annual meeting 2019

Caption: View of Bozeman Northeast of Montana State College with the Bridger Range in the background, circa 1907. Collection 2633-General Picture Collection, 1866-2015. MSU Special Collections.

Preliminary Program for Northwest Archivists Conference, Bozeman, Montana, May 15-17, 2019

 

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Schedule at a Glance (below)

Wednesday, May 15

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	Workshop: Managing Digital Records in Archives and Special Collections, Seth Shaw, Society of American Archivists
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.	Workshop: Teaching with Primary Resources: Educational Outreach with Project Archaeology, Nichole Trammel, Project Archaeology
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.	Workshop: Zero to Winning with Grants, Rachael Woody, Rachael Cristine Consulting LLC
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.	CANCELED: Native American Collections Roundtable Speed Networking, Location at the Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Building 1400 South 19th Avenue
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.	Reception at the Gallatin History Museum Shuttles to and from the conference hotel will be provided by Karst Stage Sponsored by Atlas Systems

Thursday, May 16

7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.	Plenary Session and Breakfast Walter Fleming, Montana State University Department of Native American Studies Sponsored by Hollinger Metal Edge
9:20 a.m.-9:30 a.m.	Transition
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.	Session 1 Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Competency: Learning From Each Other Josh Zimmerman Mary McRobinson Terry Baxter Conor Casey Anne Frantilla Mary Hansen Sara Piasecki	Session 2 Leading Outside the Archives Erin Passehl-Stoddart Maija Anderson Shawna Gandy Crystal Rogers	Session 3 Learning from Disasters: Emergency Planning and Response Charles Hilton Mary Hammer Kathryn Kramer Diane Wells
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.	Break Sponsored by Friends of the Butte Archives
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Posters
11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Transition
12:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m.	Plenary Session and Lunch The Flexible Collection: Integrating the Ivan Doig Archive into the Community and Beyond Janell Zauha, Montana State University Humanities & Outreach Librarian Hannah McKelvey, Montana State University Library Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian
1:20 p.m.-1:30 p.m.	Transition
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.	Session 4 ArchivesSpace: A Step Further Rachel Thomas Steve Duckworth Zachariah Selley Connor Casey	Session 5 Developing Digital Repositories Through Community Collaborations Terry Walker Bonnie Hood	Session 6 Discovering the Hidden: Making LGBTQ More Accessible to Researchers Erin Baucom Linda Long
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Break Sponsored by University of Montana
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.	Session 7 You Got This! Empowering Archivists to Use Open Tools to Process A/V Materials Libby Hopfauf Ari Lavigne Andrew Weaver	Session 8 Montana Archivists Roundtable (MAR) Startup Jodie Foley SHRAB	Session 9 Singing the Past Back to Life: Researching the Songs and Styles of Early 20th Century America Cecelia Otto
5:15 p.m-6:45 p.m.	Native American Collections Roundtable Meeting
6:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.	Transition
7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.	Movie Night with MIPoPS

Friday, May 17

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Session 10 C. Owen Smithers Collection: Transitioning in a Small Archive Ellen Crain Harriet Schultz Cara Mooney	Session 11	Session 12 The Forecast for 2020 and How to Survive and Thrive Rachael Woody Maija Anderson Jodi Allison-Bunnell
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.	Break Sponsored by Montana Historical Society
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.	Session 13 The Importance of Place: Designing Institutional History Archival Instruction Sessions Adriana Flores Anna Trammell	Session 14 A Brave New Hope: Student Workers in the Archives Helena Egbert Lilya Benz Sylvia Podwika	Session 15 Creative Solutions in the Archives Stephanie Milne-Lane Iris Godwin Sara Mannheimer
10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.	Transition
10:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.	Brunch and Business Meeting Sponsored by Interstate Restoration
12:20 p.m.-12:30 p.m.	Transition
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.	Session 16 More Product, Less Process (MPLP): What We've Learned and Where We're Headed Elizabeth Nielsen Alex Biso Dana Bronson Liza Harrell-Edge Donna McCrea Cheryl Oestricher	Session 17 Building Representative Archives Hannah Crummé E.J. Carter Terry Baxter Natalie Bond	Session 18 What did you have for dinner... Why Does It Matter? Zoe Ann Stoltz Molly Krukenberg Amy McKinney Mary Murphy Janell Zauha
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Post-Conference Tour

Conference Workshops

See registration details with each workshop description

Pre-Conference Workshop

Wednesday, May 15 2019

Registration will open soon! Watch this space. As soon as registration opens, NWA members will receive an email announcement.

Managing Digital Records in Archives and Special Collections

Instructor: Seth Shaw
Wednesday, May 15 – 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration is now open for the pre-conference workshop Managing Digital Records in Archives and Special Collections. Register soon to get the early bird rate!

Co-sponsored by Society of American Archivists

Registration for this workshop is separate from conference registration. The registration fee is $199 for SAA members registering by March 25. Enrollment is limited to 35 participants.

Get ready to focus on the skills that administrators and managers-those archivists with oversight over their department or the entire archival enterprise of their institution-need to incorporate digital records management into their archives and special collections. We will discuss both the administrative and technical needs to successfully manage archived digital records, allowing you to make thoughtful and convincing arguments to staff and superiors grounded in knowing what it takes.

This course fulfills a Transformational credit for the DAS certificate program.

Register Now!  https://saa.archivists.org/events/managing-digital-records-in-archives-and-special-collections-1954/918/

Non-SAA-members may use the code MDRX25MT to receive a $25 discount off the non-member rate.

Teaching with Primary Sources: Educational Outreach with Project Archaeology

Instructor: Nichole Tramel
Wednesday, May 15 – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM

This workshop is free, but you must sign up when you register for the conference.  Enrollment is limited to 30 participants.

Outreach can be a powerful opportunity for archival institutions to connect with potential users, show off collections, build support for facilities, and demonstrate their relevance to stakeholders. Archivists already have so much on their plates, though, that it can be challenging and time-consuming to design programming for K-16 audiences, graduate students, and life-long learners. Luckily, Project Archaeology is here to help!

Project Archaeology is a national education program that is a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and Montana State University. We create high-quality, award-winning educational material in addition to offering ongoing professional development and support for educators. We specialize in introducing audiences to material culture analysis and teaching non-experts how to access the past through primary source material. This workshop will add to an archivist or allied professional’s toolkit by offering ready-made lessons from Project Archaeology’s Informal Education Guide. These lessons can be used to highlight aspects of your collection and can be easily adapted for different types of events and learners. With these lessons, you will have everything that you need to engage visitors between the ages of 8 and 80!

Going from Zero to Winning with Grants

Instructor: Rachael Cristine Woody, Rachael Cristine Consulting
Wednesday, May 15 – 1:00-5:00 PM

Workshop registration fee is $5.50. Enrollment is limited  to 20 participants.

This workshop is for anyone who is a part of under-funded or emerging archives, or has a new program or project to launch. The reality of working in archives is that we often struggle to secure enough funding to function at our full potential. Grant funding is repeatedly sought to fill the gap needed for staff, supplies, and projects. The session will offer a sandbox for constructing competitive grant project ideas, reveal proposal pitfalls, and provide a template for creating a winning grant proposal. Rachael Woody has successfully worked with more than a dozen organizations on grant acquisition and management and has specialized in archives and museum grant writing for more than 10 years. She is the author of a #1 New Release on Amazon, "A Survivor’s Guide to Museum Grant Writing," which teaches professionals of all-levels how to confidently go from zero ideas to a winning proposal.

Tours

May 15 & 17, 2019

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Bozeman's Historic Breweries and Saloons 
Where: The Western Cafe located at 443 East Main Street, Bozeman, MT
Tour Guides: Extreme History Project

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Bozeman’s drinking industry is nearly as old as the town itself: from our first brewery and saloon, opened in 1867, to the many bars, microbreweries, and pubs that shape Bozeman today, the history of breweries, saloons, and Bozeman are thoroughly intertwined. Join the Extreme History Project to learn about Bozeman’s brewing history, hear stories of colorful characters in the city’s 19th and 20th century saloons, learn how Prohibition affected Bozeman’s saloon keepers, and visit old neighborhood bars. Tour is capped at 25 people.

Friday, May 17, 2019

Murders, Madams, and Mediums  
Where:The Western Cafe located at 443 East Main Street, Bozeman, MT

Tour Guides: Extreme History

Time: 3:00 p.m.

From horrific murders to notorious madams and mediums communicating with the spirit world, Bozeman’s darker history comes to light in a walking tour designed to send a shiver up your spine. Hear about the fatal encounter between “Steamboat Bill” and Linn Lum, as well as Bozeman’s “Week of Horror!” Learn how Mrs. Mounts proved to Bozeman society that she could communicate with the dead. Meet Louise Couselle, Bozeman’s notorious madam whose income rivaled that of Bozeman’s wealthiest merchants. Tour is capped at 25 people.