Event Title
"When Appetite Conquers Rigueur": Documenting the Historical Communication Network of Lady Victoria Welby (1837-1912)
Speaker Bio
Anna St.Onge is archivist in charge of Digital Projects and Outreach at the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University in Toronto. She holds a B.A. in History and Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Information Studies degree from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Archival Studies and Book History & Print Culture. Currently chair Archeion (a web-based repository of the province of Ontario's archival descriptions and virtual exhibits) she has published on the archival legacy of Dutch spiritual writer Henri Nouwen and Canadian writer Sheila Watson.
Abstract
This conference paper will outline my efforts to bring the intellectual work and extensive correspondence of self-educated philosopher, correspondent and English noblewoman Lady Victoria Welby (1837–1912) into the digital environment. Through the digitization and mapping of her extensive correspondence with some of the leading philosophers, semioticians, and personalities of Victorian England, I hope to demonstrate fresh patterns of understanding that will not only highlight Welby's role in the circulation of ideas and theories, but also lesser-explored aspects of her intellectual life. My objective with this pilot project is to generate an online resource that can be used by other scholars while providing rich, contextual metadata that will document the physical aspects of the documentary record and the provenance of the remnants of Welby's archives that remain and are housed at the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections.
"When Appetite Conquers Rigueur": Documenting the Historical Communication Network of Lady Victoria Welby (1837-1912)
This conference paper will outline my efforts to bring the intellectual work and extensive correspondence of self-educated philosopher, correspondent and English noblewoman Lady Victoria Welby (1837–1912) into the digital environment. Through the digitization and mapping of her extensive correspondence with some of the leading philosophers, semioticians, and personalities of Victorian England, I hope to demonstrate fresh patterns of understanding that will not only highlight Welby's role in the circulation of ideas and theories, but also lesser-explored aspects of her intellectual life. My objective with this pilot project is to generate an online resource that can be used by other scholars while providing rich, contextual metadata that will document the physical aspects of the documentary record and the provenance of the remnants of Welby's archives that remain and are housed at the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections.