Archives’ Hour with the State Historical Records Advisory Board

A conversation with Alejandra Dean, Digital Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives, and Evan Knight, Preservation Specialist for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).

February 5, 2021, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Join us for an informal conversation with members of the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). Alejandra Dean, Digital Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives, will provide information about this year’s round of Veterans Heritage Grants (due April 9, 2021), and Evan Knight will lead a conversation about climate control in your archives. What are the challenges you face in creating a climate-controlled archives? Have a success story to tell? Plus, you can always ask any other questions about what SHRAB can do for you of course! The session will be moderated by Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director of The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston.  Have your stories and questions ready!

Registration is free.

This Conversation will be livestreamed. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive.



Questions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org


Conversations on the Commons

Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent, empathize, laugh, complain, think, collaborate, brainstorm, plan, and in general be up to no good.