Upcoming workshops...
May 2025 — Planning for our Spring '25 workshop will begin in January. Check back for details in late March.
Past workshops...
So far NHAG workshops have been held in 23 different cities and towns across the populous southern counties. We continue to seek new workshop venues to expand our reach.
Workshops have covered a range of topics, with an emphasis on management, basic archival principles & techniques, and community outreach & advocacy. Computers were a popular topic in the 1990s; now preservation of born-digital records and images have emerged as a mounting concern, even as the digitization of old records, images, and other media continues.
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2024 Programs
October 23, 2024 — Archives/AI. The fall 2024 workshop was held at Whipple Memorial Town Hall in New London, NH. Speakers included Sara Brumfield (FromThePage.com), Kent Randell (Rauner Special Collections), Kyle Courtney (Harvard Libraries), and Bobbi Slossar (NH State Library). Optional tours of the Colby-Sawyer College Archives or New London Town Archives. Hybrid format. See resource page. May 16, 2024 — Back to Basics. The spring 2024 workshop was held at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, NH. Speakers were Peggy Wishart and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald (Old York Research Center), Brian Burford (former NH State Archivist), Barbara Rimkunas (Exeter Historical Society), Darlene Bialowski, Elsbeth Geldhof, and Michele Pagan (Collections Care Cooperative). Optional tours of the Portsmouth Athenaeum or Strawbery Banke Colllections Care were also offered. In-person or Zoom. See resource page. 2023 Programs October 18, 2023 — Unplanned Obsolescence. The fall 2023 workshop was held at the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, NH. Speakers were Rodney Obien (Keene State College), Toben Traver (Dartmouth College), Marc Vadeboncoeur (Goodheart Media Services), and a panel presentation by NHAG board members representing projects in Portsmouth, Rindge, Keene, and New London. This was followed by a tour of the archives at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture. In-person or Zoom. See resource page. May 17, 2023 — Archives Enlivened. The spring 2023 workshop was held at the Laconia Public Library in Laconia, NH. Speakers were Kala Brzezinski (Museum of the White Mountains), Brigham Boice (Newpast), Rob Dionne (Majestic Theatre) and Kristy Ellsworth (Manchester Historic Association), and a panel presentation by NHAG board members representing projects in Portsmouth, Rindge, Manchester, and New London. This was followed by a tour of Laconia Special Collections. In-person or Zoom. 2022 Programs October 19, 2022 — Church & Cemetery Records. The fall 2022 workshop and annual meeting was held at the South Congregational Church in Newport, NH. Speakers included Jim Perkins (New London Archives), Barbara Chalmers (Sunapee Historical Society), Zachary Bodnar and Sara Trotta (Congregational Library & Archives, Boston), and Clark Bagnall (NH Old Graveyard Association). The workshop was followed by an optional tour of the Sunapee Archives. In-person or Zoom. May 17, 2022 — Finding a Voice: Under-representation in the Archives. The spring 2022 workshop was held at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, NH. Speakers included Marcia Schmidt Blaine (Plymouth State University, emeritus), Tricia Peone (Historic New England, research scholar), Laura Judge and Jed Crook, Maddie Beihl, and Jay Colbert (University of New Hampshire). The workshop was followed by an optional tour of the African Burial Ground in Portsmouth. In-person or Zoom. 2021 Programs October 28, 2021 — Archiving in the Pandemic. The fall 2021 workshop was held at the MHA Millyard Museum in Manchester, NH. Project director Gary Samson gave an overview of the statewide New Hampshire Now photography exhibition (and book), Erin Robinson detailed the ongoing Derry Pandemic Diaries project, and Bobbi Slossar, Chris Cooper, and Zach Giroux presented on the Omeka software platform. Tours of the New Hampshire Now exhibition (Merrimack Valley edition) were also available at the museum during breaks and after the workshop. In-person or Zoom. May 2021 — The spring workshop was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 Programs Spring and fall workshops were both canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2019 Programs October 3, 2019 — Archives Training for Volunteers. The fall 2019 workshop was held at the Nashua Historical Society in Nashua, NH. It offered basic training and advice for volunteers working with archival collections in libraries, archives, and historical societies. Instructors included Brian Burford (NH State Archives), Barbara Rimkunas (Exeter Historical Society), Betsy Holmes (NH Institute of Art & Design), and Jeff Barraclough (Manchester Historic Association), along with a panel of NHAG board members representing historical societies, educational institutions, and municipal archives. May 15, 2019 — Collections Funding & Management: Working with Grants and Donors to make the most of your collections. The spring 2019 workshop was held at the Bedford Public Library in Bedford, NH. Following a brief NHAG annual meeting, speakers included: Charles Shipman (NH State Library) describing the Moose Plate Conservation program, Anne Phillips (NH Charitable Foundation) providing an overview of the Foundation’s programs, and Gary McCool (Plymouth State University) discussing the Grant Research Center. Then John Clayton, Executive Director of Manchester Historic Association, discussed some of the ways he has been successful in engaging the local community. After lunch, Barbara Rimkunas, Curator of the Exeter Historical Society, talked about funding and care of collections through accessioning, processing, and more. 2018 Programs October 10, 2018 — Sharing New Hampshire with the World. The fall 2018 workshop was held at the Durham Public Library in Durham, NH. Speakers on the Digital Public Library of America project in New Hampshire included Sarah Galligan (NH Historical Society), Michael York (NH State Library), and Alice Pearman (Plymouth State University). Panelists sharing experiences with other solutions included Brantey Palmer (Colby-Sawyer Archives), Zach Giroux (Keene State Archives), and Mike Intranuovo (City of Manchester). Sarah Galligan also spoke about the New Hampshire History Network and Bill Ross (University of New Hampshire) gave a presentation on engaging college students in transcription, markup, and metadata tasks. May 23, 2018 — On Exhibition! The spring 2018 workshop was held at The Museum of the White Mountains in Plymouth, NH. Speakers included Jim Perkins (New London Archives) on small exhibitions in unlikely places, Cynthia Robinson (Museum of the White Mountains) on creation of The People's Forest exhibition, Marylou Lazos (ML Art Services) on the creation of the Millyard Museum in Manchester, and Carolyn Soucy (Megaprint) on large-format printing options for exhibitions. See resource page. 2017 Programs October 11, 2017 — The Best Laid Plans. The fall 2017 workshop was held in Keene, NH, at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. The theme was digital preservation and archival security. NH State Archivist Brian Burford discussed recent changes in state law that permit permanent retention of municipal records in a PDF/A format and what concerns still needed to be addressed before undertaking a system of digital record preservation. Gregor Trinkaus-Randall gave a presentation on security for libraries and archives in the morning session and a presentation on disaster planning in the afternoon. Tours of the Historical Society of Cheshire County and Keene State College Special Collections followed the workshop. See resource page. May 24, 2017 — Community Stories: oral history and the care of recorded media. The spring 2017 workshop and annual meeting was held in Portsmouth, NH, at the Portsmouth Public Library and focused on the collection, use, and preservation of oral history as a means of building and sustaining community. After a brief annual meeting, oral historian and folklorist Jo Radner conducted the interactive morning workshop. This was followed by a lunchtime discussion with panelists Elizabeth Farish (Curator, Strawbery Banke), Julia Lanter (Exeter Public Library), and Barbara Ward (Director/Curator, Moffat-Ladd House). Frances Harrell from the New England Document Conservation Center then gave a final presentation on identification, digitization, and care of recorded media. Tours of Discover Portsmouth and Portsmouth Athenaeum completed the afternoon session. See resource page. 2016 Programs September 21, 2016 — The Mirror with a Memory: photography & virtual reality in the archives. The fall 2016 workshop meeting was held in Manchester, NH, at the Resource Center of the Manchester Historic Association. Gary Samson demonstrated wet plate (collodion) photography; Betsy Holmes presented a brief history of photography; Jim Perkins reviewed a recent glass lantern slide digitization project and presented a brief history of virtual reality from stereoscope to View-Master; and Cynthia Swank provided demonstrations of the rare Megalethoscope. Afternoon tours of the special collections at the Manchester Historic Association and the NH Institute of Art were also held. See resource page. May 10, 2016 — The Gathered Words: A Workshop & Tour. The spring 2016 workshop and annual meeting was held at the Howe Library in Hanover and focused on the printed book—its history in New England, book arts education, and conservation practice. Speakers included Jim Perkins (New London Archives / Ticknor, Fields, et al.); Morgan Swan (Rauner Library / The Book in New England); and Deborah Howe (Baker Library / Book Conservation in Practice). In addition to tours of Baker Library's conservation lab and Rauner Library's George Ticknor Room, Sarah Smith demonstrated letterpress printing at Dartmouth's Book Arts Workshop. See resource page. 2015 Programs
September 29, 2015 — Back to the Future: Staying Relevant in the 21st Century. The fall 2015 workshop was held at the Whipple Free Library, New Boston, NH. There were presentations by Professors Jeanette Bastian & Donna Webber (Simmons College — Education of an Archivist); John Clayton (Executive Director of the Manchester Historic Association — Our New Changing History), and by the president of the New Boston Historical Society (Reinventing the Historical Society in the 21st Century). The meeting concluded with a panel Q&A session on The Dilemmas of Digitization. June 4 & 5, 2015 — NHAG conducted an Archives Boot Camp at the NHTI library. Several board members made presentations on policies, processing collections, cataloging, conservation, digitization, and management. May 20, 2015 — Beyond Our Doors: Collaborating Within Our Community. The spring 2015 meeting was held in Room 124 at the Herbert H. Lamson Library, Plymouth State University. Bob Cottrell presented Conway at 250 which included many separate events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Conway. He showed how the Conway Historical Society provided support for the various celebrations. Denise van Zanten presented Manchester and the Carpenter Building Centennial which detailed the celebration of the Manchester Public Library's classic building. Linda Upham Bornstein presented Cooperative Grants which detailed out she and her Plymouth State students helped the town of Lancaster with efforts to publicize their historic buildings. Finally there was a panel discussion called Promises & Problems with Barbara Rimkunas, James Romer, Lesley Hume, and Jenna Carroll. Each speaker detailed efforts in their communities of Exeter, Unity, Kingston and Keene to publicize events and historical projects. 2014 Programs
September 24, 2014 — Finding Footprints: Assisting Genealogical Researchers with Digital and Local Resources. The fall 2014 workshop was help at the North Hampton Town Hall in North Hampton, NH. The sponsor was the North Hampton Heritage Commission. The historic building provided a fitting backdrop for the workshop. Patty Shorland from the LDS Family History Center presented FamilySearch Records & Resources: Basics and Beyond which was a demonstration of the online resources of the L.D.S. Deborah E. Moore, from New Hampshire Vital Records Division presented Lineage Documentation: Tales from the Trenches, Verifying your Ancestors which was a discussion of what documentation various organizations are looking for in order to secure membership. Her focus was on the D.A.R. and the Mayflower Society. Pauline Cusson from the American Canadian Genealogical Society presented Discovering Their Footsteps: Pre-computer and Online Resources. Her focus was on the resources available to trace Franco-Canadian ancestors. Finally, Barbara Rimkunas from the Exeter Historical Society and Chris Pratt from the Sullivan Town Archives wrapped up the program with Fleshing Out the Ancestor: War Stories from the Field. Both presenters focused on case histories of using paper resources to provide details of an ancestor's story. May 21, 2014 — Teaching with Primary Sources. The Spring 2014 meeting was held at the Cushing Center at St. Anselm College in Goffstown. The speakers were Barbara Rimkunas of the Exeter Historical Society on their work with SAU 16 in partnering with local schools. Betsey Holmes of the N.H. Insitute of Art spoke using primary sources in the education of artists. Morgan Swan of the Dartmouth College Archives discussed teaching with primary resources, using documents related to smallpox innoculation at Dartmouth. 2013 Programs
September 25, 2013 — Reaching Out to the 21st Century: Marketing Your Collections. The Fall 2013 meeting was held at the Tracy Memorial Library, New London, New Hampshire. Speakers included: Jaime Forbes of Opus Advisors, LLC: "Building Your Brand / Leveraging Your Resources" Jim Perkins of New London Town Archives: "In Their Words" Morgan Swan of Rauner Library, Dartmouth College: "Rauner Library Cool Blog" Janet Eklund of NH State Library: "Find NH History Project" May 29, 2013 — Collection Conundrums: Having Them, Dealing with Them, and Avoiding Them. The workshop and annual meeting was held at the library of the New Hampshire Vocational & Technical Institute in Concord, NH, on May 29, 2013. The presentation included such issues as collection acquistion, dealing with difficult researchers, and the legal and moral issues involved with collection display and community outreach. The presenter was Darlene Bialowski, Principal of Darlene Bialowsky Art Services, LLC. 2012 Programs
September 19, 2012 — The Fall 2012 Workshop was held at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester. The meeting focused on the identification and preservation of photographs and virtual displays. The presenters were: Barbara Rimkaus of Exeter Historical Society, Elizabeth Slomba of University of New Hampshire Archives, and Bobbi Slossar of New Hampshire State Library. May 16, 2012 — The Spring 2012 Workshop was held in Plymouth at the Pease Public Library. The subject was large format documents (e.g. architectural plans or engineering plans). 2011 and earlier...
September 28, 2011 — Fall 2011 Workshop - Exhibitions. Speakers included Attorney Charles Doleac (the Portsmouth Treaty Displays) and Ginny Fisher (hands-on demonstration of making displays for archives and museums on a tight budget). May 18, 2011 — Spring Meeting & Workshop — Genealogy for the Archivist, Grants, Connecting to Collections, tour of State Archives. Sept. 23, 2010 — Fall 2010 Workshop — Digitization May 12, 2010 — Spring Meeting & Workshop — Disaster Planning and Recovery September 23, 2009 — Fall Workshop — Documenting your Archives and Collections—Intellectual Property, Documentation, Digitization. May 6, 2009 — Spring Meeting & Workshop — Getting Control of Your Collections October 29, 2008 — NHAG Fall Meeting -- May 7, 2008 — Rye, NH: Seacoast Science Center — NHAG 15th/20th Anniversary An Introduction to Oral History by Stacy Penna of QSR International November 14, 2007 — Plymouth, NH: Plymouth State College Public Records by Chris Pratt of Sullivan Public Library Archives Historic Northern NH by Frumie Selchen of Arts Alliance of Northern NH Managing your own records by Betty Moore of Hampton Historical Society, Arletta Paul of Ossipee Historical Society, Matthew Powers of Sandwich Historical Society May 16, 2007 — Rye, NH: Seacoast Science Center NEA Introduction to Archives by Daria D'Arienzo of Amherst College Library, Ann Ostendarp Reference Roundtable by Nora Murphy of MIT Outreach Rountable by Bill Ross of University of NH November 16, 2006 — Exeter, NH: Exeter Historical Society Vision: ME Memory Network by Kathy Amoroso of Maine Historical Society, Frances Pollitt Technology: PastPerfect by Brian Gomez of Pastime Software Collaboration: Castle in the Clouds by Ann Hackl of Castle Preservation Society June 28, 2006 — Hillsborough, NH: Fox State Forest Outreach Through Technology by Gilman Shattuck of Hillsborough Historical Society; Susan Fischer of Amherst Historical Society Digital Imaging Basics by Eleta Exline of University of NH November 9, 2005 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society Successful Grantwriting by Sandi Mitchell of Development Resources Success and Failure in Fundraising by Shawn Powers of Capital Center for the Arts; Julie Pressor of Norwich University; Linda Burroughs of NH Historical Society/NHPTV May 5, 2005 — Concord, NH: Forest Society Arrangement & Description by James Roth of John F. Kennedy Library November 10, 2004 — Manchester, NH: Transportation Security Administration Building Archival Security by Gregor Trinkhaus-Randall of MA Library Commissioners; Elizabeth Slomba of University of NH; David Smolen of NH Historical Society; Cynthia Swank of Inlook Group May 18, 2004 — Greenfield, NH: Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center Preservation Basics by Ann Ostendarp of Dartmouth/Franklin Pierce November 6, 2003 — Manchester, NH: Transportation Security Administration Building Collection Management / Past Perfect Software by Jenna Carroll Plant of Canterbury Shaker Village and Susan Kinstedt of Portsmouth Athenaeum with Robin Silva. May 6, 2003 — Canterbury, NH: Shaker Village — NHAG 10th Anniversary Stories from NH Archives by Jere Daniell of Dartmouth College Adventures in Collecting by Phillip N. Cronenwett November 15, 2002 — Concord, NH: Forest Society Where to refer patrons for genealogy resources by a staff member of NH Vital Records Office Ed Holden of NH State Library; William Copley of NH Historical Society; Betsy Hamlin-Morin of NH Div of Records & Archives; Horace Waters of National Archives, NE Region May 29, 2002 — Hopkinton, NH: NH Antiquarian Society Tales of Exhibits Past & Present by Louise McCormack of Plymouth State College Julie Bernice; Lynn Aber of Portsmouth Atheneum; Elaine Loft of NH Antiquarian Association; Craig Evans of Sandwich Historical Society; Renee Fox of Canterbury Shaker Village; Alan Rumrill of Historical Society of Cheshire County. November 7, 2001 — Durham, NH: University of NH Archival Exhibits: The Basics by M.J. Davis of VT Collections Care Program Dale Valena University of NH May 30, 2001 — Manchester, NH: St. Anslem College Flood Recovery by Barbara Miles of NH Aviation Historical Society Disaster Planning by Karen Brown of NE Document Conservation Center November 15, 2000 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society Web sites for Archival Repositories by Greg Colati of Tufts University; Ann Sauer Use of Archival Web Sites by Bill Ross of University of NH May 24, 2000 — New London, NH: Colby-Sawyer College Building an Archives by Paul Bergeron of City of Nashua, NH Designing Academic Archives by William Ross of University of NH Archives in a Small Town by John Harris of Dublin Historical Society; Barbara Sovik of Town of Dublin Designing the Space You Need by Laura Scott of Peterborough Historical Society Moving Your Archives by Peg Moreland of New London Archives November 10, 1999 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society Basic Archives by Peter Parker of Inlook Group May 26, 1999 — Plymouth, NH: Plymouth State College The Brown Paper Company Photograph Collection by David Switzer of Plymouth State College; R. Stuart Wallace Copyright Protection by Lars Smith, Esq. of Getman & Stacey Preservation/Reproduction by Sherry Wilding-White of NH Historical Society October 14, 1998 — Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Athenaeum Care/Feeding of Genealogists by Thomas Jay Kemp of NE Historic Genealogical Society Doing Genealogy & Local History in New Hampshire by Valerie Cunningham of African-American Resource Ctr; Albert Hamill of Canadian-American Gen Soc; Martha Jebb of Portsmouth Athenaeum Almost a Complete Picture by Mark Sammons of Strawberry Banke Museum May 13, 1998 — Meriden, NH: Kimball Union Academy Computers in the Small Town by John Harris of Dublin Historical Society Computers in College Archives by Lianne Hanson of Colby-Sawyer College Computers in Large Collections by Sherry Wilding-White of NH Historical Society Archives on the Web by Tom House of University of NH Designing a Website by David Belser of What, Where, When November 12, 1997 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society Archives and the Media by Paul Bergeron of City of Manchester; Joseph W. McQuaid of NH Union Leader; Fay Rubin of University of NH; Alan F. Rumrill of Historical Society of Cheshire Co A NH Political Library by Gov. Hugh Gregg of NH Political Library May 14, 1997 — Manchester, NH: Manchester Historic Association Collecting 20th Century Material by Elizabeth Hamlin-Morin of NH Historical Society; Peter Parker of Inlook Group; John Mayer of Manchester Historic Association November 1996: missing March 1996 — Keene, NH: Historical Society of Cheshire County 20th Century Material November 1, 1995 — Durham, NH: University of NH Automation for Smaller Institutions by Bill Ross of University of NH Frugal Preservation Archives on the Internet May 10, 1995 — Peterborough, NH: Peterborough Historical Society Access & the Ethics of Access by Sherry Wilding-White of NH Historical Society; Betsy Hamlin-Morin Funding for Archives in NH by Frank Mevers of NH State Archives; Bill Ross of University of NH Conservation of Oversize Paper by Mary Todd Glaser of NE Document Conservation Center November 9, 1994 — Exeter, NH: Exeter Historical Society Microfilming & Reformatting by Steve Dalton of NE Document Conservation Center May 16, 1994 — Concord, NH: Concord Hospital Automation on a Shoe-string by Nancy Merrill of Exeter Historical Society; Wendy Pirsig of Berwick (ME) Historical Society November 18, 1993 — Manchester, NH: St. Anslem College Keeping Track of Your Collections by Sherry Wilding-White of NH Historical Society; Frank Wheeler of University of NH Preserving Your Collections by Anne Ames of Keene State College NH Preservation Initiative by Pat Erwin of Dartmouth College May 26, 1993 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society History or Junk? by Susan Reynolds of Williams Barrett House NHAG bylaws; election Organizational Committee Collections Policies by Betsy Hamlin-Morin of NH Historical Society October 1992 — Durham, NH: University of NH Draft bylaws, etc. Organizational Committee Spring 1992 — Unknown Fall 1991 — Unknown Spring 1991 — Unknown Fall 1990 — Unknown Spring 1990 — Unknown October 12, 1989 — Exeter, NH: Exeter Historical Society Benjamin French Brown by John McDonough of Library of Congress; Donald Cole of Phillips Exeter Academy Collections Processing by Katie McDonough of NH State Library; Nancy Merrill of Exeter Historical Society; Darcy Gilman Horror Stories by Kevin Shupe of Portsmouth Athenaeum March 2, 1989 — Concord, NH: Concord Public Library Encapsulation Photograph Headings September 24, 1988 — Concord, NH: NH Historical Society Basic Archival Management by Julie Cox of New England Archivists |