• "Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today." ~Sara Sheridan

  • "Man's history has been graven on the rock of Egypt, stamped on the brick of Assyria, enshrined in the marble of the Parthenon-it rises before us a majestic presence in the piled up arches of the Coliseum-it lurks an unsuspected treasure amid the oblivious dust of archives and monasteries-it is embodied in all the looms of religions, of races, of families." ~Charles Thomas Newton

  • "The archival document is a tear in the fabric of time, an unplanned glimpse offered into an unexpected event." ~Arlette Farge

  • "We do not remember days, we remember moments." ~Cesare Pavese

Laughter, frozen on forgotten film; confessions inked in diaries left unopened; keepsakes hidden away between yellowed pages; scandalous snapshots and journals of ordinary life alike abandoned to the moths and mites infesting a dim bookshelf corner. These forgotten stories are what drew me in when I first began volunteering at the archives of my community college. There, amid the quiet troves, history seemed unremembered. Mnemosyne Archives began with a calling to safeguard memories, to weave together the scattered photos and documents of ancestors, to make remembrance both simple and enduring.

Now, with more than a decade devoted to the craft, I partner with museums, city archives, grant projects, and private clients, ensuring their histories are not only preserved, but serve as foundations upon which futures may be built.

Click Here to read my article Photo Preservation Tips from a Professional Archivist published on Heritage Cookbook.

Contracted Clients

  • Washington State University-Vancouver Archives

  • Clark County Historical Museum

  • Cowlitz County Historical Museum

  • Private Clients

Logo for MNEMOSYNE ARCHIVES featuring an illustration of a circular carved stone artifact with a handle, with a lit match beside it.
Logo of the Society of American Archivists, featuring a blue circle with white text.

Completed Projects

  • Digitally restored a black and white WWII Naval photograph that had severe damage and had it professionally mounted

  • Transcribed the cursive writing in an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver

  • Transcribed the cursive writing from loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War

  • Scanned a collection of over 100 journals a client's late father wrote over his lifetime

  • Digitally restored a family photograph showing a great-grandfather in a Prussian Regiment

  • Created a spiral bound hard back cookbook from a recipe box

WWII Navy bootcamp photograph with severe damage from folding, tape, age and tearing.
WWII Navy bootcamp photograph with all damage except the tape cleaned up.
WWII Navy bootcamp photograph color edited to black and white to fix the aged look.
WWII Navy bootcamp photograph with the tape lines slowly being edited out.
WWII Navy bootcamp photograph completed.
Copy of a print of an 1898 Prussian Regimental photograph showing damage from age and minor tearing.
Copy of a print of an 1898 Prussian Regimental photograph color edited to black and white and with the age and minor tearing fixed.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from the loose leaves out of a document from the 14th Iowa Regiment from the Civil War held at Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.
Cursive handwriting transcribed from an 1849 Quartermaster's Ledger from Fort Vancouver.

Meet Mnemosyne

Neh-mow-zeen (American pronunciation)

Greek Titan Goddess of Memory and Knowledge, mother to the Nine Muses

She encapsulates the essence of cultural continuity and intellectual heritage, representing individual and collective memory.

Mnemosyne's dominion over memory also played with the concept of time. Remembrance transcends normal constraints of time, as what is recalled and memorialized endures beyond the present moment. Through her, ancestors lived on in tales recited at gatherings, their legacies preserved for eternity.

The term "mnemonic" is derived directly from her name, immortalizing her influence in helping us remember things like complex formulas and historical dates.

Mnemosyne's legacy is preserved through myths and the arts, and underscores the timeless relevance of remembering our past to inform our future.