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Society of American Archivists
Pre-Conference Symposium:
Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Photo Album

Michael F. Brown, Lambert Professor of Anthropology, Williams College, and author of Who Owns Native Culture. Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

Robert Leopold, Director, National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

Michal Taft, Head of the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture, addressing the gathering as AFC archivist Nora Yeh looks on. Photo by Stephen Winick, August 2, 2006.

American Folklife Center staff presenting a workshop on archival methods for processing and preserving multi-format collections. From left to rignt, Nora Yeh, Marcia Segal, Sarah Bradley-Leighton, Todd Harvey, and Judy Ng. Photo by Stephen Winick, August 2, 2006.

Jennifer O'Neal Walele, left, with Judy Ng. Photo by Stephen Winick, August 2,2006.

Kenneth Bilby, Smithsonian Institution Associate. Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

Alvin Windy Boy, Sr. Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Chippewa Cree Tribe. Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

Margaret Mills, Ohio State University. Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

David George-Shongo, (Seneca), Tribal Archivist, Senica Nation of Indians Archives; Chair, Native American Archives Roundtable (SAA). Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

From left to right, Jennifer O'Neal Walele, David George-Shongo, and Alvin Windy Boy, Sr. lead an open forum on Native American archival concerns. Photo by Guha Shankar, August 2, 2006.

A display of various recording medium from the era of wax cylinders to reel-to-reel tape. Some examples of deterioration are also shown, such as the broken wax cylinder on the back row, second from the left. Photo by Stephen Winick, August 2, 2006.

Part of the display for the archival workshop included this aluminum disc with acetate coating. This common recording medium in the 1930s and 1940s, provides an example of the deterioration that occers over time as the softeners in the acetate extrude causing the coating dry out and shrink making the recording unplayable. Photo by Stephen Winick, August 2, 2006.