<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I am a member of the Hamer Kegan Award
subcommittee, SAA Awards committee. We are trying to spread the word
about nominations for the Hamer Kegan Award and would like to make
you aware so that you can pass on the information to your members if
possible. The information for the award is below. Thank you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Elise Reynolds</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;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 2021
award. Please see the following announcement for more information.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><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 2021 award.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020: Laura Wagner, Rubenstein Library, Duke University
(Radio Haiti)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2018: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Find & Connect, eScholarship Research Centre</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2017: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.centerforhomemovies.org/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Center for Home Movies</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2016: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.saada.org/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">South Asian American Digital Archive</span></a></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><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:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;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> each year. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;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;line-height:normal;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 this award, including
the nomination form, please go to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer"><span style="color:blue">http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;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:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships">https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships</a><span style="color:black">. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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