Jane Maienschein Participates in "Lucy's Legacy" Panel
The Institute of Human Origins hosted a Panel Discussion at the grand opening exhibition showcasing Donald C. Johanson's (the Institutes Founding Director) collection of papers, photographs and correspondence as well as the historical records of the Institute which trace the evolution of thinking about human origins. The panel discussed the nature of collecting and the value of archival collections to future scholarship. Other panelists included Bill Kimbel, Director of the Institute of Human Origins, Johanson, and Dan Gilfillan, Acting Director of the Institute for Humanities Research, project collaborators Nancy Dallett, Assistant Director, Public History Program in the School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies; Rob Spindler, University Archivist and Head of Archives and Special Collections, ASU Libraries; Richard Toon, Museum Studies Program Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Stephanie Crowe, research assistant at the Center of Biology and Society was a project archivist for the collection. More information about the exhibit can be found here.