Jagna Braunthal
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Jagna Braunthal milking a cow. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
General Studies
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1944 - 1945
BIRTH
1927-06-21
Cera, Germany
DEATH
1990-02-26
Mansfield, CT
Jagna Braunthal was a student at the college from summer of 1944 to spring 1945. She is noted in travels to an inter-racial conference and on committee hiking trips, working on the farm, and is listed on the cleaning and chemical committees for the science building.
Jagna mentioned in her application that she had participated in work camps in other places and the idea of a working community at BMC was the most interesting quality for her. She was also interested in bringing her bike and asked about "extensive" hikes that she could partake in while a student.
Alternative name: Jagna Zahl
Courses Taken
Fall Quarter 1944-1945: Matter and Energy (F. Hansgirg), Violin Lessons (T. Straus),Calculus (T. Dreier), Herman Melville: Introduction to American Writing (A. Kazin)
Winter Quarter 1944-1945: Matter and Energy (F. Hansgirg), Plato (M. Dehn), Design (J.Albers), Chorus (H. Jalowetz), Calculus (M. Dehn)
Spring Quarter 1944-1945: Matter and Energy (F. Hansgirg), Dialogues of Plato (M.Dehn), Math (Tutorial) (M. Dehn), Chorus (H. Jalowetz)
Author
Amanda Hartman
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
