Please note below the following programs at the Library of Virginia for
Virginia Archives Week (October 8-14).
Noontime programs:
Genealogical Research: What a Difference A Decade Makes!, Tuesday,
October 10, noon to 1 p.m.
Genealogical research techniques and methodologies have changed
significantly since the introduction of the Internet. Barbara Little,
president of the National Genealogical Society and past president of the
Virginia Genealogical Society, will discuss the many ways information
technology has affected how and where genealogists research their family
background.
Unheard Voices: An Oral History, Wednesday, October 11, noon to 1 p.m.
Oral history draws upon and compliments the archival record. Join us for
a discussion of how oral history has been utilized the African American
experience from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. Charles Perdue,
archivist for the Virginia Folklore Society and Kevin Barry and Kelly
Scott Perdue Archive of Traditional Culture at the University of Virginia,
will discuss oral history methodologies used in his book Weevils in the
Wheat: Interviews With Virginia's Ex-Slaves. Betsy Brinson, Ph.D., a
Richmond independent historian, will share her experience in producing the
documentary Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky.
Archives and Architecture: Using Historical Resources to Reconstruct the
Past, Thursday, October 12, noon to 1 p.m.
Architects, architectural historians, and historic homeowners will discuss
how and why they study and reconstruct historic properties. The panelists
will highlight past and current projects, and take time to respond to
audience inquiries. Speakers include Bryan Townes, architect for
Commonwealth Architects; Mimi Sadler, architectural historian with Sadler
and Whitehead Architects; and Mark Webb, owner of a historic Monument
Avenue home currently under renovation.
For additional information about Archives Week, please visit the 2006
Archives Week website at: www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/archweek/2006/
Questions? Contact Jessie Robinson (692-3802) or Derek Gray (692-3624).
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