1. Curating with Communities A new approach in the Southern Historical Collection

2. Who are we

3. What we normally do

4. Why we want to grow

5. How we developed this change

6. Community Group Southern Historical Collection Appraisal Acquisition Arrangement/Descri ption Training Conservation Outreach and Advocacy Digitization Fundraising Community Driven Collecting Model

7. Recipe for a successful community driven archive project…

8. Current Projects Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance Appalachian Student Health Coalition

9. Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project

10. Partnership with the Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance

11. Partnership with the Appalachian Student Health Coalition

12. “I can’t say often enough how lucky we are to have found you and your amazing archive, just at the right time.”