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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Society of American Archivists<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Please excuse cross-postings. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2016 award.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">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, digital, or other circulating medium.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Recent winners include:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">2015: The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, for
<a href="http://doctordoctress.org/">Doctor or Doctress?</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">2014: <a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/">
Emma Goldman Papers Project</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">2013: <a href="http://www.densho.org/">
Densho, The Japanese American Legacy Project</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">2012: <a href="http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/">
Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">2011: <a href="http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/march">
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries March On Milwaukee Civil Rights History</a> Project Team<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>Eligibility</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, and organizations are eligible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>Application Deadline</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">All nominations shall be submitted to SAA by
<b>February 28</b> of each year. <a href="http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Hamer-Kegan-Award-Form-093015.docx">
CLICK HERE</a> to download the application form, which includes instructions for submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to
<a href="http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp">http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Jane Metters LaBarbara</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant Curator</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">West Virginia and Regional History Center</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">West Virginia University Libraries</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Reference desk: 304-293-3537</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Office phone: 304-293-0352</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:Jane.Metters@mail.wvu.edu"><span style="color:blue">Jane.Metters@mail.wvu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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