“Shifting Environments in the Archives: Creating an Online Dion Boucicault Collection at the University of South Florida.”

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Abstract

The University of South Florida Libraries Special Collections is home to the Dion Boucicault Theatre Collection, one of the largest publicly accessible collections of Boucicault materials in the world. Born in Dublin, Boucicault was the most prominent playwright on the world stage during the years 1840-1880. Thanks to a generous seed grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, USF Libraries Special Collections was able to create a proof of concept for this online collection. In Spring 2018, work began on digitizing the majority of prompt books in the collection, providing diplomatic editions for each item, and including a clean transcript of each play. Soon, researchers will be able to see Boucicault's handwritten stage directions, corrections, annotations, and set designs while reading transcribed play scripts as they were actually performed.
This proposed session will describe the processes involved in making this transition to an online environment, including discussion of a potential collaboration with the University of Kent in the future.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2018
EventAmerican Conference for Irish Studies - Boston, MA
Duration: Jan 1 2019 → …

Conference

ConferenceAmerican Conference for Irish Studies
Period1/1/19 → …

Keywords

  • Irish Studies
  • Boucicault
  • Irish Drama

Disciplines

  • Arts and Humanities
  • American Studies
  • Celtic Studies
  • Digital Humanities
  • History

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