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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Stephanie Bayless <stephanie.bayless@gmail.com><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:15 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Call for Nominations: 2020 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award</font><br>
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write to request your assistance in distributing the call for nominations for the Society of American Archivists 2020 Leland Award for “writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, and practice.” Please distribute
to SOA's list</span><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, if
possible. </span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Stephanie
Bayless </span><b><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Leland<br>
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Subcommittee</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Callfor
Nominations: 2020 SAA Waldo Gifford Leland Award </span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Please
help us to recognize the best in our profession!</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Have
you read a great new book about archives? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to you?</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If
you have, please consider nominating it for the Society of American Archivists Waldo Gifford Leland Award.
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Nomination forms, a list of previous winners, and more information are at </span>
<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.archivists.org%2Fgovernance%2Fhandbook%2Fsection12-leland&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C2d709859498f49d19c6808d79fff0ec4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637153790137774963&sdata=Z9SuM0MHw4zyiNZ0tjBKFsAUoAIk3UJ6Qvw7MCM%2F8KQ%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 255 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-leland</span></a><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.<br>
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The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2020. </span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">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.) </span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">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.</span><br>
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