Dec. 9, 2021 Digital Curation Showcase

Jared MAYNARD-WEICHERDING / Taylor DellaVECCHIA / Gerald BOATENG / Bisrat ASFAW

The team uses the HOLC Redlining map for Baltimore and discusses “The Tale of Two Baltimores” wrt to life expectancy and social vulnerability. A discussion on the relationship between redlining and gentrification is initiated and two neighborhoods are highlighted: Locus Point (South Baltimore) – a red area, and Guilford / Homeland (North Baltimore) – a green area. A set of impactful concluding remarks is made on remedies to the status quo.

Segen TIRFE / John GILLIGAN / Michael KELLEY / Stephanie MOON

The team focused on Redlining in Sacramento, CA in 1938, showing the particular correlation between “blackness” and “redness” in the color grading of neighborhoods. Contextual information on the Great Migration for Black families was provided. The T-RACES website was used to select a particular neighborhood, C-20, which indicated the presence of a single black family.  The team used 1940 Census data to identify families of color (Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Black) in that neighborhood and uncovered details on that one lone black family. Finally housing prices vs. income in 1939 was graphed.

Geoffrey DeMATTIA / Jacob SAMILOW / Maxwell MORRIS / Deion STEWART / Ashtin RICHARDS / Jill TRAN

The team starts by examining the 1938 redlining data for Sacramento to hone in on the C-20 area, and uses its Area Description to triangulate with 1940 Census data, which reveals 13 Japanese American families. The team follows the journey of 3 families (Nishimi, Kawada, Takahashi) and using WRA Form 26, FAR data, and Incident Cards, sheds details on their tragic trials and tribulations, showing along the way connections with Sacramento’s vibrant Japan Town.

This is the first such known study to combine these various datasets to reveal the fate of deported families.

Isaac HERNANDEZ / Abel DEMISS / Victoria HA / Logan QIAO / Akif ZAMAN

A Tableau Storyline was developed showing: (1) Resistance to Selective Service Registration at Tule Lake resulting in repression and isolation in Feb. and March 1943, where the case of Masao Kawate is followed from his arrest to his deportation to the penal colony of Moab, UT, (2) Moab, UT & Leupp, AZ Penal Colony Populations in 1943 with details on the April 14, 1943 Moab Incident, (3) Flow maps showing the movement of people into and out of Moab & Leupp, and (4) Renunciations of citizenship.

Members of  student project group with members of the NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp, filming a documentary on Masao Kawate’s life in the camps and interviewing students on their work.

[Left to Right: Akira BANCHI (NHK Japan TV Los Angeles), Isaac HERNANDEZ (student team), Haruo KAWATE (son of Masao Kawate and author of No-No Boy ), Akif ZAMAN (student team), cameraman (NHK Japan Tokyo), and Yutaka SAKAI (NHK Japan Tokyo TV producer)]

Gabrielle FAGBOHUNKA / Dania ABDO / John CONNOR / Dario LEON / Pieter SIMATUPANG

The focus of this project is the infamous stockade, a prison within the prison of Tule Lake where hundreds were arrested. A snapshot of who was still in the stockade on May 31, 1944 is given. Tableau-based visualizations and analyses are provided.

Quest HOLLIS / Shahin KHAZAELI / Mohammud MOSSA / Victoria NATHANIEL / Ajjad RAZVI

An exhaustive list of deaths at Tule Lake is studied with over 300 deaths from 1942 to 1946. Death statistics are provided by marital status, age, birthplace, and year.

Adeyinka TELLI / Naz WELDE-GIORGIS / Dag ASFAW / George CHEN / May DONG

A July 27, 1944 Stockade petition to release a prisoner, Tom Yoshiyama, by his wife and mother-in-law is the starting point of this study. The project then follows Tom on a hunger strike in the stockade, and traces him back to the Nov. 1, 1943 Negotiating Committee of 17 camp members who meets with Camp Director, Raymond Best, and WRA Director, Dillon S. Myer. The project then tries to determine which of the Committee members are still held in the Stockade 7 months later on May 31, 1944, and who is involved in a hunger strike.

Daniel RONG / Anna KAFRUNE / Xander SMEAD / Yicheng WANG / Zhaojie YIN

The team focuses on the Southside neighborhood of Asheville during Urban Renewal (1965-1980), and describes how African American families and business were uprooted. Matching Urban Renewal and current parcels, the Team codes a calculator using Python that takes each property value from the 60s and 70s and calculates its current value based on inflation rates.

The case study presented focuses on historical Block 4. The objective is to contribute objective valuations to help with discussions in Asheville on reparations.

Maham SOHAIL / Sherifat BAKARE / Trevor GIMES-MANN / Devin HENDRICK / Charles SMITH

The team’s main goal is to showcase and highlight the experiences of alumnae and students who attended Spelman College, as evidenced by Magazines (Messenger & Spotlight), Catalogs, Newspapers (Campus Mirror), Yearbooks, and Photo Collections. Traces of alumnae in these collections are linked together using the Neo4j graph database. Tayari Jones (Class of 1991), Tanya Trippett (Class of 1981), Elizabeth G. King (Class of 1943), Gertrude Emily Foster (Class of 1925), and Clara Howard (Class of 1887) are explored.