The Historian Behind the Archive

With a passion for public history, community, and conservation, Madison Hardrick is known for her unique and gentle approach to legacy curation.

With a passion for public history, community, and conservation, Madison Hardrick is known for her unique and gentle approach to legacy curation.

Madison Hardrick is a public historian with a deep belief that every family carries a story worth preserving. Her work is rooted not only in academic training but in a quiet attentiveness to the voices, photographs, and moments that shape a life.

With experience in museum collections, oral history processing, and community engagement, Madison has helped organize and preserve both physical and digital archives with care and intention. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of South Florida-Tampa and recently obtained a Master of Arts in Public and Oral History from California State University, Fullerton, where she focused on making history more personal, accessible, and alive for the communities it belongs to.

Beyond her institutional work, Madison has spent years in educational and caregiving roles, nurturing curiosity and connection through storytelling and learning. That same attentiveness guides her approach at spoken and saved, where archival precision meets compassion. She believes preservation is not just about tending to materials, but about honoring people, relationships, and the legacy they leave behind.

Through her work, families are given more than organization; they are given the reassurance that their memories are carefully gathered and thoughtfully kept, so they can be returned to again and again for generations to come.


Interested in starting a project? Feel free to contact me for more information.