History Hour – Building an Equitable Archives: Cultivating and Caring for Community Memory

with Katherine Calhoun Cutshall This event airs live and will be recorded. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for general admission. Archivists and Public Historians have a unique responsibility collecting, caring for, and sharing historical records, artifacts, and stories that help us shape our collective memory. For generations, some communities have been excluded by the historical record, especially people of color. The Buncombe County Special Collections library has taken steps over the last several years to build community trust and empower individuals to share their family archives and stories for generations to come. In this presentation Cutshall will discuss the importance of agency, access, and institutional accountability as local archives and museums strive to share a more equitable picture of our community’s past.