Welcome to "BKBB Exhibit Guide: Creative Uses of Academic Resources."

This two-page publication, partly inspired by historic newspapers at the Presbyterian Historical Society, is available for pick-up at PHS, 425 Lombard Street, Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm. Created by Xander Fox, the two-page printing gives tips for mining online and physical archives for information that can inspire creative student work. As Xander puts it: "Any sort of class can be applied to creative purposes."

Page 1 includes advertisements for the installations of six other BKBB student exhibit team members, including QR codes and URLs linking directly to their work. Page 2 contains maps of the BKBB student exhibit and Philadelphia cultural sites Xander recommends to student creators--and especially to writers looking to use historical materials in their Sci Fi and Fantasy. 

Click on the captions below each page to display the full image.

Page 1: Creative Uses of Academic Resources

Page 1: Creative Uses of Academic Resources

Including Xander's essay on creativity, installation advertisements.
Page 2: Creative Uses of Academic Resources

Page 2: Creative Uses of Academic Resources

Including map of BKBB exhibit, Philadelphia sites of interest*, BKBB links.

*From Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Camden, 1876, by Samuel Augustus Mitchell
There are a lot of research opportunities and creative well spouts that people forget are at PHS. I want the grand project to call attention to the ability of community college students and others to realize they have access, too. I want to call, specifically, to the use of research in creative works. -- Xander Fox
Xander
The Exhibitor: Xander Fox

Xander is a creative provocateur who enjoyed researching little things from all over the archive—cutting a more creative, less academic pathway through the collection. They will use this experience to plan for future collaborations as a current student at Temple University and beyond.

Xander first visited PHS as a part of Simone Zelitch's English 281: Fiction Writing. (See that class's fiction anthology here.)

2021 STUDENT EXHIBIT

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, a PHS and CCP collaboration

Reading Room West Reading Room East Outdoor Garden Lobby West Statue Area Front Yard East Statue Area