MAMA returns to in-person! We have a great line-up for this year’s event, to be held October 13-15, in St. Charles. We would also like to thank the Missouri Humanities Council for their sponsorship of the event.
(Full session descriptions available here.)
Schedule of Events:
Wednesday, October 12
10:00 AM -- Creating Preservation Quality Oral Histories.
Final virtual Pre-Conference session with Karl Fleck, Associate Audio Preservation Engineer from the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
Thursday, October 13
St. Charles County Administrative Building, 201 N 2nd, St. Charles, Room 115
12:00 - 4:00 PM -- Registration
1:00 - 1:45 PM -- Missouri Humanities Council: The Story of Us
Presenter: Chrissy Sommer, Community Engagement Director
The Foundry Art Centre, 520 N Main, St Charles
2:00-4:00 PM --The Foundry Art Centre Special Tour
Lewis and Clark Boathouse Museum, 1050 S. Riverside, St. Charles
5:30-7 PM -- Opening Night Reception
Friday, October 14
St. Charles County Administrative Building, 201 N 2nd, St. Charles, Room 115
8:00 - 9:30 AM -- Registration
9:30 - 10:20 AM -- An Introduction to the St. Charles County Historical Society
Presenters: Amy Haake, Archivist and Chief Administrative Officer, and Joan Koechig, Board President, St. Charles County Historical Society
10:30 - 11:20 AM -- Sound & Story: 25 Years at the American Jazz Museum
Presenters: Chloe Willett, Exhibition Coordinator; Dr. Dina Bennett, Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs; Morgan Smith, Registrar, American Jazz Museum
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM -- Keynote Address, The Missing Pieces: Putting Together Authentically Inclusive Historical Narratives
Presenter: Glenn North, Director of Inclusive Learning and Creative Impact, Kansas City Museum Lunch provided during presentation.
1:00 - 1:50 PM -- Processing the Records of the St. Louis County Law Commissioner's Court
Presenter: Bill Gankler, Supervising Archivist, Missouri State Archives - St. Louis and Noah Edwards, Reference/Field Archivist, Missouri State Archives-St. Louis
2:00 - 2:50 PM -- Fire! Collecting from a Disaster: A case study
Presenter: Ryan Leimkuehler, CA, DAS, University Records Manager, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
3:00 - 4:30 PM -- MAMA Board/Business Meeting
First Missouri State Capitol Historic Site, 200 S Main, St. Charles
5:00 - 6:00 PM -- Special Tour of First Missouri Capitol
Saturday, October 15
St. Charles County Heritage Museum, 1630 Heritage Landing, St. Peters, Missouri 63303
8:30 - 10:00 AM -- Exhibit Tour, The American Revolutionary War in the West
St. Charles County Administrative Building, 201 N 2nd, St. Charles, Room 115
10:30-11:00 AM -- Incorporating Marginalized Voices to Reframe Missouri Public History
Presenters: Dr. Christine Boston, Associate Professor, Anthropology/Sociology, Lincoln University; Tiffany Patterson, Director, Missouri State Museum; Vikki Cosner, Section Chief, Outreach and Engagement, Missouri State Parks
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM -- The Wilborn Collection: Jackson County Historical Society
Presenter: Erin Gray, Digital Archivist, Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, Missouri
12:00 - 1:00 -- Lunch Break (provided)
1:15 - 2:00 PM -- Reimaging the Old Cathedral Museum in St. Louis
Presenters: Eric Fair, Director, and Rena Schergen, Archivist, Archdiocese of St. Louis Archives
2:10 - 3:00 PM -- Art and Diplomacy at the Nelson-Atkins during World War II Presenter: Tara Laver, Senior Archivist, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Missouri
3:10 - 3:50 PM -- MacLean Collection: Mentoring Experience and Creating Resources
Presenter: Ashley Canner, Graduate Student, University of Missouri - St. Louis
