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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With Apologies for Cross Posting…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer
Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks
nominations for the 2006 award. This award, given annually by SAA, 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 education, instructional, or other public purpose.  More
information about the Award is available at <a
href="http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer.asp"
title="http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer.asp">http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer.asp</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Nominations should be submitted to the SAA
Awards Committee by February 28, 2006. <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Nominations will be considered only if all materials,
including books and other supporting documentation, are postmarked by the
deadline. To submit a nomination, download a nomination form using the link on
the Award website listed above and return it to SAA at the following address:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Co-chairs,
Awards Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Society of
American Archivists<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><U1:STREET u2:st="on"><U1:ADDRESS u2:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>527 S. Wells
  St.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street></U1:ADDRESS></U1:STREET><font
color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:black'>, 5th Floor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Chicago</span></font></st1:City><font
 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
 color:black'></U1:CITY>, <U1:STATE u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IL</U1:STATE></st1:State>
 <U1:POSTALCODE u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">60607-3922</U1:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Individual
archivists and editors, groups of individuals, and organizations are all
eligible for the award. Recent winners include the Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation for their </span></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>website and online resource featuring
information about the Testimony Archive of Holocaust survivors and other
Holocaust witnesses; the <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission for their book <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Documenting Pennsylvania’s Past: The First Century of the
Pennsylvania State Archives</span></i>; the New York State Archives Partnership
Trust for their quarterly publication <i><span style='font-style:italic'>New
York Archives</span></i>; and the Vermont State Archives for their website
“Continuing  Issues of Government and Governance </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>“  A list of additional winners is posted on the
SAA website. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>If you have
questions, please feel free to contact the Hamer Kegan Subcommittee chair, Amy
Cooper Cary <a href="mailto:amyccary@sois.uwm.edu"
title="mailto:amyccary@sois.uwm.edu">amyccary@sois.uwm.edu</a>  or the SAA
Awards Committee co-chairs, Philip Mooney <a href="mailto:pmooney@na.ko.com"
title="mailto:pmooney@na.ko.com">pmooney@na.ko.com</a>  or Brenda Gunn <a
href="mailto:bgunn@mail.utexas.edu" title="mailto:bgunn@mail.utexas.edu">bgunn@mail.utexas.edu</a>
for additional information.</span></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>*********************************************************</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Amy Cooper Cary</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Archival Studies Program Coordinator</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Information</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Studies</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:City></st1:place></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>5th Floor, Bolton Hall, Room 556</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>PO Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 413</span></font></st1:address><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Milwaukee</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">WI</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">53201</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Phone:    414-229-6929</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>E-Mail:    <a
href="mailto:amyccary@sois.uwm.edu" title="mailto:amyccary@sois.uwm.edu">amyccary@sois.uwm.edu</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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