2017 Archives Fair: Performance and Preservation
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2017 Archives Fair: Performance and Preservation
Saturday October 21, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. National Museum of American History - Coulter Performance Plaza and SC Johnson Conference Center
Saturday October 21, 2017
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: National Museum of American History
Join us for a backstage look at the art of archives. See what it takes to protect, preserve and share historical records-- while enjoying live performances that translate the past into living culture.
In celebration of American Archives Month, archivists and experts from a wide array of institutions will be joined by musicians, dancers, singers and performers to share their collections, answer questions, and highlight the ways in which the preservation of archival collections translates into the preservation of culture through the performance and artistry of individuals and communities across the United States and around the world.
Spend an hour or two visiting with experts and enjoying live performances in the Coulter Performance Plaza, take a tour of the Museum’s Archives Center or stay all day and enjoy presentations on issues of professional interest in the SC Johnson Conference Center.
Sponsored by the National Archives Assembly, the Smithsonian Institution Archives and Special Collections Council and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference DC and Maryland Caucuses, we hope you'll join us as we pull back the curtain on the art of archives.
Current Fair Participants are listed below. If your archives or repository is interested in hosting an informational table in the Plaza, please contact Ellen Mulligan at ellen.mulligan@nara.gov
Schedule
10:45 – 11:00 Welcome and Opening remarks
- Emcee John Legloahec, Archives Specialist, Electronic Records Division, National Archives and Records Administration
- Robert Horton, Assistant Director for Collections and Archives, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Performances: Coulter Plaza
11:00 – 11:45 Performance and Discussion: Banjo Panel Greg Adams, Moderator Early Banjo Explorations: From the Archives to the Stage Dena Jennings Banjo and Black Girl: how I discovered my roots in the music archives Michael Nix Phoenix Rising: 21st century compositions Nix for the modern 7 string classical banjo based on historical notated music Tim Twiss Early Banjo – Rediscovered Roots
12:00 – 12:30 Jonathan Een Newton/Slow Down Tommy Root to Seed: Old-time and Irish music re-imagined
12:45 – 1:15 e. Katrina Lewis Piano & Percussion: The Middle Passage of Right
1:30 – 2:00 James Zimmerman, Jazz Vocalist The Artistry of Oscar Brown, Jr., based on his collection at Howard University’s Moorland Spingarn Research Center
2:15 – 2:45 Jake Blount and Tatiana Hargreaves Reparations: Revitalizing Black and Native American String Band Music
3:00 – 3:45 Capitol Tap #TapToListen |
Panel Discussions: SC Johnson Conference Center
11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Expression in Archives Jessica Whitmore, Archives Manager, Mount St. Mary’s University Preserving the Story of the Artist: The John La Farge Collection at Mount St. Mary’s University
Asantewa Boakyewa, AU Arts Coordinator, College of Arts & Sciences, American University The Fight in Black and White: The Political Cartoons of Thomas A. Stockett
Jennifer Johnstone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Kent State University Not “Just American:” Two Case Studies of Musical Archives and Cultural Identity Among Descendants of Immigrants
12:30 – 12:45 Break, Visit Exhibit Tables
12:45 – 2:15 Panel Discussion: Bodies in Motion Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, Assistant Professor with a Joint Appointment in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies and the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Georgia Performing the Archive: At Buffalo, A New Musical
Phil Jamison, traditional musician and dancer, scholar of traditional Appalachian dance, Warren Wilson College Western North Carolina Buckdancers, Flatfooters, & Charleston Dancers
Junious Brickhouse, Founding Executive Director, Urban Artistry Inc. The Preservatory: Urban Artistry Inc.
2:15 – 2:30 Break, Visit Exhibit Tables
2:30 – 4:00 Panel Discussion: The Art of Access John Gleason, Digital Archive Consultant, New York State Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association (NYSOTFA) Preserving, Promoting and Perpetuating Cultural Digital Archives
Heather Calloway, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Washington College Raven Bishop, Instructional Technologist, Washington College Sarah Graff, Head Student Archives Assistant, Washington College Investigative Curation: Augmented Archives
Stephen F. Lorenz, Independent Scholar Cosmopolitan Folk: Lead Belly, Mississippi John Hurt, and the Cultural Politics of Washington's Folk Music Archives |
Fair Participants
Archives and Repositories
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
American Institute of Physics History Programs
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Baltimore Museum of Industry
MARMIA (Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive)
Montgomery History
Morgan State University
National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
National Archives and Records Administration, Motion Picture Film Preservation Lab
National Archives and Records Administration, Preservation Programs
National Archives and Records Administration, Special Media Division
National Library of Medicine
National Portrait Gallery/Catalog of American Portraits, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Transcription Center
Storygourd Workshop
University of the District of Columbia, Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
University of the District of Columbia, University Archives
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland Special Collections
Urban Artistry
Washington College