The House Archives Built — up//root
The current trend focusing on liberating the concept of archives from physical institutions has served to mentally leave behind Black collections held in predominantly white institutions. Dorothy Berry reflects on the conflict of archives versus the archives, and how the fundamental structures of ar
The House Archives Built Dorothy Berry Feature Jun 22 Written By Dorothy Berry by Dorothy Berry Download the PDF [image one with caption: “William Berry, circa 1880, on the porch of the house he built in 1873”] [ 1 ] Introduction I begrudgingly spent a good deal of time in a storefront museum in Ash Grove, Missouri, the Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum. In the classic tradition of African American community archives, this one was curated by a charismatic, self-educated man, dedicated to the memory of Black people in a region that would prefer to forget them. I rolled my eyes at historical
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