the mass. memories road show your place in massachusetts history

The Mass. Memories Road Show

Your Place in Massachusetts History

What is the Mass. Memories Road Show?

A public event A digital collection An educational and research tool A community-building activity

Overview of the MMRS Massachusetts Studies Project, UMass Boston State-wide project University/community partnership Co-sponsored by Mass Humanities & Joseph P.

Healey Library at UMass Boston

Road Shows to Date:COMMUNITY ROAD SHOWS Norwood: Norwood Historical Society,

2004 Roxbury: Hibernian Hall, 2005 Dorchester: multiple locations, 2006-2007 Quincy: Thomas Crane Public Library,

2007 Deerfield: Historic Deerfield, 2007 Brewster: Brewster Ladies Library, 2008 Natick: Morse Institute Library, 2008 Norwell: Norwell Public Library, 2009 Truro: Truro Public Library, 2009 Falmouth: Falmouth Public Library, 2009 Reading: Reading Public Library, 2009 Danvers: Peabody Institute Library, 2010

THEMATIC ROAD SHOWS Grub Street Memoir Project/Boston Public Library (Boston), 2007 Hebrew Senior Life (Roslindale), 2007 World War II veterans/WGBH (Brighton), 2007 Boston Public Housing/Boston Housing Authority (Boston), 2008 Boston Public Schoolchildren, 2009

Codman Square BPL

Local venues for Road Shows…Dorchester Historical Society Lower Mills BPL branch, Dorchester

Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy

Norwood Historical Society

What Makes a Road Show? Planning

Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding

Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video  Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos

Post-ProductionRoadies, March 2006

Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

Building a Local Team Partner with local organizations/individuals:

Historical Society Senior Center Recreation Department Business Association (or individual businesses) Ethnic/Cultural Organizations Public Schools Religious Organizations Local Government Colleges/Universities

Build connections within the community. Shared responsibility for fundraising, publicity, planning &

staffing.

Dorchester Roadies

SCI Dorchester Youth Council

Dorchester Historical Society

Boston Public Library

UMass students Volunteers and

staff from past Road Shows, other Dorchester organizations

Outreach & Diversity

Translators, culturally-relevant outreach, reflection of diversity of community.

Network with other Road Show planners. Personal contact with potential contributors is

VITAL.

Funding Costs $8,000-$10,000 to

run a Road Show. Sponsorship by Mass

Humanities and Healey Library reduces local community costs to $500 + in-kind contributions.

Application required. If not accepted for

sponsored Road Show, then will assist with applying for outside funding.

New Option: Self-run Road Shows

What Makes a Road Show? Planning

Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding

Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video  Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos

Post-ProductionRoadies, March 2006

Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

Welcome Station Nametags Greeters/ushers Registration form Crowd control

Info. Station Photo forms Reviewers Selecting photos

Scanning Station Scan & project

images. Working with

original material. Keeping track of

scans and paperwork.

Scanning Specifications 300 DPI 24 bits per pixel 16.7 million colors Master: TIF Web: JPG Unique event,

contributor & photo numbers

Video Station Videotape “the story

behind the photo.” Professional

videographer and/or local public access TV stations.

Local History Station Historical society

and/or local historian. Written mini-history

of community. Identify images,

locations. Flag unique material

for possible donation.

NEA Station Partnership with New

England Archivists’ “On the Road” program

Preservation advice from professional archivists

Keepsake Photo Station Documentation of

the event. Take-away for

contributors. Postcard with URL

of website.

What Makes a Road Show? Planning

Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding

Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video  Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos

Post-ProductionRoadies, March 2006

Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

Post-Production Database Image processing Video processing Public access Keywords/metadata Website Flickr

Metadata collection

The Mass. Memories Road Showhttp://www.MassMemories.net

Massachusetts Studies Networkhttp://MAStudies.ning.com

Heather Cole, Asst. DirectorTel: 617-287-5929

Email: Heather.Cole@umb.edu