Register

History’s first draft: Local news and Archives

Join The 51st and archives to learn how history is created.

Join The 51st and local archives to learn about how history is created and interpreted over time.

History is being contested and rewritten around us. Join The 51st and The People’s Archive to learn how to tell your community's story.

Join us for a panel discussion with D.C. archivists and historians about preservation, the role of local news, (and why having independent, people-powered journalism is important!) and how to document and archive your communities’ history. After, mingle with attendees and explore a range of D.C.’s archives for a hands-on show and tell experience of some archival favorites, including from the punk archive, the gogo archive, LGBTQ collection, and selections from the DC History Center and The DC Archive.

The panel discussion will begin at 6:30pm.

Speakers include:

Moderator: Lisa Warwick - Manager, The People’s Archive at DC Public Library

Lopez Matthews, Jr., PhD - State Archivist and Public Records Administrator, DC Archive

Autumn Kalikin, Senior Manager of Collections, DC History Center

Monica Miller, Exhibits Coordinator, DC Public Library

Izetta Autumn Mobley, PhD (She/Her) - is a native Washingtonian and graduate of Brown University. She received her doctorate in American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. As a cultural historian, Dr. Mobley’s research focuses on gender, race, disability, medicine, public history, material and visual culture, and digital humanities. Dr. Mobley was an American Council of Learned Scholars Emerging Voices Fellow. She is the co-author of “Work in the Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework.” Dr. Mobley served as the Director of Interpretation, Collections, and Education at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. She is an independent curator and scholar focusing on museums, public history, trauma-informed care, and disability justice

Upcoming events