History Education in All Shapes and Sizes

The Fall/Winter 2012 issue of the American Archivist recently appeared on my desk.  I'm still working my way through it, but I found the article "Archival Document Packets: A Teaching Module in Advocacy Training Using the Papers of Governor Dick Thornburgh" by Richard J. Cox, Janet Ceja Alcala, and Leanne Bowler insightful and thought inspiring.The … Continue reading History Education in All Shapes and Sizes

Archival Outreach and Community Based Heritage

Recently I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the role archives can play in community based heritage initiatives.  The bulk of my thoughts have centered on the idea that archives have the potential to become community heritage hubs and places of active history. Of course, just because archives have the potential to do … Continue reading Archival Outreach and Community Based Heritage