Advantage Archives Is Partnering With Illinois Communities To Provide Free Access To Local History
We forge long-lasting partnerships with community leaders across the state to preserve and digitize Illinois’ rich history in order to make it discoverable and easily accessible to anyone from anywhere.
Only through these strong partnerships have we been able to provide free access to local history, allowing Illinois communities to understand and connect to their past in a meaningful way. Through preservation microfilming, we ensure your past has a future and, with digitization, make it easily accessible in the present.
Making Illinois History Accessible to Anyone from Anywhere
Michelle Maltas, the Community Partnership Manager for the state of Illinois, focuses on digitizing Illinois’ rich history, one community at a time. Thanks to the strong partnerships she has formed with communities across the state, Illinois’ primary source materials are more discoverable and easily accessible than ever. Free online digital access allows Illinoisians to understand and connect to their past in a meaningful way.
Bring Illinois’ Past Into The Present
Provide Free Access To Local Illinois History With A
Community History Archive
Michelle Maltas at Advantage Archives partners with communities in Illinois and across the United States to archive & provide practical digital access to local historical content so that anyone, anywhere, can access it at any time, for free.
If you are affiliated with an Illinois library, newspaper publisher, genealogical society, historical society, government agency, or educational institution, and are interested in seeing more of Iowa’s primary sources and local history online, schedule a time to talk to Michelle about creating a Community History Archive!
Meet Michelle Maltas
Illinois Community Partnership Manager
Michelle partners with communities across the state of Illinois to ensure their local history is freely available, now and in the future. Michelle has been married for 34 years and enjoys spending time with her two daughters and two grandchildren.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can make more of Illinois history more accessible, then schedule a time to talk with Michelle Maltas about a partnership with Advantage Archives. Michelle is the Partnership Manager for the state of Illinois and has helped numerous Illinois communities make their history more accessible.
Pick a time and day that work for you, and Michelle will set up a telephone or video meeting to discuss how Advantage can help you and your Illinois community.
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Don’t Just Take Our Word For It!
See what some of our partners from around Iowa have to say about their relationship with Michelle Maltas, Advantage Archives, their Community History Archive, or the importance of making Illinois’ history more accessible.
Join The Conversation!
A community is more than just a group of people that happen to live in the same place; it is a group of individuals that share a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. That is why we created CommunityHistoryArchives.com. Community History Archives is a "community of communities," connecting like-minded individuals and institutions that share our love of history and a passion for connecting our communities to their past!
Interested In Learning More?
Tell Michelle a little about yourself, your institution, and what kind of project you would like to discuss. She would love to talk to you!