Montgomery, AL (10/10/2024) – On Tuesday, October 22 at 12:00 pm CT, Mac Ice will present I Love to Save the Story: How to Preserve Your Church and Congregational Records at the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH). This special 90-minute program is made possible through a partnership with Faulkner University. The program is part of the ADAH’s celebration of Archives Month, a national celebration commemorating archivists’ contributions to the preservation and accessibility of significant records. It will be held in person in the ADAH’s Joseph M. Farley Alabama Power Auditorium, and it will also be live-streamed through the ADAH’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Admission is FREE.

Churches are powerfully formative communities whose records often document pivotal moments of members’ lives: births, marriages, deaths, baptisms, and more. The church and congregational records that tell these stories are not only important for local communities but also have broader utility for scholars, researchers, and historians. Ice’s presentation will explore practical steps to identify, gather, preserve, and make accessible records documenting congregational life.

Mac Ice is an Associate Professor of Library Science and Director of Special Collections and Archives at Abilene Christian University, in Abilene, Texas. He holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas and seminary degrees from Lipscomb University. In addition to his education in church history and library science, Ice has nearly twenty years of professional experience in denominational archives. He has served various churches as minister or volunteer for thirty years. 

For additional information, contact Alex Colvin at alex.colvin@archives.alabama.gov or (334) 353-4689. 

 

The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the state’s government-records repository, a special-collections library and research facility, and home to the Museum of Alabama, the state history museum. It is located in downtown Montgomery, directly across Washington Avenue from the State Capitol. The Museum of Alabama is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30 to 4:30. The EBSCO Research Room is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 to 4:30. To learn more, visit www.archives.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-4364.

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