Author: Nick Nam
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Questions and Answers
The best year to create a comprehensive history of the Campus Theatre would have been 1941 — the year it opened. 77 years later and it’s a little more challenging. 5 weeks into the summer research and I seem to learn something new about the shape of my project every day. One of the questions…
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Project Charter
A History of the Campus Theatre The research that I am undertaking this summer will be, as the title suggests, creating a more comprehensive history of the Campus Theatre located at 413 Market St. The tools associated with digital humanities will allow to not only access data associated with the history art deco theater but…
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More About the Project
Introduction: The Campus Theatre is a unique experience that tends to surprise those who enter into its doors for the first time. As commercial films continue to fill the screens of multiplexes that are ubiquitous to American communities, it becomes tougher and tougher to see anything that was produced outside of a Hollywood studio while…
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Week One
I was drawn to the Fellowship program because of my interest in finding new ways to approach and present information. The subject of my research — The Campus Theatre — has been one of my favorite places to spend free time in Lewisburg since arriving at Bucknell in August of 2015. Founded in 1941, at…
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Nick Nam ’19
Nicholas Nam is a Film/Media Studies scholar in his fourth year at Bucknell University. This summer, his research will focus on the historic Campus Theatre with attention placed mostly on the history of its founding, ownership, and exhibition. In conducting this research, Nicholas’ goal is not only to digitize a comprehensive database for the Campus…