A Picture of Early America Through the Marlatt Collection

Authors

• Jonathan Koch, Pepperdine University
• Caitlin Flynn, Pepperdine University
• Izzy Koo, Pepperdine University
• Jess Kovie, Pepperdine University
• Kira Landis, Pepperdine University
• Taylor Von Lanken, Pepperdine University
• Madison Marie Ortega, Pepperdine University
• Brandon Olson, Pepperdine University
• Sofia Reyes, Pepperdine University
• Asha Weir, Pepperdine University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2023

Abstract

In their efforts to analyze the Marlatt Collection’s assortment of printed documents and manuscripts, the class focused on the accessibility of information in early American colonies. The chosen documents provide unique insight into how information was dispersed during the rise of the United States, and contain records of several methods of communication and the perspectives they represent. The class endeavored to truthfully portray early America, but acknowledge that they could only provide a limited perspective, and despite their efforts to portray many aspects of colonial life, there are many other topics that were not covered. As a whole, A Picture of Early America Through the Marlatt Collection aims to provide greater accessibility to the information found within documents from Pepperdine’s exclusive collection.

Recommended Citation

Koch, Jonathan; Flynn, Caitlin; Koo, Izzy; Kovie, Jess; Landis, Kira; Von Lanken, Taylor; Ortega, Madison Marie; Olson, Brandon; Reyes, Sofia; and Weir, Asha, "A Picture of Early America Through the Marlatt Collection" (2023). Pepperdine University, Digital Humanities. Paper 5.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/usr_dh/5