Featuring profiles of outreach & advocacy in cultural heritage
by Thera Webb
The Digital Prison Archive is an outreach project for the Prison Public Memory Project, an organization that currently focuses on collecting and archiving stories and experiences from people connected to the three prisons in Hudson New York …
by Caroline Tanski
On May 1st, 1718, the Mission San Antonio de Valero (which would come to be known as the Alamo) was founded, and along with it the city of San Antonio, Texas. While activities will culminate …
by Rebecca Sasseville
There’s no avoiding the power of social media for a cultural heritage institution. It’s free and easy to use for accounts and followers alike. Social media is used by all walks a life, everywhere in the world. …
by Caroline Tanski
As the story often goes, Felicia Williamson didn’t intend to be an archivist. She studied German and European history and pursued historical research through a Fulbright scholarship in Austria. She took a student job in circulation at …
by Jules Thomson
Joe Bagley’s headquarters at the Boston City Archaeology program consists of a few rooms jam-packed with the material history of the area. Native artefacts from thousands of years before European colonization lie bagged in boxes alongside 20th …
by Maggie Hoffman
“What do you know about the history of Converse?”
When Samuel Smallidge read the words on the questionnaire, he felt uniquely qualified to answer. Though he holds two Master’s degrees, it was knowledge recalled from a fifth …
by JC Johnson
For thirty years, Nancy Carlisle, Senior Curator of Collections, has been a vital part of Historic New England’s efforts to protect, preserve, and interpret the region’s unique history and how it fits within the cultural story of …
by Karen Duhamel
Kate Bradley, Archivist and Research Librarian of Palm Beach, Florida’s Flagler Museum, came to cultural heritage, archives, and her current position through what she calls a “weird series of events” driven by a lifelong love of learning …
by Melissa Diberardino
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is hidden gem on one of Boston’s most famous streets. Nestled on the corner of Newbury Street and Clarendon, this eight story library and archive building is home to America’s …