ACHS receives partnership award
The League of Women Voters ABC chapter presented ACHS with a Friend of the League Award on Nov. 14 at the Andover City Hall (left). After the presentation by LWV-ABC President Gretchen Sabel, ACHS Director Rebecca Ebnet-Desens spoke on the “Power of Personal History.” Hear more in Desens TED Talk from 2016.
“How do you see yourself?” Desens asked. “Answering that question will go a long way toward what you will save, as well as where and with whom you will save it. Your legacy is in your hands—quite literally. But it’s also in your head. And your house.”
The Board of Directors (three of whom are pictured at right: Rich Oxley, Wes Volkenant, and Steve Florman) champion the idea of personal storytelling. They welcome the donation of oral recordings, written memoirs, or pictorial collections to the archives of ACHS.