December 12, 2024

On October 24, 2024, the Archive Project hosted a reunion for recipients of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grant at the Tenement Museum. This event celebrated the impact of the grant to date and built community across past and current grantees through sharing best practices, ongoing work, and common experiences.

Attendees gathered for a panel moderated by Archive Project Executive Director Emily Kahn and featuring Yukie Ohta from the SoHo Memory Project (2022 grantee, current Archive Project board member), Kelsey Brow of the King Manor Museum (2022 & 2024 grantee), and Dave Favaloro of the Tenement Museum (2023 & 2024 grantee).

Panelists shared successes and challenges from their grant-sponsored projects and reflected on the rare category of support the grant provides toward stewarding preservation-related archives. All attendees also had the opportunity to share their experiences during an open forum and reception following the panel and to attend tours of the Tenement Museum. Lively discussions surrounded topics including digital archives management, storage solutions, hiring an archival consultant, and best practices for archiving documents produced today.

Thank you to the Leon Levy Foundation and Jennifer Ellis for the generous support of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative and reunion event.