What’s your Germantown story?

Saturday, October 17, 12:00-4:00 pm
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library (Free Libary of Philadelphia)
68 W. Chelten Ave, 19144
Free
In-person
RSVP info: https://forms.gle/Djzho8iMUBxDYAVH6
More info: @jeclibrary

Everyone is welcome to participate in community archiving at Coleman Library with hands-on archiving activities to record personal stories, explore family histories, and share in local and local and library history together.

Please register in advance, and let us know what activities interest you most!

Archiving stations include:
-Oral history recording
-Photos, letters, and documents scanning services
-VHS tape digitizing services
-Scrapbook making
-Collaborative craft project making a foam-core quilt with your heirloom fabric scraps
-Genealogy consultation and support

Live storytelling forums include:
-Show & Tell circle
-Storytelling/memory-sharing circle

Conversations about our community’s past, present, and future:
-Germantown History: what does it mean to you?
-Art and archives: how do they connect?
-Local democracy: how can we use our voice to help it thrive?

Exhibits include:
-Portraits of Germantown potters by Aaron Stallworth
-Conni Bille’s Early Women’s Liberation Era political art
-David K. Coleman’s self-portrait of childhood memories in Germantown
-Phyllis Hochburg’s flower portraits
-Jill Saull’s portraits of community members on Gtown Radio
-Joseph E. Coleman Library artifacts and historical images

What to bring:
-Memorabilia/objects/artifacts that help tell a family story for a show & tell circle
-A story to share in a storytelling circle
-An oral history to record
-Photos, letters, documents to scan
-Photos and paper memorabilia for scrapbooking
-VHS tape to digitize (15 min. max please)
-Fabric to contribute to our community quilt-craft

Public history programming at the Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library is ongoing and this year’s fair is sponsored by Hyperlocal Heritage, a Free Library of Philadelphia Grant funded by the William Penn Foundation and the Funder’s Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial.