Preserving Your Memories: Family Film, Photo & Document Preservation and Oral Histories
Saturday, September 19, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
In the first hour of this hands-on workshop, filmmaker Ashley Maynor will discuss and demonstrate best practices for protecting and preserving home movies, photographs, and documents. She'll explain how to store and care for these items and provide information about obtaining archival quality photo albums and supplies. Maynor who was Oral History Archivist for Roanoke Public Libraries will then share tips and techniques for recording oral histories with elders. She'll discuss and demonstrate easy-to-use and affordable technology that makes recording family histories easier than ever before. Participants are invited to bring their own home movies (8mm, Super 8, etc.) and documents or photos for inspection and repair tips and recommendations.
Ashley Maynor is a documentarian whose films and new media works have been exhibited around the country. Maynor is also engaged with building communities through video partnerships, empowering youth and communities to tell their own stories. Maynor's creative work, outreach, and research have been supported by the Southern Humanities Media Fund, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.