%0 Journal Article
%T The Ties That Bind:  Materiality, Identity, and the Life Course in the ¡°Things¡± Families Keep
%A Anna Woodham
%A Laura King
%A Liz Gloyn
%A Vicky Crewe
%J Journal of Family History
%@ 1552-5473
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0363199017746451
%X Using an interdisciplinary research methodology across three archaeological and historical case studies, this article explores ¡°family archives.¡± Four themes illustrate how objects held in family archives, curation practices, and intergenerational narratives reinforce a family¡¯s sense of itself: people¨Cobject interactions, gender, socialization and identity formation, and the ¡°life course.¡± These themes provide a framework for professional archivists to assist communities and individuals working with their own family archives. We argue that the family archive, broadly defined, encourages a more egalitarian approach to history. We suggest a multiperiod analysis draws attention to historical forms of knowledge and meaning-making practices over time
%K family archive
%K identity formation
%K archives
%K material culture
%K family
%K history
%K gender
%K people¨Cobject interactions
%K socialization
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0363199017746451