This talk focuses on the work of Dorothy Berry, author of The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities (We Here Press, 2025), which is currently sold out in its third printing since being published in October 2025. Berry discusses family materials offered up to “the altar of higher learning” and struggles for access, accuracy, and locating joy in family photographs stewarded by institutional archives.SpeakerDorothy Berry, Archivist and WriterIn conversation withLaylah Amatullah Barrayn, Documentary Photographer, Writer and Curator; Professor of Photography, Rutgers University–NewarkOrganized byGregory Pardlo, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing and 19 Washington Square North Faculty Fellow, NYUADMontana Ray, Clinical Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, NYU; 19 Washington Square North Faculty Fellow, NYUADIn collaboration with19 Washington Square North Faculty Fellows Program