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The Mass. Memories Road Show
The Mass. Memories Road Show is a state-wide digital humanities project that documents Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories.
In partnership with local historical societies, schools, libraries, senior centers, public access television stations and volunteers, we organize public events to scan family photographs and digitally videotape “the stories behind the photos.” The images and video are indexed and incorporated into an online educational database at http://www.massmemories.net. Since its launch, the project has gathered more than 2,000 photographs and stories from across the state.
At the Road Shows, our partners in the New England Archivists "Archives
on the Road" program provide preservation advice, education and handouts
for visitors.
Through the Mass. Memories Road Show our goal is to help build community,
to encourage the protection of original artifacts, and to facilitate sharing
of cultural heritage information with Massachusetts educators, students
and the general public.
Our goal is to hold public scanning events in all of the 351 communities
of Massachusetts, creating access to family documents about local immigration
history, and building community knowledge and connections.
»Contact the Massachusetts Studies Project for more information about bringing the Mass. Memories Road Show to your community!
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