Ep009 about the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives, community archives, and how to start an archives.

• Main Author: Barrett, Terra
• Other Authors: Wright, Mary Ellen
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Oral traditions; expressions and the written word; Wright; Mary Ellen; Nain; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/500

Mary Ellen Wright has been the Professional Development and Outreach Officer (aka archives advisor) for the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA) for the last fifteen years. She has a BA in history from Dalhousie University, a master’s from St. Mary’s University and has also studied history at Memorial. Prior to coming to Newfoundland she worked at the provincial archives in Halifax, N.S.: she was a contract archivist in various institutions around St. John’s before starting with ANLA in December of 2000. Mary Ellen’s job with ANLA has taken her to archives and museums from Nain to Grand Bank. We talk all things archives, from the donation of garbage bags filled with papers to the need for accessibility, Mary Ellen gives advice to anyone hoping to start an archives.