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January 26, 2012

Call for Nominations: 2012 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award

  1. Please help us to recognize the best in our profession!

    Have you read a great new book about archives? Seen an exceptional new
    finding aid? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and
    shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to you?

    If you have, please consider nominating it for the Society of American
    Archivists Waldo Gifford Leland Award. Nomination forms, a list of
    previous winners, and more information are at
    http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-leland. The
    deadline for nominations is February 28, 2012.

    The annual Leland Award — a cash prize and certificate — recognizes
    “writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival
    history, theory, and practice.”

    (Please note that periodicals are not eligible.)

    Established in 1959, this award honors American archival pioneer Waldo
    Gifford Leland (1879-1966), president of the Society of American
    Archivists in the1940s and one of the driving forces behind the founding
    of the National Archives.

    Comment by admin — January 26, 2012 @ 9:42 pm

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