Many of us have precious materials sitting around our homes and attics that we are desperate to preserve. Maybe you have boxes full of old family photos, precious heirlooms passed down through generations, or other objects that need protecting. In this workshop, we will talk about how to start or build a personal archive and how to keep your archive safe. This will include discussion of digitization of media, the basics of keeping your precious objects safe at home, and how you may gift objects to local historical societies and archives to keep, instead.
When: Tuesday, May 19. 10:00am-11:00pm. This workshop will be one hour long.
Instructor: Chrissy Widmayer
Cost: $10 member/$15 non-member
This workshop is made possible thanks to a partnership between the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Humanities’ Community Powered initiative, which works to build resilience in communities using the tools of history, culture, and storytelling.
PLEASE NOTE – This workshop will not be recorded.
ALL CLASSES BEGIN CENTRAL TIME
Link for the Zoom meeting will be emailed closer to the start of class.
Contact us at genealogy@nagcnl.org with any questions or for more details about the class.
Chrissy Widmayer is a scholar of community connections. She has a PhD in Folklore Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. Her dissertation research explored how communities create connections and relationships using foodways and storytelling. Her postdoctoral research builds on the work she’s done as the director of Wisconsin Humanities’ award-winning Community Powered initiative, which puts the tools of history, culture, and storytelling in the hands of communities through training and educational programming. Chrissy hopes to help Nordic American communities in the Upper Midwest build capacity to collect their own folklore and produce dynamic public programming around those traditions. Chrissy is also a co-founder of WiseFolk Productions and content creator for Folkwise.