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How-to Guide

Why is Describing Archival Materials Important for Community Archives?

Archives can be like a black box. Description is like carving a window into the black box; the better the description, the bigger the window.

Published March 23, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, How-to Guide, Resources Tagged Archival Collections, Description, Methods

Safeguarding and Sharing Your Home Archive

Here are some tips to maintaining a vibrant and safe home archive.

Published March 16, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Skills Tagged Access, Curation, Description, Methods, Storage

Collaborating with Archives and Cultural Heritage Institutions on Community Memory Projects

Here are some tips on how to find and create a sustainable and equitable partnership to help your history project thrive.

Published February 16, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Storytelling Tagged Access, Local history, Methods, Partners

Working with Digital Materials

This guide will help you decide how to prioritize your digital files for preservation, how to safeguard and store your files, and how to digitize analog or paper items.

Published February 15, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Skills Tagged Access, Methods, Open Source Software, Storage, Tools

Copyright and Community-Driven Archives

When it comes to protecting intellectual property that is part of your or your community’s history, it helps to understand what legal rights apply to your materials.

Published February 12, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, How-to Guide, Resources Tagged Access, Definitions, Description, Local history, Methods, Oral History, Partners

Donating Your Materials to an Archive

One of the most lasting things you can do is contribute your own historical materials to repository such as an archive, special collections library, historical society, or museum.

Published February 12, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Sustaining Archives Tagged Access, Archival Collections, Curation, Description, Partners

Archivist in a Backpack Supplies List

Build your own Archivist in a Backpack kit! This list includes links to all of the items we purchased, as well as suggestions for the number of items to include per kit.

Published January 28, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Skills Tagged Archivist in a Backpack, Oral History, Tools

An Introduction to Oral History and Genealogy Projects

Oral history interviews and genealogy projects are a wonderful way to document and connect about family stories and cultural history.

Published January 28, 2021
Categorized as How-to Guide, Resources, Skills Tagged Archival Formats, Methods, Oral History

How to Work with Archival Materials

Archival items, like photos and documents, let you discover history firsthand. Following a general research format can help you find amazing histories.

Published January 6, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, How-to Guide, Infographic, Resources Tagged Archival Formats, Curation, Local history, Methods

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Our Team

María R. Estorino, Principal Investigator
Chaitra Powell, Project Director
Biff Hollingsworth, Co-Investigator
Charlissa Rice, Business Services Coordinator
Sonoe Nakasone, Community Archivist
Kimber Heinz, Outreach Coordinator
Alex Paz Cody, Graduate Research Assistant
Gillian McCuistion, Graduate Research Assistant
Lidia Jo Morris, Graduate Research Assistant

Past Team Members

Bryan Giemza, Principal Investigator
Josephine McRobbie, Community Archivist
Bernetiae Reed, Project Documentarian and Oral Historian
Eldrin Deas, Graduate Research Assistant
Claire Du Laney, Graduate Research Assistant
Brenna Edwards, Graduate Research Assistant
Leah Epting, Graduate Research Assistant
Lucas Kelley, Graduate Research Assistant
Lindsay Terrell, Graduate Research Assistant
Merisa Tomczak, Graduate Research Assistant

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