With
the generous support of the Mass. Foundation for the
Humanities, we are in the process of upgrading this
website so that you can more easily browse and search
for images from the Road Shows. You'll be able to search
for location, family name, keyword and more, while viewing
the captions and comments that Contributors have offered
along with their photos.
Lexington
- sponsored by the Lexington Historical Society
Quincy
-
sponsors TBA
Deerfield
- sponsored by
Historic Deerfield
Stay tuned for details!
Mass.
Memories Road Show Handbook: Procedures and Protocols for
Public Scanning Programs
Funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts
Historical Records Advisory Board and the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin. The Documentary Heritage
grant program is funded by a grant from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission and William Francis Galvin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Dorchester Road Show Team at the William Clapp House,
home of the Dorchester
Historical Society and
host for the May 13, 2005 Road Show (click
for larger image)
Family
photographs are a rich resource for the educational
programs of the Mass. Studies Project.
Our Mass. Memories Road Shows
are public events where we scan photographs brought
in on a theme related to local history.
How
does the MMRS work? We partner with historical societies,
libraries, schools, public access television and other
local groups to organize community events where family
photographs and documents are scanned, indexed, incorporated
into an online
database - and then used as the basis of learning
materials aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum
Frameworks.
At
the Road Shows, our partners in the New England Archivists
"Archives
on the Road" program provide preservation
advice, education and handouts for visitors.
Through the Mass. Memories Road
Show our goal is to help build community, to
encourage the protection of original artifacts, and
to facilitate sharing of cultural heritage information
with Massachsuetts educators, students and the general
public.
Our goal is to hold public scanning
events in all of the 351 communities of Massachusetts,
creating access to family documents about local immigration
history, and building community knowledge and connections.
Place-based
Education Blog
Family
photographs are a rich resource for the educational
programs of the Mass. Studies Project. 
How
does the MMRS work? We partner with historical societies,
libraries, schools, public access television and other
local groups to organize community events where family
photographs and documents are scanned, indexed, incorporated
into an 
At
the Road Shows, our partners in the New England Archivists
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