Fraternity and Sorority Archives Workshop: A Virtual Gathering, May 20-21, 2021
Individual Zoom sessions (Central Time):
May 20, 2021
- 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Archives Basics (this is a repeat of the session provided at previous conferences): Noraleen Young, Staff Archivist, Kappa Alpha Theta
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Welcome, Introductions. The Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird’s Manual of Fraternities and Sororities Reimagined) and the Other Wonderments of the Student Life and Culture Archives. Presented by: Fran Becque, Ph.D., Fraternity/Sorority Historian, Carroll L. Lurding, Delta Upsilon, Ellen D. Swain, Professor & Archivist for Student Life and Culture, University of Illinois.
- 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm The History of Higher Education. Presented by Pietro Sasso, Assistant Professor, Program Director of College Student Personnel Administration, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
- 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm All Things Digital: Share your projects. Moderator: Towner Blackstone.
- 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Telling Difficult Stories. Presented by Jess Patterson, Archivist, Delta Gamma.
May 21, 2021
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Archiving Asian American Greek Letter Organization History: A Decolonial Praxis. Presented by: Bilal Badruddin, NAPA Chair, Vigor Lam, AAGLO Education Collective, Dr. Bryan Dosono, NAPA Director of Research and Development.
- 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm A Primer on “Legal Stuff” Archivists Need to Know. Presented by Lisa D. McLaughlin, Attorney, Fraternity Archivist, Kappa Alpha Theta, Chair of the Board of the Missouri Historical Society
- 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Fraternity & Sorority Archives Challenges: Share your challenges. Moderator: Noraleen Young. Wrap up.
