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Full listing > Accession MU2019/71| Accession # | MU2019/71 | | Topic | Sweet Life and Other Dying Matters | | Title | Day of the Dead | | Location | IS, Flat File, Drawer H, then by accession number | | Citation | Day of the Dead, MU2019/71, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Professor Beate Gilliar | | Scope and Content | Sweet Life and Other Dying Matters - seminar materials for 2018 and 2019, including student responses to the question, "How would you like to be remembered after you die?" | | Date of Accession | 05 November 2019 | | Bio History Note | This annual event began in 2018 upon the initiation of Professor Beate Gilliar, Professor Carlos Yanez (Arturo), along with the assistance of archivist, Jeanine Wine, and Library Directors, Jill Lichtsinn (2018) and Darla Haines (2019). Displays included one Mexican Day of the Dead altar by Professor Yanez, and a Manchester University altar depicting souls from Manchester's past (by archivist Jeanine Wine). A coffin was donated to the University by McKee Mortuary (North Manchester). Students were invited to experience the casket, by quiet contemplation, or by lying in the coffin and taking a "selfie." 
| | Archivist Note | Description prepared 5 November 2019 by Jeanine Wine. |
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