Handling of Collections at MIHS: An Anthropological Perspective (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Handling of Collections at MIHS: An Anthropological Perspective
Author: Morgan Andrews
Abstract: The Marco Island Historical Museum is a non-profit organization with the goal of preserving the history and heritage of Marco Island and the surrounding area. The museum opened in 2011, with funds raised by the Marco Island Historical Society. The Marco Island Historical Society received a grant to catalog and curate the artifacts which had been both excavated and donated to the museum by Marco Island residents. Previously, these artifacts were housed in boxes and bags that would not aid in preservation. It was the responsibility of interns to catalog the artifacts and switch them over to museum grade storage materials.
Date: 12/19/2017
Conference Name: Anthropology Colloquium, Florida Gulf Coast University
The Marco Island Historical Museum: A Crash Course in Curatorial Practice (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: The Marco Island Historical Museum: A Crash Course in Curatorial Practice
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for undergraduate students in anthropology and museum studies.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 11/02/2017
Location: Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for the general public.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 11/16/2017
Location: Kiwanis Club of Marco Island, Marco Island, FL
Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for the general public.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 11/16/2017
Location: Daughters of the American Revolution, Marco Island, FL
Exhibit Development at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Exhibit Development at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for undergraduate students in anthropology and museum studies.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 02/22/2018
Location: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Exhibit Development at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Exhibit Development at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for undergraduate students in anthropology and museum studies.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 02/12/2018
Location: Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for the general public.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 03/15/2018
Location: Aquarius, Marco Island, FL
Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for the general public.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 04/20/2018
Location: Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club, Sanibel, FL
Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Making History at the Marco Island Historical Museum
Abstract: Overview of ongoing work at the Marco Island Historical Museum, developed particularly for the general public.
Author: Austin Bell
Date: 07/11/2018
Location: Just Friends Club, Marco Island, FL
MIHS Collections Database (Web Resource)
Title: MIHS Collections Database
Author: Kaitlin Romey
Author: Austin Bell
Abstract: Online searchable collections database via PastPerfect Online, launched in January 2018.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://themihs.pastperfectonline.com/
Rehabilitation of the Marco Island Historical Society’s Archaeological Collections: A National Endowment for the Humanities Project to Curate Recent Collections from Now-Legendary Sites in Southwest Florida (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Rehabilitation of the Marco Island Historical Society’s Archaeological Collections: A National Endowment for the Humanities Project to Curate Recent Collections from Now-Legendary Sites in Southwest Florida
Author: Austin J. Bell
Author: Katie Romey
Author: Morgan Andrews
Author: Kristin Conwill
Author: Mara Reynolds
Author: Casey Wooster
Author: Rosemarie Fusco
Abstract: In 2016, the Marco Island Historical Society (MIHS) received a Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to purchase preservation supplies necessary to rehouse the entirety of its archaeological holdings from Marco Island, Florida. Sites represented in the collections include Key Marco, Caxambas Point, and Horr’s Island, which have been well-known to archaeologists in Florida for a century. Between January 2017 and July 2018, with the assistance of student interns, the MIHS successfully rehabilitated these collections so that they not only be adequately preserved, but also be made readily available to academic researchers and the general public.
Date: 5/11/2019
Primary URL: https://fasweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FAS-2019-presentation-schedule_FINAL.pdf
Primary URL Description: Conference schedule (see p.19)
Conference Name: 71st Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society
Too Small To Fail: A National Endowment for the Humanities Funded Project to Curate Archaeological Collections at a Small Southwest Florida Museum (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Too Small To Fail: A National Endowment for the Humanities Funded Project to Curate Archaeological Collections at a Small Southwest Florida Museum
Author: Katie Romey
Author: Austin J. Bell
Abstract: In 2016, the Marco Island Historical Society (MIHS) received a Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to purchase preservation supplies necessary to rehouse the entirety of its archaeological holdings from Marco Island, Florida. Sites represented in the collections are world-renowned and have been well-known to archaeologists in Florida for a century. Between January 2017 and July 2018, with the assistance of student interns, the MIHS successfully rehabilitated these collections so that they not only be adequately preserved, but also be made readily available to academic researchers and the general public. The MIHS was the only organization to receive a Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions in Florida and the only non-university organization to receive an NEH grant of any kind in the State of Florida in 2016.
Date: 08/30/2019
Primary URL: http://download.aaslh.org/2019+Annual+Meeting/OnsiteProgram+Philly+FINAL.pdf
Primary URL Description: Conference schedule (see p.11)
Conference Name: American Association for State and Local History 2019 Annual Meeting