- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
In Her Own Name Research-athon Participant
ORGANIZATION: NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS)
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
DORIS is committed to connecting the public with the records of the city government maintained in the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library.
Are you interested in putting women back in the historical record? We are looking for volunteers to increase access to our photo collections. Volunteers will search for clues about women who are only described through their husband or father’s name to help identify and record their names in our digital photograph collections.
This is a remote, synchronous event that will last approximately two hours. The event will take place from 11:30pm-1pm EST on Tuesday, April 30th. Training will be done on the day of the event. If you are interested in participating in this project, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/Pd6cPzBC7q.
To gain a better sense of what this event may look like, you can look at similar projects from the Chicago History Museum (https://www.chicagohistory.org/naming-women-to-recover-histories/) or Columbia University Libraries (https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2020/09/09/eleanor-roosevelt-speaks-for-herself-identifying-1257-married-women-by-their-full-names/).
Once we have edited the description to accurately reflect the individual’s full name, we hope to preserve it in perpetuity at the Municipal Archives and increase exposure to women’s presence in history.
Responsibilities:
- Work in a team to identify women in our photograph collections who are described only through their husband’s name.
- Utilize a variety of resources including but not limited to:Historical Vital Records at NYCMA, Ancestry.com, Find a Grave: New York Times, Newspapers.com, and Familysearch.org to conduct research.
- Review the descriptions for clues and add sources for the identification to the collaborative Excel sheet.
- Navigate our digital collections platform: https://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/.
Requirements:
- Must possess strong research skills.
- Volunteers must be able to work well in a team.
- Participants must be Internet proficient and have access to a computer.
- Access to historical newspapers and genealogical databases, like New York Times and Ancestry.com is useful.
- Understanding of our digital collections and NYC history is a plus.
- Familiarity with Excel.
You’ll also be able to forward the event to any friends as well! If you have any questions, please email Julia Kim at volunteercoordinator@records.nyc.gov or Israt Abedin at iabedin@records.nyc.gov. Please include [In Her Own Name Project] in the subject.
If you need reasonable accommodations please contact, disabilityservicesfacilitator@records.nyc.gov.
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About NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS)
Location:
31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007, US
Mission Statement
We are looking for volunteers to interview participants for the Neighborhood Stories Project. Volunteers will interview participants about their lives and communities in New York City. Once recorded, the interview is preserved in perpetuity at the Municipal Archives with the goal of documenting the personal histories of local residents and changes in their communities from a personal perspective. Interviewers should have access to a phone (including landline), computer, or the internet.
Description
The Neighborhood Stories Project is a storytelling initiative by the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) with the mission of recording the memories of New York City residents through a series of oral history interviews. These interviews will be preserved in perpetuity at DORIS - connecting local history with the records of City government maintained in the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library. The interviews will reflect people’s unique experiences of life in New York City and will be available for researchers, teachers, students, activists, and residents interested in discovering the history of their city from the perspective of its community members.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
April 18, 2024
SKILLS
- Library Sciences
- Human Resources Diversity
- Advocacy
- History
- Research
- Networking
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 1 hour at least. 2 hours would be preferable.
- Please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/Pd6cPzBC7q.