June 5 2023 – Devens Common Center, 31 Andrews Pkwy, Devens, MA
8:30am – 1:00pm
Devens Common Center
Registration
8:30am – 9:30am
Devens Common Center
Continental Breakfast and Networking
Enjoy pastries and fruit while meeting other Conference participants over a cup of coffee or tea!
9:30am – 10:00am
Devens Common Center
Welcome
Pleun Bouricius, President, Mass History Alliance
10:00am – 11:00am
Devens Common Center
Keynote Address
Marieke Van Damme, Executive Director, History Cambridge
11:00am – 11:15am
Devens Common Center
Break
Concurrent Sessions 1
11:15 am – 12:30pm
Devens Club B
Teaching Disability History
Moderator:
Kate Benson, Belchertown State School Friends Association
Presenters:
Reese Hogan, Lesley University
Ross Newton, HEC Academy in Northampton
Graham Warder, Keene State College
11:15am – 12:30pm
Executive Club A
Collaborating for Inclusive History: Working With Volunteers to Develop Historic Programming
Moderator:
Susan Navarre, Fitchburg Historical Society
Presenters:
Katina Fontes, Athina Education, Inc.
Lesley (Whispering Wind) Harris, Mashpee Wampanoag
Stephanie Schorow, Journalist and Author
11:15am – 12:30pm
Executive Club B
Doing a Lot With a Little: The Future of Online Programming
Moderator:
Rebecca Beit-Aharon, University of Massachusetts Boston
Presenters:
Allison Horrocks, Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Mark Mello, Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
11:15am – 12:30pm
Ballroom
Community Engagement: Yesterday's History in Today's World
Moderator:
Jane Becker, University of Massachusetts Boston
Presenters:
Emily Donovan, Lowell National Historical Park
Laura Lamarre Anderson, Exhibition Co-Creator
Diego Leonardo-Garcia, Exhibition Co-Creator
11:15am – 12:30pm
Devens Club A
Can You Change History? Responding to Perceptions of Racism at History Sites Through Local Stories
Presented by Mass Humanities
Moderator:
Katherine Stevens, Mass Humanities
Presenters:
Mass Humanities “Expand Massachusetts Stories” grantees
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Solarium / Ballroom
Lunch
A delicious buffet selection of salads, wraps, chips and sides. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and other dietary options available.
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Ballroom
Bay State Legacy Awards
Concurrent Sessions 2
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Ballroom
Ballroom
Discovering Local History: Engaging Students in a Post-Pandemic World
Presented by the Pomeroy Foundation
Moderator:
Carolyn Goldstein, University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston
Presenters:
Melissa M. Cybulski, Longmeadow Historical Society
Bob Damon, City of Quincy
Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis, Yellow Room Consulting
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Executive Club A
Seeing Like the State: Utilizing the Massachusetts State Archives Collections
Moderator:
Stacen Goldman, Framingham History Center
Presenter:
John Hannigan, Massachusetts Archives
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Devens Club B
Preservation and Community Engagement
Moderator:
Gloria Greis, Needham History Center & Museum
Presenters:
Roberta Cameron, City of Somerville
Laurie Sanders, Historic Northampton
Elizabeth Sharpe, Historic Northampton
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Executive Club B
Expanding Narratives Through Community Engagement at Industrial Sites
Moderator:
Megan Seiler, Wistariahurst
Presenters:
Sara Morin Barth, Lawrence History Center
Eric Peterson, The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Devens Club B
An Archival "Roadmap" For Your Institution: The Roving Archivist Program at Your Service
Presented by MA SHRAB
Moderator:
John D. Warner, Jr., Archivist of the Commonwealth
Presenters:
Sarah-Jane Poindexter, MA-SHRAB
Tom Doyle, Roving Archivist Consultant
2:45pm – 3:15pm
Solarium
Afternoon Snack Break
Join us for a make your own trail mix bar! Provided by Graduate Studies in Public History at UMass Boston.
Concurrent Sessions 3
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Ballroom
Developing Multisensory Exhibits
Moderator:
Susan Navarre, Fitchburg Historical Society
Presenter:
Jenny Gratz, The Concord Museum
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Executive Club A
Workshop - Balancing Preservation and Progress: How Buildings Can Reflect the Past and Look to the Future
Moderator:
Stacen Goldman, Framingham History Center
Presenters:
Carl Carlsen, Historian
Carol Owens, Journalist
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Devens Club B
Workshop - Records Management for Cultural Heritage Repositories
Moderator:
Gloria Greis, Needham History Center & Museum
Presenter:
Dan McCormack, Town of Burlington
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Executive Club B
Workshop - Scalable Marketing: Best Practices for History Organization
Moderator:
Lindsay Kruzlic, Salem State University
Presenter:
Julie Arrison-Bishop, MuseumTastic
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Devens Club A
Workshop - Engaging People With Disabilities in Your History Programming
Moderator:
Kate Benson, The Belchertown State School Friends
Presenter:
Desiree Forte, Easterseals