T. S. (2017, April). Dennis DeConcini – A Life of Service. Dennis DeConcini – A Life of Service Event, UA Special Collections.
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  Exhibit of primary source materials held in Dennis DeConcini Papers (MS 399).
• Purdy, T. S. (2017, March). December 7, 1941 -- “A Day That Will Live In Infamy”. Tucson Festival of Books.
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  Exhibit displaying primary source materials housed at UA Special Collections documenting December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Purdy, T. S. (2017, March). Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona. Tucson Festival of Books.
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  Exhibit displaying primary source materials housed at UA Special Collections that document Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona.
• Purdy, T. S., & Diaz, J. (2016, August-December). The Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona Exhibit. University of Arizona. http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/life-and-legacy-uss-arizona
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  I was the co-curator of the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona Exhibit. For this exhibit I conducted extensive research to curate materials to construct the exhibit which commemorated the 75th anniversary of that tragic event and honors the 1177 crewmen and officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. The extensive USS Arizona Collection, which has been created primarily from donations of individuals associated with the battleship during her 26-year life, was the source of exhibit content. The exhibit displayed original photographs, papers, scrapbooks, documents, and memorabilia, such as the ship’s newspaper, official Navy documents, and crew correspondence. Also included were oral histories with men who served on the ship, materials that document the USS Arizona Memorial, papers from The USS Arizona Reunion Association, and the story about the USS Arizona Bell that hangs in the Student Union Memorial Center. I conducted twenty interviews with local and national news outlets, including KUAZ, KOLD, KVOA, The Arizona Daily Star, The Arizona Republic, PAC-12 Network, CSPAN 3, and CBS Nightly News to promote scholarly use of exhibit and related USS Arizona Collection (AZ 517) and the mission of the Special Collections and the University of Arizona Library to a local and national audience. I collaborated with the University of Arizona Athletics Department to design a commemorative uniform that Incorporated primary source materials from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona Exhibit that was worn by the University of Arizona Football Team during the home opening game against the University of Hawaii on September 17, 2016. Examples of exhibit media coverage:http://www.kvoa.com/clip/12701202/private-viewing-of-uss-arizona-exhibithttps://www.c-span.org/video/?418036-1/uss-arizona-special-collectionshttp://www.kvoa.com/clip/12701202/private-viewing-of-uss-arizona-exhibithttps://www.c-span.org/video/?418036-1/uss-arizona-special-collectionsI lead numerous guided tours for campus and community groups to promote The Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona Exhibit and to promote scholarly use of exhibit and related USS Arizona Collection (AZ 517) and the mission of the Special Collections and the University of Arizona Library.
• Purdy, T. S., Harrison, M., & Francis, J. (2016, November). We Remember and Honor the USS Arizona. USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, HI.
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  Conducted research, provided surrogates of primary source materials held in the USS Arizona Collection (AZ 517), and Co-authored text with members of the UA Athletics Department and UA Creative Services and Brand Management Department for an exhibit installation that discussed the UA and state of Arizona's connection to the USS Arizona and honored the sailors that served and lost their lives at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.