PY-253077-17 | Preservation and Access: Common Heritage | Naper Settlement | Embracing Community Change: Naperville's Contemporary Story | 1/1/2017 - 10/31/2018 | $12,000.00 | Louise | | Howard | | | | Naper Settlement | Naperville | IL | 60540-6517 | USA | 2016 | History, General | Common Heritage | Preservation and Access | 12000 | 0 | 12000 | 0 | A series of digitization events to gather oral
histories and digitize 2D items with a connection to the history of Naperville,
Illinois. The project would focus on Asian immigrant communities in the city,
which grew exponentially in the mid-20th century with the expansion
of infrastructure and technical industries in the region but which remain
underrepresented in the city’s cultural institutions. In partnership with the
Naperville Public Library, and directed by community input, the applicant aims
to collect, preserve, share, and reflect on the stories of Asian immigrant
communities in Naperville with public digitization events and related
programming. The latter would include workshops on collections care, an
exhibition of collected materials, a guest lecture and community comment
session, and a tour of significant local areas led by scholars and
representatives from Naperville’s Asian communities.
Naperville Heritage Society will partner with Naperville
Public Library to conduct public digitization sessions and programs to document
and share the history of Asian immigrant communities in Naperville, Illinois.
The project will: preserve the stories of community residents through oral
histories and digitization of materials documenting their experiences;
establish deeper relationships between the Naperville Heritage Society and
Naperville's Asian immigrant communities, especially its Indian and Chinese
community groups and residents; share digitized materials with the public
through the Naperville Heritage Collection in the Illinois Digital Archives;
offer related public programs, including a temporary museum exhibit, guest
lecture and community comment session, and bus/trolley tour led by humanities
scholars and representatives of local Asian communities; and identify future
steps needed to effectively collect, preserve and share Naperville's history,
directed by community input.
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