MITH Archives

Archives is the place to look for projects and other materials MITH is no longer actively supporting. We will be ready to open the Archives for public access soon.

  • Reading at Risk

    Reading at Risk icon Quicktime movie clips filmed during the “Reading at Risk” panel discussion held at the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Library in the Fall of 2004, sponsored by MITH and the Department of English.

    Released in July 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts’ “Reading at Risk” report garnered widespread attention for its dramatic and troubling findings, chief among which were that there has been a documented 10% national decline in “literary reading” since 1982, with the drop-off even more precipitous among younger age groups.

  • Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Slam

    Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Slam icon An archive of the Quicktime movie clips filmed during the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Slam, an event featured at Maryland Day, 2004. The event was sponsored by MITH and the David C. Driskell Center.

     

  • Hughes@100

    Hughes@100 icon Links to video excerpts of these MITH-sponsored events in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s most impactful literary forces.

    MITH’s archive contains the original website and quicktime video files of the Hughes Poetry Slam, held in 2002 and sponsored by MITH, Borders Books & Music, the David C. Driskell Center, the Committee on Africa and the Americas, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

  • A Queer Decade

    Queer Decade icon A Queer Decade is a Spring Lecture Series sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program. MITH’s archive features links into the video galleries of both 2003 and 2004’s guest lecturers. All videos are presented in Quicktime format.

     

  • Rethinking the Americas Teaching History

    Rethinking the Americas icon Rethinking the Americas Teaching History was an educational outreach project created as a collaboration between the University of Maryland’s Department of History, the David C. Driskell Center, and Montgomery County Public Schools. This three-year project was designed to enrich teachers’ understanding of history, and improve student learning among Montgomery County middle and high schools.

  • University Slots, Maryland Day 2004

    University Slots icon “Education costs, but education pays!”

    Featured at MITH on Maryland Day 2004, this application features MITH’s projects as items on a slot machine, giving everyone the chance to try their luck at the costs and payoffs of education. (This application may not be supported by certain browsers)