From Hong Kong to St. Louis: A Legacy of Resilience
Farica with her grandparents at Chopsticks House, the restaurant they opened in 1971 By Farica Chang, Managing Principal My earliest memories include the clatter of chopsticks and the sound of sizzling wok oil in my grandparents’ Chinese restaurant in Maplewood, St. Louis, MO. There is a hazy visual of red, creaky, stiff vinyl chairs coupled […]
Ancestry Interred
Above photo by Andrea Glazer, 2022. Communities are built on cultural touchstones like churches and common meeting places, parks and schools for children to learn and play, and cemeteries to lay ancestors to rest and revere their legacies. We’ve talked in the past about the importance of cemetery records to cultural heritage. The physical conservation […]
Incoming!
by Marcia Spicer Every few months the question of location comes up when talking with prospective Anderson Archival clients. We’re located in St. Louis, Missouri, and for many local families and organizations—like one we’ll be profiling next month—that’s perfect. For others, distance is a pain point. I can empathize with that; after all, we’re typically […]
Firefighters Save Historic Documents Amid Museum Fire
A St. Louis museum was compromised by a fire this week, but thankfully most of the collection had been digitized! Late Tuesday night, March 26, 2019, a four-alarm fire broke out in the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in South St. Louis. As a St. Louis-based company dedicated to digitally archiving historic documents, this almost-tragedy hit […]