How to Protect Your Family Papers and Photographs

Class Description

Treat your family papers, ephemera, and photographs as important historic documents worthy of preservation and protection. This is an online workshop on the do's and don'ts of protecting your family papers, ephemera, and photographs, with examples of the correct materials and advice on how to avoid common storage and preservation mistakes.

Hilary Mac Austin is a writer, researcher, and independent historian. She is the co-author, with Kathleen Thomspon, of four books: Examining the Evidence, The Face of Our Past, America’s Children, and Children of the Depression. She is also the author of numerous lessons and activities on the Newberry’s Digital Collections for the Classroom.

All virtual classes are recorded and made available to participants registered in the class. These recordings are password-protected and available for up to two weeks after the class ends.

What to Expect

Format: Virtual 

Class Capacity: 30 

Class Style: Mix of lecture and discussion; participation encouraged 

Materials List

No Required Materials

Cost and Registration

1 Session, $75 ($67.50 for Newberry members, seniors, and students). Learn about becoming a member.

We offer our classes at three different price options: Regular ($75), Community Supported ($70), and Sponsor ($80). Following the models of other institutions, we want to ensure that our classes are accessible to a wider audience while continuing to support our instructors. You may choose the price that best fits your situation when registering through Learning Stream.

To register multiple people for this class, please go through the course calendar in Learning Stream, our registration platform. When you select the course and register, you’ll be prompted to add another registrant.

Having trouble signing up? Take a look at our step-by-step guide to registration by clicking here.

The views and opinions expressed in this class and/or by the instructor are not necessarily representative of the Newberry. We aim to ensure that in our classes, participants can have respectful disagreement to foster critical thinking. This is a space to challenge and expand our own worldviews to work towards better understanding and appreciating humanity.

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