by kitchensisters | Nov 15, 2018 | The Keepers
Claudia Ocello from Museum Partners Consulting wrote to tell us about a woman on a mission to preserve school history. Marion Bolden, former Superintendent of Newark Public Schools, (NJ) upon retirement founded the Newark Public Schools Historical Preservation...
by kitchensisters | Nov 14, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Museum of Material Memory “The Museum of Material Memory is a digital repository of material culture of the Indian subcontinent, tracing family history and social ethnography through heirlooms, collectibles and objects of antiquity....
by kitchensisters | Nov 13, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Emily Dickinson’s Hidden Kitchen Deep in the hidden archives of Harvard’s Houghton Library are the butter-stained recipes of Emily Dickinson. Who knew? Emily Dickinson was better known as a baker than a poet in her lifetime. In the latest...
by kitchensisters | Nov 12, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 20: The Good Cemeterian Writer and oral historian Janice A. Farringer sent us an email to tell us about the incredible work of Andrew Lumish, aka The Good Cemeterian. “This man is definitely a Keeper,” she wrote. “He restores old...
by kitchensisters | Nov 9, 2018 | The Keepers
Aaron Swartz Day co-founder Lisa Rein talks about about her work with the annual hackathon. Founded in 2013 after the death of activist and programming wunderkind Aaron Swartz, the event draws attention to Aaron’s story in hopes of protecting others from similar...
