by Matthew Friedman | Mar 14, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
What is the Community Preservation Act? How can it be used to preserve history on the local level? What are allowable uses? How can your community adopt this bylaw? What kinds of local advocacy need to be done to pass CPA in a town? What are some of the strategies...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 27, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Have you considered working with the Digital Commonwealth to digitize any of your collections and get them online? What does it take to get your collection up on the Digital Commonwealth? Are there any obstacles and challenges? What part is easy? What does it take...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 14, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
What is Community History? What formats does it take? What is the difference between local history and community history? How can we embrace both? How does community history practice require historical organizations to change their understanding of history? What are...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 25, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Filigree or verdigris? Crazing or cracking? There’s a lot of talk about archival processes, but what about object care and description? Do you know how to deal with that mildewed leather portfolio? Pigeon poop on statues or memorials? How do you tag a porcelain...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 11, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
We tackle the topic of “Teaching New England Slavery to Kids” with Kristin Gallas, the project manager for education development at the Tsongas Industrial History Center and author of the recently published Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens. Her work offers...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 3, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Annual Fund Drives, Giving Tuesday, membership drives, end of year giving, holiday bake sales. Do you do any of these? All of these? How do you ask for money? Does the membership model still work for 2022? If so, how do you administer it? Index cards? Excel sheet? A...
