Volunteer as a Community Archivist

We are seeking volunteers to help us save East Tennessee’s Queer History. Please fill out our volunteer form to get more information.

  • Taking photos at events

  • Serving as your orgs historian

  • Saving newspaper articles and flyers

  • Interviewing people for oral histories

  • Archiving social media

  • Scanning documents and photos

  • Digitizing audio tapes and VHS tapes

Donate Your Archives

Your story is important. You don’t have to be a leader or activist for your story to be part of queer history. All LGBTQ+ people who live or have lived in East Tennessee have an important piece of history to tell. We’d love to record your story and preserve your artifacts for the future. Types of items included in the archive are:

  • Photos, Videos, Scrapbooks, Zines

  • Social Media, Websites, Email, Memes

  • Letters, Documents, Journals, Diaries

  • Flyers, Posters, Banners, Pamphlets, Newspapers

  • Shirts, Gowns, Buttons, Hats, Costumes

  • Organizational Records and Correspondence

Tell Your Story

We want to hear your story. You don’t have to be a community leader or activist for your story to be important. If you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ Community and live (or have lived) in East Tennessee, we would love to archive your story.

  • We can conduct an oral history interview with you

  • Or, you can record your own interview

  • Don’t want to be recorded? You can write out your story

  • Donate papers, photos, videos, etc. along with your story

  • You set your own terms for when and where your story is available

Internships

If you’re a UT SIS student, we can host you as a practicum student. Some projects available are:

  • Digitizing photos, documents, and artifacts

  • Archiving social media

  • Creating projects in StoryMaps, ArcGIS etc.

  • Transcribing oral histories

  • Processing archival collections