According to Lynn Millar in The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Authors' and Publishers' Archives, the term "archives" has three main definitions in the common vernacular:
- The word archives (usually written with a lower case a and sometimes referred to in the singular, as archive) refers to the permanently valuable records—such as letters, reports, accounts, minute books, draft and final manuscripts, and photographs—of people, businesses, and government. These records are kept because they have continuing value to the creating agency and to other potential users. They are the documentary evidence of past events. They are the facts we use to interpret and understand history.
- An Archives (often written with a capital A and usually, but not always, in the plural) is an organization dedicated to preserving the documentary heritage of a particular group: a city, a province or state, a business, a university, or a community. For example, the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States, Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, The Coca-Cola Company Archives, and The Archives of the Episcopal Church are all responsible for the preservation and management of archives.
- The word archives is also used to refer to the building or part of a building in which archival materials are kept, i.e., the archival repository itself.
HOW WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE ARCHIVES MONTH IN THE BDC
- Watch for Finding Aids to a dozen or more archival collections to be posted here in Connections before month's end. Amanda has worked hard to write thorough descriptions of some of our holdings.
According to the National Parks Service, "more than 80 million Americans are believed to be actively searching for more information about their ancestors. This explosion of interest in family history is due, in part, to the advent of the Internet. An ever-growing number of institutions, libraries, and individuals in our nation and others are collecting, preserving, and sharing genealogies, personal documents, and memorabilia that detail the life and times of families around the world."
On a daily basis, BDC staff is available to talk with budding as well as experienced family historians about the resources we have and the support we can provide for digging up the dead (figuratively speaking of course. Exhumation permission is a function of the Coroner's Office.) If you're able to give us a heads up, we are generally better able to assist you. We gave a general overview of the types of family history related materials and services we provide in last year's Family History post in this blog.
HOW WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE FAMILY HISTORY MONTH IN THE BDC
We're hosting a hands-on workshop with a proven genealogist and author! She'll talk about arranging your records and stories for publication, offering an insider's tips!
Event
Name: “Preserving Your Family History
Workshop”
Short
Description of Event: Learn how to publish
your own family's history with June Gardner, an author who's done it 6 times so
far. 30 seats: first come; first seated.
Time
and Date of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Location
of Event: BDC@ Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
Price
of Event: Free; Ages 12 - Adults
ARCHAEOLOGY
As many of you already know, the BDC focuses on local history, Gullah culture, genealogy, natural
history and archaeology of lowcountry South Carolina’s Beaufort,
Hampton, and Jasper counties. We participate in South Carolina Archaeology Month 2017 just as we have done for the past 13 years. The theme this year is "Archaeology in South Carolina's State Parks" and we are lucky indeed to have Dr. Karen Smith as keynote lecturer and Dr. Jon Leader and Dr. Eric Poplin returning for year 5 of "What the Heck Is It?". 
HOW WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH IN THE BDC
Event
Name: “Their Story Ends: Recent
Excavations at Edisto Island State Park”
Short
Description of Event: Archaeologist Dr.
Karen Y. Smith, SCIAA, shares what she learned about 4000 year old Spanish
Mount Point mound before it was consumed by the waters. Co-sponsor:
Archaeological Society of South Carolina. 85 seats: first come; first seated.
Time
and Date of Event: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Location
of Event: BDC@ Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
Price
of Event: Free; Ages 12 - Adults
Event
Name: “What the Heck Is It? - Year 5”
Short
Description of Event: Drop in with your
artifacts and try to stump our learned archaeologists, Dr. Jon Leader and Dr.
Eric Poplin. No registration. No limit of the number of items you can bring.
Just understand that whatever you bring, you have to do all the lifting and
toting to get it into the building and to get it back to your vehicle.
Co-sponsor: Archaeological Society of South Carolina.
Time
and Date of Event: Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Location
of Event: BDC@ Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
Price of Event: Free; Ages 12 - Adults
Anyone who has driven from Beaufort to Charleston on US Hwy 17 has
gone across a rich and multi-tiered archaeological site. Learn about the
significance of the Combahee River crossing beginning with the Native
Americans who camped along its banks, the lost town of Radnor, and the
daring raid to free the enslaved by Harriet Tubman and the 2nd US
Colored Troops in 1863.
Event
Name: “Combahee Ferry Historic District” Exhibit
Short
Description of Event: Co-sponsor:
Archaeological Society of South Carolina.
Time
and Date of Event: Mondays - Fridays, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, October 2017 - February 2018
Location
of Event: Beaufort District Collection, 311 Scott Street, 2nd Floor, Beaufort, SC 29902
Price of Event: Free; Ages 12 - Adults
We hope that you'll be able to join us for one or more (perhaps even all) of these programs.
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