FREEZE FRAME: Emily Dickinson Museum To Host
Interactive Program on Family Photograph Preservation
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AMHERST, Mass.-On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Emily Dickinson Museum will present
"First, Do No Harm: Saving Your Historic Family Photographs," an interactive program by
archivist Daria D'Arienzo. Tickets for the program, which will begin at 2 p.m. at the Amherst
College Alumni House off Spring St. in Amherst, are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.
D'Arienzo will discuss the issues surrounding saving family photographic treasures from
daguerreotypes to Polaroids and tin-types to albumen prints. Participants are encouraged to
bring photographs about which they have preservation questions for D'Arienzo's advice.
Attendees will receive an informational packet with websites and reference materials for
saving their photos, courtesy of University Products. Light Refreshments will be served.
D'Arienzo, an archivist who served as the head of Archives and Special Collections at
Amherst College for more than 20 years, is an active supporter of the Emily Dickinson Museum.
She chaired the Homestead Advisory Committee for several years and now serves on the
Museum's Educational Programming and Policy Committee. "We are fortunate that
Daria D'Arienzo is coming back for another preservation talk this fall," remarked Jane H. Wald,
executive director of the museum. "Her archival knowledge and expertise is unequalled, and
she makes it all so very accessible to those wishing to preserve precious family memories."
The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens is devoted to the story
and legacy of poet Emily Dickinson and her family. Owned by the Trustees of Amherst College,
the museum is overseen by a separate Board of Governors charged with raising its operating and
capital funds.
The Homestead was the birthplace and residence of the poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886),
while the Evergreens was the 1856 home of the poet's brother and sister-in-law, Austin and Susan Dickinson.
The Emily Dickinson Museum is located at 280 Main Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The official Museum
website is at www.emilydickinsonmusuem.org. Hours are March through December, Wednesday through
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 413/542-8161.
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