In this hands-on workshop, Leslie will demonstrate best practices for protecting and preserving home movies, photographs and documents.  She will explain how to store and care for these items and provide information for ordering archival quality photo albums and supplies.  She will also discuss online tools and services to organize digital photographs, store digital copies of family documents, and create new, archival-quality albums from scanned photos. Participants are invited to bring their heirloom documents, home movies (8mm, Super 8, etc.) or photographs for inspection, repair tips and recommendations.

Leslie Willis-Lowery has worked in collections management and as an archivist, researcher and consultant in a number of capacities, including special collections, exhibitions, films, television and publications for over thirty years, including the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Museum of Afro-American History in Boston, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Bronx Museum of Art, Scholastic Books, among others.  Leslie’s career has been divided into two distinct areas – archival and education – within the broad areas of photographic history, visual culture, African American history and popular and material culture.  Within these fields she has consistently emphasized the importance of the use of the archives to build programming, education and community connections.