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In
a typical finding aid, the Creator Note would encompass a
brief overview of the nature of the creating entity and serve
to provide a larger context for the Scope and Content Note
which is to follow. It is certainly true that this collection
is far from typical, and so it is with this Creator Note,
which will be of only marginal specificity.
For
this collection, that lack of specificity is due in large
part to the desire of one of the key creators of this cultural
assemblage to remain anonymous. He has chosen to do so for
reasons which he has not chosen to share, beyond a note which
can be found at UA 01-021:1.9 (transcript)
and UA 01-021:4.4 (original). He was only made known to us
as he monitored the process of our original recovery of artifacts
at the Arch site, and our relocation of some of those artifacts
to a display area in the lobby of the Ilah Dunlop Little Memorial
Library.
Beyond
that observation, it can fairly be stated that this collective
artifact is the creation of dozens of individuals from the
communities of the University and the city and surrounding
areas as well. Some of these individuals have chosen to identify
themselves, while others remain anonymous. It is in keeping
with the nature of the collection that who the creators are
remains a less important issue than what they had to say about
how they were coping with the events of September 11th. Ultimately,
the sentiments expressed in this assemblage of artifacts establish
the presence of a community of people bound together in fear
and sadness, and ultimately, hope and resolve.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
COLLECTION NOTE
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