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Mothering in the Archives: Care and the Creation of Family Papers and Photographs in Twentieth-Century Southern England*
Past & Present ( IF 2.326 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 , DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtaa036
Jane Hamlett 1
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During the 1910s, Edith Vidler, the wife of a shipping merchant based in Rye, began work on a scrapbook devoted to the life of her daughter Barbara, born in 1902 (see Plate 1). The opening pages were inscribed ‘Barbara Elneth Cressy Vidler — Her Book’ and ‘For mother to keep a record of my years’. Beginning with Barbara’s birth and birthplace, Edith created a visual and material record of Barbara’s life as a child and her family history. A series of photographs charted Barbara’s development from baby to young girl, and later showed her schooldays. These are juxtaposed with small material trophies that could be easily fastened and folded within the text, including invitation cards, locks of hair and swathes of fabric. Later, Barbara herself added to the book, and mother and daughter worked on it together. Interspersed with Barbara’s story are quotations, often about the nature of motherhood and children, and images of motherhood, both religious and secular. An artist’s daughter who continued to work as a professional craftswoman after her marriage, Edith was unusual in possessing the skills needed to bind and inscribe the book herself and her high-Anglican perspective clearly informed its tone and imagery. But the book was also part of a wider culture of making that was associated with mothering in early twentieth-century England. At this point, it became increasingly common for families to document their lives by assembling papers, ephemera, photographs and other objects. These archives were often made by mothers.11 A wide social range of people recorded their activities visually, as photography became cheaper and easier to use — family collections filled with snapshots and photograph albums.22 In this essay, I will explore the creation of family archives as material practices of mothering and expressions of care, paying close attention to this new visual component.

中文翻译:

档案中的母亲:二十世纪英格兰南部的照顾与家庭用纸和照片的创作*

在1910年代,住在黑麦的一家货运商人的妻子伊迪丝·维德勒(Edith Vidler)开始制作一本剪贴簿,专门研究其1902年出生的女儿芭芭拉的生活(参见图1)。开幕页上刻有“芭芭拉·艾妮特·塞西·维德勒-她的书”和“让母亲记录我的岁月”。从芭芭拉的出生和出生地开始,伊迪丝就视觉化地记录了芭芭拉小时候的生活及其家族史。一系列照片描绘了芭芭拉从婴儿到年轻的成长历程,后来展示了她的上学时间。这些与小的奖杯并列放置,可以轻松地在文本中固定和折叠,包括邀请卡,发lock和大量的织物。后来,芭芭拉(Barbara)自己加入了这本书,母女俩共同努力。穿插着芭芭拉的故事的语录常常是关于母性和孩子的天性,以及关于宗教和世俗的母性形象。伊迪丝是一位女儿的女儿,在结婚后继续从事专业的手工艺工作。伊迪丝拥有与众不同的能力,可以自己装订和刻画这本书,而她高昂的英国视角清楚地传达了这本书的基调和意象。但是,这本书也是更广泛的制作文化的一部分,该文化与20世纪初期的英国的母亲有关。在这一点上,家庭通过组装纸张,临时物品,照片和其他物品来记录自己的生活变得越来越普遍。这些档案通常是由母亲制作的。1 伊迪丝是一位女儿的女儿,在结婚后继续从事专业的手工艺工作。伊迪丝拥有与众不同的能力,可以自己装订和刻画这本书,而她高昂的英国视角清楚地传达了这本书的基调和意象。但是,这本书也是更广泛的制作文化的一部分,该文化与20世纪初期的英国的母亲有关。在这一点上,家庭通过组装纸张,临时物品,照片和其他物品来记录自己的生活变得越来越普遍。这些档案通常是由母亲制作的。1 伊迪丝是一位女儿的女儿,在结婚后继续从事专业的手工艺工作。伊迪丝拥有与众不同的能力,可以自己装订和刻画这本书,而她高昂的英国视角清楚地传达了这本书的基调和意象。但是,这本书也是更广泛的制作文化的一部分,该文化与20世纪初期的英国的母亲有关。在这一点上,家庭通过组装纸张,,照片和其他物品来记录生活变得越来越普遍。这些档案通常是由母亲制作的。1 但是,这本书也是更广泛的制作文化的一部分,该文化与20世纪初期的英国的母亲有关。在这一点上,家庭通过组装纸张,临时物品,照片和其他物品来记录自己的生活变得越来越普遍。这些档案通常是由母亲制作的。1 但是,这本书也是更广泛的制作文化的一部分,该文化与20世纪初期的英国的母亲有关。在这一点上,家庭通过组装纸张,临时物品,照片和其他物品来记录自己的生活变得越来越普遍。这些档案通常是由母亲制作的。11个人广泛的社会范围内记录了他们的活动在视觉上,作为摄影变得更便宜和更容易使用-充满快照和照片albums.2家族藏品2在这篇文章中,我将探讨家庭档案为养育孩子的物质实践和创造的表达方式,请密切注意这一新的视觉组件。
更新日期:2021-01-16
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