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J. Todd Ellison - Cross-Over archival training and consulting
~~ records management, oral history, and management
of archives and special collections ~~
Todd Ellison was the Fort Lewis College Archivist until he chose to use his skills and experience in a different setting. Ellison established the archival program at Fort Lewis College in 1991 in the Center of Southwest Studies. His work there included organizing more than 900 oral history interviews and describing them on the Web. He has been producing oral history interviews for 35 years. As a faculty member at Fort Lewis, he was the only tenured full Professor in the Libraries Department. Ellison has worked in records management at the City of Durango since 2009, and enjoys preserving history and making it come alive for anyone and everyone.
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Tools for historical work in archives
and oral history:
Archival keys (online educational training in foundational concepts of archival management)
Commonly used Library of Congress Subject Headings: 6XX tags for describing photographs
Photonegatives identification tips: how to spot nitrate negatives and other types of photographic negative films
Oral history interviewing: guidelines for doing an oral history interview ~ release form ~ biographical info collection form ~ standard format for recorded introduction ~ abstract form for describing an interview ~ sample chronology (part of your pre-interview research)
Perpetual calendars: how to determine which day of the week a given date was (or will be)
To contact Todd Ellison:
Email your comments, inquiries, suggestions, and/or requests to crossover@Ellison.net
Phone: (970) 385-1809 [office: 970-375-5012]