Preserving Our Heritage Summit: Catholic Archives of Western Pennsylvania
SAVE THE DATE!
Fourth Annual Summit on Preserving Our Heritage: Catholic Archives of Western Pennsylvania
10:00am to 3:00pm, Thursday, May 22, 2025
Power Center, Duquesne University, 1015 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
• Eric Lidji, Director of Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center, will be speaking on the region’s Jewish archiving and what we might learn from it.
• Thomas White, University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections, will be our facilitator for the afternoon which will include discussion on developing an outreach project that we can accomplish within the following year.
The event is open to anyone interested in the preservation and accessibility of Catholic archives of Western Pennsylvania. Registration will open in March.
We will provide updates with new information, including a registration link, through email and on the Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania’s website www.chswpa.org.
Preserving our Heritage Summit is being sponsored by Duquesne University (Depts. of Catholic Studies and History and the Gumberg Library), the Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Seton Hill University, and Carlow University.