Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour!
We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Public Library. Join us as we tour the historically beautiful library with a potluck afterwards. Bring your Drivers License to get a library card! You are also welcome to bring $10 for annual membership dues.
Please join us for our End of the Year Potluck & Tour!
Come celebrate the end of the year through a feast and tour of the beautiful Moore Memorial Public Library – bring your Drivers License to get a free library card!
Don’t forget about Zine Fest Houston happening this Saturday, November 15th! This year’s annual Houston Zine Fest will be happening at The Orange Show for Visionary Arts, and AHA will have a table for ya’ll to come by, say hi, and check out our zine submissions!
Zine submissions for AHA are still open! You have until November 30th to submit a zine, with the theme being Community. This could be about a repository you’ve visited, collections you yourself are working on, or anything you want – as long as the theme is community!
Come one, come all to our first annual Galveston County History Round-Up! Community members are invited to bring photographs, letters, documents, and other meaningful items for this in-person digitization event! Collection experts will give you tips on how to care for your keepsakes and make sure you walk away with a flash drive of your digitized items!
Sign up for our raffle to win some goodies to help you protect your family keepsakes! Bring family members along and with your cell phone, and create a short, interactive family oral history interview! The event is FREE, but registration is required. Just scan the QR code or use the link to sign up! A copy of all scanned items will be retained by the Archives of Galveston County.
For more information call Theresa Mayfield, Moore Memorial Library at 409-949-3007.
Join us on Saturday, October 18th for the AHA Annual Archives Month Blitz!
We’ll spend the afternoon transcribing, scanning, rehousing, and working on other archival projects from the L.V. Hull Archive, one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow archivists, community members, and preservation enthusiasts while contributing to this important effort.
Location: The Orange Show (2334 Gulf Terminal Dr, Houston, TX 77023)
Date & Time: Saturday, October 18 | 1:00–5:00 p.m.
AHA is hosting its first free online international digitization game event, facilitated by Sean Macmillan of King’s College London on Friday, August 23rd from 10 am – 11:30 am. The theme for this gaming event is Digital Preservation!
A little bit about our facilitator Sean Macmillan.
“Sean Macmillan is a digital collections manager based in King’s College London. His background is in archives, and has previously worked for the University of London, University of Oxford, Liverpool Hope University, and a family private estate. He has a passion for games and learning, and has organized a number of digital preservation games events in the past two years”
If you are an expert in digital preservation or want to build a better understanding and awareness of best practice in a fun and friendly environment, then please join us! As this is the first time hosting a Digital Preservation Game event, seating is limited. To sign up, use the link below. Deadline to sign up is August 20th.
This Saturday, July 27th AHA will tour the Houston Media Source Public Access Television and Net Radio Station from 10AM to 1PM! If you cannot attend the tour but want to get together, we welcome you to attend the post-tour lunch at Roostar Vietnamese Grill ~1PM.
This event will include:
tour of facilities
viewing historic/vintage AV media
discussion of Beta Tape and DV Tape digitization
discussion of community archiving and the role of local TV media
The tour will start at 10AM, so plan to arrive a little bit early to park and get settled.
Tour address: 410 Roberts St, Houston, TX 77003
Lunch address: 2929 Navigation Blvd Suite 190, Houston, TX 77003
Parking is limited there are 10 spaces in the parking lot, plus street parking. We highly recommend carpooling to avoid parking fees.
If you want to bring someone who is not an AHA member or you have not paid your dues for 2024, all are welcome to attend, but please consider renewing your dues or making a small donation ($3+ dollar donations will get you a sticker!) https://houstonarchivists.square.site . Not sure about your membership status? Just reach out to a board member.
AHA! is touring the 1940 Terminal Air Museum & Archive on Saturday, June 8th. There is ample on site parking and the museum has kindly offered to have refreshments on hand for our visit!
The 1940 Terminal Air Museum, operated by the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society (HAHS) is located in Houston at the William P. Hobby Airport. It first opened its doors on September 28, 1940 and is a beautiful art deco structure designed by noted local architect Joseph Finger. During its heyday, the terminal housed the airport administrative functions and the airport control tower, and was the only terminal in Houston until 1954. Today, the terminal houses the museum’s collections focused on Houston civil aviation history.
The tour will start at 10:30 am, and Michael Bludworth, the museum’s volunteer historian will give us a brief history of the aviation industry in Houston, and the terminal (he is a wonderful storyteller)! Participants will have an opportunity to roam the museum for about 20 – 30 minutes and then gather together again for a tour of the Archive. The Archive (not a large space) is housed in a building about 100 yards from the museum, and is a walkable distance. But depending on the heat, it may be good to drive. After the tour we will have lunch at Don Carlos Cantina and Mexican restaurant (8385 Broadway St. 77061), not far from the museum.
UPDATE: The Bayou City Policing History Harvest Day has a new time and date, with a revised schedule.
New rescheduled time and date: June 1st, 10 am to 2 pm.
Scanning and Digitization of Artifacts and Collecting Oral Histories: 10 am to 1 pm
Film followed by Q&A- Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and The Poetry of Liberation at 1 pm.
You are invited to come share your stories at the Bayou City Policing – History Harvest Day at the Leonel J. Castillo Community Center. A history harvest is an event devoted to recording and preserving the records of the community. In this case, we encourage you to bring your stories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal artifacts from your family records. This History Harvest aims to collect stories and artifacts about the historical relationship between Mexican American/Latinx communities and the Houston Police Department. Our hope is to collect stories that emphasize instances of conflict and cooperation.
Select recorded interview excerpts and scans from the Harvest will be included within the organizers’ digital repository. Once scanned, the original photos and documents will be returned to the patron. In addition, high-quality scans of the artifacts will be provided to community members to reproduce prints and preserve the original photos/documents.
In partnership with the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage, the Collective of Progressive Educators (COPE), and Mario A. Salinas at the Leonel Castillo Community Center, we are inviting la gente de Houston to come and share your stories and experiences. the door is open to the community, activists, students, educators, archivists, researchers, advocates, and law enforcement. We will also be screening Raúl r salinas and the Poetry of Liberation Documentary Film followed by a Q&A with the Austin-based filmmakers.
The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, part of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, invites you to stargaze with Village Creek State Park Interpreter Alex Stamatis on Friday, June 14 at the Center’s Amateur Astronomy Night.
Stamatis will lead visitors on a tour of the night sky from 8:30 p.m. until approximately 10 p.m. Learn to locate constellations and view some of the season’s most fascinating celestial objects using telescopes, binoculars, and the naked eye!
Join the fun on the Center’s grounds at 650 FM 1011, Liberty, Texas. (Back-Up Date for Inclement Weather/Cloud Cover is Friday, June 21).
