An Archivist's Tale

An Archivist's Tale

Archivists in conversation with archivists, discussing their work and passions and how they care for the historical record and present the storied past. Hosted originally by husband and wife team Karen Trivette and Geof Huth. Now administered by Trivette.

Episodes

Episode 1: An Archives Couple of Archivists (Karen Trivette and Geof Huth)

February 10, 2018 • 59 mins
Karen Trivette and Geof Huth discuss their lives as archivists, how they came into the profession, why they are still there, and why they are passionate about their profession. (10 February 2018, New York, NY)
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Episode 2: The Document Whisperer (Bob Clark)

March 4, 2018 • 57 mins
Bob Clark discusses moving from the law to archives, how the cost of being an archivist diminishes diversity in the profession, and how SAA could better help strengthen the archives profession. (FIT, New York, NY, 2 March 2018)
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Episode 3: From Latent Data to Active Knowledge Making (Brenda Scruggs Gunn)

March 10, 2018 • 56 mins
Brenda Scruggs Gunn of the University of Virginia talks about becoming an archivist, the importance of professional service, certification of archivists, and moving across the country for a dream job.
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Episode 4: Bravery is Impossible without Terror (Margot Note)

March 19, 2018 • 59 mins
Margot Note, a consulting archivist, discusses how her life in archives changed dramatically, how she then remade herself as an archivist, and how she became empowered by learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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Episode 5: Meaningmaking and Building Relationships (Alison Clemens)

March 25, 2018 • 51 mins
Alison Clemens of Yale talks about heading up a large description operation, managing digital records, serving the profession, and the importance of meaningmaking and relationships in archives--and the last is not primarily about records.
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Episode 6: If You Don't Start Crawling, You're Never Going to Win a Sprint (Jamie Martin)

March 31, 2018 • 58 mins
Jamie Martin, the lead archivist at IBM, talks about her work as an archivist providing tangible value to her organization in the form of history.
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Episode 7: There's an Archivist for You (Chris Burns)

April 7, 2018 • 62 mins
Chris Burns, Curator of Manuscripts and College Archivist for the University of Vermont, talks about collecting and using congressional papers, dealing with controversies surrounding archival records, and increasing awareness of archivists and their work.
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Episode 8: The Person in the Middle (Dan Noonan)

April 14, 2018 • 60 mins
Dan Noonan discusses his life as an appraiser of buildings and how it led to his life as a records manager, an archivist, and a digital archivist in a library setting. He also tells us about his life helping run the Archives Leadership Institute.
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Episode 9: Listening to People Who Never Lived When We Lived (Vincent Novara)

April 21, 2018 • 62 mins
Vincent Novara of the University of Maryland discusses his life as an archivist of music collections, his past life as a professional musician, and his own encounters with leadership, including as the executive officer of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. (photo credit: Pete Duvall, 2017)
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Episode 10: Ensuring Archivists are Respected for Their Work (Sharmila Bhatia)

April 28, 2018 • 59 mins
Sharmila Bhatia of the U.S. National Archives discusses ensuring good working conditions for archivists, digital preservation for archives, and how she became an archivist even though she comes from a family of scientists.
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Episode 11: The Big Project (Deb Schiff)

May 5, 2018 • 59 mins
Deb Schiff, an archivist with multiple hats, talks about her geographical and career peregrinations, her multi-job life, and her big project to bring low-cost archives training to archivists practicing in small institutions with limited funding.
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Episode 12: It's All Relative (Daria Labinsky)

May 12, 2018 • 58 mins
Daria Labinsky discusses her beginnings as an archivist and what it is like to work for not one but two outposts of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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Episode 13: 245,000 Cubic Feet and Some Change (Sylvia Kollar)

May 19, 2018 • 59 mins
Sylvia Kollar, Director of the New York City Municipal Archives, discusses her broad experience in archives, her dedication to public service, and her archives' work to gain complete physical and intellectual control over a large collection of analog and digital records.
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Episode 14: Docupy (Brian Keough)

May 26, 2018 • 62 mins
Brian Keough of the University at Albany discusses oral history, working with donors and researchers, collecting and making available death penalty archives, and producing meta-archives resources.
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Episode 15: A Very Expensive Temp (Fred Grevin)

June 2, 2018 • 75 mins
Fred Grevin, troubleshooter, and a consultant for the New York City Teachers' Retirement System, discusses his wide and ever-changing career in technology and records management, and the passion he has for solving complex information problems.
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Episode 16: Little by Little, Box by Box (Debra Kimok)

June 9, 2018 • 59 mins
Debra Kimok, special collections librarian at SUNY Plattsburgh, discusses her work documenting the history of her college and region, saving the voices of those who used to live there, serving students, and managing a broad collection of materials.
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Episode 17: Everything Comes Back to Baseball (Jamie Brinkman)

June 16, 2018 • 58 mins
Jamie Brinkman, the digital asset manager for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, discusses managing digital resources, promoting the collections, beginning her career at the University at Albany, and the fun of working at the Hall of Fame.
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Episode 18: The Totality of the Past (Will Tatum)

June 23, 2018 • 60 mins
Will Tatum, the Dutchess County Historian, describes his progression from archeology to history to archives (while also remaining an historian) and how he manages and enhances access to the records that make up the Dutchess County Ancient Documents, a collection of court and county records that date from the early 1700s.
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Episode 19: What You Do with the Chicken Before You Roast It (Lauren Barnes)

June 30, 2018 • 63 mins
Lauren Barnes, Director of Information Governance at S&P Global, recounts her beginnings in the theater and how she ultimately came to archives, records management, and information governance (which is a tale full of unexpected surprises and deep insights into the universe of records and information).
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Episode 20: Collections, Assembly, Gathering (Janel Quirante)

July 7, 2018 • 58 mins
Janel Quirante, the Head Digital Archivist for ‘Ulu‘ulu Archives in Hawai'i, recounts her incredibly direct journey from anthropology to documentary film to video archives, her work preserving video and film, and her anticipation of the Archives Leadership Institute, just hours before it began for her.
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