Services

Records Assessment

A structured, professional review of your records, photographs, or artifacts. You'll receive clear recommendations for preservation, organization, housing, and next steps tailored to your collection's condition and needs.

Archival Processing

Support to organize and describe your archival materials — building a usable structure for your collection so items can actually be found again.

Digitization Guidance

Planning for safe scanning, metadata, file-naming standards, and long-term storage, so your digital files stay accessible for years to come.

Historical Research

Research using archival materials, public records, and historical sources to build accurate narratives, timelines, and documentation of your organization's past.

Volunteer & Staff Training

Customized sessions for volunteers, lodge officers, and nonprofit staff on caring for, organizing, and managing a collection — built for people without an archives background.

DIY Guides

Short, practical reference pieces for the day-to-day work of caring for a collection between visits.

Handling Fragile Photographs

How to safely handle, sleeve, and store photographic prints and negatives — what to touch, what not to touch, and what "archival quality" sleeving actually means.

Choosing Archival-Safe Storage

What "acid-free" and "archival quality" mean in practice, and how to pick boxes and folders that protect your materials instead of harming them over time.

Basic Care for Paper Records

Simple housekeeping steps — light, humidity, and handling — that slow the deterioration of ledgers, minutes, and other paper documents.

Disaster Preparedness Basics

A short checklist for protecting a small collection from water, fire, and pest damage before something goes wrong.

Training Materials

For volunteers and staff who've attended a session, or anyone who wants a head start.