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Volumes 1–21 | 2002–2023


With an excess of 250,000 pageviews recorded in the last 12 monthsr, my goal for these forty-three issues is to repair and maintain base content as a free-to-read and free-to-teach resource. I also want to hear from both university and non-university faculty who use legacy Blackbird's no cost materials in their classrooms, as well as from readers, students, former contributors, and former staff who want to voice their support in making sure the archive remains available for students and future readers.
     —M.A. Keller, online editor
Founder's Archive Email
     bbarchive@vcu.edu 

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Related Blogs
     birdlab (questions, process, & solutions)
     Blackbird Founders Archve (progress log)

Founders Archives Staff & Advisors
Mary Flinn, advising founding editor
M.A. Keller, founding editor, online editor
Kurtis Pullman, lead coder & pagebuilder
Danielle Kortla, site advisor

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