Parent Institution
Site Type
Supervisor Name(s)
Jacqueline Rider
David Weeden
Supervisor Title(s)
Tribal Archivist
Tribal Councilman, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Supervisor Email(s)
Department Address
MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE
483 GREAT NECK ROAD SOUTH
MASHPEE, MA, 02649
483 GREAT NECK ROAD SOUTH
MASHPEE, MA, 02649
ADA Compliant
Yes
Parking
Yes
Site Description
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Archives was established in 2014 in the Mashpee Wampanoag Community & Center, in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The Tribal Archives mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the material culture and historical record of the Wampanoag people in order to illuminate the long history of the Mashpee Wampanoag people, their rich indigenous culture, and the historical significance of their persistent survival in the face of centuries of contact and conquest.
As the Tribe's repository, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Archives stands as a monument to the traditional knowledge systems and age-old institutions which have sustained the cultural memory of the Mashpee Wampanoage people. These Tribal Archives serve the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and its membership by stewarding the cultural and institutional legacy of its people for the generations yet unborn through preservation and protection of primary and secondary source format-neutral documentation that illustrates the Tribe's political, cultural, and intellectual sovereignty.
MWTA collections contain a variety of materials including, but not limited to: books, personal papers, minutes of meetings, interviews, magazines, newspapers, journals, drawings, photographs, videotapes, audiotapes, microfiche, microfilm, maps, charts, ephemera (e.g. event programs, flyers, newspaper clippings, etc.), artistic works, three-dimensional objects and artifacts appropriate to the subject matter and many more.
The MWTA is comprised of 3 units: Manuscripts (MS-designations); Special Collections (e.g. Research Library; Maps; Photographs and Prints; Biographical Files; Subject Files; Ephemera Collection; etc.); and Records (e.g. Election Committee Records).
The Archives Room entrance is fitted with a badge swipe in addition to a passcode security system where only approved personnel can achieve entry into the space.
The Archives Room has its own Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system which produces the climate determined by the MWTA preservation best practices. The gold standard for a climate is one that is conducive to the preservation of collections of a variety of formats. This climate is determined to be at: Stable Temperature NO higher than 70 degrees (Fahrenheit); Stable Relative Humidity between 30% and maximum of 50% (lower than 30% is ideal preference). The thermostat is housed within the Archives Room and can be monitored with an LCD display in addition to the Climate readers that are present throughout the space.
The Archives Room is furnished with workstations (housing desktop computers), researcher reading area, photo digital preservation lab, mechanized crank stacks which serve as the primary storage implement for the collections. All processed collections are housed in archival-grade boxes and/or folders in order to produce a more desirable micro-climate.
As the Tribe's repository, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Archives stands as a monument to the traditional knowledge systems and age-old institutions which have sustained the cultural memory of the Mashpee Wampanoage people. These Tribal Archives serve the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and its membership by stewarding the cultural and institutional legacy of its people for the generations yet unborn through preservation and protection of primary and secondary source format-neutral documentation that illustrates the Tribe's political, cultural, and intellectual sovereignty.
MWTA collections contain a variety of materials including, but not limited to: books, personal papers, minutes of meetings, interviews, magazines, newspapers, journals, drawings, photographs, videotapes, audiotapes, microfiche, microfilm, maps, charts, ephemera (e.g. event programs, flyers, newspaper clippings, etc.), artistic works, three-dimensional objects and artifacts appropriate to the subject matter and many more.
The MWTA is comprised of 3 units: Manuscripts (MS-designations); Special Collections (e.g. Research Library; Maps; Photographs and Prints; Biographical Files; Subject Files; Ephemera Collection; etc.); and Records (e.g. Election Committee Records).
The Archives Room entrance is fitted with a badge swipe in addition to a passcode security system where only approved personnel can achieve entry into the space.
The Archives Room has its own Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system which produces the climate determined by the MWTA preservation best practices. The gold standard for a climate is one that is conducive to the preservation of collections of a variety of formats. This climate is determined to be at: Stable Temperature NO higher than 70 degrees (Fahrenheit); Stable Relative Humidity between 30% and maximum of 50% (lower than 30% is ideal preference). The thermostat is housed within the Archives Room and can be monitored with an LCD display in addition to the Climate readers that are present throughout the space.
The Archives Room is furnished with workstations (housing desktop computers), researcher reading area, photo digital preservation lab, mechanized crank stacks which serve as the primary storage implement for the collections. All processed collections are housed in archival-grade boxes and/or folders in order to produce a more desirable micro-climate.
Website URL
https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/