Educational Opportunity

Giving Voice: Interpreting & Preserving Oral Histories
Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

November 6, 2013
Philadelphia, PA

Hosted and co-sponsored by: 
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 

With countless advances made in audiovisual technology during the 20th century, libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies, as well as families and individuals, set out to capture the stories of the past through recordings.  This oral history material was preserved using magnetic recording tapes, film, and digital formats—many now obsolete.  While of great value and worthy of preservation, any oral history material in a collection should be considered at-risk until an institution conscientiously develops strategies to preserve it. 

This national conference, intended for archivists, librarians, collections managers, and any other collections staff working with oral histories, brings together noted historians and preservation experts to discuss best practices and methods for capturing and sharing oral histories. 

Topics include:
•Best practices for collecting stories
•Basic principles for managing oral histories within your repository
•Strategies for preserving audiovisual materials
•Access
•Outreach and exhibition
•Reaching and documenting underrepresented groups

Speakers: 
George Blood 
President, George Blood Audio and Video 

Charles Hardy III 
Professor of History, West Chester University 

Bertram Lyons
Folklife Specialist/Digital Assets Manager, Library of Congress American Folklife Center 

Joyce Hill Stoner 
Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture, University of Delaware (UD)
Paintings Conservator, Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation
Director, UD Preservation Studies Doctoral Program 

Sady Sullivan 
Director of Oral History, Brooklyn Historical Society 

Program Fees:
$95 CCAHA members
$110 Non-members

More information about this program and online registration is available at http://www.cvent.com/d/scqhjy.

Major funding for this program was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Independence Foundation, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.


About CCAHA

The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is the country's largest nonprofit conservation facility serving cultural, research and educational institutions, as well as individuals and private organizations. CCAHA's mission is to provide expertise and leadership in the preservation of the world's cultural heritage. CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of art on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, and manuscripts, along with related materials like parchment and papyrus. CCAHA also offers digital imaging services, on-site consultations, educational programs, fellowships, and emergency conservation services.

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