Teaching with Primary Sources

A group of students sit at tables arranged in a large circle and closely examine paper documents.

Fall Semester Instruction in Special Collections
Nov 24, 2025

As the semester winds down, Special Collections staff are looking back and taking account of our instruction activity this fall. We welcomed 26 classe...

Willard Watson III teaching during a class visit to the Special Collections Research Center

“The Life and Music of Doc Watson” class visits Special Collections
Sep 9, 2025

This semester, students in the First Year Seminar course, “The Life and Music of Doc Watson,” visited the Special Collections Research Center on A...

Alternate Special Collections Instruction during a Pandemic

Special Collections Instruction during a Pandemic: Fall 2020
Nov 23, 2020

This semester, I delivered remote instruction about Special Collections Research Center materials.  Just how do you do that, when one of the most...