Archive Tutorial

Learning Goals

  • Understand what an archive is in general and the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) archive is in particular
  • Understand how a collection is created
  • Understand how to create a finding aid
  • Understand how archives help shape history

In this tutorial, you will learn how archives serve as a building block for history and will practice creating your own collection from and finding aid for a donated box of primary objects.

Steps

  1. What is an archive?
  2. Create a Collection
  3. Create a Finding Aid