Archiving for Activists: Resources

Or for anyone, really, who wants to arrange & describe their own collection of papers, ephemera & memorabilia.

On Sunday night Amy & I gave a workshop at Interference Archive; we had about a dozen participants, who were all terrific and asked interesting questions. We handed out a sheet with resources for further reading on personal archiving. Below is that list. Hope someone finds it useful.

 

• Library of Congress. Caring for your family treasures. http://www.loc.gov/preservation/family/
• Library of Congress. Preservation Methods for Scrapbooks and Albums. http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/albums.html
• Library of Congress. Care, Handling, and Storage of Works on Paper. http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/paper.html
• Library of Congress. Care, Handling, and Storage of Photographs. http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/photo.html
• American Institute of Conservation and Historic and Artistic Works. Caring for Your Treasures. http://www.conservation-us.org/about-conservation/caring-for-your-treasures#.VF6X_fnF_Ak
• American Institute of Conservation and Historic and Artistic Works. Caring for Your Treasures. Documents on Art and Paper. http://www.conservation-us.org/about-conservation/caring-for-your-treasures/paper#.VF6Yf_nF_Ak
• The National Archives. Caring for Your Family Archives. http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/
• The University of Washington. Caring For Your Personal Collections. http://www.lib.washington.edu/preservation/preservationfaq
• The Northeast Document Conservation Center. Caring for Family and Private Collections. https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preserving-private-and-family-collections/caring-for-private-and-family-collections
• University of Illinois at Chicago. Don’t Throw It Away! : Documenting & Preserving Oganizational History. http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/pdf/DTIA.pdf
• Cornell University. Copyright Terms and the Public Domain in the United States as of January 2014. https://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
• A Fair(y) Use Tale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

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