<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">On behalf of the Philip
M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Committee, I invite you to submit
nominations for the 2020 award. Please see the following announcement for more
information.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Society of American
Archivists</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please excuse
cross-postings. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Philip M. Hamer and
Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists
(SAA) seeks nominations for the 2020 award.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This Philip M. Hamer
and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of
individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific
body of documents (which can be a specific archival collection or thematic
aggregation) through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public
presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational,
instructional, or other public purpose. Work that has had an impact on a local,
regional, national, and/or international level is welcomed.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Recent winners include:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2019: Dickinson College Archives and
Special Collections for Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2018: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Find & Connect,
eScholarship Research Centre</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2017: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.centerforhomemovies.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Center for Home Movies</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2016: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.saada.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">South Asian American
Digital Archive</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2015: The Legacy Center, Drexel University
College of Medicine, for </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://doctordoctress.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Doctor or Doctress?</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2014: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Emma Goldman Papers
Project</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2013: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.densho.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Densho, The Japanese
American Legacy Project</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2012: Immigration History Research Center,
University of Minnesota for </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/ihrca/dil" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Digitizing Immigrant
Letters</span></a></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Eligibility</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Individual archivists
and editors, groups of individuals, organizations. This award is open to
nominees within and outside of the United States, and is not limited
to SAA members</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Prize:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A certificate and a cash
prize of $500.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Application Deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All nominations shall be
submitted to SAA by <b>February 28</b> of each year. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For more information on
this award, including the nomination form, please go to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For more information on
SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Elise
Reynolds</span></p>
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Kegan Award Subcommitte, SAA Awards Committee</span></p></div>