<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Sharing on behalf of the 2026 TPSFest organizers -- this is a great opportunity for those who teach with primary sources!</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">------------</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">TPSFest is back!  The 2026 dates will be:</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Thu, July 9, 2026</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Wed, July 15, 2026</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Tue, July 21, 2026</div><div id="m_933100018967888030x_x_x_Signature" style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Some ACTION ITEMS and THINGS TO NOTE: </div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;list-style-position:initial"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><div role="presentation" style="margin:0px">The <span class="gmail-il">TPS</span> Fest 2026 website is live: <a href="https://tpscollective.org/events-and-opportunities/tpsfest2026/" id="m_933100018967888030OWAaa33f0fe-979d-e629-e422-7e78d8706a6d" title="Original URL: https://tpscollective.org/events-and-opportunities/tpsfest2026/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">https://<span class="gmail-il">tpscollective</span>.org/events-and-opportunities/tpsfest2026/</a>! This is our home for dates, session info (later this spring), registration details, etc.</div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><div role="presentation" style="margin:0px">If you are thinking about presenting at <span class="gmail-il">TPS</span> Fest 2026, now's your chance! Similar to last year, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UBhEYU677EDdFr96lg-K9GzLjYN-slfXGM5N1Fyu6as/edit?gid=0#gid=0" id="m_933100018967888030OWAc6aee440-7048-a41f-6c1b-a55f3b2514dd" title="Original URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UBhEYU677EDdFr96lg-K9GzLjYN-slfXGM5N1Fyu6as/edit?gid=0#gid=0. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">we have a collaboration spreadsheet</a> if you are looking for fellow speakers or co-conspirators. This spreadsheet is available now, and we encourage <span aria-invalid="grammar" class="Lm ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">you add</span> to it and/or respond to topics of interest. Please read the help text at the top (I promise we wrote it for a reason) and collaborate away!</div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><div role="presentation" style="margin:0px"><b>New in this email! </b>Here's the link for the session submission form: <a href="https://forms.gle/nK4e6WRo7LDSXGQY6" id="m_933100018967888030OWAb802d3db-6dd0-012e-41b4-8db53e579af2" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/nK4e6WRo7LDSXGQY6</a>. <i>If you would like to submit your session for TPSFest 2026, PLEASE make sure to submit it by April 15. </i>This is not a peer review or "yes or no" process, but it is a way to help your friendly neighborhood "session planning" team streamline our work. Note that you do not need to use the collaborator spreadsheet to submit a session, if you have an idea that is ready to go--you can just submit it now!</div></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;list-style-position:initial"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><div role="presentation" style="margin:0px">It's also a great time to check for possible collaborators if you haven't already! </div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><div role="presentation" style="margin:0px">And if you have an idea for a single lightning talk (10 min or less), rather than a session full of talks, you may submit it individually here, and <span class="gmail-il">TPS</span> session organizers will work on putting a lightning <span aria-invalid="grammar" class="Lm ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">talks</span> together in one or more sessions. </div></li></ul></ul><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">I'm leading the session organizing volunteers again this year, so you're welcome to reach out to <a href="mailto:tpsfest@tpscollective.org" target="_blank">tpsfest@<span class="gmail-il">tpscollective</span>.org</a> or to me directly (<a href="mailto:kadietz@vt.edu" target="_blank">kadietz@vt.edu</a>) if you have questions or issues with the sheet or form. </div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Best,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black"> Kira (on behalf of our many <span class="gmail-il">TPS</span> Fest volunteer organizers)</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:black">Kira A. Dietz, M.A., M.L.S.<br>Assistant Director, Special Collections and University Archives <br>University Libraries, Virginia Tech<br><a href="mailto:kadietz@vt.edu">kadietz@vt.edu</a> | 540-231-3810 (Phone, Voicemail, + Text)</div></div></div>