Virtual Panel with Mount Auburn
Archival Silences: Uncovering Queer Stories
Join us for a virtual panel discussion on uncovering LGBTQ+ stories in archives and historical collections.
Archives preserve traces of the past, but those traces are shaped by who was able to document their lives, what institutions chose to preserve, and the language used to describe them. For LGBTQ+ people—particularly those who lived before contemporary identities and terminology existed—the historical record can be fragmentary, ambiguous, or silent.
Join Mount Auburn Cemetery and Queer History Boston for a conversation about the challenges and possibilities of uncovering queer stories in the archives. Our panelists will consider how historians, archivists, artists, and community researchers interpret the evidence that survives—and how they navigate the gaps, uncertainties, and assumptions that come with it.
Moderator:
Corinne Elicona has worked at Mount Auburn for nine years in many different roles including natural burial volunteer, administration assistant, and crematory operator. She is currently Mount Auburn's Associate Director of Education & Visitor Services, working on creating educational content on Mount Auburn; its history, landscape, and legacy. She is passionate about fostering a positive discourse around death and promoting education around end-of-life choices and equity so that everyone can experience a good death.
