OLHA Region 1 Regional Meeting – NORTHWEST

Register by Friday, March 27
For organizations in Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin,
Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood
Counties.

Host: The Andrew L. Tuttle Memorial Museum

Meet at: St. Paul United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 410 Wayne Ave, Defiance, OH 43512

Note: Parking is available in a lot designated for the State Bank at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Fourth Street directly in front of
the church’s fellowship hall. Additional parking is on Wayne Avenue, Third and Fourth streets around the church and across the street. The accessible entrance is behind the church accessed by a paved alley with nearby parking.

9:00 REGISTRATION
9:30 WELCOME
9:45 SESSION Storytelling as Research: Reaching Underserved Communities with Jo Ann Burkhardt, Fellow, McMaster School for Advancing Humanity, Defiance College

11:00 SHARING TIME
11:45 LUNCH
12:30 ALLIANCE REGION 1 BUSINESS MEETING & OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES REPORT

1:00 SESSION Got Volunteers? Moving Oversize Collections in Little Time on Limited Resources with Brittany Venturella, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Allen County Museum & Historical Society

2:15 PANEL History on the Road: Tours for Fun and Fundraising with Richard Rozevink, Jan Bechtel, and Judy Dally, Andrew L. Tuttle Memorial Museum; Gary Levitt, OLHA Trustee-at-Large; and, Director, Museum of Postal History; and Sarah Sisser, Executive Director, Hancock Historical Museum

3:15 TOUR Tour of The Andrew L. Tuttle Memorial Museum. Meeting ends at the conclusion of the tour, no later than 4:15 p.m.