office of special collections
The Office of Special Collections exists to help individuals and institutions safeguard legacy materials tied to American history, military service, and civic life.
Our team brings over twenty years of expertise in historical collections and archives—including collaborative work with the Library of Congress—to documentation, systems design, and narrative preservation. We ensure that scattered materials—letters, records, artifacts, and oral histories—are preserved with care and clarity, specializing in translating complexity into structured, enduring archives.
Services
Documentation & Preservation
Comprehensive archival support for personal, family, and organizational collections. We provide expert assessment, preservation planning, and systematic organization of service records, correspondence, ephemera, and multimedia materials, ensuring long-term accessibility and historical integrity.
Institutional Archival Consulting
Strategic archive development including comprehensive audits, filing infrastructure design, and "narrative infrastructure" planning. Our team coordinates digitization initiatives and develops interpretive frameworks that transform raw materials into accessible, meaningful collections that serve institutional missions and stakeholder needs.
Specialized Heritage Projects
We create sophisticated deliverables including curated exhibitions, published histories, guided heritage experiences, and multimedia oral history programs. These services are valuable for cultural institutions, memorial organizations, government agencies, and nonprofits seeking to maximize the impact of their historical assets.