Community Archives Toolkit
  • 👋Community Archives Toolkit
  • Introduction
    • ðŸ’ĄGetting Started
    • 💖Who are we?
  • ðŸĪChapter 1: What is a Community Archive?
    • 1.1 Background on Community Archives
    • 1.2 Benefits of Community Archives
    • 1.3 Scope Your Vision for a Community Archive
  • ✅Chapter 2: Plan and Launch a Community Archive Project
    • 2.1 Tips & Tricks
    • 2.2 Find Initial Partners
    • 2.3 Establish Funding & Support
    • 2.4 Build & Sustain Community & Partner Engagement
    • 2.5 Build Team Capacity
    • 2.6 Design the Archive
    • 2.7 Ethics, Permissions, & Copyrights
  • 🔧Chapter 3: Build the Community Archive
    • 3.1 Overview of Collection Building Approach
    • 3.2 Make Existing Materials More Accessible
    • 3.3 Community Outreach
    • 3.4 Collection Building with Individuals
    • 3.5 Collection Building with Organizations
    • 3.6 Collection Building at Existing Community Events
    • 3.7 Activities at Community Events
    • 3.8 Produce Your Own Community Event
  • ðŸŠīChapter 4: Share and Sustain the Archive
    • 4.1 Working with Schools
    • 4.2 Raising Public Awareness
    • 4.3 Working with Artists
    • 4.4 Exhibits
    • 4.5 Sustainability
  • 📚Appendix: Further Reading and Resources
    • Appendix A. Planning & Launch Resources
    • Appendix B. Community Archive Toolkits & Resources
    • Appendix C. Examples of Community Archives
    • Appendix D. Oral History Interview Resources
    • Appendix E. Story Fest & Neighborhood Preservation Event Resources
    • Appendix F. Technical Resources
    • Appendix G. Works Cited
    • 🙌Acknowledgements
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  • Table top Pop-up exhibits
  1. Chapter 4: Share and Sustain the Archive

4.4 Exhibits

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Traveling exhibit

Hired a local graphic designer; drew upon content from NWR and CAC; the exhibit will travel around Tacoma for a year and a half being displayed at library branches and community spaces

Table top Pop-up exhibits

Displayed at

  • neighborhood archiving events

  • school library events

  • other community events with highlights from the NWR related to that neighborhood, school, or topic

a valuable way to connect the stories gathered at the event to local history

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Figure 19. Jamika Scott and Laurie Arnold look over photographs they brought to Hilltop Story Fest, May 6, 2023. Photo by Mikayla Heineck.