let us help you preserve your story

  • Physical Preservation

    Non-profit and private collectors can get a personalize proposal for the physical and digital preservation of a collection.

  • Digital Preservation

    Your personal collection of historic ephemera can be added to the digital historic archive while the physical item stays in your possession as a priceless family heirloom.

  • Cataloging

    Dedicated time from a trained archivist to contribute to data entry, record creation, and metadata assignment within the archives database.

  • Internships

    Moore County Archives partners with UNC SILS to place graduate level interns with non-profits to give them hands on experence with archives.

  • Public Outreach

    Contact me if you’d like me to speak at a public outreach event about the nitty gritty of personal and community archiving!

Upcoming events

  • A Vision of Collaboration

    03.04, 1:00-3:00P

    Southern Pines Civic Club hosts Ariel Matthews to share her vision of Moore County non-profits contributing to a collaborative digital archive so that the county’s story can be told.

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  • Women of Weymouth: Women in Preservation

    03.18, 9:00-11:00 AM

    The Women of Weymouth host a Panel of Women that are actively involved in preserving Moore County’s rich history.

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  • A Vision of Collaboration

    10.21 7:00-8:00PM

    Southern Pines Civic Club hosts Ariel Matthews to share her vision of Moore County non-profits contributing to a collaborative digital archive so that the county’s story can be told.

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Become a collaborator

If you are a non-profit with a historical collection and are interested in becoming a collaborative member of Moore County Archives, contact me today for a free consultation.

“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.”

Marcus Garvey

MEET YOUR Archivist

Ariel Matthews
Archival Librarian

Ariel has been working to develop relationships across Moore County to build a platform for a collaborative digital archive. The vision for this archive is a publicly accessible catalog that connects collections and ephemera county wide through the use of trust, storytelling, and metadata.

She received her Master’s in Library and Information Sciences from UNC Chapel Hill with a specialization in Archives and Records Management. Ariel has experience with the collections at Tufts Archives, Moore County Historical Association, & Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. She is also an inaugural member of the Carthage Historic Preservation Committee.