2006 RC-MAAM "White Gloves Gang": Preliminary Call for Brooklyn, NY Host
Institutions & Project Volunteers
Apologies for cross-postings as we try to get the word out to various
groups. Please share this posting with institutions that may be in a
position to host or individuals who may be interested in volunteering.
The 8th Annual "White Gloves Gang" will be coming to Brooklyn for the
2006 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) Annual Meeting,
"Bridging Communities" (October 22 - 24, 2006). The "White Gloves Gang"
event is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 25.
Sponsored by the Registrars Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Association of
Museums (RC-MAAM), the "White Glove Gang" matches volunteers for
projects with local meeting-area institutions (i.e. museums, historical
societies, historic houses, etc.) in need of assistance. Projects are
varied and range from cataloguing artifacts and numbering objects, to
conducting inventories and object photography, to assessing storage
areas and implementing a plan, to re-housing objects and archives. The
event is a wonderful way to assist institutions who need a bit of extra
help all while meeting new people and see new places (or catching up
with those you already know).
This is a preliminary call for:
HOST INSTITUTIONS = local Brooklyn institutions that need assistance
with projects. Projects should able to be completed in one day or a
foundation set for future work or can be set-up for training the
institution's volunteers to complete later. While the assistance is
free, we ask that host institutions provide lunch for the volunteers.
Host representatives will be invited to a logistics dinner. IF
INTERESTED, please let me know & provide a brief description of
project(s) and the institution (with contact information, etc.).
VOLUNTEERS = willing to assist with various projects. Participants
should have registrarial, collections management, curatorial, art
handling, archival, or related experience. Volunteers should be aware
that this is a "low-budget" operation so we can not provide hotel space.
However, we will try to offer housing for the night preceding the event
at the homes of local colleagues. There will be a logistics dinner and
host institutions are being asked to provide lunch on the day of the
event. Most, if not all, Brooklyn institutions will be accessible via
public transportation and details will be provided at the logistics
dinner. *IF INTERESTED, please provide a brief description of your
area(s) of expertise and experience so the right project match can be
made. Also, provide contact information.
*Note: More information about how volunteers should "officially"
sign-up for the "White Gloves Gang" will be provided in the near future.
(It will be through the conference registration on the MAAM website
http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/org/category.jxp?id=15736
<http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/org/category.jxp?id=15736&org=231>
&org=231.)
Additional information about the "White Gloves Gang" is below.
Logistical information (i.e. planning dinner, locations, etc.) for the
2006 event will be provided as confirmed.
Brooklyn is a great place (and my lifelong hometown) and the "White
Gloves Gang" is a great event so we hope many of you will be able to
join us.
If you are an institution interested in hosting volunteers or you are an
individual who wants to volunteer, please let me know by e-mail
(preferred) [log in to unmask] or telephone (718) 488-9216.
Thank you,
Juliette
2006 "White Gloves Gang" Coordinator
e-mail [log in to unmask]
telephone/fax (718) 488-9216.
Juliette V. Ibelli
Registrar & Collections Curator, Private Collections
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Reference Librarian, Brooklyn Historical Society
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ABOUT THE WHITE GLOVES GANG
The "White Gloves Gang" (WGG) event occurs in conjunction with the MAAM
Annual Meeting. Sponsored by the MAAM Registrars Committee, the "White
Gloves Gang" is an all-volunteer group of museum and related
professionals who donate their time and expertise to assist museums and
historical organizations in the annual meeting host city with
collections-related projects.
HISTORY
The first "White Gloves Gang" event occurred in Baltimore in 1999.
Leaders from The Star Spangled Banner Flag House, The Fire Museum of
Maryland, and Hampton National Historical Site organized a group of 16
volunteers to participate in the first event. Since then the White
Gloves Gang has helped the staff of 21 sites in cities throughout the
region, including: Harrisburg, PA, Wilmington, DE, Albany, NY,
Philadelphia, PA, Newark, NJ.
The WGG has assisted with a variety of tasks including inventorying,
photographing, re-housing, renumbering, and reorganizing collections and
collections storage areas. The WGG has worked with a variety of
institution types (museums, historical societies, historic houses, etc.)
and a wide-range of collections (decorative arts, fine arts, photo
archives, costumes, etc.)
SPONSORS
The on-going success of the "White Gloves Gang" has been made possible
by the volunteers and the continued generosity of vendors in the
industry. Past contributors include: Ace Insurance Company of North
America, Conservation Resources International, Crozier Fine Arts,
Gaylord Bros. Inc., The Hollinger Corporation, Light Impressions, AAM
Registrars Committee, University Products. The RC-MAAM, the association
board and staff thank all the donors and volunteers who continue to make
the "White Gloves Gang" program possible.
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