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Arizona Archives Month 2011
This year's theme for Arizona Archives Month is
"The Way We Were"
Your 2010 Archives Month Poster
We are eagerly awaiting the submissions for this year's poster. Submission deadline is 1 August 2011. As long as your submission is postmarked by 1August we will consider your photographs, documents or maps for inclusion on this year's poster.
Join us and other Arizona repositories in celebrating Arizona Archives Month 2010. The purpose of Archives Month is to celebrate the value of Arizona's historical records, to publicize the many ways these records enrich our lives, to recognize those who maintain our communities' historical records and to increase public awareness of the importance of preserving historical records in repositories, institutions and tribal archives across the state. It's time to enlighten and enliven your communities, and to have some fun.
We are asking you to send photocopies of historical photographs, small maps, letters or other documents in your collections that relate to the theme "The Way We Were." Before we celebrate Arizona's centennial next year, let's remember those places and things that witnessed statehood but will not be around to witness the centennial. These could be significant ideas or places in your community. From the submissions we receive, the Archives Month Steering Committee will then choose seven or more items for inclusion on the Arizona Archives Month poster.
Teacher at Ganado Presbyterian Mission (Image number 90-3334)
Among other things, you might sponsor
- A "behind the scenes" tour of your archives.
- A "who did that baby grow up to be?" featuring baby pictures of local people.
- Organize a children's activity around photographs or documents relating to youth.
- Talks by old timers on how they survived without air conditioning.
- Guided tours of historical houses and businesses with special emphasis on how the use of archives provided information about the history of the buildings.
- Exhibits of old photos, clothes, and artifacts loaned by locals.
- A re-enactment of a special event in your community's past.
- A lecture about your community's history.
- Workshops on family history.
- A presentation on preserving family history materials such as photographs or old letters.
- An "Appraisal Day" during which appraisers and antique dealers appraise the value of items brought in by townspeople.
2010 Archives Month Activities at the Arizona State Archives
October 6
Handle with Care Workshop:
1am to 4pm Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building. More information to come. Please contact the State Archives at 602.926.3720 for more information.
October 13
Tombstone Day:
Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building
October 15
Film Day: 2nd Floor Converence Room Arizona State Capitol. See 16mm films of Arizona from the State Archives collection.
October 20
Preserving Your Family History:
All day Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building.
Please send us your Archives Month activities and we will add them to this page.
Don’t forget to pick up your free Archives Month Poster,
Available in the Archives Reading Room.
1901 West Madison
In recognition of their efforts to support the preservation of Arizona's historical records the Arizona History and Archives Division presents the Preserving Our Past (POP) award to an institution or archives in the state. For their diligence, creativity and civic spirit, the City of Florence received the very first POP Award in 1998. POP award winners include:
- 1998 - City of Florence
- 1999 - Salt River Project (SRP)
- 2001 - Clarkdale Heritage Conservancy Board
- 2003 - Phoenix Police Museum
- 2006 - Friends of Arizona Archives (FAzA)
Archives Week Poster
The Arizona Historical Records Advisory Board and the National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region, generously sponsored this year's Arizona Archives Month poster.
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