Community History of Central Washington

FAIN: PY-258640-18

Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA 98926-7599)
Julia Stringfellow (Project Director: May 2017 to March 2021)

Three digitization programs to preserve and document local history in central Washington. The project would aim to preserve family and community history items from Ellensburg, a town of 18,000, an agricultural community with a rich Native American legacy and history of European immigration. The project would accept photographic images, journals, personal papers, and other documents for digitization. Along with digitization services, participants would receive preservation kits that include preservation supplies and advice. With donor permission, digitized items would be made available through the Central Washington University digital repository.

The proposed program provides a series of three workshops held to educate local community members on preserving their family's history and archives and how that history aligns with the community cultural heritage. The Summer 2018 workshops will be held in the Brooks Library at CWU in Ellensburg, Roslyn Public Library, and Yakima Nation Library. The workshops will be conducted by the CWU Archives staff, and will provide an overview of preservation and scanning of materials. At the end of the workshop, each attendee will receive a flash drive of the digital content they scanned and, with their written consent, the CWU Archives will retain a copy of the content to preserve in their repository as part of local history. Portable scanners will be purchased and a scanner will be donated to each of the participating libraries. The goals of the events are to establish an annual digitization day to build community relationships, develop community cultural awareness, and educate on preservation.

Associated Products

Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop
Abstract: This free community workshop was hosted by the Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections on the morning of July 14, 2018 at the Roslyn Public Library. Advance RSVPs were required so the CWU Archives staff would know how many preservation kits to bring to distribute to workshop attendees. Each attendee could bring up to 10 papers and photographs to have scanned. Each attendee was given a preservation kit as well as a flash drive of their scanned items. There were eight attendees at this event. The three CWU Archives staff members led the workshop as well as the Scholarly Communications Librarian who assisted with scanning.
Author: Julia Stringfellow, Marty Blackson, Carlos Pelley
Date: 07/14/2018
Location: Roslyn Public Library in Roslyn, WA
Primary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1013208272190179/
Primary URL Description: Facebook event notification of workshop
Secondary URL: http://www.cwu.edu/campus-notices/preserving-your-familys-treasures-community-workshop
Secondary URL Description: Campus Notice of workshop

Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop
Abstract: This free community workshop was hosted by the Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections on the morning of July 7, 2018 at the Yakama Nation Library in Toppenish, WA. Advance RSVPs were required so the CWU Archives staff would know how many preservation kits to bring to distribute to workshop attendees. Each attendee could bring up to 10 papers and photographs to have scanned. Each attendee was given a preservation kit as well as a flash drive of their scanned items. There were three attendees at this event. The three CWU Archives staff members led the workshop as well as the Scholarly Communications Librarian who assisted with scanning.
Author: Julia Stringfellow, Marty Blackson, Carlos Pelley
Date: 07/07/2018
Location: Yakama Nation Library in Toppenish, WA
Primary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1922486021374757/
Primary URL Description: Facebook event notification of workshop
Secondary URL: https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/local-history-workshops-planned-with-help-ofgrant/article_2aac92d0-4984-5fce-9235-5af678ede476.html
Secondary URL Description: Local newspaper The Daily Record article on workshops

Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Preserving Your Family's Treasures Community Workshop
Abstract: This free community workshop was hosted by the Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections on the morning of June 16, 2018 at the James E. Brooks Library of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. Advance RSVPs were required so the CWU Archives staff would know how many preservation kits to bring to distribute to workshop attendees. Each attendee could bring up to 10 papers and photographs to have scanned. Each attendee was given a preservation kit as well as a flash drive of their scanned items. There were 14 attendees at this event. The three CWU Archives staff members led the workshop as well as the Scholarly Communications staff member who assisted with scanning.
Author: Julia Stringfellow, Marty Blackson, Carlos Pelley
Date: 06/16/2018
Location: James E. Brooks Library of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA
Primary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1035937766555536/
Primary URL Description: Facebook event notification of workshop
Secondary URL: https://www.cwu.edu/cwu’s-neh-grant-help-preserve-community-history
Secondary URL Description: CWU News article on workshops

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