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By Emma Brown, TLS Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n

Which is the flesh side and which is the hair side?<\/p>\n

This was one of the questions students were asked to answer in professor Marc Saurette\u2019s Medieval and Early Modern Studies class last semester. They were examining manuscripts from Carleton\u2019s Archives and Research Collections (ARC). The medieval documents are written on vellum\u2014animal skin\u2014which has a hair side and a flesh side.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving those sorts of materials present brings the past more to life, it becomes something more tangible that you can actually feel,\u201d Saurette says.<\/p>\n

He incorporated the use of ARC materials heavily into the course. The students\u2019 assignments revolved around researching and cataloguing a particular item from Carleton\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been quite surprised by the diversity of the holdings here and how useful they are for teaching,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Before teaching the course, he spent time combing through the archives and was happy to find a good collection of medieval folios and manuscripts.<\/p>\n

Archives and rare book coordinator, Lloyd Keane, says there are many departments that might be surprised at what ARC has to offer. While history and literature have a more obvious interest in many of the collections, there are also materials related to architecture, art, and even science. Keane says a chemistry class might be interested in the items on alchemy, the forerunner to chemistry.<\/p>\n

Professors can discover the collection highlights through the ARC website<\/a>, but even if they don\u2019t see anything of interest there, Keane encourages them to check in with the staff in person.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d much rather have the opportunity to say, \u2018let\u2019s see what we have\u2019 than just assume that we don\u2019t,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

If professors find items of interest, they can integrate them into their classes in a couple different ways. The first would be to have the class take a one-time visit to ARC to look at the material. The other would be to center the class assignments on researching the primary sources at ARC. ARC is also available for hands-on teaching of how to search through an archive and the processes behind it.<\/p>\n

Saurette says his experience of working with the staff at ARC has been positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cARC is unfailingly helpful, very enthusiastic, and makes it as easy as possible to consult the resources they have here. So if professors have any interest in using the material\u2026it\u2019s a fantastic venue,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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