Learn how to organize your personal papers, photos, scrapbooks, and other items to digitize and store them for future generations. And find out more about CALS DIY Memory Lab and how to use it to preserve your family history.

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CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Presents LEGACIES & LUNCH

Speaker: Josh Parshall

In 2006, the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) launched the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, a free online resource that documents Jewish histories across the region. The Arkansas section, featuring nineteen local entries,

Presented by CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Speaker: Ronnie A. Nichols

This event will be hybrid. Participants can attend in person or participate virtually via Zoom the day of the event. The workshop will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube after the event is over.

Learn how to organize your personal papers, photos, scrapbooks, and other items to digitize and store them for future generations. And find out more about CALS DIY Memory Lab and how to use it to preserve your family history.

Register for Personal Archiving

Hear about the history of Little Rock’s major historic districts and learn how to research the history of your historic home with Danielle Afsordeh. Join us at the CALS Roberts Library to learn some tips and tricks for researching the history of homes using resources available through the Central Arkansas Library System and the Quapaw Quarter Association collection.

The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.

Learn how to organize your personal papers, photos, scrapbooks, and other items to digitize and store them for future generations. And find out more about CALS DIY Memory Lab and how to use it to preserve your family history.

Register for Personal Archiving