This document summarizes a presentation by Peggy Tran-Le, Linda Waterfield, and Gina Caprari on activating archives for engagement and equity. The presentation discussed how the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UCSF Library Archives and Special Collections, and the Global Museum at San Francisco State University are making their archives more accessible and promoting diverse voices. This includes documenting film collections, creating finding aids, engaging students through classroom projects, developing exhibits featuring historical collections, and sharing archives online. The goal is to make archival materials more available and tell more inclusive stories.
2. Peggy Tran-Le
she / her / hers
Research and Technical Services Managing
Archivist
Archives and Special Collections at UCSF Library
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Peggy.Tran-Le@ucsf.edu
Linda Waterfield
she / her / hers
Head of Registration
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
University of California at Berkeley (UCB)
LWaterfield@berkeley.edu
Gina Caprari
she / her / hers
Registrar and Collections Manager, The
Global Museum
Faculty Lecturer, Museum Studies Program
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
GCaprari@sfsu.edu
WELCOME
3. What drew you to this presentation?
• Are you an archivist?
• Does your organization need to establish an archive?
• Are you in charge of an archive?
• Are you interested in new ways to engage audiences?
• Are you intrigued at how archives can promote equity?
4. Linda Waterfield
she / her / hers
Head of Registration
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
University of California at Berkeley (UCB)
LWaterfield@berkeley.edu
hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/explore/
18. portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/
"I find your collection helpfully detailed and the pieces are simply unique…Still thinking about
those lovely bowls that were gifted to Bascom because the former owner has converted to
Islam. These are the stories that need to be heard."
"…Bascom’s essay about Duga of Imeko grew out of
an accidental encounter…that encounter was very
important. I wanted to view the film as it is the only
evidence we have of the artist at work."
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20. Gina Caprari
she / her / hers
Registrar and Collections Manager,
The Global Museum
Faculty Lecturer, Museum Studies Program
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
GCaprari@sfsu.edu
21. The Global Museum and Museum Studies program
at San Francisco State University
22. Accessibility: Archives inventory and organization
Documenting and rehousing vulnerable film in remote facility
the "Media Room"
Creating finding aids in additional
records storage room
26. Peggy Tran-Le
she / her / hers
Research and Technical Services Managing Archivist
Archives and Special Collections at UCSF Library
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Peggy.Tran-Le@ucsf.edu
32. Peggy Tran-Le
she / her / hers
Research and Technical Services Managing
Archivist
Archives and Special Collections at UCSF Library
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Peggy.Tran-Le@ucsf.edu
Linda Waterfield
she / her / hers
Head of Registration
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
University of California at Berkeley (UCB)
LWaterfield@berkeley.edu
Gina Caprari
she / her / hers
Registrar and Collections Manager, The
Global Museum
Faculty Lecturer, Museum Studies Program
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
GCaprari@sfsu.edu
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