<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(32,18,77)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists is asking you to submit a nomination for the J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award!</span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b93b7bb4-7fff-886c-5a77-79958862efcd"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Established in 1989, this award honors an individual, institution, or organization that promotes greater public awareness, appreciation, or support of archival activities or programs. The individual's or institution's contributions may take the form of advocacy, publicity, legislation, financial support, or a similar action that fosters archival work or raises public consciousness of the importance of archival work. Contributions should have broad, long-term impact at the regional level or beyond.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Eligibility: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Nominees must be from outside the archives profession</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Individuals directly involved in archival work, either as paid or volunteer staff, or institutions or organizations directly responsible for an archival program are not eligible for this award.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Nominations should be sent through the online submission system by </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">February 28, 2026</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> at </span><a href="https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45853-Society-Of-American-Archivists" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45853-Society-Of-American-Archivists</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Recent winners include:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2024: Dr. Elaine Carey</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2023: The West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Advisory Team</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2020: Brad Pomerance, CJ Eastman AND Council of Independent Colleges' Humanities Research for the Public Good Program</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2019: Tempestt Hazel AND The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva)</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2018: Yvonne Lewis Holley AND Brad Meltzer</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2017: Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="">2016: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ron Chernow</font></span></li></ul><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)">Please let me know if you have any questions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)">Brigette Kamsler</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)">Chair, Jameson Award (SAA)</div></div><p></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:AvenirLTStd-Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td valign="top" style="padding:3px 20px 20px 0px;line-height:1.42857;vertical-align:top;border-top:none"><img alt="George Washington University Logo" src="https://www.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2226/f/downloads/gw_monogram_2c_process_110.jpg" width="96" height="72" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:110.4px"></td><td style="padding:0px">   </td><td valign="top" style="padding:0px;line-height:18px"><font color="#033c5a" face="Helvetica" style="font-size:14px"><b>Brigette C. Kamsler</b></font><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:14px">University Archivist</font><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:14px">Special Collections Research Center</font><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The George Washington University</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="mailto:bckamsler@gwu.edu" style="font-family:AvenirLTStd-Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent" target="_blank"><font color="#0b5394">bckamsler@gwu.edu</font></a><br><img src="https://info.orcid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/orcid_16x16.gif" alt="orcid logo 16px"> <font face="Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5379" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5379</a></span></font><br><br><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Schedule a research </span></font><a href="https://calendly.com/bckamsler" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" target="_blank">appointment</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> with me!</span><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>