About Project SAVE:
Project SAVE at Work

*Listed below are just a few examples of the exciting and unique work that Project SAVE has accomplished for over two decades.

 

COMMUNITY AND CLASSROOM OUTREACH PROGRAMS

When the Center for Global Education at Framingham (MA) State College presented a teacher-training workshop on developing multicultural values, they invited Ruth Thomasian to lead a session on using photographs as cultural artifacts. Other community programs have included:

• Slide lectures at the University of Michigan; Fresno State, Sarah Lawrence, Simmons, and Wellesley colleges; the Holocaust Center at Brookdale (NJ) College; and numerous Armenian churches and schools;
• Classroom enrichment programs for kindergarden through grade 12 public and private school students as well as church Sunday schools;
• Resources for researchers in both academic studies and general interests, including materials for students researching their theses, writers requiring photographs to illustrate their books, newspaper articles, and individuals in search of information about their family members;
• Exhibits using 20" x 24" mounted photographs with captions and text boards for exhibits and occasions of all sizes and types including Genocide commemorations, theatrical productions, cultural exchanges, summer camps, community events, and family gatherings. *For more information about Project SAVE programs and services, please contact Ruth Thomasian - (617)923-4542 / fax: (617)924-0434 / E-mail: archives@projectsave.org

   

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  PROJECT SAVE CALENDAR

  
  Each year, Project SAVE produces a much-anticipated theme-oriented calendar featuring vintage images from the Project SAVE archives with captions that make each calendar read like a book.

  First introduced in 1985, Project SAVE calendars originally were produced every other year. Starting in 1991, calendars have been published annually.

  Issues of Project SAVE calendars are available as described below:

  Current Year:1 at $20; 2-9 at $17.50 each; 10 or more at $15 each

• 2010 Armenians Roll Out the Carpet  

• Current Year: 1 @ $20; 2-9 @$17.50 each; 10 or more @$15 each
  
  NEW LOW PRICES on back issues! SAVE up to 50%
  Complete Set of all 23 issues (while they last), now $95 (were $175)
  
  Note: 1985 and 1989 are in short supply

• Back Issues, now $3 each (were $5 each)

  • 2009 Armenians Building...
  • 2008 Armenians Fly the Flag
  • 2007 Armenians on Stage
  • 2006 Armenians Making Music
  • 2005 Armenian Families in the Ottoman Empire Before 1915
  • 2004 Unknown Armenians: Remembering the Forgotten
  • 2003 Armenian Women: As Never Before Seen
  • 2002 Armenians in the Military: Honoring Their Service
  • 2001 Armenian Christianity: Celebrating 1700 Years
  • 2000 It's About Time: Celebrating 25 Years of Project SAVE
  • 1999 Armenian Education: A Reverence for Learning (out of print--available only in sets)
  • 1998 Armenians on the Move
  • 1997 Armenian Photographers: The Eyes of Our Culture
  • 1996 World of Armenian Weddings
  • 1995 Fun & Games: Armenians at Play
  • 1994 Armenians at Work

  Back Issues, now $5 each (were $10 each)

  • 1993 Classic Kids
  • 1992 The Spirit of Place
  • 1991 Armenians: Between Home and Homeland
  • 1987 Celebrating People and Places

  Very limited supply, now $10 each (were $20 each)

  • 1989 Armenians: A Look Back
  • 1985 The First: 14 Gems (out of print—available only in sets)

  TO ORDER CALENDARS:

  Send a check or money order for the full amount of your order (including sales tax if applicable, and shipping - using the instructions listed below). Checks should be made out to "Project SAVE Archives".

  Add: Massachusetts Residents please include 6.25% MA sales tax on purchase price.

  Add: Postage and Handing

  • USA & Canada: $4 per calendar or $20 flat rate for 6 - 30 calendars to the same address.
  • Outside USA & Canada: $8 per calendar or $45 flat rate for 6 - 30 calendars to the same address.
  • For complete set of Back Issues: $20 USA & Canada; $45 outside USA & Canada.
  List: which calendar(s) you would like to purchase, and how many.

  Include: your name, shipping address, and telephone number.

  Send check to:

  Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives
  PO Box 236
  Watertown, MA 02471-0236
  
  

  Make check payable to Project SAVE Archives in US currency, from a US Bank.  Thank you.

  Please allow 3 weeks for delivery or make arrangements to pick up at Project SAVE Archives.

   

  *For additional information, please call Project SAVE at (617)923-4542 or email us at archives@projectsave.org

   

   

  MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS

  When the Ellis Island Museum in New York designed its permanent exhibit on American immigrants, it included several important Project SAVE photographs. Our photographs have also been on display at the:
  
  • Museum at the Dzidzernagapert Genocide Memorial - Yerevan, Armenia
  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Washington, DC
  • Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife - Washington, DC
  • Museum of Our National Heritage - Lexington, MA
  • Organisation Terre et Culture - Paris, France
  • Balch Institute - Philadelphia, PA
  • Armenian Library and Museum of America - Watertown, MA

 

FILMS AND PLAYS

When playwright Richard Kalinoski needed a vintage Armenian photograph to use as the centerpiece in his award-winning play 'Beast On The Moon' about Armenian immigrants and the Genocide, he turned to the archives of Project SAVE. So did:

• Atom Egoyan's research staff for 'Ararat', a film on the Armenian Genocide
• The BBC television production 'The Great War'
• Ted Bogosian, for his PBS production 'An Armenian Journey'
• Ara Sahiner, for his film 'Memories in Black and White'
• Leslie Ayvazian, for a photo display during the run of her play 'Nine Armenians'

 

BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

When noted author Peter Balakian needed a photo for the cover of his critically acclaimed memoir on the Armenian Genocide, 'Black Dog of Fate', he found it at Project SAVE. Other books and publications using Project SAVE photos include:

• "Ellis Island: An Illustrated History of the Immigrant Experience", by Chermayeff, Wasserman, and Shapiro.
• "Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History", by Susan Meiselas.
• "Cobblestone", a history magazine for young people.
• "Double Vision: Reflections On My Heritage, Life, and Profession", by Ben Bagdikian
• "Armenia: A Rugged Land, An Enduring People", by Lucine Kasbarian.
• "Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization, The Genocide of Armenians" Facing History and Ourselves Series - Teacher's Manual.
• "la masseria delle allodole," by Antonia Arslan.
• "The Armenians of New England, Celebrating a Culture and Preserving a Heritage," Papers presented April 9-10, 1999 at Bentley College, compiled by NAASR.
• "Zabelle", by Nancy Krickorian.
• "Days of Tragedy in Armenia: Personal Experiences in Harpoot", 1915-1917, by Henry H. Riggs.
• "The Armenian Americans" (People of North America series), Introductory essay by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
• "Survivors", by Donald and Lorna Touryan Miller.
• "Everyone Is Not Here: Families of the Armenian Genocide", by William S. Parsons.
• "The Armenians in America", by Ara Avakian.
• "Forgotten Fire", by Adam Bagdasarian.
• "Worcester is America", by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian.
• "Armenia: A Rugged Land, An Enduring People", by Lucine Kasbarian.
• "Facing History and Ourselves" series - Teacher's manual and video on the Armenian Genocide; Duke university's Focus Program on Genocide Studies; Numerous curriculum books used in high schools, colleges and universities throughout the country.
• AIM magazine, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Yankee magazine, Armenian Forum, AGBU News, and other periodicals.