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HISTORICAL RECORDS FORUM



The Fifth Annual Community Forum on Historical Records, Documenting
Underdocumented Populations & Communities, will meet on Friday, June 7, 2002
at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater. The plenary speaker is Thomas
O'Connor, Professor of History Emeritus, at Boston College; author of The
Hub: Boston Past and Present; The Boston Irish: A Political History; Civil
War Boston: Home Front and Battlefield; Boston Catholics: A History of the
Church and Its People; and South Boston, My Home Town: The History of an
Ethnic Neighborhood.

Afternoon breakout sessions include:

1.      Documentation Methodology (I): Locating and Identifying Records of
Underdocumented Communities.
*       Lidwien Kapteijns, Wellesley College, Chair History Department,
cofounder Somali Institute for Research and Development
*       Martha Montero-Sieburth, Department of Education, Latino Studies,
University of Massachusetts, Boston
*       Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts,
Bridgewater State College

2.      Federal Records: Researching Underdocumented Communities.
*       Cesar Monzon, U.S. Federal Census Bureau, Boston Branch, Information
Specialist
*       Walter Hickey, National Archives and Records Center, New England
Branch
*       Corinne Mudarri, Arab American Institute, Culture and Life
Documentation

3.      State Records: Researching Underdocumented Communities.
*       Nicholas Burk, State Office of Immigrants and Refugees
*       Paula Girouard, Manager of  Data Collection, Processing and
Reporting, Massachusetts Department of Education
*       Shelley Quezada, Consultant to the Underserved, Massachusetts Board
Library Commissioners

4.      Education & Outreach: Using Records of Underdocumented Communities.
*       Robert Johnson, Chair Africana Studies, University Massachusetts,
Boston
*       Linda Coombs, Wampanoag Indian Program, Plimoth Plantation
*       Peter Kiang, Education and Asian American Studies, University
Massachusetts, Boston

5.      Religious Institutions & Organizations: Sources for Researching
Underdocumented Communities.
*       Kristen Farmelant, Director Bay State Historical League
*       William Wolkovich-Valkavicius, Lithuanian and Polish Immigration
*       Carol Shedd, Mideastern Studies, Harvard University (emeritus)


6.      Documentation Methodology (II): Locating and Identifying Records of
Underdocumented Communities.
*       Janet Larkin, Massachusetts Romany Gypsies Culture, Consultant
*       Millie Rahn, Folklore and Culture, Consultant
*       Maggie Holtzberg, Folk Arts and Heritage, Massachusetts Cultural
Council

7.      Preservation Tools: Caring for Records of Underdocumented
Communities with Limited Resources.
*       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners
*       Judy Farrar, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Special
Collections & Archives
*       Lori Foley, Field Service Representative, Northeast Document
Conservation Center

8.      Documentation Projects of Underdocumented Communities.
*       Leigh Swigart, West African Research Association, African Studies
Center, Boston University
*       Jim Benson & Lloyd Thompson, Documentation of Swedes, Greater
Brockton
*       Joe Thomas, Portuguese History & Culture, Spinner Publications

9.      Understanding Culture & Community: Tools for Researching
Underdocumented Communities.
*       Percy Andreazi, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc.
*       Marilyn Halter, Department of History-Institute for the Study of
Economic Culture, Boston University
*       Wing-kai To, History Department and Asian Studies Program,
Bridgewater State College

10.      Exhibits & Programs: Thinking Beyond the Written Word.
*       Westy A. Egmont, Dreams of Freedom Immigrant Museum Center,  Boston
*       Ruth Thomasian, Project SAVE Armenian Photo Archives, Watertown
*       Mary Lahaj. Founder Islamic Center of New England, Quincy, MA;
Middlesex Community College, Adjunct Faculty.

For more information and registration please visit the MHRAB homepage at
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcaac/aacintro.htm or contact Bill Milhomme

Bill Milhomme, Field Archivist
Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02135
617.727.2816 x 257

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