Dear Neighbor: Postcard Write-a-Thon

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Dec 11, 2021  11am-1pm ET

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When the days get shorter and the temperatures start to drop, a friendly message can go a long way to brightening someone's day. Drop-in between 11am-1pm on Saturday, December 11th to join the Akron Postcard Club's Write-a-Thon. At the end of the day, we'll collect all of the messages to mail to seniors living in Akron and neighboring areas.

Bring a friend! All supplies (and a few snacks) will be provided.

When: Saturday, December 11 from 11:00AM-1:00OM ET (drop-in!)

Location: 3rd floor classrooms of the Institute for Human Science and Culture at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology: 73 South College Street - Akron, Ohio 44325-4302 (on the corner of Mill and College Streets)

Parking: A free parking lot is adjacent to the Center, on College St. Parking meters located along College St.

Health & Safety: The University of Akron currently requires that ALL individuals - regardless of vaccination status - wear a mask / face covering in indoor public areas across all campuses.

Accessibility: A wheelchair accessible ramp is located on the northeast side of the building, near the main entrance. An interior elevator provides access to the library, located on the fourth floor. A wheelchair is also kept on-site and is available for loan to those visiting the museum, galleries, or library. For more information, see our accessibility page: https://uakron.edu/chp/about-us/accessibility.

About the Akron Postcard Club
The Akron Postcard Club is hosted by the Cummings Center’s Institute for Human Science and Culture. This free club invites postcard enthusiasts from Northeast Ohio to gather once a month to explore all things postcards. Each meeting focuses on a different theme: history of postcards, artistic examples, unique materials, interesting messages, and more!

About the David P. Campbell Postcard Collection
The David P. Campbell collection of postcards contains about 250,000 postcards dating from the late 1800s. This collection represents an historical look at natural and human science as well as global society and culture encompassing a variety of themes including holidays, people, geographic locations, sentiments, and political and social statements. In addition, this collection showcases a variety of formats including photographic postcards and different media used to make them. The postcards can be viewed in the 4th floor library during limited hours.

About the Institute for Human Science and Culture
The Institute for Human Science and Culture (IHSC) is a multidisciplinary institute that promotes education and research in the history, preservation, documentation, and interpretation of the human experience. The mission of the IHSC is to explore what it means to be human. The IHSC promotes document- and object-based, experiential education in arts, humanities, and science. The IHSC is one of three branches of the Cummings Center.

About the Cummings Center
The Drs. Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology (CCHP) cares for, provides access to, and interprets the historical record of psychology and related human sciences. In addition to the Institute, the Center is the home to the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) and the National Museum of Psychology (NMP).