Join staff from Chicago Public Library’s Northside Neighborhood History Collection and Gerber/Hart Library and Archives for a presentation on how to care for your own personal archives. Bring something from your own collection, such as a flyer from a concert you went to or a photo of you and your friends and learn how to organize it and keep it safe for years to come.
Attendees will join Gerber/Hart staff for a behind the scenes tour of Gerber/Hart’s archives, library, and special collections. Since 1981, Gerber/Hart has worked to preserve and make accessible the LGBTQ history of Chicago and the Midwest. Take a peek behind the scenes of one of the largest LGBTQ collections in the U.S.
Staff from CPL’s Northside Neighborhood History Collection will share tips on how to keep letters, photographs, scrapbooks, digital files, stories, and other material safe for years to come. There will be plenty of time for questions, so feel free to bring yours to the event or submit them in advance to northsidehistory@chipublib.org.
Each attendee will be given one Archival Starter Kit to take home with them which includes:
1 letter sized archival box, archival file folders and photos sleeves and a sheet with collection care tips.
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Joining us from CPL!
Allyson Smally has been an archivist since 2013. She has been with Chicago Public Library for over three years, all at the Northside Neighborhood History Collection.
Julie Lynch has been a librarian since 1998. She has worked at the Chicago Public Library since 2000 and in the Northside Neighborhood History Collection since 2005.