9 10 1657 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/5bf028d33a4f8d2b3cc91879ee9c37b1.pdf 80392d09e9ea1105f40de8c727f856ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Gilded Imagination Description What is it all about? "Gilded Imagination" is about one of my favorite architects, Stanford White (a terribly flawed human being but a genius nevertheless). Few artists have had as great an impact on RI as White who designed countless gorgeous buildings throughout the state during the golden age (the turn of the 20th century). My house painter grandfather may have known Stanford White when he was working on some of the great mansions of the period. By today's standards the color schemes and decoration of that time would seem rather gloomy (muted and dark—perfect as a background for all the gold, silver, and silk on display). Each of my issues deals with some aesthetic that interests me and Rhode Island is a perfect place for artistic exploration. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? April 2023 Language A language of the resource English Architecture Creative writing Diaries https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/88f6679e8f9f1125f1eed8924f047bb2.pdf 15746ddcbfb60306fa9d50b422f0e16c Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? COVID Diary Description What is it all about? Inspired by Lynda Barry’s COVID diary, which appeared in the New York Times on May 8th 2020, I decided to keep my own collage diary. I began with the simple prompt, “When did this become real for you?” Some chaotic impressions tumble out on that first page as I recount my memories of an oddly timed trip to New York City just prior to the lockdown. I took on the diary project thinking it would give me something constructive to do other than just feeling immobilized, but I never could have imagined all of the unlikely and devastating events that were to unfold in the coming months. So many deaths: George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, John Lewis. So many unbelievable and terrifying things were happening—fires in California, a mass death of pilot whales, violence against protestors, political strife, and always the numbers of COVID dead kept mounting. In these pages, I track large events and small ones, reflections and encounters, from March 16 through Sept 2020 while living here in Providence Rhode Island. Ordinary life in this strange new world of COVID shelter-in-place is juxtaposed with grim statistics from the daily headlines. This pandemic has touched so many that no one can remain unaffected. The “old” normal was never really fair. One hopes that the “new” normal, whatever form that might take, will be more just, but there is never any guarantee unless we fight for it. Creator Who created this item? Martha Kuhlman Date When was this item created? January 2021 Anxiety Art Creative writing Equality Quarantines Social isolation https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/4ee5911cf5208fb1373e7f43c999b71b.pdf 9ad27e7db4e5103a79f3c5f1352f740e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? More Improbable Occurrences: Post-Pandemic Journal Description What is it all about? I tried to make the June issue, one that summed up my four-years of confrontation with difficult times for humanity—still proceeding with the Ukraine war which I explore in a one-act play. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? June 2023 Language A language of the resource English Creative writing Diaries https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/6a46783bf1bb05db7a3182813db9fd58.pdf 393da40bc9319ad59e650f6f975db810 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? More Preternatural Investigations: post-pandemic journal Description What is it all about? A creative writing and journal project. Although my tales are rather fanciful, I have still tried to express what my mind has gone through during the years of Covid-19. I was particularly interested in what estrangement does to us—and in particular to me. As a legally blind individual I have always felt a bit isolated in that I have never been able to drive. And yet I know that now 83, I have had a wonderful life—the experience that art can give us where we explore the interior of existence. I think I have mentioned to you that as a child that my parents read to me the great works of literature for an hour every night. And this continued into adulthood. As to my journal, I have already written much of the next two issues which I will call now a "Post-pandemic Journal" and focus on how life has changed with the epidemic behind us. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? May 2023 Language A language of the resource English Creative writing Diaries Isolation Loneliness https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/8b2ead2ce5aa8b9c02d1a5511fe346a0.pdf f9c48f4ac3a08809265788d10cc74d48 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes & Quill Cutters Tale Description What is it all about? I am interested in creating imaginative diversions and comments on society as it is evolving during this strange period of the Ukraine war as well as a culture war at home. This is indirectly referred to in this March issue. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? March 2023 Language A language of the resource English Creative writing Diaries https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/9361bdbb575955decb82792ddb5e3c06.mp3 374f30c017fa3afcc857e716d8f151df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? South County Voices of Covid Description What is it all about? Created by Sophie Richter, the SCVC ("civic") project is a oral storytelling platform developed in response to the significant impact Covid-19 is having on our communities. SCVC was born out of a need to cut through the often reductive news-media cycles and pivot to local stories that dig deeper into what makes up our community in South County. ​​The project aims to collect oral histories from South County residents recounting their lived experiences of Covid-19. You can learn more about the project at http://www.scvcproject.com/. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Kally Hanifin interview Description What is it all about? Interview with Sophia Richter and Kally Hanifin (and her dog) about her many diverse projects during Covid. Furlough politics in the workplace, working remotely and connecting online for a social life, developing a community garden, turning an abandoned church into a space for the Chariho Youth Taskforce, working with her family who live off the grid. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2/4/2021 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rockville, RI Economics Employment Families Gardens Hopkinton Shortages Socializing Technology Unemployment https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/00b13247d3f241017718881bd234c2ad.mp3 22fa7435f21325e626f1d002cf3e9cec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? South County Voices of Covid Description What is it all about? Created by Sophie Richter, the SCVC ("civic") project is a oral storytelling platform developed in response to the significant impact Covid-19 is having on our communities. SCVC was born out of a need to cut through the often reductive news-media cycles and pivot to local stories that dig deeper into what makes up our community in South County. ​​The project aims to collect oral histories from South County residents recounting their lived experiences of Covid-19. You can learn more about the project at http://www.scvcproject.com/. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Sound Could include oral histories, music or other recorded sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Whitney Smith interview Description What is it all about? Interview with Sophia Richter and Whitney Smith about her experiences during Covid. Whitney reflects on getting furloughed from her job at Mohegan Sun and what she learned about the job market, about how to critically evaluate sources and how she got involved in the Southern Rhode Island Volunteers. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 11/19/2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond, RI Economics Employment Journalism Masks Richmond Social isolation Unemployment https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/da0082cc93fb98c3b07b03befac77776.mp3 9734e45348e216fb2c2c75735f5ce861 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? South County Voices of Covid Description What is it all about? Created by Sophie Richter, the SCVC ("civic") project is a oral storytelling platform developed in response to the significant impact Covid-19 is having on our communities. SCVC was born out of a need to cut through the often reductive news-media cycles and pivot to local stories that dig deeper into what makes up our community in South County. ​​The project aims to collect oral histories from South County residents recounting their lived experiences of Covid-19. You can learn more about the project at http://www.scvcproject.com/. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Susan Hoopes interview Description What is it all about? Interview between Sophia Richter and Susan Hoopes about her personal experiences of raising a family during Covid as well as managing a major grocery store. She worked at Belmont Market and share the many creative efforts they made to respond to people's needs in the community. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 10/22/2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wakefield, RI Business enterprises Economics Essential workers Government shutdowns Groceries Grocery stores Shopping Shortages Wakefield https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/5a8835e878d2cf24311abc20a780cdce.mp3 285f8d400ea4ef921b9cde5934571f4a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? South County Voices of Covid Description What is it all about? Created by Sophie Richter, the SCVC ("civic") project is a oral storytelling platform developed in response to the significant impact Covid-19 is having on our communities. SCVC was born out of a need to cut through the often reductive news-media cycles and pivot to local stories that dig deeper into what makes up our community in South County. ​​The project aims to collect oral histories from South County residents recounting their lived experiences of Covid-19. You can learn more about the project at http://www.scvcproject.com/. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? John & Sue interview Description What is it all about? Interview between Sophia Richter and John & Sue. They share their earliest memories of Covid, having been in Ecuador right before the U.S. shutdown. John and Sue reflect on missing music at the Pumphouse and going out to restaurants, taking health precautions and how Covid impacted their involved with their church. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 12/12/2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant West Kingston, RI Boredom Churches Journalism Music Older people Politics & government Quarantines Religious services South Kingstown Travel Videoconferencing https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/d56861fb47382657a43f1e3eb2d3adc8.mp3 22982ba802b061c2f26589d3d2230ae0 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/fb460fecf024127fe077ee29147b112c.mp3 873b0ed4c98df74b56b865e3ca1c6a4c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? South County Voices of Covid Description What is it all about? Created by Sophie Richter, the SCVC ("civic") project is a oral storytelling platform developed in response to the significant impact Covid-19 is having on our communities. SCVC was born out of a need to cut through the often reductive news-media cycles and pivot to local stories that dig deeper into what makes up our community in South County. ​​The project aims to collect oral histories from South County residents recounting their lived experiences of Covid-19. You can learn more about the project at http://www.scvcproject.com/. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Kevin Sullivan interview Description What is it all about? Interview conducted between Sophia Richter and Kevin Sullivan. Kevin is an elder, a volunteer in our community, and a business person. He reflects on how past health issues around the world educated him on public health, how his diverse life experiences offered him a more international perspective, and about civic duty. Creator Who created this item? Sophia Richter Date When was this item created? 12/2/2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wakefield, RI Business enterprises Communities Diseases Disinfection and disinfectants Families Groceries Health Holidays Masks Older people Videoconferencing Wakefield