1.0Center for 21st Century Studies/c21Katherine E Waddell/c21/author/waddelkeuwm-edu/Slow Digest: Family, Ephemera, & The Archiverich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mb4mLj69Dv"><a href="/c21/slow-digest-family-ephemera-the-archive/">Slow Digest: Family, Ephemera, & The Archive</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/c21/slow-digest-family-ephemera-the-archive/embed/#?secret=mb4mLj69Dv" width="600" height="338" title="“Slow Digest: Family, Ephemera, & The Archive” — Center for 21st Century Studies" data-secret="mb4mLj69Dv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/c21/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/11/SD-Archives-II.jpeg800800This week’s edition of Slow Digest is written by C21 Graduate Fellow Ceceilia Loeschmann. Photographs, videos, documents, and other ephemera often exist as objects of memory, valuable to the families and individuals that create, collect, store, and steward them.  Anna Woodham explores …