Next CALM Meeting

The next meeting of CALM will be Wednesday, Nov 4th at 2:30pm in the Cypress Room at the Middleton Place restaurant. Highway 61 (Ashley River Road). Please join us!

Next Meeting

The next CALM meeting will be Wednesday, October 14th at Middleton Place (in the Cypress Room at the Restaurant). Highway 61. 2:30pm. Free parking in the visitor's lot.

20th Anniversary of Hurricane Hugo

C.A.L.M. will mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo’s landfall on Charleston and the Lowcountry with a special panel session. This will be held on Monday, September 21st, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Charleston County Public Library Auditorium (Main Branch), 68 Calhoun Street.

To commemorate this pivotal event in the history of our city, C.A.L.M. is featuring, in lieu of its regular September meeting, a panel of selected persons who were present when the storm hit and/or were involved with restoration initiatives in the aftermath. The speakers will perhaps be able to offer some valuable insight on disaster preparedness. Speakers include Nicholas Butler, Ph.D., Director, The Charleston Archive; Charles Duell, President and CEO, Middleton Place Foundation; Cathy S. Haynes, Director, Charleston County Emergency Preparedness Division; and Angela D. Mack, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Gibbes Museum of Art.

We encourage anyone interested in cultural and historical institutions experiences of Hurricane Hugo to join us on September 21st. The meeting is being offered at no charge. For more information about this event contact Brooke Fox, C.A.L.M. President, 843-792-6477 or foxeb@musc.edu.

August CALM meeting

The next meeting of CALM will be August 18, 2009, Tuesday at 2:30. It will be held at the Catholic Diocese Archives, 114 Broad Street, Charleston, SC. Parking is free in the lot next to the church, two doors down from the Archives. The Archives building is in the rear lot - follow the driveway to the back. Call 724-6387 if you have any questions. Bring photos/images of Hurricane Hugo damage to your institution for scanning and display at the 20th anniversary of Hugo, planned for Sept. 21 at the Charleston Public Library. (they will be returned to you)

Oral History Workshop/Panel Discussion

Interested in how to conduct an oral history? Come hear several experienced producers of oral histories share their techniques, choice of equipment, methods and then how to archive and preserve the histories on tape. Topics such as informed consent, IRB approval, privacy, describing and cataloging the tapes and copyright will be covered. $10 Pre-registration required. To be held at the Middleton Place Plantation Pavilion on Highway 61. Call MaryJo to register 843-723-3225 ext. 12 by June 26, 2009.

Planning for a Hurricane Hugo anniversary

Please come to a planning meeting June 17th at 5:30pm to plan for a
anniversary workshop/discussion of the effects that Hurricane Hugo
had on local archives, museums, libraries, other organizations. Place
to be determined, call Brooke at 792-6477 for details.

July 2009 meeting

The July 2009 meeting will be held at The Waring Library on the Medical University of SC campus, near the corner of Bee St. and Ashley Ave. 2:00 pm. July 21, Tuesday. Parking is available at meters on the area streets or in the Rutledge Tower parking garage (entrance off of Vanderhorst St. near corner of Rutledge Ave.)