Name: 502 - A Call to Action: Archiving the Memorial Materials from Mother Emanuel AME Church
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502 - A Call to Action: Archiving the Memorial Materials from Mother Emanuel AME Church

In this companion discussion to "I Second That Emotion" (session 109), members of the Charleston Archives, Libraries, and Museums Council (aka CALM) discuss in more detail the many aspects of the Emanuel AME memorial project and the difficulties the archivists involved faced as they worked across multiple institutions and tiers of hierarchy (religious, private, municipal, and non-profit) to coordinate efforts for the preservation and documentation of the enormous outpouring of materials stemming from this national tragedy.

Chair

Celeste Wiley

Visual Materials Archivist, South Carolina Historical Society

Anything photography related, conservation, preservation

Speakers

Melissa J. Bronheim

Associate Archivist, Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

Melissa Bronheim is the Associate Archivist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina. Prior to joining the diocese, Melissa worked as a project archivist for the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, a digital archivist for the Lowcountry... Read More →

Melissa Buchanan

Curator of Collections, Patriots Point

Melissa Buchanan is the collections curator at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mt. Pleasant, SC. She graduated from the College of Charleston in 2003 with a bachelor's in history and from the University of West Georgia in 2008 with a master's in history concentrating in... Read More →

Virginia Ellison

Archivist, South Carolina Historical Society

Virginia Ellison is the Archivist at the South Carolina Historical Society where she oversees archival operations and works with patrons in the library. She attended the College of Charleston, where she earned a B.S. in anthropology, received her Master's in Library and Information... Read More →

Brooke Fox

University Archivist, MUSC Libraries

Brooke Fox is University Archivist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Library Science and Informatics. She joined the MUSC Waring Historical Library in August 2007 after five years as archivist for the Office of NIH History... Read More →

Katie Gray

Archivist, Charleston County Public Library

Katie Gray serves as the Archivist for the Charleston County Public Library, where she has been employed since 1999. She holds a MLIS from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Biology from Winthrop University. Ms. Gray is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and... Read More →

Georgette Mayo

Processing Archivist, Avery Center for African American History

Meg Moughan

Records Manager, City of Charleston

Meg holds a Master of Arts and Master of Science degree with a concentration in American History and Archives and Records Management from Simmons College. She has over 15 years of experience working as an archivist, librarian, and records manager. Previously, she has held the archivist... Read More →

Friday August 5, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Grand Ballroom West Hilton Atlanta, 255 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303

Education Session

ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2016