Outreach Committee
The NEA Outreach Committee is committed to increasing public appreciation and understanding of archives and the archival profession.
Our objective is to organize events that increase public awareness of primary source materials, how and where they are maintained, and the work of the professionals who sustain them. We do so through the sponsorship and promotion of programs, lectures, and workshops designed specifically for the public: students, educators, genealogists, and members of allied professions.
Currently, the Outreach Committee has two programs underway:
- Archives on the Road, a take on the popular PBS series Antiques Road Show offers people an opportunity to speak to an archivist about their family papers, scrapbooks, diaries, letters, photographs, and other archival objects for the purpose of discussing their historical value (not their monetary value), and learning about the options available to care for them.
- Annual Archives Week recognition activities, including publication of free bookmarks featuring photographs from the collections of New England repositories and the procurement of Archives Week proclamations.
Term: Two years
Major duties