unprecedented: a campus community reflects on life in pandemic

MISSION:

The mission of the University of Michigan-Dearborn Covid-19 Archive is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the individual and institutional experiences of our campus community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Understanding not only the struggles people went through, but their achievements, and the ways the campus came together as a community to accomplish day-to-day tasks as well as unimaginable challenges.

 

GOALS:

  • To encourage that the materials collected by the University of Michigan-Dearborn community related to the Covid-19 pandemic are well organized and easily accessible.
  • To ensure that the collected materials are discoverable and to encourage their use for teaching and research purposes.
  • To produce digital and physical exhibitions that highlight the collected materials.

 

 

SUBMISSIONS:

The Mardigian Library encourages students, staff, and faculty to contribute records of their personal experiences to the archive. Submissions can include, but are not limited to:

  • Stories
  • Poems
  • Essays
  • Journal Entries
  • Blog Entries
  • Short Films
  • Flyers
  • Photos
  • Newsletters
  • Original Music
  • Social Media Posts/Memes
  • Syllabi
  • Assignments
  • Recorded Lectures
  • Emails
  • Signage (e.g. social distancing, hand washing)
  • Artwork including digital drawings, videos, images of 3-D artwork

 

Contribute to the archive