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GERMAN IMMIGRATION Chicago, Illinois

GERMAN IMMIGRATION Chicago, Illinois . Preservation of Cultural Heritage . “need to create holes that allow in voices of…users” . The time period:. Immigration began in 1830’s Escaping poor agricultural conditions Escaping religious persecution (mostly Catholic)

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GERMAN IMMIGRATION Chicago, Illinois

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  1. GERMAN IMMIGRATIONChicago, Illinois Preservation of Cultural Heritage

  2. “need to create holes that allow in voices of…users”

  3. The time period: • Immigration began in 1830’s • Escaping poor agricultural conditions • Escaping religious persecution (mostly Catholic) • Escaping rising taxes, despotic government

  4. The time period: • Second generation: • Built churches, theaters, clubs • Founded newspapers • Started organizations • Participated in political activities

  5. The time period: • Large wave of immigration: 1880’s • Remained tied to tradition and culture • Established small businesses that served their community • Re-invigorated German ethnicity in Chicago • Formed German ethnic core in early 19th century Chicago

  6. Where did Germans Settle?

  7. Call for Cultural Heritage Resource Collection and Management • Andrew Flinn • Retain identity • Enrich history • Bridge generations • Control by the community • Elizabeth Crooke • Control renders deeper understanding of identity • Community becomes consumer and creator of the culture; reader and author of the culture

  8. CULTURAL COMPONENTS UNESCO • Main Domains of Intangible Cultural Heritage • Oral traditions and expressions • Performing arts • Social practices, rituals, festivals • Knowledge and practices on nature and universe • Traditional craftmanship

  9. COMPONENT: Music and Song

  10. COMPONENT: Festivals, Picnics

  11. PROPOSAL • To build a cultural heritage collection focusing on German immigrant life in Chicago, Illinois from 1830 to early 1900’s. • To focus, at first, on the collection of two components: music and song; festivals and picnics. • To connect with the German American Cultural Center for assistance in generating interest, gathering information and items and providing some display space. • To design a website for digital display and information

  12. OBJECTIVES • Music and Song: • To collect items and/or information on sheet music, lyrics, songs, music flyers, performance bills, song and music memorabilia Picnics and Festivals • To collect photographs of picnics and/or festivals • To collect descriptions of games and past times at picnics and festivals • To collect descriptions of foods eaten and beverages consumed at picnics/festivals, recipes • To collect any specific festival information

  13. German American Cultural Center

  14. SWOT Analysis: internal • STENGTHS • Large German community • Established community in Cultural Center • Geographic location of Cultural Center • WEAKNESSES • Memories of contributors • Fragile items • Facilities availability • Budget • Improperly trained staff

  15. SWOT Analysis: external • OPPORTUNITIES • Opening up personal collections • Pride in culture • Discovery • Preservation of materials • THREATS • Competition from other institutions • Outside funding

  16. CORE DOMAINS • Appraisal and Selection (collection development) • Arrangement and Description (cataloging) • Preservation • Reference and Access (policies and procedures) • Outreach and Advocacy (constituents) • Management and Administration

  17. APPRAISAL and SELECTION (Collection) • Announce via Cultural Center website and on premises the cultural heritage collection development • Call for photos, music and other items • Explain oral history process and ask for participants • Assess historical, intellectual, research value • Tools: • Presentations • Email • Cultural Center website • Digital Camera • Recorder • Laptop • Blogs • Social Media

  18. ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION (Cataloging) • Catalog by content received • Sheet music • Lyrics • Performance programs • Photographs • Written or oral descriptions • Oral history • Tools: • Laptop • Past Perfect software (multi-media upgrade available) • Flickr (photos) • Omeka website • CD’s • Archival boxes, sleeves

  19. PRESERVATION • Sheet Music • Written lyrics • Letters • Performance programs • Oral history • Tools: • Archival sleeves • CD’s • Flash drives

  20. REFERENCE and ACCESS (Policies and Procedures) • Policies: • Legal rights to display items, photos, transcripts in museum and/or online • Restrictions on materials • Access via: • Omeka website (photos) • Cultural Center website • Link to Omeka website • Displays in small museum at Cultural Center • Audio online, flash drive or CD’s • HistoryPin • Stories on PRX • Social Media

  21. OUTREACH and ADVOCACY • Outreach: • Educate German heritage community on importance of preserving culture • Reach out to churches, German organizations to encourage participation in telling their stories, histories and sharing photos • Advocacy: • Join cultural heritage associations • Contact Chicago Cultural Society • Contact Chicago Historical Society • Connect with local journalists, reporters, media

  22. MANAGEMENT and ADMINISTRATION • Management: • Work with Cultural Center to ensure security, disaster preparedness, space and storage issues • Store materials in proper container when not on display • Train staff or volunteers • Administration: • Secure legal usage and display of materials • Address restrictions • Ensure materials are used for cultural heritage community purposes only • Solicit donor and grant funding

  23. BUDGET ITEM PRICE • Zoom H1 Recorder® • Laptop • Printer • Digital camera • Archival supplies • Blank CD’s • Flash Drives • AASLH membership • Past Perfect® software • CD tutorial • $80.00 • $400.00-$500.00 • $120.00 • $125.00 • $100.00 • $25.00 • $30.00 • $115.00 (qualify for discounts) • $700.00 • $40.00

  24. GRANTS and FUNDING Proposal for upstart: $5000.00 • Institute of Museum and Library Sciences • National Archives and Records Association, National Historical Publications and Records Commission • Illinois Humanities Council • Contributions from German Community

  25. Enrichment, Illumination,Discovery

  26. BIBLIOGRAPHY • Bushnell, George D. Wilmette: A History. Wilmette, IL: Village of Wilmette, 1997. • Affleck, Janice and Thomas Kvan. “A Virtual Community as the Context for Discursive Interpretation: A Role in Cultural Heritage Engagement.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 14: 3 (2008): 268-280. • Crooke, Elizabeth. “The politics of community heritage: motivations, authority and control.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 16: 1-2 (2010): 16-29. • Flinn, Andrew. “Community Histories, Community Archives: Some Opportunities and Challenges.” Journal of the Society of Archivists 28: 2 (2007): 151-176. • Keil, Harmut and John B. Jentz, ed. German Workers in Chicago: A Documentary History of Working-Class Culture from 1850 to World War I. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. • Krause, MagiaGhetu and Elizabeth Yakel. “Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections Next Generation Finding Aid.” The American Archivist 70 (2007): 282-314. • Smeets, Rieks. “ Language as a Vehicle of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Museum International 56: 2 (2004): 156-165. • The German Americans – Chapter 5 (www.maxkade.iupui.edu/adams/chap5.html) • Encyclopedia of Chicago. (www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org) • Goethe Institute (www.goethe.de/lis) • Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) • Google (www.google.com) • PowerPoint Presentations, Professor Cecilia Salvatore, Dominican University

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