Last week NPR and CBC played a number of a stories focusing on feminism, the life of working women, and women's right. Many of these stories were linked to the fact that Friday March 8th was International Women's Day. The abundance of discussion relating to feminism and women's rights cause me to think about the … Continue reading Names and Family History
Family Heirlooms: From Cutlery to Adornments
Who else has a relative who collects spoons? In many instances these relatives tend to be older, female, and the spoons tend to be hanging in a wooden/glass display case of some sort. My mother, grandmother and a number of aunts all collected spoons at one point or another. Theses spoons were often purchased while away … Continue reading Family Heirlooms: From Cutlery to Adornments
Introducing the Archive: Greeting First Time Visitors
The overwhelming majority of visitors to the archive I work at have never been inside an archive before. Many of the visitors come from outside academia or are undergraduate and high school students stepping into an archive for the first time. In addition to being new to archives, many visitors are searching for documents relating … Continue reading Introducing the Archive: Greeting First Time Visitors
Pest Control and Your Family Photos
Mice, silverfish, cockroaches, and a whole pile of other creepy crawlies can do serious damage to your collection of photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and family memorabilia. This damage can take the form of nesting, eating, and burrowing in your paper based materials.Most libraries and archives maintain stringent Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems to protect their holdings … Continue reading Pest Control and Your Family Photos