The Luzerne County Historical Society (LCHS) is offering a unique seminar entitled “Caring for Your Collections” Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Bishop Memorial Library, 49 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Do you have family heirlooms? Are they books, paper or photographs? Do you worry about preserving them to pass down to your children or grandchildren?  This workshop will introduce you to some of the techniques we use for preservation of the collections of the Luzerne County Historical Society. Attendees will learn the basics on how to care for, preserve and store their priceless paper artifacts and photos.

Amanda Fontenova, LCHS’s Director of Library and Archives, will teach the workshop. Fontenova has been working with the LCHS collection for ten years. She previously worked at Eckley Miners’ Village and the Anthracite Heritage Museum. Fontenova is an experienced researcher and oversees all historical and genealogical requests at LCHS’s Bishop Library. “This will be a good introduction to preservation. Come and learn the do’s and don’t’s,” says Fontenova.

Participation is limited and pre-paid reservations are required. $15 for LCHS members and $25 for non-members. To sign up, email reservations@luzernehistory.org or call 570-823-6244 ext. 3.

The Bishop Memorial Library was purchased by the LCHS in 1972 to house our library and archives as well as the Society’s business offices. Among the unique resources at the Historical Society are yearbooks from local schools, published local histories with genealogical information, and significant runs of Luzerne County newspapers, which are available on microfilm and through the searchable online database, newspapers.com (fee for use).