The Pennsylvania State Archives is pleased to offer another event in its Community History Dialog series: Collaborating with Curators and Archivists to Preserve Community History, which will be held online, December 16th from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Join us in this online discussion to inspire and help social communities think about how they can collect and preserve their own history. The event is free but requires registration as online “seating” is limited.
Click here to register or copy and paste this link in your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pduyrpj4oGNJNzqebL3LwqxNwaXslRGrp
Collaborating with Curators and Archivists to Preserve Community History
How can a community start preserving the many stories that make up its history? Discover how the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium has collaborated with the Senator John Heinz History Center to develop a unique community preservation strategy to preserve and share the stories of Western Pennsylvanians with disabilities. We'll share the ins and outs of this partnership and how it can be replicated for other communities and historical organizations.
Speakers:Tina Calabro, Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium
Sierra Green, Senator John Heinz History Center
Anne Madarasz, Senator John Heinz History Center, Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
Emily Ruby, Senator John Heinz History Center
About the Community History Dialog Series:
A social community is a group of people who share some common characteristic, attitude, interest, or goals and who consider themselves to be a community. Communities might be connected by ethnic or cultural backgrounds, sexual orientation or gender identity, religious beliefs, or other shared experiences, and can be represented by a formal organization, or a community’s members can be more loosely connected. The goal of the Community History Dialog is to help such communities identify and preserve their history.
The Pennsylvania State Archives started this series in 2020 to gather community groups, archivists, and others to share their own experiences collecting and preserving their community’s stories and offer guidance. These discussions are helpful to groups just beginning to preserve their history or those who have significant collections already but are seeking next steps.
Recordings of previous Community History Dialog events and additional resources for community history projects can be found here: https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/News-Programs/Pages/Community-History-Dialog.aspx
For more information contact:
Cindy Bendroth
Archivist
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
717-783-7330
Email: cbendroth@pa.gov