Chenault, Wesley
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Programs
Chenault, Wesley
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Programs
Wesley Chenault's areas of scholarly and professional expertise include US 20th century race relations, history of sexuality, and the relationships between identity, place, and memory; interdisciplinary research methodologies in the humanities and arts; and archives as sites of knowledge and cultural production.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- John Q, Chenault, Wesley, Ditzler, Andy, and Orr, Joey. 2014. "The Campaign for Atlanta: An Act of Research." QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, 1, (2) 15–37. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.1.2.0015. 2014
- Oestreicher, Cheryl and Chenault, Wesley. 2011. "Certified Archivist: More Than a Credential." Archival Outlook, (4) 16–17. 2011
- Oestreicher, Cheryl and Chenault, Wesley. 2011. "More Than a Credential." ACA News: The Newsletter of the Academy of Certified Archivists, (3) 6. 2011
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Chapter
- Hibben, Yuki and Chenault, Wesley. 2015. "Evocative Objects: Inspiring Art Students with Archives." In Evocative Objects: Inspiring Art Students with Archives. Theimer, Kate, editor. 157–171. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 2015
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Review
- Chenault, Wesley. 2011. [Book review] "Laura Ann Stoler, Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense." Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, 29, (1), 67–69. 2011
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Thesis
- Chenault, Wesley. 2008. "An Unspoken Past: Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History, 1940-1970." Ph.D, University of New Mexico. 2008
Presentations
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Exhibit
- Hibben, Yuki and Chenault, Wesley (Curators). 2013. "Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia: A Century of Leadership." James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives: Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013-12-12 to 2014-05-31..
- Farwell, Marcie, Osborne, Marjorie, Chenault, Wesley, Nunley, Tamika, and Leon, Claudia (Curators). 2022. "Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and the World the Textile Industry Created." Hirshland Exhibition Gallery: Cornell University, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2022-12-27 to 2023-09-01..
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Presentation
- Chenault, Wesley. 2022. Web Archives and Curation of Special Collections [presentation]. MARAC : Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, December 20, 2022. College Park, MD: University Of Maryland.
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Department
