New curator for Blockson Collection named
Construction to begin soon on improved, larger space in Sullivan Hall
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Turner
| After a nine-month national search, historian and archivist Diane D. Turner has been named the next curator of Temple's renowned Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, one of the nation's foremost university-based collections of African-American prints, photographs, slave narratives, manuscripts, letters and other materials. |
The WPSU Penn State production “Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson” shares the stories behind Blockson’s rare African, African-American and Caribbean-American collections.
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Renowned collector to be celebrated during WPSU documentary advance screening
November 30, 2015
Renowned collector to be celebrated during WPSU documentary advance screening
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The life work of a renowned activist, historian, author and collector of African-American artifacts will be celebrated during a special WPSU Penn State documentary screening event beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium.
“Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson” — a WPSU Penn State production — shares the stories behind Blockson’s rare African, African-American and Caribbean-American collections, which include books, magazines, photographs, manuscripts, sheet music, postcards, record albums and artifacts dating back to the 16th century.
The event — which is free and open to the public — will feature an advance screening of the documentary, a Q&A session with WPSU Penn State producer and director Cheraine Stanford, and a tour of the special collections room. Registration is required for the limited-seating event and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis at wpsu.org/Blockson.
“The only way to improve ourselves is to understand people of all races — their history, their contribution to the country and to the world,” Blockson said in the documentary. “Knowledge belongs to the world and my experience with books … should be passed on.”
Blockson, a 1956 Penn State graduate and member of the University’s football and track and field teams, began collecting artifacts at 9 years old. In 1984, the Philadelphia-area native donated his first collection to Temple University before later endowing Penn State with a unique collection in 2008. The Charles L. Blockson Collection of African-Americana and the African Diaspora is located on the third floor of the Pattee Library.
The WPSU-TV premiere of “Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson” will air at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21. The documentary will be available at wpsu.org/Blockson following the premiere.
“Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson” — a WPSU Penn State production — shares the stories behind Blockson’s rare African, African-American and Caribbean-American collections, which include books, magazines, photographs, manuscripts, sheet music, postcards, record albums and artifacts dating back to the 16th century.
The event — which is free and open to the public — will feature an advance screening of the documentary, a Q&A session with WPSU Penn State producer and director Cheraine Stanford, and a tour of the special collections room. Registration is required for the limited-seating event and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis at wpsu.org/Blockson.
"Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson"
The WPSU Penn State documentary screening of "Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson" will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 at the University's Paterno Library.
Blockson, a 1956 Penn State graduate and member of the University’s football and track and field teams, began collecting artifacts at 9 years old. In 1984, the Philadelphia-area native donated his first collection to Temple University before later endowing Penn State with a unique collection in 2008. The Charles L. Blockson Collection of African-Americana and the African Diaspora is located on the third floor of the Pattee Library.
The WPSU-TV premiere of “Holding History: The Collections of Charles L. Blockson” will air at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21. The documentary will be available at wpsu.org/Blockson following the premiere.
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