Kate Theimer

From its beginning, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918) was documented in photographs. The photographic record of the school was used to share with the wider world the progress and perceived successes of its process of assimilating Native American children and young adults, transforming them into "civilized" members of mainstream white American society. In their time, the images served their intended purposes: to promote the school, to create a brand, to aid in fundraising, and to capture a narrow perspective on student life. Today's viewers look at these photographs with different eyes, possessing greater knowledge and understanding of what Carlisle really represents to different audiences. The Carlisle Indian School: A Photographic History traces the history of the school through these images, exploring how photography can inform a basic understanding of what Carlisle meant to the culture of its time, and give an indication of the legacy it left for its students and their descendants, and for American culture today. Drawing on the latest scholarship and rich in images, this volume is a visually powerful introduction to the complex history of the first federally-managed off-reservation boarding school for Native Americans in the United States.

Between 2007 and 2017 the ArchivesNext blog was among the most influential sources of information for many archivists in the U. S. and beyond. The collection includes over fifty of the blog's seminal posts, covering topics such as the emerging use of social media by archives, participatory archives, and the definition of "archives." The collection includes guest posts by prominent archivists, as well as full content of two of the author's published articles. The social aspects of the blog, such as fundraising and capturing the humor of archivists on Twitter, are also included. This book provides a valuable snapshot of the currents of archival thinking during the past decade.