Ep051 about arts, performance, and archives.

Colleen Quigley holds a Masters degree specializing in Archives from University of Toronto and is Acting Head of Archives and Special Collections at Memorial Libraries. Her primary responsibilities include managing the vast treasures of the division’s Performing Arts Collection, which included North...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jarvis, Dale
Other Authors: Quigley, Colleen
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/688
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Summary:Colleen Quigley holds a Masters degree specializing in Archives from University of Toronto and is Acting Head of Archives and Special Collections at Memorial Libraries. Her primary responsibilities include managing the vast treasures of the division’s Performing Arts Collection, which included North America’s largest online performing arts poster collection. In addition to archival work Colleen is also a trained dancer, with a degree from York University, who performs and choreographs regularly. We discuss how Colleen started working with archives, her work with ANLA and a dance think tank which moved Colleen into the archives world, her work with the Archives and Special Collections at Memorial University including their poster collection, the STAGE project, and some of Colleen’s favourite collections.