{"id":559,"date":"2019-05-06T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T02:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/?page_id=559"},"modified":"2019-05-07T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T06:01:00","slug":"display-cases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/display-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Hall Display Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the turn of the century, Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder, leading Zoologist at Smith College, excavated remains and materials from indigenous community\u2019s burial sites across the Northeast. Exhibited in Burton Hall, the human remains and objects were displayed in the same cases that now hold the now familiar mineral collections, botanical specimen, and other scientific objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unable to find images of the original collection installed, please note that the following images are of a display from 1992. Titled &#8220;Early Zoology at Smith,&#8221; this display illustrate Wilder&#8217;s research methodologies and achievements.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">Given this information, do these display cases take on a new meaning?<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Content Warning: The images below contain images of ancestral remains<\/h6>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-574 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Img0045.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"1164\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Film Negative #6299, College Archive, Smith College, Box#10, Folder #16, Department of Biological Sciences records.\u00a0 Scan taken by Isabel Cordova in Spring 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Move the curser to navigate the layered images.<\/h6>\n<p>Note: The exact cases in which the ancestral remains were housed has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-5\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"5\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Display Cases\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Images of display cases in Burton Hall. Taken by Isabel Cordova in Spring 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-570 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3730-e1557196897334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3730-e1557196897334.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3730-e1557196897334-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3730-e1557196897334-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-565 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3726-e1557196852903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3726-e1557196852903.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3726-e1557196852903-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/IMG_3726-e1557196852903-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Contact sheet of images labeled &#8220;Skull Negatives.&#8221; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Box 10. H.H. Wilder Collection Museum of Art Acquisitions. Smith College <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archives, Smith College Libraries, Northampton, MA. <\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-7\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"7\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Department of Biological Sciences records, Wilder Collection, Skull Negatives, Box 10, Folder 22.\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/acquisition-document\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-549\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-10.08.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-10.08.35-PM.png 540w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-10.08.35-PM-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/science-center-transfers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-592\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.15.04-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.15.04-PM.png 466w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.15.04-PM-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/hh-wilder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-591\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.14.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.14.34-PM.png 424w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-11.14.34-PM-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/conclusion\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-449 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-4.36.05-PM.png\" alt=\"End\" width=\"109\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-4.36.05-PM.png 374w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-06-at-4.36.05-PM-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the turn of the century, Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder, leading Zoologist at Smith College,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":580,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/difficult-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}