ENG 102.

10 & 11
Unit 2: Keeping Books
Assignment #2:
Frankenstein @200 Exhibition Catalogue
Date Assigned: September 27th 2018
Date DUE: Thursday, November 1

In Unit 2, we will be moving from the experience of reading books to the history of how books
have been preserved, catalogued, and displayed in libraries. For this assignment, you will be
creating a catalogue for a Frankenstein @200 exhibition. The required parts of this assignment
include:

1. a theme of your choosing (note: if you want to create a science- or medicine-related

theme you will need to be specific, since this is a very broad and very common topic)
2. 10-15 entries (approx. 75 words each) for different primary sources and/or objects that
will be in your exhibition. (**you will need to include the links/images for these sources
and objects)
3. a 250-word statement that describes the theme of your exhibition and how it relates to the
history of Frankenstein.
4. You will design your catalogue to include a cover; the statement; the entries; a works
cited for your primary & secondary sources.

Assignment Deadlines
**failure to complete any of these steps will result in a deduction of points

Date Assignment
October 2 3 possible themes with a couple sentences
about each one (turn in at the beginning of
class)
October 11 Your final chosen theme (emailed to Dr.
Garascia (ann_garascia@redlands.edu) by
11:59PM
October 23 An annotated bibliography of at least 5 of
your sources
October 25 A draft of your 250-word statement to
review in class
November 1 Final draft of your catalogue either printed
or emailed at the beginning of class

Catalogue Entry Requirements:

1. Title of object/primary source
2. Material
3. Size (if possible)
4. Condition
5. Owner/Provenance (beginning with the original owner to current owner)
6. A brief description of how this primary source relates to your exhibition theme
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Unit 2: Keeping Books

How to Find Primary Sources:

Many museums and libraries have digital collections of their holdings. Once you have decided
on a few potential themes, start researching various digital collections to look for primary
sources that you think would work well with your exhibition.
1. Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/collections/
2. New York Public Library : https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
3. Wellcome Library : https://wellcomelibrary.org/collections/digital-collections/
4. British Library: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/digital-collections
5. Pitt Rivers Museum: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections
6. Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search
7. Article, “250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives”: https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/250-
plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives/

Reading & Writing Schedule

Date Reading Writing

Tuesday, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein CH 7-10 3 possible themes with a couple sentences
Oct. 2 about each one (turn in at the beginning of
class)
Thursday, John Swales, “The Concept of Journal Entry: What is a “discourse
Oct. 4 Discourse Communities” community”? What “discourse
communities” might Victor Frankenstein
belong to? The creature?
Tuesday, No class No class
Oct. 9
Thursday, No in-class meeting: Your final chosen theme (emailed to Dr.
Oct 11 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein CH 11-14 Garascia (ann_garascia@redlands.edu) by
11:59PM
Tuesday, 1. BBC Culture video, “Chained **we will be discussing annotated
Oct 16 Libraries” bibliographies today in class
2. The Monsters’ Library:
3. The Graveyard Library:
4. The Education of Frankenstein’s
Monster:
Thursday, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein CH 15-19 **bring in rough draft of annotated
Oct 18 bibliography entry for at least 2 sources
Tuesday, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein CH 20-22 An annotated bibliography of at least 5 of
Oct 23 NYPL Frankenstein Exhibit your sources
5Thursda n/a A draft of your 250-word statement to
y, review in class
Oct 2