Date of Award

12-2017

Access Control

Open Access

Degree Name

Museum Studies, M.A.

Department

History and Social Studies Education Department

Advisor

Nancy S. Weekly, M.A., Burchfield Penney Instructor of Museum Studies and Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center

First Reader

Nancy S. Weekly, M.A., Burchfield Penney Instructor of Museum Studies and Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center

Second Reader

Noelle Wiedemer, M.A., Lecturer of History and Social Studies Education

Abstract

The purpose of this master’s project thesis is to explore and implement the necessary professional museum practices to care for and preserve the private Vietnam War-era slide collection of Kenneth L. Swain Jr., an Air Force veteran. Through museum practices presented by leading museum professionals, the slide collection was examined and a plan implemented for slide care and maintenance. In conjunction with the preservation of this slide collection, an exhibition was curated in honor of Swain’s unique photo-documentary slide collection.

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