Revitalizing Manuscript Sermons of the
18th & 19th Century as Oral Ephemera
The Curator
This exhibit seeks to revitalize interest in manuscript sermons by redefining them as oral ephemera objects. The secondary objective is to provide accessibility to audiences across the world by utilizing an online medium.
Manuscript sermons are the handwritten, as opposed to printed, religious speeches given to Christian congregations and often recorded by preachers for recitation.
While ephemera is often a label given to print literature or film, this exhibit subscribes to the Association of British Columbia Archivists’ definition.
The Exhibit
“[Ephemera are] everyday, impermanent items produced irregularly”
Association of British Columbia Archivists
Eric Harrell is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Canada. He has previously curated an exhibit of rare texts and incunabula titled "On the Eve of the Reformation," as part of Victoria College, the E.J. Pratt Library, and the Center for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS).
The form of the exhibit is meant to mimic the content and simulate the experience of reading a rare manuscript.