Read the latest issue of Archival Outlook! In the November/December issue, Bill Jackson shares stories of the diverse motorcycle riders who built Harley-Davidson’s brand, JoyEllen Williams at Kennesaw State University gets rid of unwanted pests by freezing archival materials at different temperatures, and the SAA student chapter at Queens College CUNY builds community virtually through institutional, local, and national collaborations. Contributors also share tips for writing reparative description for disability collections, three tools to manage non-archivists’ expectations about processing materials, and examples of deaccessioning scenarios in government and academic archives. Read the digital version now! Print edition to follow in December.
Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | November/December 2021
This issue is sponsored by Atlas Systems, San José State University, Scene Savers, Lucidea, and The Crowley Company.
- “President’s Message: Optimism Is the Only Practical Solution”
by Courtney Chartier
- “Finding the Stories of the Diverse People Who Built Harley-Davidson's Brand”
by Bill Jackson
- “This Old Vase: Ancient Art and Primary Source Instruction in the Archives”
by LaraAnn Canner
- “To Remove or Not to Remove: Creating Policies for Deaccessioning”
by Kaitlin D'Amico, Sawyer Magnus, and Zachary G. Stein
- “'Reel' Love: One Student's Budding Passion for Film Preservation"
by Katie Higley
- "Reparative Description for Disability Collections: Using a New Model of Complex Embodiment at Harvard Houghton's Library"
by Annalisa Moretti
- "The Big Freeze: A Reflection on Pests, Preservation, and Collaborative Experimentation"
by JoyEllen Williams
- “'I, too, am a hibakusha': Archival Collaboration between Japan and the US on Anti-Nuclear War Activist Barbara Reynolds's Legacy”
by Yayoi Tsutsui
- "Still Processing: Three Tools to Manage Non-Archivists' Expectations about Processing"
Carol B. Wilson
- "Building Community Virtually in an SAA Student Chapter"
Chloe Baker, Sarah Barlow-Ochshorn, Maura Johnson, Melissa Lino, Aimee Lusty, and Eric Silberberg
- “From the Archivist of the United States: Valuing Equity and Diversity”
by David Ferriero
- Kudos
