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Archives and Records Management and Other Scholarly Awards

Archives & Records Management

C.F.W. Coker Award (SAA)
Award recognizes finding aids, finding aid systems, projects that involve innovative development in archival description, or descriptive tools that enable archivists to produce effective finding aids
Colonial Dames Scholarship (SAA)
Award enables two archivists each year to attend NARA's Modern Archives Institute
  • 1998 - Ida B. Jones, National Museum of American History
  • 1998 - Sr. Rosemary Meiman, OSU, Ursuline Provincialite
  • 2000 - Christine Moreland-Bruhnke, Online Archives of New Mexico
  • 2000 - G. Marie Rogers, Kentucky State Archives
  • 2002 - Ian Graham, special collections and archives assistant at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; Valerie J. Frey, manuscripts archivist at the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah; and Charity Anne Galbreath, processing archivist at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.
  • 2003 - Sister Frances M. Gimber,RSCJ, the Society of the Sacred Heart Provincial Archives in St. Louis; Eli Naeher, archives assistant at the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society in Wilmington, N.C.
  • 2004 - Shugana Campbell, reference archivist at the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans; Ann T. Boltin, assistant archivist at the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge Archives; and Luciana M. Spracher, principal historical researcher for Bricks & Bones Historical Research
  • 2005 - Linda Hocking, Debra Kimok
  • 2006 - Francesca Livermore, Terry Jackson
  • 2007 - Claire-Lise Bénaud, Béatrice Colastin
  • 2008 - Amy Moorman
  • 2009 - Maria Day and Amanda Klaus
  • 2010 - Not awarded
Council Exemplary Service Award (SAA)
Distinguished Service Award (SAA)
Recognizes any archival institution providing outstanding service to the archival community in North America
Fellows of the Society of American Archivists
The highest honor bestowed on individuals by the SAA, awarded for outstanding contributions to the archival profession

The 2002 Fellows are:
  • Elizabeth Adkins
  • Thomas Frusciano
  • Mark Greene
The 2003 Fellows are:
  • Philip Bantin
  • Ian E. Wilson
The 2004 Fellows are:
  • Sara S. Hodson
  • Gregory S. Hunter
  • Karen Jefferson
  • Alden Monroe
  • Daniel Pitti
The 2005 Fellows are:
  • Nancy Bartlett
  • Thomas C. Battle
  • Connell Gallagher
  • Joan Krizack
  • Richard Pearce-Moses
  • Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
  • Helen Tibbo
  • John (Jac) Treanor
The 2006 Fellows are:
  • Margaret (Peggy) O'Neill Adams
  • Thomas J. Connors
  • Philip B. Eppard
  • Frederick L. Honhart
  • Elisabeth Kaplan
  • Wilda Logan
  • Nancy McCall
  • Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  • Diane Vogt-O'Connor
The 2007 Fellows are:
  • R. Joseph Anderson
  • Laurie A. Baty
  • Jane Kenamore
  • Robert S. Martin
  • Christine Weideman
  • Joel F. Wurl
The 2008 Fellows are:
  • Danna Bell-Russel
  • Bill Landis
  • Dennis Meissner
  • Robert Spindler
  • Sharon Thibodeau
  • Thomas Wilsted
  • Helen Zinkham
The 2009 Fellows are:
  • David Carmicheal
  • Edward Galvin
  • Nancy McGovern
  • Sheryl Vogt
The 2010 Fellows are:
  • Daria D'Arienzo
  • David Haury
  • Diane Kaplan
  • Leon Miller
  • Christopher J. Prom
  • Scott Schwartz
  • Becky Haglund Tousey
Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award (SAA)
Recognizes minority undergraduate and graduate students, such as those of African, Asian, Hispanic, or Native American descent, who through scholastic and personal achievement manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of SAA

2002 Award Recipient
  • Petrina D. Jackson of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh
2003 Award Recipient
  • Michelle Baildon of Simmons College
2004 Award Recipient
  • Josué Hurtado of the University of Michigan
2005 Award Recipients
  • Jennifer Osorio of the University of California, Los Angeles
  • Paula Sevilla of the University of California, Los Angeles
2006 Award Recipients
  • Lanell James of the University of Michigan
  • Shawn Philip Roman of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
2007 Award Recipients
  • Bergis K. Jules of Indiana University
  • Janel Quirante of the University of Hawaii, Manoa
2008 Award Recipients
  • Monique Lloyd of Emporia State University
  • Tiffany-Kay Sangwand of the University of California, Los Angeles
2009 Award Recipients
  • Krystal Appia of the University of California, Los Angeles
  • I-Ting Emily Chu of New York University
2010 Award Recipients
  • Miranda N. Rivers of Simmons College
  • Vivian Wong of the University of California, Los Angeles
J. Franklin Jameson Award (SAA)
This prestigious honor is an award for archival advocacy.
Lane Award
(SAA, see Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P. Memorial Award)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Award (SAA)
Award enabling foreign archivists already in the U.S. to travel or attend the SAA annual meeting
  • 1998 - Ntomobizandile Kwatsha from South Africa
  • 1999 - Ciaran Trace from Ireland
  • 2000 - Professor Zhou Xiaomu from Renmin University in Beijing, China
  • 2001 - Eun G. Park from Korea
  • 2002 - Not awarded
  • 2003 - Ji-Hyun Kim from Korea
  • 2004 - Bart Ballaux from Belgium
  • 2005 - Not awarded
  • 2006 - Not awarded
  • 2007 - Gerald Chaudron from New Zealand
  • 2008 - Not awarded
  • 2009 - Ricardo L. Punzalan from the Philippines
  • 2010 - Elaine Goh from British Columbia
Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)
Recognizes an archivist, editor, group or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation exhibition of public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purposes
  • 1998 - Linda A. Ries for guest-editing "History of Pennsylvania," a special issue of Pennsylvania History: a Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
  • 2000 - Jeffery D. Marshall for editing "A War of the People: Vermont Civil War Letters"
  • 2002 - Vermont State Archives for increasing public awareness about a specific body of documents
  • 2003 - New York State Archives Partnership Trust in recognition of its quarterly publication, New York Archives
  • 2004 - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in recognition of its publication, Documenting Pennsylvania's Past: The First Century of the Pennsylvania State Archives
  • 2005 - Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation in recognition for innovatively raising public awareness of its vast archives of testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses
  • 2006 - The State Library and Archives of Florida's Folklife Digitization and Education Project
  • 2007 - National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science in recognition for its ability to increase public awareness of leading innovators in science, medicine, and public health
  • 2008 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the CBC Digital Archives (Les archives de Radio-Canada) in recognition for its outstanding efforts to promote the use of its radio and television collections
  • 2009 - Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections in recognition for its outstanding efforts to promote the collections of its Regional Disability History Archive
  • 2010 - Giza Archives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston honored for its outstanding efforts in promoting its vast holdings of early 20th Century archaeological expedition records
Posner Award (SAA)
The Fellows' Posner Award recognizes the outstanding essay dealing with some archival facet published in the American Archivist
  • 1998 - Carolyn and Tyler O. Walters for their research as presented in the article, "Contemporary archival appraisal methods and preservation decision-making," published in the Summer 1996 issue of the American Archivist
  • 2000 - Peter J. Wosh for his review essay, "Going Postal" published in the Vol. 61 issue of the American Archivist
  • 2002 - Terry Cook for his article, "'The Imperative of Challenging Absolutes' in Graduate Archival Education Programs: Issues for Educators and the Profession," published in volume 63 of the American Archivist
  • 2003 - William G. Rosenberg for his article, "Politics in the (Russian) Archives: The Objectivity Question, Trust and the Limitation of Law," published in volume 64 of the American Archivist
  • 2004 - James M. O'Toole for his essay, "Democracy-and Documents-in America," published in volume 65 of the American Archivist and George Bolotenko for his article, "Frost on the Walls in Winter: Russian and Ukrainian Archives Since the Great Dislocation (1991-1999)" published in volume 66 of the American Archivist
  • 2005 - Elena Danielson
  • 2006 - Timothy L. Ericson
  • A CENSUS Working Group for "Special Section on Archival Census and Educational Needs Survey in the United States" in American Archivist 69:2
  • 2008 - Magia Ghetu Krause and Elizabeth Yakel for their essay "Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Collections Next Generation Finding Aid," in the American Archivist, volume 70
  • 2009 - Geoffrey Yeo for his article "Concepts of Record (2): Prototypes and Boundary Objects," American Archivist 71:1
  • 2010 - Scott Cline for his article "To the Limit of our Integrity: Reflections on Archival Being," American Archivist 72:2
Preservation Publication Award
The Preservation Publication Award recognizes the author or editor of an outstanding work, published in North America, that advances the theory or practice of preservation in archival institutions
  • 2002 - Robert E. Schnare, Jr. JR. for his publication, Bibliography of Preservation Literature, 1983-1996 (Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001)
  • 2003 - Not awarded
  • 2004 - Anne R. Kenney and Nancy Y. McGovern for their Web-based tutorial, Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems
  • 2005 - National Film Preservation Foundation, The Film Preservation Guide: The Basics for Archives, Libraries, and Museums
  • 2006 - Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group
  • 2007 - Heritage Preservation for Field Guide to Emergency Response
  • 2008 - Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for The Digital Dilemma
  • 2009 - AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation Documentation
  • 2010 - Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and Engineers
Sister M. Claude Lane Award (SAA)
The Lane Award is given each year to a archivists who has an outstanding record of involvement and contribution to religious archives
Theodore Calvin Pease Award
Established in 1987, the award is named for the first editor of SAA's semi-annual journal, American Archivist, and recognizes superior writing achievement by a student enrolled in archival administration classes or engaged in formal archival internship programs
  • 2002 - Reto Tschan of the University of British Columbia for his student paper, "A Comparison of Jenkinson and Schellenberg on Appraisal"
  • 2003 - Glenn Dingwall of the University of British Columbia for his student paper, "Trusting Archivists: The Role of Archival Ethics Codes in Establishing Public Faith"
  • 2004 - Catherine O'Sullivan of New York University for her student paper, "Diaries, Online Diaries, and the Future Loss to Archives; or Blogs and the Blogging Bloggers Who Blog Them"
  • 2005 - Ian Craig Breaden (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), "Sound Practices: Online Audio Exhibits and the Culture Heritage Archive"
  • 2006 - Ben Blake (University of Pittsburgh), "A Call for a New American Labor Archives: History, Theory, Methodology and Practice"
  • 2007 - Elizabeth Snowden (Middle Tennessee University), "Our Archives, Our Selves: Documentation Strategy and the Re-Appraisal of Professional Identity;"
  • 2008 - Mary Samouelian (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), "Embracing Web 2.0: Archives and the Newest Generation of Web Applications"
  • 2009 - Kathleen Fear (University of Michigan School of Information), "User Understanding of Metadata in Digital Image Collections," American Archivist
  • 2010 - Emily Monks-Leeson (University of Toronto), "Archives on the Internet: Representing Contexts and Provenance from Repository to Website"
Waldo Gifford Leland Award (SAA)
Recognizes outstanding publications
  • 1998 - The Records of American Business, published by the Society of American Archivists
  • 2000- Authentic Electronic Records: Strategies for Long-Term Access, published by Cohasset Associates, Inc.
  • 2000- Special Commendation- Archives of Russia: A Directory and Bibliographic Guide to Holdings in Moscow and St. Petersburg published by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
  • 2002 - Richard J. Cox for his provocative monograph, Managing Records for Evidence and Information (Quorum Books, 2001)
  • 2003 - Joan Echtenkamp Klein of the University of Virginia Health System for the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection Website
  • 2004 - Gregory S. Hunter for Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual 2nd edition (Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.)
  • 2005 - Richard J. Cox for No Innocent Deposits: Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal
  • 2008 - Mary Jo Pugh for Providing Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts (AFS 11)
  • 2007 - Waverly Lowell, Tawny Ryan Nelb for Architectural Records: Managing Design and Construction Records
  • 2008 - Deidre Simmons for Keepers of the Record: The History of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives
  • 2009 - Philip C. Banton for Understanding Data and Information Systems for Recordkeeping
  • 2010 - Karen D. Paul, Glenn R. Gray, L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin for An American Political Archives Reader

Other Scholarly Awards

Nobel e-Museum
The official web site of the Nobel Foundation. The site offers detailed information about the prize and the prize winners
Pulitzer Prizes
Prize - winning Books Online
Online full-text books that have won major literary prizes, including the Newbery Award, the Nobel Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize
Society for History in the Federal Government Award Winners

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