Carter Jackson: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

Carter Jackson's Junior Fellowship in the Prints and Photographs Division was focused on inventorying a selection of the Library's material from the archive of Paul Marvin Rudolph (1918-1997), one of the most controversial American architects. While he designed buildings ranging from mid-century beachfront homes to 1980s office towers, Rudolph is most famous for his concrete Brutalist projects from the 1960s. These highly expressive buildings are products of unique, post-war social and political circumstances, which can make them challenging to appreciate and adapt, often leading to their neglect and demolition. Carter's project, in collaboration with his co-fellow, Robert Johnson, specifically involved generating metadata for an overlooked selection of the drawings, prints, photographs, and manuscripts within the Library's Paul M. Rudolph archive that are believed to have been used by the architect to produce publications highlighting his own work. This portion of the archive provides insight into how Rudolph himself wanted his often-polarizing projects to be seen and understood, but these materials represent only a small part of the collection. Carter's Display Day presentation provides an example of the stories that can be revealed through looking deeper into the archive. He considers the range of prints, photographs, and manuscript materials related to the Boston Government Service Center, one of Rudolph's most controversial projects of the 1960s, to show that this now dilapidated and unfinished building was once part of a very progressive vision intended to provide assistance to Boston's unemployed population and people with mental illness. The Library's work to process and make the Rudolph archive more accessible will enable researchers to uncover other hidden histories, which can help the public more thoughtfully preserve and modify Rudolph's buildings. The process of organizing a collection to improve its accessibility has been valuable for Carter, as he prepares for a career as a curator.

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