Preserving Our Heritage Summit: Catholic Archives of Western Pennsylvania
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
REGISTER BY MAY 7: Preserving Our Heritage Summit 10:00am to 3:00pm, Thursday, May 22, 2025
Cost $10 – includes lunch and parking
• 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 to identify an outreach project that we can complete within the following year.
The event is open to anyone interested in the preservation and accessibility of Catholic archives of Western Pennsylvania.
Contributing Sponsors of the Preserving our Heritage Summit:
- Duquesne University (Depts. of Catholic Studies and History and the Gumberg Library)
- National Institute for Newman Studies
- Carlow University
- Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Preserving our Heritage Summit Planning Committee:
- Saint Vincent College: Department of History, Center for Northern Appalachian Studies
- Duquesne University: Departments of Catholic Studies and History, Gumberg Library
- Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden
- Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
- Seton Hill University
- Carlow University
- The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh