Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2008 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, laser disk, or other circulating medium.

Recent winners include:

• 2007 National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science (http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/)
• 2006 State Library and Archives of Florida's Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project (http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/)
• 2005 Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (http://college.usc.edu/vhi/)

Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2008.

For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp

Fall 2007 Newsletter

The fall 2007 TCART Newsletter is now available online.

November 2007, vol. 23, no. 2 (562kb)


Previous newsletters

CFP: The State We’re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150

Call for Proposals

The State We’re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150
May 28-30, 2008,
St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict
Collegeville, Minnesota

Highlights:

• Latest scholarship
• Teaching sessions and workshops
• Material culture exhibits
• Book displays
• Tours/Local foods
• Writing retreat (May 30 – June 2) to revise for submission for publication of conference proceedings

Proposals are invited for presentation of scholarship, demonstrations,
workshops, round-tables, works-in-progress on all aspects of Minnesota history. Individual or group proposals welcome. Proposal should be submitted (in Word) and should include title, brief abstracts, format, one-page vita for each participant. Deadline: January 15, 2008 to aatkins[at]csbsju.edu.

Sponsored by Project Logos at Saint John’s University, College of Saint Benedict, Stearns History Museum, and the Minnesota Historical Society.