Archivist Nomination Politicized? Chicago is Golden for SAA's 50th

Major professional, historical, and li­ When the last session was over; when the brary organizations continue to oppose suitcases had been stuffed with souvenirs, President Reagan's nomination of John T. handouts, and new publications; when the Agresto as Archivist of the United States. credit cards were shoved back into the In August and early September, important wallet for the last time with a shudder; editorial voices, including the Boston and when the planes were finally taxiing Globe and the Washington Post, were added on the runways, those who attended SAA's to the chorus of opposition. In its nega­ 50th annual meeting in Chicago could look tive editorial the New York Times noted back on one of the most successful meet­ "This job is not just another political ings ever. plum. The Archivist should serve not party but posterity — a distinction the Certainly, nobody was at a loss for things Senate can make plain by rejecting an to do. From Roundtables to dinner tables; undistinguished nominee." honorariums to Planetariums; archival theory to architectural query; hullabaloo Senate confirmation hearings for Agresto, to comedy revue; in short, plenty of 40, began on August 13, as he defended his everything for the nearly 1200 partici­ record on civil rights at the National pants . Endowment for the Humanities and dismissed the controversy over his nomination as a 160 people attended the six pre-conference "silly turf fight that goes on between workshops that ran Sunday, August 24 historians and political scientists." through Tuesday, August 26. Council met Responding to Senators' questions, Agresto on Monday, August 25, and that evening the said he failed to get tenure at Kenyon Chicago Area Archivists sponsored a tour College because of an inadequate record of and reception at the Sulzer Regional publications. Library. The hearings before the Committee on Gov­ Tuesday was devoted to committee and task ernmental Affairs resumed on September 9, force meetings (see pp. 11-14 for a com­ as opposition witnesses were heard for the plete leadership list). Other meeting first time. Speaking for the Society, Ann participants joined the business archives Morgan Campbell likened the first appoint­ tour of the Kraft, Inc. Archives, an ideal ment of an Archivist after National Ar­ example of off-site storage, conservation, chives independence legislation as "simi­ and office facilities within a corporate lar to a judgeship, in that it may be a setting. The Northwestern University lifetime appointment and should be viewed Library automation tour, religious ar­ as such. Carrying this analogy one step chives tour, Newberry Library tour, and further, the nominee for this position has Loop walking tour also proved extremely been deemed not qualified by the equiva­ popular and informative. That evening, lent of the American Bar Association, the over 300 archivists attended an exclusive, Federal Bar Association, the National side-splitting performance by Chicago's Trial Lawyers Association, and all other famous improvisational troupe, Second reputable professional organizations. City. Confirmation of Mr. Agresto would fly in the face of the unanimous judgment of the On Wednesday, August 27, the Sections and professional, historical, and user groups, Roundtables held their meetings. In addi­ and contradict the language-and intent of tion, participants were able to tour any the National Archives independence legis­ of several local conservation labs — the lation. " photographic conservation lab at the Art (continued on page 3) (continued on page 4) Chapter Closes at SAA: What Council Did

Campbell Retires At its meeting, August 25 and August 29, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois, SAA Council: SAA's 1986 annual meeting entered the last page into a long and successful chapter of ►Learned of Vice President Bill the Society, a chapter written under the Joyce's appointments for 1986-87 (see stewardship of Ann Morgan Campbell. She pp. XX-XX). retired on September 5, ending over eleven years of service as SAA's first paid exec­ ► Approved Vice President Joyce's nomi­ utive director. During her tenure, nearly nation of Edie Hedlin and Susan Grigg all facets of the Society experienced to the Editorial Board, and Helen unprecedented growth, as is reflected in Samuels as SAA's representative to the following numbers: individual member­ the National Historical Publication ship up 60%, institutional membership up and Records Commission. 600%, publications income up 2,000%, and the operating budget up more than 700% ►Received a report of FY86 performance (from $69,845 in 1974 to $496,502 in indicating general fund revenue of 1986) . $561,365 and expenses of $496,504. Before coming to SAA in 1974, Campbell was ►Learned that SAA has scheduled its Chief of the Archives Branch in the San 1989 annual meeting at the Clarion Francisco region — the first woman to Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. hold such a post in the entire NARS sys­ tem. Campbell and her husband, ex-Navy ► Endorsed legislation proposing a pilot Commander Thomas G. Campbell, have White House Conference to focus on owned and restored historic homes in Key the relationship of libraries and West, Florida, Norfolk and Alexandria, information service to democracy, Virginia, San Francisco, California, and productivity, and literacy. Chicago, Illinois. She plans to continue this activity in her retirement. The ► Reaffirmed its commitment to assist Society wishes her the best of luck. members with the expense of child care at annual meetings. Campbell leaves the executive director position in the hands of Donn C. Neal, who ►Approved the questionnaire for a mem­ took the helm on September 8. bership poll on certification.

► Approved the plan of the Editorial Board for a student paper contest. ► Elected Trudy Peterson to the Execu­ tive Committee. ► Selected the dates — January 30, 31, and February 1 — for its winter meeting (at a location yet to be determined).

Donn C. Neal Executive Director Bernice E. Brack Membership Assistant Bill Burck Managing Editor Sylvia Burck System Administrator Al Correa Publications Assistant Diane Mobley Office Assistant Patricia Palmer Program Coordinator Toni Pedroza Administrative Aide Troy Sturdivant Publications Assistant Lisa Weber Program Officer Julia M. Young Editor, The American Archivist Drawing by H. Martin; © 1986 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. The Society of American Archivists 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, Illinois 60605 (312) 922-0140

SAA Newsletter September 1986 2 Archivist Nominating Process May Have Been Politicized

(continued from page 1) Mo.). In that statement, Bellardo re­ counted how his White House interview for Representatives of the American Historical the Archivist's position included ques­ Association, the Organization of American tions about Republican political ties and Historians, the American Association for activities, as well as his willingness to State and Local History, the Society for accept political appointments at the History in the Federal Government, the National Archives. National Association of Government Ar­ chives and Records Administrators, the Further evidence of White House intent to Federation of Genealogical Societies, the politicize the Archivist's post can be Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, and found in letters sent to those opposing the National Association for the Advance­ the nomination of Agresto by Director of ment of Colored People joined SAA at the Presidential Personnel Robert H. Tuttle. hearings in opposing the nomination. Those letters note that "we are doing everything possible to see that only the Speaking for genealogists, Rabbi Malcolm most highly qualified men and women who Stern, who sat on the search committee reflect and support the President's poli­ that recommended Robert M. Warner to be cies are appointed to positions of public the Sixth Archivist of the United States, trust in the Reagan Administration." On told the Committee that his panel would September 10, the last day of the hear­ have found Agresto not qualified for the ings, Senators Gore, Levin, Eagleton, and post. Glenn asked that Tuttle be subpoenaed to appear before the Committee. Concern of other witnesses also centered on the nominee's relative lack of qualifi­ As the SAA Newsletter went to press, the cations for the post, other than the hearing was technically recessed. Many strong sponsorship of Education Secretary believe that Tuttle will not appear, but William Bennett, whose assistant Agresto it may be some time before the issue is was at NEH. resolved. White House insensitivity to the nonparti­ Adjournment of this Congress is scheduled san nature of the position required by the for early October, therefore SAA members recent legislation was highlighted in a have been urged by Campbell to provide statement from Lewis Bellardo entered into their Senators with their views on the the record by Senator Thomas Eagleton (D. Agresto nomination as soon as possible. Certification Issue Enters Final Phase

courages everyone to respond to the poll The issue of certification for the archi­ for two reasons: 1) it wants the response val profession swung into its final phase to be as representative of the Society as at the 1986 annual meeting, where the SAA possible, and 2) the poll's results will Council approved a questionnaire for a influence Council's decision on certifica­ general membership poll on the controver­ tion. The results of the regional discus­ sial plan. sions and open forum will also figure into The topic also dominated the Open Forum that decision. with SAA Officers and Council on August The SAA Council is expected to resolve the 28. Archivists representing a cross- issue of certification at its winter 1987 section of the profession thronged the meeting, scheduled for the end of January. meeting to exchange views ranging from Members who wish to write letters to Soci­ vigorous opposition to strong support. ety president William L. Joyce or to Coun­ SAA Officers and Council members did not cil will find the appropriate addresses in participate in the discussion, moderated the leadership list included in this news- by Paul I. Chestnut, because the open forum is designed to be a sounding board for Society opinion on important issues before Council. The general membership poll, mailed to members in mid-September, takes that pro­ cess one step further by allowing every member of the Society to voice his or her opinion on the matter. The Council en­

SAA Newsletter 3 September 1986 SAA's 50th Strikes Gold In Chicago (continued from page 1) Institute, the Newberry Library's paper conservation lab and bindery, and a com­ mercial lab at Graphics Conservation Company. Later in the day, outgoing SAA executive director Ann Morgan Campbell presided at the Opening Session and Awards Presentation, where she introduced her successor, Donn C. Neal, to the Society. Afterwards, all meeting participants were invited to a reception sponsored by Kraft, Inc. through the efforts of Kraft archi­ vist Laurie Cadigan. Buses shuttled people from the Marriott Hotel to the Chicago Public Library's Cultural Center, where, under a magnificent Tiffany-glass rotunda, archivists enjoyed wine, hors d'oeuvres and, of course, Kraft cheese.

The annual meeting shifted into full gear by H. Thomas Hickerson (Cornell Universi­ on Thursday, August 28, as sessions and ty), consisted of Anne R. Kenney (Univer­ open houses began in earnest. In the sity of Missouri-St. Louis), Liisa afternoon, Campbell and SAA Treasurer Anne Fagerlund (Utah State Archives), Connell Diffendal gave their reports at the annual Gallagher (University of Vermont), Diana business meeting. The membership passed a Lachatanere (New York Public Library), resolution at the meeting endorsing the Gerald J. Munoff (University of Chicago), Council resolution, published in the July Roxanne Nilan (Stanford University), 1986 SAA Newsletter, opposing the Charles Palm (Hoover Institution), nomination of John Agresto as Archivist of Virginia C. Purdy (National Archives and the United States. Records Administration), Peter Schinkel (Georgia Department of Archives and His­ In the evening came the event everyone had tory), Joan Warnow (American Institute of been waiting for — the 50th anniversary Physics), Elizabeth S. Wittman (Lutheran banquet. A cocktail hour string quartet Church Archives), Nicholas C. Burckel, ex provided lush harmony outside of the officio, 1987 Program Committee, Chair ballroom, and then people took their seats (Washington University), and ex officio as the festivities began with a delicious SAA staff members Ann Morgan Campbell and meal of prime rib. When the dishes were Antonia Pedroza. cleared, the lights dimmed and a collec­ tive "Ah" of appreciation was heard as a The Local Arrangements Committee was co­ column of waiters paraded through the chaired by Archie Motley (Chicago Histori­ hall, each holding aloft a birthday cake cal Society) and Valerie Gerrard Brown with 50 burning candles. The celebration (Loyola University of Chicago). Committee continued with a special recognition of members included Mary Ann Bamberger (Uni­ SAA leaders throughout the past five versity of Illinois at Chicago), Peter W. decades. Octogenarian Robert H. Bahmer, a Bunce (National Archives and Records Ad­ founding member of the Society, charmed ministration), Laurie A. Cadigan (Kraft, the audience as he spoke of his more than Inc.), Kimberly J. Chelos (Northwestern fifty years in the profession. President Memorial Hospital), Linda J. Evans (Chica­ Shonnie Finnegan provided the finishing go Historical Society), Brother Michael J. touches with her address (published in the Grace, S.J. (Loyola University of Chica­ fall 1986 American Archivist). And then go), Becky Haglund (Chicago Public Li­ it was over"^ Another fifty years of SAA brary), Mary E. Janzen (Chicago Historical history had begun. Society), Richard J. Kaplan (Chicago Pub­ lic Library), Kevin B. Leonard (Northwest­ Sessions and open houses were scheduled ern University), Stephen G. McShane (Indi­ throughout Friday, August 29, and the ana University Northwest), Terrence S. morning of Saturday, August 30. The Norwood (Cook County Hospital), Patrick M. meeting officially came to a close when Quinn (Northwestern University), Susan M. incoming President William L. Joyce Sacharski (Northwestern Memorial Hospi­ addressed the closing luncheon Saturday tal), Robert D. Shuster (Billy Graham Cen­ afternoon. ter), Virginia R. Stewart (Elmhurst His­ torical Museum), Lenore Swoiskin (Sears, The 1986 annual meeting's tremendous suc­ Roebuck, and Co.), Maureen O'Brien Will cess was due in large part to the work of (Chicago Historical Society), and ex the Program and Local Arrangement Commit­ officio SAA staff members Ann Morgan tees. The 1986 Program Committee, chaired Campbell and Antonia Pedroza.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 4 Fellows and Award Winners Recognized SAA honored the 1986 award winners and Committee, and sits on the Editorial three new Fellows at the opening session Board. and awards presentation on August 27. The Waldo Gifford Leland Prize, awarded to David B. Gracy II, chair of the Profes­ an outstanding published work in the field sional Standards Committee, anounced the of archival history, theory, or practice new Fellows — Lewis J. Bellardo, Francis was presented to John Barton (Archives of X. Blouin, Jr., and Nancy A. Sahli. Ontario) and Johanna Wellheiser (Metropol­ itan Toronto Library Board) for their Lewis J. Bellardo was honored particularly book, An Ounce of Prevention, published by for his achievements in the field of state the Toronto Area Archivists Group. archives. As State Archivist and Records Administrator of Kentucky, his leadership The C.F.W. Coker Prize for outstanding helped produce one of the most comprehen­ achievement in the area of archival de­ sive finding aids for state government scription was shared by Nancy A. Sahli records. He has shared his knowledge and (NHPRC) for her publication, MARC for insight with colleagues both in print and Archives and Manuscripts: The AMC For­ through presentations at professional mat; and by Max J. Evans (State Histor­ meetings. He has chaired the Committee on ical Society of Wisconsin) and Lisa B. Archival Information Exchange and the Gov­ Weber (SAA) for their publication, MARC ernment Records Section for SAA, as well for Archives and Manuscripts; A Compen­ as served on two program committees and dium of Practice. the Automation Committee. He has also contributed to the archival profession as The Fellow's Posner Award went to Joanne president of the National Association of Yates (MIT) for her article, "Internal Government Archives and Records Adminis­ Communications Systems in American Busi­ trators, president of the Kentucky Coun­ ness Structures: A Framework to Aid Ap­ cil on Archives, and as a board member of praisal," which appeared in volume 48, statewide micrographics, records manage­ number 2, (1985) of the American Archi- ment, and historical organizations. vist. The Sister M. Claude Lane Award for outstanding work by a religious archivist Francis X. Blouin, Jr., was recognized was presented to James M. O'Toole (Univer­ for his efforts to cultivate research in sity of Massachusetts). the archival profession. He participated in putting on the 1979 Conference on Ma­ chine-Readable Records, and has followed 1987 Program Committee that by obtaining substantial grant fund­ Seeks Proposals ing to establish the Research Section on Modern Historical Documentation. He has Following the closing luncheon at the an­ served on numerous SAA bodies, including nual meeting the 1987 Program Committee Council, and has chaired the Committee on met for several hours to discuss next Ethnic Archives, the Editorial Board, the year's program, committing itself to a Committee on Education and Professional goal of gender and geographic balance as Development, the Theme Archives Profes­ well as increased involvement of minori­ sional Affinity Group, and the Publica­ ties on the New York program. The commit­ tions Management Board. He also serves on tee strongly urges that program proposals the Committee on Education and Profes­ from the membership include such balance sional Development of the International to the degree possible. Council of Archives. The committee is actively pursuing one or Nancy Sahli was honored for her positive more outside speakers of national promi­ influence on the archival profession in nence for the meeting, and is considering the areas of automation, teaching, and as a number of suggestions for "tracks." Archives Specialist for Technological Each track would be thematically linked Evaluation at the NHPRC. She has taught and would explore a given topic in more and spoken widely, and has written or depth than could be done in a single ses­ edited more than a dozen books, pamphlets, sion. Proposed tracks deal with archival and articles, including most recently MARC education, a research agenda, aspects of for Archives and Manuscripts; The AMC For­ documentation, and management initiatives. mat. As Coordinator of tne NHPRC's data base, she oversaw production of the in­ Program proposals are due by October 10 to valuable Directory of Archives and Manu­ Nicholas C. Burckel, Washington University script Repositories in the United States. Libraries, Campus Box 1061, St. Louis, MO Among her many services to SAA she has 63130. Both the special August issue of chaired the Committee oiKthe Status of the SAA Newsletter and all registration Women in the Archival Profession, served packets include copies of the program pro­ as an elected member of the Nominating posal guidelines and form for submitting suggestions.

SAA Newsletter 5 September 1986 Tide of Disaster Subsides After Chicago Historical Society Flood As the SAA Newsletter went to press, the frozen materials were in the process of Nearly 95% of the collections damaged in being freeze dried, a costly and time- the Chicago Historical Society's July 11 consuming process. Some had been handled basement flood will apparently be salvaged by the Chicago firm Graphic Conservators, thanks to the timely efforts of society while the rest were shipped to Rochester, employees, disaster experts, and a host of NY, for processing by Document Reproces­ volunteer conservators. sors. Freeze drying draws off ice mole­ cules by sublimating them — changing them The flood began at 4:36 p.m. on a Friday directly from ice to vapor — thus afternoon when an exposed water main in a avoiding the further water damage that construction site behind the society occurs during melting. broke, sending a 30-foot geyser of water shooting up into the air. Society offi­ cials could only watch helplessly as the water filled a 30-foot-deep, 100-foot-wide AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH. . . hole and then welled up through the society's basement floor. By the time The Society of American Archivists is city workers located the shut-off valve proud to announce that it is distributing nearly three hours later, four feet of this year's Waldo G. Leland Award winner, water stood in some areas of the basement. An Ounce of Prevention. Quoting the Le- Fortunately most of the collections nor­ land Award Committee, this "comprehensive, mally stored there had been removed due to unpretentious and superbly organized renovation. What remained were approxi [manual] clearly describes every step mately 200 volumes of 19th- and 20th- necessary to prevent (if possible), plan century newspapers, 175 paintings, 30 for, and if necessary recover from any watercolors, 800 folders of architectural conceivable type of disaster, whether drawings, and over 3,000 photo negatives, natural or man-made." In light of the transparencies and slides. In addition, stories on this page, need we say more? the building's air conditioning was An Ounce of Prevention is published by the knocked out, and steam caused by water Toronto Area Archivists Group (1985) and striking a basement boiler endangered available through SAA at a cost of $14 to collections throughout the society. members and $16 to nonmembers. That weekend over 100 workers labored to save and protect the society's collec­ tions. Soaked architectural drawings were Arson Strikes Twice at interleaved with blank newsprint while wet newspapers were wrapped with heavy acid- Los Angeles Central Library free paper to prevent them from expanding. All of these were loaded onto refrigerated trucks, transported to the Kitchens of First in April and again in September Sara Lee in Deerfield and frozen at 10 arson has ravaged the Los Angeles Central degrees below zero. The water-soaked pho­ Library, and investigators are attempting tographic materials were sent to AGS&R to determine whether one person set both Communications in downtown Chicago, where fires. The April 29 fire was the worst in they were sealed and cooled in plastic American library history, raging for bags, then individually hand washed and nearly eight hours and injuring 22 fire­ treated. The Chicago Conservation Center fighters before its $22 million spree of restored some 175 mud-soaked paintings by damage was ended. Over 100 firefighters peering through microscopes to remove the contained the September 3 fire to the 20- mud with cotton swabs and sable brushes, by 80-foot art and music room, but at then starching Japanese tissue paper over least 25,000 volumes were burned. the paint to prevent it from flaking while the wet canvas contracted during drying. "The possibility exists that the same per­ son who started the first fire also start­ ed the second one," claims Capt. Stephen Experts from Blackmon-Mooring-Steamatic D. Cohee, a Fire Department arson investi­ Catastrophe of Fort Worth Texas handled gator. "They both were started with an recovery of the building. They removed open flame, and no ignition device or the water, scoured the walls, fumigated, accelerant, such as gas, was used." Both blew out the moist air, and provided the of the fires began in the evening. expertise and equipment to keep the hu­ midity down while the society's air condi­ On September 3, security staff had already tioning was repaired. After remaining cleared the building, and a patrol had in closed for over a month, the society fact examined the art and music room only resumed normal operations in late August. 15 minutes before, when the fire broke (continued next page)

SAA Newsletter September 1986 6 RAIGE

Library Arson (Continued) work everywhere out. Investigators are interviewing all library employees, who have been signing in and out of the building since the first fire. Suspicion that an employee might be responsible for one or both of the fires has taken its toll on the staff. "Now people are looking at each other," said Betty Gay, library manager, "It's very hard on the morale." In the midst of all this uncertainty, li­ brary employees labored to recover as much of the damaged collections as possible. Even as book specialists were helping to determine which burned books from the second fire could be rebound, over 700,000 water-damaged books from the first fire sat frozen in storage waiting to be freeze-dried.

Recovering from the first and far more damaging of the two fires back in April, was a task undertaken by over 1,500 volun­ teers from all walks of life. By working in six-hour shifts around the clock for three days, they were able to pack the water-soaked books into corrugated boxes, assemble them onto pallets, shrink wrap Selected by successful companies and institu­ them, then load them onto trucks for tions for over 20 years. delivery to cold-storage facilities. They say: “Economy is definitely a factor” Although this Herculean effort kept devel­ opment of mold and mildew to a minimum, at Paige Files are unique. times lack of organization compounded the problems encountered. "The library did The only storage/transfer file boxes protected not have a disaster plan for a catastrophe by existing patents! AVAILABLE ACID FREE. of this scale," writes Randall Butler, associate archivist and conservation Only Paige Files are manufactured and shipped officer at Loma Linda Libraries, in his direct from 6 factories: Los Angeles, Chicago, report on the fire. "Consequently, there Dallas, Kansas City, New York and Newark. were problems managing the work force and Paige Files are made of ICC-tested 200# corru­ resources required for the evacuation gated fiberboard for last-forever strength. effort. . . . The need for preparation and training is perhaps the most important Write or call for Case Histories, brochures and lesson to be learned. . . . [I]t is now prices. Tel: (212) 679-6626 more timely than ever for librarians, archivists, and related professionals to focus their attention on the potential disaster that exists within their own stacks. I

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On May 27th, President Reagan signed into The Science-Technology Health Care Round­ law a bill designed to reduce Presidential table held its first meeting at the SAA library operating costs. Public Law 99- 1986 annual meeting in Chicago. The 323 requires that every new Presidential Roundtable will be a vehicle for promoting library covered by the bill have an endow­ the common interests of archivists whose ment equal to 20% of the library's buil- ‘ programs emphasize records of science, ding costs, which will be used to run and technology, and health care. Goals for maintain the facility. The law also lim­ 1986-1987 include creating a Roundtable its a new library's size to 70,000 square membership list and preparing session feet. These sections of the law will take proposals for the 1987 annual meeting. effect on libraries established for Presi­ Proposals will include such topics as dents elected after the present Chief science and technology records in China, Executive. Another section of the law, issues concerning business and military which takes effect immediately, allows the "high tech" records, and the relationship Archivist of the United States "to promul­ between archives and data centers. For gate architectural and design standards further information about Roundtable applicable to Presidential libraries." activities, contact the Steering Commit­ tee: Adele Lerner, Roxanne Nilan, Joan Haas, Rue Moore, Anne Millbrooke, and Nancy Gauss. A Roundtable newsletter will be published in the spring; to receive one contact Ann Millbrooke, United Technolo­ gies, 203-565-5401.

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Eugene, Oregon As University of Oregon ar­ past 30 years, or spending six more months chivist Keith Richard rummaged through the in detention and then facing unspecified archives to prepare a World War II dis­ charges. She chose the former and flew to play, little did he know he was about to Stockholm, where her husband will join her trigger a happy event that drew television after he works out notice at his job and coverage from as far away as Japan. He sells the family home in Pretoria. Van discovered Wartime Civil Control Admin­ Gylswyk is a member of the Black Sash, a istration letters denying Michi Yasui Ando group of women working to ease the hard the right to attend her 1942 graduation. ships suffered by blacks in South Africa. At that time there had been a curfew in effect against all people of Japanese Seattle, Washington Madame Deng Xianfu, ancestry, and the university's commence­ Commissioner of th^e Chinese People's ment ceremony took place after the curfew. Republic Consultative Conference, visited Richard located Ando in Denver and arrang­ NARA's Federal Records Center and Archives ed for her to take part in this year's Branch in Seattle on June 9. Mme. Deng is ceremony, where she was the star of the the sister of leader of the People's occasion. Diploma in hand, Ando addressed Republic, Deng Xiaoping, and wife of the the crowd, telling them, "The university's head of the Sichuan Provincial Archives, invitation to come back has overwhelmed Zhang Zhongren. Mme. Deng met with mem­ me. Euphoria engulfs me." Many things, bers of SAA's study tour to China in April even euphoria, lie sleeping in old files. and, with her husband, was an honored guest at a banquet given by the traveling Johannesberq, South Africa Swedish-born Americans. Tour leaders Robert M. Warner, archivist and human rights worker Annica Ann Morgan Campbell, and William Moss were van Gylswyk, 55, has become yet another guests in her home in Chengdu. victim of South Africa's apartheid govern­ ment. Van Gylswyk, who worked in the Ottawa, Canada Retired archivist Alan D. Africa studies library at the University Ridge was called to Ottawa earlier this of South Africa, was thrown in jail in year and presented the Order of Canada, July, spent nearly a month in solitary that country's only honor for civilians. confinement, and then was led to an inter­ The Governor General presented the award rogation that began with the words "This and singled out Ridge's invaluable work on country doesn't need you." At no point the Alberta Archives since 1968. Ridge was she told of any specific accusations contributed 36 years of service to the against her. During her interrogation archival profession in Canada and Great she was given the choice of either leaving Britain before retiring in 1984, one year South Africa, where she has lived for the after he became a Fellow of the Society.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 8 Commentary look outward rather than inward. If we value our future we should say no to cer­ To the Editor: tification.

I spent much of the recent SAA meeting William W. Moss listening carefully to my good friends and Smithsonian Archivist learned colleagues argue the case for cer­ tification. They have labored long and hard over the plan. I admire and praise the craftsmanship and dedication of their effort. Yet, I remain convinced that cer­ tification is not only wrong but wrong­ headed. "TtanAitionl. . .

A desire for standards is an admirable and LIISA FAGERLUND, Utah State Archivist irrefutable preoccupation, even a noble since 1983, will join the World Health aspiration for a professional society. Organization in Geneva, Switzerland as Who, indeed, could call himself a profes­ records management officer January 1, 1987 sional while confessing to mediocrity? So . . . .STEVEN WHEELER has become archivist I am not surprised that some people are of the New York Stock Exchange, replacing beguiled by the idea of certification. DEBORAH S. GARDNER, who is now director of However, there is another side to the ar­ the new Center for the Study of Women in gument that has not been thoroughly aired Business at Baruch College, CUNY...... in the debate. THOMAS L. HOLLOWAK has been appointed City Archivist and Records Management Officer Certification brings with it an unfortu­ for Baltimore City...... IAN E. WILSON, nate tendency to substitute vocational formerly Provincial Archivist with the education for liberal education as the Saskatchewan Archives Board has become foundation of a profession. It is inevi­ Archivist of Ontario...... DOUGLAS H. tably particularistic and inward looking BOCKING, Associate Provincial Archivist of rather than generalistic and outward look­ Saskatchewan, has retired. . . .CLAUDE-ANN ing. Moreover, certification has no value LOPEZ, the 1985 Philip H. Hamer Award win unless it is enforceable. Enforcement ner, and BARBARA BOWEN OBERG have been requires manageable simplification, reduc­ appointed editors of The Papers of Benja­ ing definition of the profession to a set min Franklin. . . .DOUGLAS M. HALLER, for­ of predictable and examinable procedures, merly curator of photographs at the Cali­ to a packageable curriculum. That is a fornia Historical Society Library, is now vocational focus and not a professional museum archivist of The University Museum focus. It is a preemptive limitation of Archives at the University of Pennsylvania professional aspirations to an approved . . . .MICHAEL E. HOLLAND, formerly local consensus of common and manageable proce­ records coordinator for the Tennessee dures, not a creative inquiry pressing to State Library and Archives, has become expand the limits of knowledge and under­ assistant director for field operations at standing. the Local Records Division of Texas State Library, replacing SAM SIZER, who retired. If the SAA adopts certification, no matter . . . .PHYLLIS E. STEELE has left the Ohio how well-crafted the plan, it faces a fu­ Historical Society for a position as cor­ ture of technocratic functionalism. That porate archivist at The New England Mutual is a poor foundation for leadership. It Life Insurance Company...... LEITH G. is a path to mediocrity. It says to SAA JOHNSON, formerly Aetna Life & Casualty's members that attainment of minimum stan­ archivist and historian, has co-founded dards is more important to professional Johnson/Johnson Creative Services, an esteem than is professional vision. I independent consulting firm specializing disagree with that direction, profoundly in corporate history...... DAVID W. and fundamentally. If the SAA adopts PALMQUIST, Bridgeport City Archivist, is certification, I believe my colleagues serving as acting City Records Manager will come to regret it. I would rather following the resignation of LLYN CONRAD. tolerate a certain amount of ineptitude ...... TIMOTHY CARY, formerly assistant and even charlatanism (neither of which curator of special collections at Univ. of would be eradicated by certification) than Alabama, has joined the faculty of the to reduce the preoccupation of our profes­ State University of New York at Stony sion and the expenditure of its time, Brook as assistant special collections energy, and resources to vocational proce­ librarian...... SUSAN MILLER is the new dures . assistant archivist at The Salvation Army Archives and Research Center...... GUY I believe we should rather spend ourselves PETHERBRIDGE has accepted a position as in pursuit of a vision that integrates out visiting associate professor in the thesis with that of other great intellec­ Conservation Programs of the School of tual disciplines. I believe we should Library Service, Columbia University.

SAA Newsletter 9 September 1986 APPRAISALS o f ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

The 1985 Internal Revenue Service regulations concerning appraisals of manuscript and archival collections have caused a number of persons who had been appraising small to medium size collections to withdraw from the field. Consequently, many institutions are contacting us about collections which they previously believed were too small, or insufficiently significant for us to consider for appraisal. We are well known for undertaking virtually every major appraisal during the past two decades, from Random House to Paramount Pictures, Igor Stravinsky to George Gershwin, Samuel Clemens to Hamilton Jordan, Fred Allen to Norman Vincent Peale, and numerous others in the fields of literature, music, the arts, sciences, business, and legal, military and political history, including the ten million items in the North Pacific archive. Our appraisals which have been little publicized are those of hundreds of small archives of no great commerical value, but which require proper valuation for their donors. These are collections which must be accurately evaluated at minimum cost— collections whose fair market values do not warrant detailed examinations, inventories and reports, but which require the preparation of the most accurate descriptions and reports possible, commensurate with their values. Our success at determining the appropriate balance between these factors is based on our efficient appraisal practices, extensive experience and qualified research staff. Our normal procedure is to quote a firm appraisal fee and give a general range of the fair market value based on an examination of the institution’s initial inventory. There is no obligation to proceed with the appraisal and there is no charge for this information, nor is there any fee charged if we believe the collection or archive could not find a commercial market, a prime requirement for the establishment of fair market value. Please contact Rosalie Fawcett with any questions you may have. A brochure describing our experiences and the institutions we have undertaken appraisals for is available. Also available is a reprint of an article by Kenneth W. Rendell, published by the Society of American Archivists, "Tax Appraisals of Manuscript Collections”.

KENNETH W. RENDELL

SAA Newsletter September 1986 10 1986-87 Leadership List

OFFICERS Victoria Irons Walch William L. Joyce, President (Consultant) Firestone Library 10113 Blue Coat Dr. Princeton University Fairfax, VA 22030 Princeton, NJ 08544 (703) 281-2294 (609) 452-3184 Joan Warnow Sue E. Holbert, Vice President American Institute of Physics Minnesota Historical Society Center for History of Physics 1500 Mississippi St. 335 E. 45th St. St. Paul, MN 55101 New York, NY 10017 (612) 296-6980 (212) 661-9404 Anne P. Diffendal, Treasurer (Nebraska State Historical Society) 3131 S. 41st St. EDITOR, THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST Lincoln, NE 68506 (402) 471-4774 Julia M. Young University of Southern Mississippi School of Library Service SS Box 5146 COUNCIL Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Francis X. Blouin, Jr. (601) 266-5113 Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan 1150 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109 EDITORIAL BOARD (313) 764-3482 Edmund Berkeley, Jr. Paul I. Chestnut (University of Virginia) (Library of Congress) 2403 Bennington Rd. 2039 New Hampshire Ave., NW #503 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Washington, DC 20009 (804) 924-3025 (202) 287-5387 Richard J. Cox New York State Archives SECTIONS Room 10A46 Cultural Education Center Acquisitions Albany, NY 12230 Bruce Turner

(518) 474-1195 University of Southwestern Louisiana 302 E. St. Mary Blvd. Linda Edgerly Lafayette, LA 70504 (Consultant) (318) 231-5702 370 Central Park West #104 New York, NY 10025 Aural & Graphic Records (212) 865-6181 Larry A. Viskochil Chicago Historical Society Anne R. Kenney Clark St. at North Ave. (Thomas Dooley Papers) Chicago, IL 60614 615 Elm St. Ext. (312) 642-4600 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-2388 Business Archives Philip Mooney Eva Moseley Coca-Cola Co. Schlesinger Library P.O. Box 1734 Radcliffe College Atlanta, GA 30301 Cambridge, MA 02138 (404)676-3491 (617) 495-8647 Conservation Trudy Huskamp Peterson Christine W. Ward (National Archives) (New York State Archives) 810 Massachusetts Ave., NE 55 Colehamer Ave. Washington, DC 20002 Troy, NY 12180 (202) 523-3130 (518) 474-8955

SAA Newsletter 11 September 1986 College and University Archives Awards Kay J. Domine Virginia Purdy Swem Library-Archives (National Archives) College of William & Mary 509 S. Irving St. Williamsburg, VA 23185 Arlington, VA 22204 (804) 253-4550 (202) 523-3105

Description Education & Professional Development Elaine Engst David J. Klaassen 101 Olin Library Social Welfare History Archives Cornell University University of Minnesota Libraries Ithaca, NY 14853 Minneapolis, MN 55455 (607) 255-3530 (612) 373-4420

Government Records Goals & Priorities Bruce I. Ambacher John A. Fleckner (National Archives) Smithsonian Institution 6920 Fern Pi. Archives Annandale, VA 22003 National Museum of American History (202) 523-3214 Washington, DC 20560 (202) 357-3270 Manuscript Repositories Virginia Cain International Archival Affairs Woodruff Library-Spec Collections Maygene Daniels Emory University (National Gallery of Art) Atlanta, GA 30322 816 Massachusetts Ave., NE (404) 727-6887 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 842-6175 Oral History Jay M. Haymond 1987 Host Utah Historical Library Anne Van Camp 300 Rio Grande Chase Manhattan Archives-23rd Fl Salt Lake City, UT 84101 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza (801) 533-5808 New York, NY 10081 (212) 552-6658 Reference, Access, Outreach George W. Bain 1987 Program (Ohio Historical Society) Nicholas C. Burckel 110 Columbia Avenue Washington University Libraries Athens, OH 45701 Campus Box 1061 (614) 593-2712 St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 889-5400 Religious Archives Sr. Mary Ellen Gleason 1988 Program Convent of St. Elizabeth Lori Hefner Convent Station, NJ 07961 Utah State Archives (201) 539-1600 Archives Building State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 (801) 533-5250 STANDING COMMITTEES 1987 Nominating Archival Information Exchange Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler Max J. Evans (NNPD) Room B-l

Utah State Historical Society National Archives 300 Rio Grande Washington, DC 20408 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (202) 523-3300 (801) 533-5755 Professional Standards Auditing Andrea Hinding John Daly 109 Walter Library Illinois State Archives University of Minnesota Archives Building Minneapolis, MN 55455 Springfield, IL 62756 (612) 376-4632 (217) 782-4682

SAA Newsletter September 1986 12 Congressional Papers Regional Archival Activity Connell B. Gallagher Daria D'Arienzo Bailey/Howe Library Robert Frost Library University of Vermont Amherst College Burlington, VT 05405 Amherst, MA 01002 (802) 656-2138 (413)542-2068 Labor Archives Status of Women Peter Gottlieb Kathleen Marquis (Penn State University) Archives, 14N-118 118 Grandview Rd. Massachusetts Institute of St College, PA 16801 Technology (814) 865-1793 Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-5136 Museum Archives Alan L. Bain (Smithsonian Institution) 5424 Woodland Blvd. TASK FORCES Oxon Hill, MD 20745 (202) 357-1420 Automated Records & Techniques Carolyn Geda Performing Arts ICPSR Leslie Hansen Kopp Box 1248 Conservation Consortium Ann Arbor, MI 48106 752 West End Ave #17K (313) 764-2571 New York, NY 10025 (212) 222-3186 Harold Naugler (Public Archives of Canada) RLIN Users 886 Tavistock Rd if] Liisa Fagerlund Ottawa, ON K2B 5N8 Utah State Archives (615) 993-4096 State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 Institutional Evaluation (801) 533-5250 Paul Hi McCarthy, Jr. — Box 80687 College Station REPRESENTATIVES University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99708 Advisory Committee on the Manage­ (907) 474-7261 ment, Preservation and Use of Local Government Records Archives & Society IT Gerald Ham James E. Fogerty St Historical Society of Wisconsin Minnesota Historical Society 816 State St 1500 Mississippi St. Madison, WI 53706 St. Paul, MN 55101 (608) 262-7304 (612) 296-6980 Anglo-American Catalog Revisions Saundra Taylor Lilly Library ROUNDTABLES Indiana University Bloomington, IN 46405 Archival Educators (812) 335-2452 Julia M. Young University of Southern Mississippi Association of Research Libraries School of Library Service W l Herbert Finch SS Box 5146 201 Olin Library Hattiesburg, MS 39405 Cornell University (601) 266-5113 Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-7036 Archival History Richard Cox Council on National Library & New York State Archives Information Associations, Inc. Room 10A46 Donn C. Neal Cultural Education Center Society of American Archivists Albany, NY 12230 600 S. Federal St., #504 (518) 474-1195 Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 922-0140

SAA Newsletter 13 September 1986 National Historical Publications and Adele Lerner New York Hospital Cornell Medical Cntr. Records Commission Edward Papenfuse 1300 York Ave. New York, NY 10021 (Maryland Hall of Records) 206 Oakdale Rd (212) 472-5759 Baltimore, MD 21210 (301) 269-3915 Michael A. Lutzker New York University-Archives Office Helen W. Samuels 19 University Pl-4th Fl. Archives, 14N-118 New York, NY 10003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (212) 598-7923 Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-5688 Joint AHA/OAH/SAA Committee of Historians and Archivists Society of Americah Archivists Staff Donn C. Neal 600 S. Federal,#504, Chicago, IL 60605 Society of American Archivists (312) 922-0140 600 S. Federal St., #504 Donn C. Neal, Executive Director Chicago, IL 60605 Bernice E. Brack, Membership Assistant (312) 922-0140 Bill Burck, Managing Editor Sylvia Burck, System Administrator Edwin C. Bridges Al Correa, Publications Assistant Alabama Department of Archives Diane Mobley, Publciations Assistant and History Patricia E. Palmer, Program Coordinator 624 Washington Ave. Toni Pedroza, Administrative Aide Montgomery, AL 36130 Troy Sturdivant, Publications Assistant (205) 261-4361 Lisa Weber, Program Officer Ruth J. Simmons (Rutgers University) 422 Wyoming Ave. Millburn, NJ 07041 (201) 932-7006 Joint ALA/SAA Committee on Archives &rcf)tbe/ Graphics* and Library Relationships Specializing in Conservation and Preservation of Large Documents and Drawings Eleanor McKay, chair (Historic Annapolis, Inc.) 419 Ferry Point Rd. Archive/Graphics ot(6p:^.stönn 'x5ne-of-a-kind conservation and Annapolis, MD 21403 (301) 268-1765 ^reservation services fc Each year our trained staff many conservation seminars. Nicholas C. Burckel Ne travel thousands of | miles to'keep ijp on the latest preservation Washington University Libraries :echniques and to visit wiih epmp^te||uTd!institutions with large historic Campus Box 1061 Jocument holdings. Our unique services Include: St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 889-5400 • ARCHIVE CONS JLTING I > ARCHIVE MOUNTING Specializing in histq Ip, munioibal, Disfyiys and exhibitions; “Wet & Dry” John Delaney architectural, civil ai I mecha^fpal m oiiwftg^uffering, interleafing, and (Princeton university) drawing collections! 'èncatisulaç^^^ 12 Misty Morn Ln. Ewing Township, NJ 08638 • PRESERVATIOriflLMlN^ \ •LABORATORYJ'ROCESSING Large format “Active^nd ‘_P a^^^s^igh-^_ '"BestefatRjns7l^tjflg^|acid if ¡cation, resolution storage &w|tfieval ng and Leslie S. Hough Library-Special Collections Georgia State University . PHOTO/ARTS DlflSlCMlOkQ iw ( ¡ /¿ z ■ 9 P B Im g g M SUPPLIES Atlanta, GA 30303 Historical photo technologie^wdi% ^^l)C-^ ^^•^SpSrs^lîsiôeiamQpnting boards, boxes, century reproduced on "handm M ^^|i^ersv '''^e h ^a psu latii^^ for large (404) 658-2477 - " pfiotos and drawings only. Carolyn Hoover Sung W r (Library of Congress) All work c phe by quotation only. Lb 6005 Dellwood Pi. Call collect; for the A/G Division. Bethesda, MD 20817 (202) 287-5543 Miami • 2921 S.W. 8th Street • Miami, Florida 33135 • (305) 541-8522 Detroit • 307 W 6th Street • Suite 204 • Royal Oak, Michigan • (313) 3990101 Active Member SAA, SFA, National Trust for Historic Preservation

SAA Newsletter September 1986 14 NHPRC Recommends Grants NHPRC Grants Colville Confederated Tribes, Nespelem, At its June meeting, the National Histori­ Washington: cal Publications and Records Commission $70,951 Eo establish an archival and recommended 25 historical records projects records management program for the Tribes. for grants totaling $727,210, and eleven publications projects for $400,000 of funding. In addition, the Commission Institutional Archives awarded three $18,000 archival fellowship grants, one of which is funded by the Archives of the American Society for Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A list of Microbiology, Catonsvill.e, Maryland: the recommended records project grants and up to $31,500 to provide access to 600 fellowship awards follows. linear feet of historical records and to implement a records management system for the Society. Regional and National Projects Local Government Records American Association for State and Local History. Nashville, Tennessee: Office of the City Clerk, San Diego, $129,57/ partial matching grant to con­ California: tinue the work of the National Information $72,588 partial matching grant to continue Center for Local Government Records. developing a city records program and to complete a comprehensive survey and sche­ Regents of the University of Minnesota and dule of the city's records. Order Sons of Italy in America Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota: City of Charleston, West Virginia: $26,636 partial matching grant for the $45,015 to establish a municipal archival second year of a three-year project to and records management program. survey, accession, arrange, and describe the records of the Order Sons of Italy in Collection Work — Textual Materials America. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho: Statewide Projects $55,000 partial matching grant to appraise, arrange, and describe the Office of the Secretary of State of records of more than 50 mining companies Missouri, Jefferson City, MissouriT from the Coeur d'Alene region of northern $25,000 to assess and report on the Idaho; and in the process, to develop current status and future directions of general appraisal guidelines for the historical records programs in Missouri. records of hard-rock mining companies.

North Dakota Association of Counties, Worcester County Library, Snow Hill, Bismarck, North Dakota: Maryland: $34,828 in support of a statewide county $21,287 partial matching grant to arrange records project to survey records-keeping and describe the extensive county land practices, revise records retention records of the William D. Pitts surveyors schedules, and train records officers. collection. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon: Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts: $67,892 to improve the management and ar­ $21,000 partial matching grant to preserve chival program for Oregon state government and make available the Museum's manuscript records, including an inventory of all collections of maritime history which doc­ records, revision and expansion of records ument the lucrative trade with Africa, schedules, and training of records offi Asia, and Oceania from the late 17th cers. through 19th centuries. Virginia State Library, Richmond, Peterborough Historical Society, Peter- Virginia: borough, New Hampshire: $5,000 to support travel and meetings of $9,750 partial matching grant to arrange the Virginia State Historical Records and describe the Society's manuscript Advisory Board. holdings, which include Revolutionary War documents and early 19th-century textile Native American Records mill records. National Congress of American Indians, MacArthur Memorial and City of Norfolk, Washington, D.C.: Virginia: $22,215 to convene a national conference $42,768 partial matching grant to begin

to promote interest in and awareness of preservation microfilming of the Native American records programs. Memorial's General Douglas MacArthur holdings.

SAA Newsletter 15 September 1986 NHPRC Grants NHPRC Grants Collection Work — Historical Photographs Haglund received an M.A. in History and Los Angeles County Museum of Natural His­ Archives/Records Management from Colorado tory Foundation, Los Angeles, California;- State University in 1981 and worked as

§9,443 to preserve and make available staff archivist at the Colorado State turn-of-the-century glass negatives in the Archives from 1981 to 1984. Fred H. Maude collection. California State Archives, Sacramento, California; Sonoma Valiev Historical. Society, Claire L. Vargo, archivist for The Mercy Sonoma, California: §1,500 for consultation to assess the Hospital of Pittsburgh. Vargo received historical value and archival needs of the her M.A. in history and a certificate in Society's collection of visual archival, museum, and editing studies from

documentation. Duquesne University in 1985, and has worked at The Mercy Hospital Archives St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, since 1984. St. Louis, Missouri; §15,000 matching grant to preserve nitrate University of Southern Mississippi, negatives in the John W. Barriger III Hattiesburg, Mississippi; collection, which documents 20th-century Alan K. Virta, senior manuscripts U.S. railroad history. cataloger for the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections project at the Consultancies Library of Congress. Virta began his work at the Library of Congress after receiving an M.L.S. in 1974 from the University of Office of City Manager, Little Rock, Maryland. Arkansas! up to ?3,600 to plan the city's archival and records management program. Museum and Archives of the History of Wanted Columbia, Maryland: up to §3,000 to plan for the future of the The National Anthropological Archives archives of Columbia. seeks information about the location of original documents and prepared finding Washington University School of Medicine aids in the U.S. and Canada relating to Archives, St. Louis, Missouri: cultural, physical, and applied anthropol­ §2,600 for consultation on the school's ogy (linguistics, archaeology).' This holdings of historical photographs and information will be compiled into a guide architectural drawings. to archival anthropological material. Please contact James Glenn or Kathleen Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Baxter, NAA, Natural History Museum, Buffalo, New York: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC up to §3,000 for consultation on develop­ 20560, 202-357-1976. ing an archival and records management program for the Museum and providing The Sons of Italy Archives Project is a access to its photographic collections. major effort to survey, collect and make available for research the historic rec­ Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, ords of the Order Sons of Italy in America North Carolina! (OSIA). In addition to preserving records up to §3,000 to assist in evaluating that are now stored in homes and lodge preservation needs of the University's halls, the project seeks to identify OSIA special collections, which contain a rich records in archives and historical deposi­ group of black history material. tories throughout the U.S. and Canada. Archivists and historians having knowledge King County,Washington: of such records are asked to contact John up to §5,000 for consultation in planning Andreozzi, Project Coordinator, IHRC, 826 an archival program for the County's Berry Street, St. Paul, MN 55114, 23,000 cubic feet of permanently valuable 612-373-5581. records. Carla Kemp, University of Florida, has access to BITNET and is interested in con­ Archival Fellowship Grants tacting archivists who also use this net­ work. She would like to use BITNET to Arizona State University, Hayden Library, correspond via electronic mail. If you Tempe, Arizona! are interested, please contact Carla Kemp, Becky L. Haglund, senior archival special­ University Archivist, University of Flor­ ist for the Neighborhood History Research ida Library, Gainesville, FL 32611, 904- Collection at the Chicago Public Library. 392-6547. User ID; CYZEU3Q. Node: NERVUM.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 16 Awards Available Archivists' Calendar The United States-United Kingdom Educa­ The fall meeting of the Midwest Archives tional Commission in London has announced Conference will be held in Hudson, Wiscon­ a competitive award, made available under sin, October 8-11. Workshops, sessions, the Fulbright program, for the exchange of demonstrations, and bus tours and a film United States and British university and festival are scheduled. Contact Cheryl research library staff. The fixed-sum Norenberg Thies, Midwest Archives Confer­ grant of 3,250 pounds sterling is for a ence, 1500 Mississippi St., St. Paul, MN minimum period of three months beginning 55101. as early as September 1987, with comple­ tion required before July 31, 1988. The Society of North Carolina Archivists Applications will be accepted from U.S. will hold its fall meeting at Blandwood in citizens working as full-time librarians, Greensboro, North Carolina, on Friday, library administrators, or archivists at October 10 , 1986. The $13 registration research libraries and at four-year col­ fee includes lunch. Contact the Society, leges or universities. Five years' con­ of N.C. Archivists, East Carolina Univer­ tinuous professional experience is re­ sity Archives, Joyner Library, Greenville, quired. For further information, contact NC 27858, 919-757-6679. the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Eleven Dupont Circle, NW, This year's annual meeting of the Mid At­ Washington, D;C. 20036. lantic Regional Archives Conference will focus on records and their users, parti­ The new Overview of Endowment Programs is cularly on records that reflect Afro-Amer­ available from the NEH. This handbook ican history and life. The meeting takes provides information about the Endowment, place in Charlottesville, Virginia, guidelines and deadlines for its many October 30 to November 1 . Contact Fall grant-making programs, as well as sources 1986 MARAC Local Arrangements Committee, for further inquiry. For a free copy Department of Manuscripts and University write or call: July 1986 Overview, Room Archives, University of Virginia Library, 409, National Endowment for the Humani­ Charlottesville, VA 22903. ties, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20506, 202-786-0438. The fall meeting of the Archives-Libraries Committee of the African Studies Associa­ A matching grants program to help organi­ tion will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, zations preserve, safeguard, restore, and October 30 to November 2. There will also catalog films of artistic or cultural be a meeting of the Cooperative Africana value will be funded jointly by The Amer­ Microforms Project. Contact D.M. Hull, ican Film Institute and the National En­ Chair, Moorland Springarn Research Center, dowment for the Arts. Applicants should Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, have an existing archival film collection 202-636-7260. (unique or best surviving material) and adequate staff and equipment to carry out A workshop, Introduction to Preservation the project. For projects beginning after of Library and Archival Materials will be July 1, 1987, applications must be post­ held November 6 and 7 at East Tennessee marked no later than January 31, 1987. State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Contact: AFI/NEA Film Preservation Pro­ The instructor will be Lisa Fox, coordi­ gram, National Center for Film and Video nator of the preservation program at Preservation, The American Film Institute, Solinet. The $25 fee includes course John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. materials, two coffee breaks, and a recep­ 20566, 202-828-4070. tion. Enrollment is limited. Contact the Archives of Appalachia, Sherrod Library, This marks the inaugural year for the East' Tennessee State University, Johnson grantmaking programs of the United States City, TN 37614, 615-929-4338. Institute of Peace. They have $4,000,000 to distribute. Anyone interested should The graduate School of Librarianship at request information from United States In­ the University of New South Wales in Syd­ stitute of Peace, 730 Jackson Pi., NW, ney, Australia, will accept applications Washington, D.C. 20503, 202-789-5700. from U.S. residents for its one-year post­ graduate Diploma in Information Management Get Yer Annual Meeting Archives Administration. The academic year begins the first week in March and T-Shirts Here! runs through October with one five-week Yes, that's right, they're still avail­ break. The application deadline is No­ able! As seen on archivists across the vember 15, 1986. Total estimated cost, country returning from the annual meeting. including air Fare, room and board is These stylish-looking garments come in $7,265. Contact Ann Pedersen, Lecturer, in large (navy blue) and extra large School of Librariananship, Univ. of New (powder blue). Only a few remain, so get South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW them while they last for $8. 2033 Australia.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 17 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

DIRECTOR, Division of Archives and Re­ cords, State of Utah-State Arvhivist. Position Announcement: SAA EDUCATION OFFICER Manages a staff of 40 in the states archi­ val and records management programs inclu­ The Society of American Archivists announces the position of Education Officer, ding: archives and records center, reten­ effective November 1, 1986. This is a permanent, full-time position, reporting tion scheduling of automated and manual to the SAA Executive Director. The primary duties (50% tTme) will consist of records, archival arrangement and des­ developing and managing the Society's initiatives in professional education. cription, privacy classification, central More specifically, the Education Officer will: 1) assist in surveying current microfilming, and administrative rules. professional educational programs and offerings; 2) help to determine profes­ Appointed by the executive director of sional education needs and possible ways of responding to them; 3) work with department of administrative servies with all interested parties to foster and to coordinate professional archival educa­ the approval of the governor. Requires a tion; 4) provide liaison with other national and regional organizations con­ Masters Degree in the information science, cerned with archival education; 5) write grant proposals and reports; 6) devel­ public administration, or related field op, direct, and evaluate the Society's own workshops and other educational plus five years of professional archival programs; 7) supervise other SAA staff members involved in these programs; and management experience. Experience in 8) generally advise the SAA Executive Director and Council about professional state archival programs and CRM (Certified education for archivists. Other duties (50% time): as the senior archivist in Records Management) desired. Salary the SAA office, the Education Officer will advise on and act in a wide variety range: $32,656.00-$44,495.00 (depending of areas, especially where his or her background, experience, and interests are on qualifications and salary history). most relevant. These areas will likely include public awareness, advocacy of Submit resume with cover letter to: the profession, institutional evaluation, and planning for the archival profes­ Carolyn Lloyd Moore, Administrative Of­ sion. As a consequence, the Education Officer will work with numerous SAA ficer, Department of Administrative Ser­ committees, task forces, and other groups. Qualifications: the successful vices, 2100 State Office Building, Salt candidate will be a professionally trained archivist with at least five years Lake City, UT 84114. Closing Date: No­ of broad archival experience, which must include some involvement in archival vember 15, 1986. education. He or she must be familiar with major developments or trends in the archival profession and be active in relevant professional organizations. The Education Officer must have the ability to plan and to implement substantial SLOAN VIDEOHISTORY PROJECT ASSISTANT, long-term projects; the ability to work with and to coordinate the efforts of a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Immediate open­ wide range of people and groups; excellent communication skills; a high degree ing available at the Smithsonian of initiative and conscientiousness; good judgment; and the ability to work institution, Washington, D.C. for an hist­ simultaneously on several complex tasks. Compensation: a salary in the low orian to act as a general assistant to the $30s is anticipated, along with the Society's full benefit package. To apply: Program Manager for a four-year explor­ send a letter of interest, a current resume, and the names of three referees to atory program to produce a set of video­ Donn C. Neal, Executive Director, Suite 504, Chicago, Illinois 60605 before history studies now under development by October 31, 1986. The anticipated starting date is negotiable but may be as members of the Smithsonian staff. The in­ early as December 1, 1986. SAA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes cumbent is expected to have knowledge of applications from women and members of minority groups. 20th century history of science and tech­ nology, scientific institutions, intell­ ectual history or anthropology, as well as knowledge of videohistory and oral history MANAGER, State Library of New South Wales, ASSISTANT HEAD-MANUSCRIPT DIVISION, UNI­ techniques and general archival practices. Conservation Department, The State Library VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, As Assis­ This is a research assistant position in of New South Wales is the major public tant Head of the Manuscripts Division par­ what is primarily an archival activity, in reference library in the state. The Con ticipate in all facets of the operation support of on-going Smithsonian studies in servation Department has been newly ere including training and supervision of the history of recent science and tech­ ated from an existing restoration workshop staff; collection development; cataloging nology. Salary range: $14,390 - $23,170 to provide conservation, preservation, and collections; implementing computer-based per year. restoration services for the State Li techniques for control and access to the In addition to a Personnel Qualifications brary's collections, and is projected to collections; preparing exhibits; and pro­ Statement SF-171, submit a supplemental have a staff of fourteen by 1988. The viding general and specialized reference sheet giving explicit examples of research State Library has a total staff of approx service. Requires graduate degree from ac­ experience and training to: Smithsonian imately 300, a books and serials recurrent credited library school, minimum 3 years Institution, Office of Personnel budget in excess of $1,000,000 and its experience as manuscripts curator in large Administration, Arts and Industries processes are becoming fully automated. academic library or collections; working Building, Room 1410, 900 Jefferson Drive, The State Library of New South Wales is knowledge of Spanish; strong background in S.W. Washington, D.C. 20560. To request a focusing attention on the need for conser American history and literature, particu­ copy of the vacancy announcement, call vation of its own and the nation's her larly Western American, California, Mexic- (202) 357-2465, ask for Announcement itage, and is looking for a dynamic man­ can and Central American history. Super­ 86-406-T. For further information, call ager to develop and direct its conser­ visory experience and familiarity with or write: David H. DeVorkin, Room 3557, vation programs. Duties: The manager RLIN or other computer-based system ex­ National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian will be responsible for the development pected. Full job description mailed on re­ Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 (202) and management of the Conservation Depart­ quest. Salary in the $24,012 to $32,232 357-2828. ment, with duties including: Investigating per annum hiring range depending on quali­ and assessing the conservation needs of fications. Position available 1 January the collections in relation to fumigation, 1987 or as soon thereafter as possible. SLOAN VIDEOHISTORY PROJECT MANAGER: SMITH­ preservation principles. Supervisory exp­ Send resume, including the names and ad­ SONIAN INSTITUTION, Immediate opening a- erience. Excellent oral and written dresses of three professional references, vailable at the Smithsonian Institution, skills. Ability to work independently. to: William E. Wenz, Director for Library Washington, D.C. for an historian to act Background in health sciences preferred. Personnel, Room 447 General Library, Uni­ as Program Manager for a four-year explor­ Salary is $15,750 (equivalent to $21,000 versity of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 atory program to produce a set of video­ per annum). This position is available history studies now under development by immediately. Apply in writing to: Brett members of the Smithsonian staff. The in­ A. Kirkpatrick, Librarian, New York Acad­ cumbent is expected to have at least two emy of Medicine, 2 East 103rd Street, New STATE ARCHIVIST/SUPERVISOR SPECIAL COL­ years' professional experience and know­ York, NY 10029 LECTIONS. State Historical Society of ledge of 20th century history of science Iowa, Des Moines. This position directs and technology, scientific institutions, program area which includes state govern­ intellectual history or anthropology, as ment records and historical manuscript/ well as knowledge of videohistory and oral photograph collections. Supervises staff history techniques and general archival ASSISTANT HEAD, BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY, of seven in Des Moines and Iowa City. practices. This is a management and re­ Historical Collections: Serve in active, Prepare for transfer of 17,000 cu. ft. search services position in what is pri­ growing local history department and spe­ records to new facility in 1987. Must marily an archival activity, in support of cial collections for State's largest city. communicate well with personnel at all on-going Smithsonian studies in the his­ Help promote expanding community history levels of state and local government. tory of recent science and technology. program. Department contains book col­ QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree in public Salary range: $31,619 to $41,105 per year. lection in history and genealogy, archives administration, library science, history, ~Tn addition to a Personnel Qualifi­ and manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, or related fields, and one year of cations Statement SF-171, submit a supple­ maps, prints and a special collection on archival management experience. Ad­ mental sheet giving explicit examples of circus and P.T. Barnum. Subject areas in­ ditional experience desirable. Salary: management experience and training to: clude black, ethnic, labor and business $23,300+, good fringe benefits. We seek Smithsonian Institution, Office of Person­ history. M.L.S. required; history degree someone who can add to the social and nel Administration, Arts and industries desirable. Knowledge of computerization professional diversity of the state and Building, Room 1410, 900 Jefferson Drive, helpful (department is implementing MARCON institution. Women, minorities, ^ and S.W. Washington, D.C. 20560. To request a software). City residency must be esta­ handicapped individuals are positively copy of the vacancy announcement, call blished within 6 months after appointment. encouraged to apply. Apply: Send letter (202) 357-2465, ask for Announcement 86- Salary $25,203. Apply by October 31 to of application and resume by Oct. 15 to 405-T. For further information, call or Les Kozerowitz, Assistant City Librarian, Box A, Library/Archives, State Historical write: David H. DeVorkin, Room 3557, Nat­ Bridgeport Public Library, 925 Broad Society of Iowa, 402 Iowa Avenue, Iowa ional Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604. City, Iowa 52240. Available: Dec. 1, Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 (202) 1986. 357-2828.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 18 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATOR, Rhode ASSISTANT STATE ARCHIVIST, Ohio-This is a ARCHIVIST, The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Island-SALARY RANGE: $31,264-$35,408. highly responsible, professional position Foundation, Six month full time or one GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: To supervise as head of a major section of the Archives year part time renewable position to pro­ direct and coordinate the activities of -Library Division of the Ohio Historical cess the Frick family papers, 1870-1986. the Public Records Administration Program; Society. An employee in this classifi­ Will supervise one assistant. Qualifica­ and to render all services required by cation is responsible to the Division tions: MA in history or American Studies; Public Records Adminstration Act that can Chief-State Archivist for the administra­ training and/or advanced degree in archi­ be advantageously and effectively centra­ tion of the section and directs and super­ val management. Send resume and three lized. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: vises the work of three departments. references by October 31, 1986 to Ellen M. graduation from a college of recognized Duties Include: Serve, as designated, as Rosenthal, Curator, The Helen Clay Frick standing minimum of a Bachelor's Degree acting division chief in the absence of Foundation, PO Box 86190, Pittsburgh, PA with additional courses related to the the Division Chief-State Archivist and 15521. field of records and/or archives represent the division as needed. Plan, management: and Experience: Such as may develop and administer the state and local have been gained through: considerable government records, conservation and mi­ employment in a highly responsible crofilming programs of the Archives-Li- MANAGEMENT ANALYST, Washington DC-This administrative or supervisory position in brary Division. Develop and implement position is in the Excepted Service. All the field of public records administration policies regarding acquisition, accession­ qualified persons are eligible for con- or any combination of education and ing and processing of state and local rec­ sideration-Civil Service Status is not experience that shall be substantially ords. Participate in policy formulation required. The classification of this po­ equivalent to the above education and and recommendations, interpretation and sition at the GS-12 grade level is subject experience. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: At the planning for programs and systems, conduct to a classification review. The position time of appointment must possess and/or attend meetings, prepare adminis­ will be filled at the GS-9 or GS-11 gradé certification as a Certified Records trative reports, and assist in budget pre­ level. Appointment subject to suitability Manager and maintain such certification. paration. Supervise, train, evaluate investigation by U.S. Capitol Police. The Application period from: August 18, 1986 staff and recommend staff assignments, location is Architect of the Capitol, Of­ through September 19, 1986. NO RESUMES maintain files, and direct data gathering fice of the Executive Assistant, Curator, WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE activities. Plan, initiate, and direct Records Management Division. The incum­ APPLICATION PERIOD. Resumes should be special projects supported by state, fed­ bent of this position is the Records Man­ forwarded to the Division of Personnel eral, and private grants and legislative agement Office of the Architect, and in Administration, 289 Promenade Street, appropriations. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: this capacity is responsible for the col­ Providence, RI 02908. Knowledge of archival-records management, lection, preservation, availability, com­ conservation and microfilming practices puter indexing, and storage of the records and procedures. Knowledge of American and of the Architect and staff; the develop­ Ohio history, historiography, and research ment, implementation, and revision of the ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Joint Collection-Uni­ methods. Ability to plan and implement Architect's Correspondence Manual; and the versity of Missouri Western Historical programs which fulfill the objectives es­ coordination of new forms development and Manuscript Collection-State Historical tablished by the division. Experience in current forms revision to ensure that in­ Society of Missouri Mansucripts (St. Louis supervising professional, technical, and formation gathered or stored is not un­ Campus). Basic responsibilities are: to para-professional staff and volunteers. necessarily duplicated. The incumbent's acquire manuscripts desired by the St. Ability to work cooperatively and profes­ records management work includes the Louis campus and the State Historical So­ sionally with the divisional and other management of all information regardless ciety; to direct the manuscript library on Society staff in meeting the goals for the of its format, e.g., paper, computer the St. Louis campus; to direct opera­ institution and the division. Ability to stored microfilm, architectural drawings, tional, financial and personnel activities write and communicate effectively. QUAL­ photographs, etc., and that which is of the Joint Collection on the St. Louis IFICATIONS: Minimum of a master's degree included in the technical library under campus; and to direct the acquisition, in American history, library science, or a the incumbent's administration. STARTING processing and maintenance of the archives related discipline from an accredited col­ SALARIES: GS-9, $21,804; GS-11, $26,381 of the St. Louis campus. Must have lege or university, plus seven years of per annum, depending on the qualifications capacity to work effectively with faculty, experience of direct archives and/or li­ of the selected Federal employee will be scholars, students, staff and general pub­ brary experience including administrative set at the appropriate step of the grade lic. Supervision received from the dir­ and professional experience. Send resume of selection. The salary of an applicant ector of the Joint Collection. Qualifica­ to: Ohio Historical Society, Archives Di­ selected from the private sector will be tions: M.A. degree in history, political vision, 1-71 and 17th Ave, Columbus, OH set at the first step of the grade level science, library science or related field, 43211. Of selection. QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED: or an equivalent combination of education Applicants for this position must possess and experience. A Ph.D. in history is either a bachelor's degree in an appro desirable. Must have at least three years priate field of study OR 3 years of equiv manuscript/archival experience. Salary aient general experience which demon includes health, dental, life and dis­ PROJECT ARCHIVIST, Worcester County Li­ strates possession of the knowledge, ability insurance; tax deferred annuity brary-Snow Hill, Md-Appraises, arranges, skills and abilities to perform the duties program available. Application deadline, boxes, inventories, accessions, shelves and responsibilities of this position, November 7, 1986. Send application, and prepares a finding aid to the William PLUS 2 years of specialized experience to letter, resume and names and addresses of D. Pitts Collection of survey records qualify at the GS-9 grade level or 3 ad at least three references to: Dr. James dating from 1748 to 1980. Answers in­ ditional years of specialized experience W. Goodrich, Director, Western Historical quiries concerning the collection from to qualify at the GS-11 grade level. Manuscript Collection, 2 Elmer Ellis Li­ historians, surveyors, lawyers, government Specialized experienced for this position brary, University of Missouri, Columbia, officials, genealogists, and others inter­ would generally include experience per Missouri 65201. ested in the collection. Working know­ forming analytical work in any of the ledge of archival science, or archival areas of information management (also principles and techniques; working know­ called records management, paperwork man ledge of materials stored in an archives; agement, doucmentation management, etc.) ARCHIVIST (GRANT ANALYST) , GS-9/11, working knowledge of references and re­ SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Applicants not National Historical Publications and Rec­ search methods used in compiling and orga­ possessing experience in records manage­ ords Commission, National Archives and nizing data; ability to write clearly and ment work will not be considered. KNOW­ Records Administration. Full-time Civil concisely using grammatically correct En­ LEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES DESIRED: Service position working under the super­ glish; ability to answer inquiries from Knowledge of records management theory, vision of the Director of the Records Pro­ the general public, public officials and regulations, and practices relating to gram. Responsibilities include analysis agencies by locating the information re­ current and historical materials. Know­ of records grant applications, preparation quested; ability to organize data and to ledge of correspondence procedures and the of staff reports for Commission members, prepare responses in letter or report relationship of correspondence to infor­ and liaison with State Coordinators and form; ability to edit materials for publi­ mation management. Knowledge of forms de­ State Historical Records Advisory Boards cation; ability to establish and maintain velopment and management. Knowledge of in the Midwest. Qualifications : Must effective working relationships with other and ability to use computer systems' ca­ qualify for Mid-Level Positions Register staff, public officials and general public pabilities in relationship to records man­ and meet educational criteria for This is a one year position funded by a agement. The ability to express self classification as an archivist in the grant from the National Historical Publi­ orally and in writing. BENEFITS: Fed­ National Archives. Strong writing ability cations and Records Commission. The work eral Employees Health Benefits (choice of and broad knowledge of non-Federal ar­ entails making the William D. Pitts carriers). Federal Employees Group Life chives and manuscript repositories are Collection of survey papers accessible to Insurance. Annual and sick leave. Fed­ desirable. Starting Salary : from $21,804 the public, while insuring the preserva­ eral retirement benefits. APPLICATION to $26,381. For information , contact tion of materials. The collection is PROCEDURES: Applicants must submit either Charles Reese, NAPW, Personnel Office, comprised of county surveyor and private a Standard Form 171, "Application For Fed­ National Archives Bldg., Washington, DC records and growth of Worcester County eral Employment" or a resume, and a Sup­ 20408, telephone (202) 523-5386. To from the colonial period to the present plemental Statement addressing their pos­ Apply : Submit a completed SF-171 witE day. Send letter of application by session of the identified knowledge, (If necessary) a completed Mid-Level October 1, 1986 to: Stewart Wells, skills, and abilities to: Architect of the Positions Register application to the Director, Worcester County Library, 307 Capitol, Personnel Division (H2-291B) National Archives Personnel Office. North Washington Street, Snow Hill, MD Washington, DC 20515. OPEN UNTIL FILLED. Closing Date : October 10. 21863. Telephone inquiries may be referred to Mr. Saunders at (202) 226-2551.

SAA Newsletter 19 September 1986 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION SPECIALIST, National Museum of sonian Institution, Office of Personnel ARCHIVIST I,Yale University, Beinecke Rare African Art, Washington, DC $26,381 per Administration, Arts and Industries Buil­ Book and Manuscript Library-Responsi­ year. The incumbent of this position con­ ding Room 1410, 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W., bilities: Processes manuscript holdings ceives, develops and implements, in con­ Washington, DC 20560. of the Beinecke's five collections: Amer­ sultation with the Curator of Education, ican literature, German literature and Museum Curators and/or guest curators, history, and the general collection of innovative and creative education programs manuscripts. Qualifications: ALA-ac- for schools and the general public; works credited MLS and/or MA with archives spe­ closely with education specialists to de­ THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, PROJECT cialization; strong knowledge in the hu­ velop written materials, evaluative techn­ ARCHIVIST-TEMPORARY, Established in 1847 manities. One or two years experience iques, and implementation procedures for as a private association of physicians, processing manuscript and special col­ public- and school programs; initiates, The New York Academy of Medicine supports lection materials desirable. Familiarity develops, and implements school programs a medical research library collection with AACRII, LC and local authority con­ and other programs related to permanent which includes over 480,000 bound volumes trol, automated bibliographic and manage­ and changing exhibitions for local and and receives approximately 4,000 discrete ment information systems, and preservation national audiences; meets with local serial titles yearly. A staff of 56 main­ techniques. Reading knowledge of one or school district officials, principles and tains the collections and provides ser­ more European languages. Demonstrated teachers to assess needs and develops pro­ vices to a wide variety of health sciences ability to work effectively with others. grams in consultation with school cur­ library services for ten northeastern Knowledge of RLIN/AMC file and US MARC riculum specialists; establishes and meets states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Archives and Manuscript Control Format with, as necessary, curriculum teams com­ and serves as a major component in the New desirable. SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary prised of local teachers and/or adminis­ York State Interlibrary Loan System. The from $22,500, dependent upon qualifica­ trators for planning and review of educa­ Library offers online computerized bibli­ tions. Benefits include 22 days vacation; tional materials; reviews NMAFA school ographic literature search services on a 16 holiday, personal, and recess days; programs and related curriculum materials fee-for-service basis using a wide variety comprehensive health care; TIAA-CREF or to determine applicability, effectiveness, of databases and is a member of the OCLC Yale retirement; and relocation assistance accuracy and validity; based on eval­ network. The Library is an institutional TO BE ASSURED OF CONSIDERATION, send uations, prepares recommendations to im­ member of the Medical Library Association letter, resume and names of 3 references prove overall NMAFA education programs; and the Independent Research Library As­ by October 8, 1986 to: Linda Green, Li aids in promotion of NMAFA educational sociation and is a sponsoring member of brary Personnel, 1603A Yale Station, New materials through contact with local and the Medical Library Center of New York. Haven, CT 06520. national audiences, conceives, develops Work with the archival collection of a and conducts workshops, seminars, and en­ large medical research library. Under the richment programs to meet professional and direction of the Preservation educational needs of school adminis­ Administrator, appraise, arrange, and trators, teachers and students; develops describe the Archives of the Health and evaluation techniques and instruments for Hospital Planning Council of Southern New HEAD LIBRARIAN, The Brooklyn Museum, all proposed programs; assists in the pre­ York, including the creation of an index Responsible for overall management of paration of grant proposals for outside and guide to the collection. This is a 125,000 volume library plus manuscript, funding of NMAFA school programs; hosts temporary position with a FTE of nine photo, map, newspaper collections. Super­ museum public programs on weekends, eve­ months. MLS from an ALA-accredited vises two professionals, two clerks, vol­ nings and holidays as necessary; re­ institution. Advanced knowledge of unteers. Provides reference assistance to searches, develops concepts for programs, archival principles and practices as readers, and directs acquisitions and pre­ and writes educational materials to ac­ demonstrated by a minimum of two years servation programs. Responsible for pol­ company exhibitions or for other special full-time experience in archives and icy, planning, and budget preparation. MLS projects; serves as Acting Curator of Ed­ records management. Familiarity with required with minimum 2 years supervisory ucation in the absence of the Curator of storage, repair and preservation, binding experience in comparable institutions. Education, assuming authority and respon­ and reprography. Forward planning based Grant writing experience desirable. Sal­ sibility for the overall administration of on the assessment of needs. Formulation ary: mid $20s, depending on qualifications the Department of Educationl; and performs of policy advice to Senior Management. Excellent benefits. Letter and resume to: other related duties as assigned. All Implementation of new policies and proce­ Executive Director, The Brooklyn Histori­ candidates including handicapped indivi­ dures. Development and management of quan­ cal Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, duals with eligibility under special ap­ titative techniques for project planning, Brooklyn, NY 11201. pointing authorities. Qualifications : program implementation and program moni­ Candidates must have successfully toring. Assessment and recommendations completed a full 4-year course of study in concerning the use of new technologies. an accredited college or university Initiation of and participation in rele-1 leading to a bachelor's or higher degree vant publicity and public relations act­ CURATOR OR ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF PHOTO­ which included or was supplemented by ivities. Participation in the development GRAPHS AND PRfNTS Richmond, VA- TO major study in education or in a subject and review of the State Library's exhibit­ collect, preserve, and interpret a photo­ field appropriate to the work of this ion program. Liaison and co-operation graphic and print collection in accordance position. In addition, 3 years of with departments of the State Library and with the Museum's collecting policy. professional experience is required. Such other institutions and individuals in the MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES-To professional experience must have been in management and development of conser­ define an optimum collection, assess the a field of education or in a subject field vation programs. Direction, development present collection against that standard, with which the position is directly con­ and training of senior staff. Qualifi­ and aid in the preparation and execution cerned. This experience must have cations: Extensive knowledge and exper­ of a collecting plan to develop an optimum equipped the candidate with the knowledge ience of conservation and restoration collection. To assist in the interpre­ and ability to perform fully the work of needs and procedures; degree or equivalent tation of the collection to the general the position for which he/she is being from recognized program in conservation, and scholarly public through lectures, considered. Knowledge of elementary and science or related discipline; effective publications, and exhibitions. To help in secondary education principles, methods, communication and demonstrated management the reorganization of storage and work practices, and techniques. Knowledge of skills; willingness and capacity to imple­ areas to develop the best possible use of African art history or anthropology. De­ ment equal employment opportunity prac­ space. To assume a leading role in the monstrated skill in conceiving, designing tices. Knowledge of conservation issues creation of intellectual control of the and implementing innovative and creative and trends, particularly of paper conser­ collection through organization and doc­ educational programs, and effectively or­ vation, is desirable, as is an under­ umentation of it. To process requests for ganizing and managing these programs. standing of the relationship between use copies of photographs in the collection Ability to give oral presentations to stu­ and preservation of library materials. and photographs of collection items. To dents, teachers, education officials. Mu­ Salary and benefits: A$36,313-A$38,470, work with volunteer staff. To perform seum officials, and Museum visitors. Ex­ with four weeks annual leave, leave load­ other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: perience in applying education principles, ing, generous sick leave provisions, op­ M.A. in a related field or equivalent ex­ methods, practices, and techniques, es­ tional employer-subsidized superannuation perience. Knowledge of the history of pecially involving museums. Knowledge of scheme, five-day 35-hour working week with photography and the technology of photo­ local district school system structures flexible working hours, long service leave graphs. Previous museum experience and an and modes of operation. Demonstrated provisions. (At the current rate of ex­ interest in the history of the twentieth ability to write clearly and concisely. change, that would be $23,240-$24,620; but century desirable. SALARY AND BENEFITS: Demonstrated ability to research and write other factors, such as the cost of living, Permanent, full-time, reporting to the curriculum materials of a technical nature enter in too. - Ed.) Application Assistant Director, Collections. Vac­ which can be interpreted and understood by procedure: Further inquiries can be made ation, sick leave, holidays, health insur­ teachers of all levels from kindergarten to Mrs. Janine Schmidt, telephone (02) ance. Salary range: $12,000 to $16,000. through college. In addition to a Per­ 230-1443, telex 12 1150, or by air mail PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION: A letter of sonnel Qualifications Statement (SF-171), letter. Applications marked application, a resume and five references applicants should submit a supplemental "Confidential-Position No. L/197" should be sent to: Ms. Eryl Platzer, sheet giving 'specific examples of ex­ including resume and nominating two ref­ Assistant Director, Collections, Valentine perience and training which apply to each erees should be sent to the Staff Clerk, Museum, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, of the selective and/or quality ranking State Library of New South Wales, Mac- VA 23219. Applications must be received factors. This experience and training querie St., Sydney, N.S.W. 2000, by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 27, 1986. must also be included in the SF-171. Australia, by October 10, 1986. Inter­ Starting date: Monday, September 8, or as Applications must be submitted to: Smith­ views will be conducted by telephone. soon as possible thereafter.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 20 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

ASSISTANT HEAD, Manuscripts Division-The ARCHIVIST/RECORDS SUPERVISOR, Archdiocese ARCHIVIST, West Point, NY- Cadet Library, Bancroft Library Manuscripts Division in­ of Chicago. Duties : Responsible for the United States Military Academy. The stan­ cludes 4.5 FTE, 3 student assistants, plus administration ôï Archdiocesan-wide dard work week is 40 hours and employment special projects staff. The Assistant archives and records management program. is on a 12-month basis. The starting sal­ Head of the Division participates in all Duties to include the organization, plan­ ary $19,740 with periodic within grade facets of the operation of the division. ning, development and implementation of increases of $658 to a maximum of $25,662 Major responsibilities include assistance on-going archival and records management per annum. The periodic increases are with the training and supervision of sup­ activities. Will work with the Records provided by law for employees whose ser­ port staff; assistance in the acquisition Committee to develop policies and reten­ vice meets prescribed standards of effic­ of collections by gift or purchase; ar­ tion schedules and will then implement iency. DUTIES: Assists the Chief, United rangement, description and cataloging of them. Responsible for acquisitions, ap­ States Military Academy Archives, in car­ collections; development of inventories praisal, processing and preservation of rying out the responsibility for the pro­ and other specialized finding aids; imple­ archival materials having historical, in­ per functioning of the Archives, which mentation of appropriate computer-based formational, legal and evidential value as includes the official records (dating back techniques to facilitate control of and documentation of the historical growth and to 1802) of the Academy's history and that access to the collections, particularly development of the Roman Catholic Church of the Corps of Cadets and West Point. utilization of the MARC AMC format; as­ and elsewhere. Individual will manage the NATURE OF APPOINTMENT: Appointment will sistance in the preparation of exhibits; Archives and Record Center located at 5150 be career-conditional (permanent) in the and providing reference service through Northwest Highway in Chicago ( a 10,000 Competitive Service. The first year is a correspondence, personal meetings, and sq.ft. facility) and will supervise a probationary period. MINIMUM QUALIFI­ some time at the Heller Reading Room desk. four-person staff there. Budget planning, CATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must pos­ QUALIFICATIONS : MLS from an accredited grant writing, conservation and preser­ sess either A or B: A. A full 4-year library; three or more years experience vation programs, reference services, ex­ course in an accredited college or univer­ with demonstrated success processing and hibit planning, records storage and dis­ sity which has included or been supple­ catloging manuscripts in a large academic posal, written and oral reports with other mented by 18 semester hours in the history library or a large manuscript or archival projects will be included. Qualifica­ of the United States or in American polit­ collection. Strong academic background in tions: Master's degree in history, li­ ical science or government or a combina­ American history and literature necessary; brary science or related field. Exper­ tion of the following: history, American good knowledge of Western American his­ ience in an archives or equivalent setting civilization, economics, political tory, particularly of California, Mexican with a demonstrated history of successful science, public administration or govern­ and Central American history, highly de­ performance. Training and/or experience ment, OR: B. Courses in an accredited sirable, as is a good working knowledge of in records management, computers and mi­ college or university as described in A Spanish. Demonstrated successful training crofilming processing. Excellent oral and above, plus additional appropriate educa­ and supervisory experience required. written communications skills and ability tion or experience which, when combined, Ability to work well with colleagues, ad­ to work well with people. Evidence of have provided the candidate with the sub­ ministrative staff, donors, faculty, stu­ ability in research, publications and pro­ stantial equivalent of A above. In ad­ dents, and other researchers essential. fessional service. Broad knowledge of dition to the above, candiates must have Experience with MARC AMC format, utilizing church history is desirable. This is a had 1 1/2 years of either professional RLIN or other computer-based system for full time regular position with starting experience or graduate education (or an bibliographic control of manuscript col­ salary range of $25-30,000 and benefit equivalent combination of both). Such lections is essential; familiarity with package including pension, paid hospitali­ professional experience must have been in production of computer-generated inven­ zation, vacation, etc. Applications will archival science, or in a directly related tories and indexes highly desirable. be accepted until 9/30/86. To apply send field of work such as history that in­ Since effective communication, both resume and letter of application to: volved the collection, appraisal, analy­ orally and in writing, is important, two Maryann Penczak, Manager of Employee Ser­ sis, or synthesis of information having or three samples of composition illus­ vices, Archdiocese of Chicago, P.O. Box historical or archival values. QUALITY OF trating writing ability will be requested 1979, Chicago, IL 60690. EXPERIENCE: At least 6 months of the re­ from finalist candidates. For collective quired experience must have been at the bargaining purposes: This position is a level of difficulty comparable to that of member of the bargaining unit which is the next lower grade, or 1 year comparible currently represented by the University to the second lower grade, in the Federal Federation of Librarians University Coun­ UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST, The George Washing­ service. RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFITS: cil— AFT. (Classification and salary will ton University, Washington DC-Manages a The appointee will be covered by Social be based on the qualifications of the can­ university-wide archives and records man­ Security at a deduction of 7.15% of sal­ didate selected for this position. Assis­ agement program for administrative, ary. An additional deduction of 1.3% will tant or Associate Librarian $24,012 - fiscal, legal and historical records of be taken for coverage by the Civil Service $32,232 per annum.) Position will be the university. Will direct comprehensive Retirement Fund. Sick and annual leave available 1 January 1987 or as soon there­ records survey. Responsibilities include are provided at the beginning rate of 13 after as possible. Applicants should ap­ developing and implementing policies and days per year for each category. A higher ply in writing, including with their let­ procedures for effective use of university beginning rate of annual leave is author­ ter, a^ complete statement of qualifi­ archives and records. Will establish and ized based on previous military service cations, a full resume of their education maintain contact with all university of­ and/or civilian civil service employment. and relevant experience, and the names and fices and organizations and will educate HOW TO APPLY: The Office of Personnel Man­ addresses of three references who are and advise on program. Directs prepar­ agement, New York, will be accepting ap­ knowledgeable about their qualifications ation of research aids for university ar­ plications from September 1 through Oc­ for this position. Send applications to: chives; supervises compilation of on-line tober 31, 1986 (for early consideration, William E. Wenz, Director for Library Per­ faculty publications database; advises applications must be received by September sonnel, Room 447 General Library, Univer­ researchers in the use of university ar­ 30, 1986). Submit completed application sity of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. chives and records. Supervises at least 1 (Personnel Qualifications Statement, FTE support staff and students. The "Uni­ Standard Form 171) to: Office of Personnel versity Archivist reports to the Head, Management, New York Area Office, 26 Fed­ Department of Special Collections. As eral Plaza, Room 2-100, New York, NY 10278 with all professionals at Gelman Library, Applications may be obtained by writing to DIRECTOR, Division of Archives and Re­ the University Archivist will serve as a the Office of Personnel Management in New cords, State of Utah-State Arvhivist. subject specialist in assigned academic York, or by writing or calling the fol­ Manages a staff of 40 in the states archi­ disciplines. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: lowing: United States Military Academy, val and records management programs inclu­ Formal training in archives; minimum two Civilian Personnel Office, West Point, NY ding: archives and records center, reten­ years archival experience in an academic 10996-1995 (914) 938-3039 tion scheduling of automated and manual or research library; strong interpersonal records, archival arrangement and des­ and communication skills; demonstrated cription, privacy classification, central administrative and organizational ability; microfilming, and administrative rules. supervisory experience and knowledge of SPECIALIST I-The New York Public Library, Appointed by the executive director of preservation techniques and research use Rarebook Division-Manuscripts and department of administrative servies with of archival collections; ability to in­ Archives. Temporary position for 1 year the approval of the governor. Requires a teract effectively with administrators, under the general supervision of the Cur­ faculty and staff. PREFERRED: ALA-ac- ator, will arrange and describe the rec­ Masters Degree in the information science, credited MLS; advanced degree in social public administration, or related field sciences or humanities; knowledge of mi­ ords of the National Council of Women and plus five years of professional archival prepare the collection for microfilming. and management experience. Experience in crocomputer applications to archival ma­ Will perform some reference work. Per­ state archival programs and CRM (Certified terials processing; experience in teach­ forms related duties as required. We are Records Management) desired. Salary ing; a record of professional involvement. seeking an individual with a BA and an MA range: $32,656.00-$44,495.00 (depending SALARY: from $20,000. Salary is dependent in a pertinent subject area as well as on qualifications and salary history). upon background and experience. Closing formal archival training. Experience in Submit resume with cover letter to: date for application is October 15, 1986. arrangement, description and preparation Carolyn Lloyd Moore, Administrative Of­ Please send current resume and names of for microfilming, of archival materials ficer, Department of Administrative Ser­ three references to: Ms. Mattie Rogers- desirable. Contact: The New York Public vices, 2100 State Office Building, Salt Alien, Executive Coordinator, Gelman Library, Human Resources Department, 5th Lake City, UT 84114. Closing Date: No­ Library, The George Washington University Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 vember 15. 1986. Washington, DC 20052. (212) 704-8616.

SAA Newsletter 21 September 1986 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

ADULT EDUCATION MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARIAN: EDUCATION WORKHOP COORDINATOR, Smithsonian LOCAL RECORDS COORDINATOR, Nashville, TN- Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service Local Records Coordinator, under general SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, This is a new, permanent position which is part of a (SITES) - The incumbent of the position ifc direction of the Director of a Section of responsible for organizing and adminis­ the Library and Archives, manages a De­ project supported by a Kellogg Foundation grant. RESPONSIBILITIES will include: tering workshops and seminars for the Ed­ partment of the Library and Archives or ucation Department of SITES to be attended coordinates a specific program. RESPONSI­ Create a written appraisal and acquisi­ tions policy for the selection of Adult by museum educators and other museum pro­ BILITIES OF THE POSITION: Describes local fessionals from around the country and records in the Library and Archives Education collections; develop procedures for input of documents into an optical abroad. Workshops are to develop educa­ according to standard archival practice; tional programs complementing specific prepar.es inventories of records housed in disc system; hire, train and supervise staff and student assistants for SITES exhibitions or as collaborative ef­ counties and incorporated municipalities forts with other Smithsonian units. The for microfilming by the Restoration and processing and inputting of materials; catalog collections for input into the duties include soliciting relevant infor­ Reproduction Section of the State Library mation on exhibitions for inclusion in and Archives; locates and organizes r l i n Archives and Manuscripts Control System; provide reference and research workshops and seminars; researching ex­ volunteer groups to aid in the arranging hibitor demographics to identify level and of unbound records and indexing of other assistance to the collections. REQUIREMENTS include: An MLS from an scope of workshop participants; estab­ records; studies the needs of local lishing targeted mailing lists and devel­ governments in relation to their records, ALA-accredited library school, experience in archives or manuscripts, excellent oping appropriate promotional materials; both as an archivist with attention to budgetary planning for workshops; editing appraisal and preservation, and as a organization and communication skills and a valid driver's license. Preference will of materials for inclusion in workshops; records manager with local archival overseeing planning for workshops; editing repositories regarding the arrangement, be given to candidates with: additional degrees in Adult Education, supervisory of materials for inclusion in workshops; description and preservation of local overseeing contract employees and spec­ records. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Master's experience, and experience working with the RLIN database. RANK and SALARY will ialists; using audio-visual equipment in degree in history, political science or workshops; arranging for participation library science with five years' be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Send resume, letter of and/or presence of appropriate SITES staff experience as an archivist or librarian. members at workshops; scheduling use of Other combinations of training and intention, and 3 letters of reference to: Eileen Emerson, Search Committe for Adult Education Workshop based on priorities of experience may be substituted at the SITES and other Smithsonian units; and discretion of the appointing authority. Education Manuscripts Librarian, c/o Office of Human Resources, Skytop Office representing SITES at national and inter­ KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES: Thorough national conferences. Qualifications: knowledge of archival arrangement and des Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 13244-5300. Applications re­ Candidates must have successfully cription; understanding of the operation completed a full 4-year course of study in of local government; ability to deal with ceived by October 10, 1986 will be given first consideration. an accredited college or university the public, with government officials and leading to a bachelor's or higher degree the staff of the State Librar y and Ar which included or was supplemented by chives; must bve flexible and adaptable to major study in education. Additionally, 2 a variety of circumstances and ability to years of professional experience or a two travel extensively. SALARY RANGE: full years of graduate study in tKé field $1,677-$2,491. Applicants should contact DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, Atlanta, GA. This position has of education or related field or a Dee Roberts, Director of Personnel and combination of both are necessary. A Development, Tennessee State Library and statewide responsibility for the consoli­ dated archives documentation appraisal Master's degree in education or a related Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nash­ field is fully qualifying for this ville, TN 37219. functions and records management systems design and analysis functions into a position. Selective Factors: Ability to "life-cycle", records systems planning and organize and administer projects. Skill development program. Georgia's Records in public speaking and group dynamics. Skill in written communication. Knowledge MANUSCRIPTS CURATOR -Entry level position. Act mandates the use of the records disposition schedule and Georgia's public of museum-related education practices and Reports to Head, Special Collections De­ trends. Quality Ranking Factors: partment. Responsible for arranging and officials are required to create and main­ tain records in accordance with State Rec­ Experience in scheduling programs and lo­ describing manuscript collections. Pre­ gistics. Knowledge of museum-related ed­ pares finding aids. Plans preservation ords Committee-approved schedules. The .decisions of the Committee, composed of ucation practices and trends. Knowledge activities. Participates in reference the Governor, Attorney General, State of audio-visual hardware, techniques and services for Special Collections. Pro­ Auditor, and Secretary of State, carry the use as an instructional tool. In addition vides information about manuscript col­ force and effect of law. The position to a Pesonal Qualifications Statement lections by preparing exhibits or presen­ will be responsible for management of rec­ (SF-171), applicants should submit a tations. Assists in the formulation of ords appraisal, development of retention supplemental sheet giving specific collection development policies and acqui­ schedules, and preparation and distribu­ examples of experience and training which sitions of manuscripts. The University tion of technical training information to apply to each of the selective and/or Libraries Special Collections house grow­ be shared with Georgia's state agencies quality ranking factors. This experience ing manuscript collections in the areas of and local governments. Minimum require­ and training must also be included in thè business history, particularly railroad SF-171. Applications must be submitted to history; history of science and technology ments: Completion of an undergraduate degree and at least four years of progres­ Smithsonian Institution, Office of Per­ in the 20th century; history of South­ sonnel Administration, Arts and Industries western Virginia; and Civil War history. sively responsible supervisory and admin­ istrative experience in public archives or Building Room 1410, 900 Jefferson Drive The Department includes the Archives of S.W., Washington, DC 20560. American Aerospace Exploration and the records program. Entry salary $30,000 to International Archive of Women in Archi­ $35,000 commensurate with training and tecture. Qualifications: Required: ALA experience. To make application, contact: accredited masters degree. Familiarity Edward Weldon or Lorraine Lee, Georgia Department of Archives and History, 330 EXHIBITION COORDINATOR. New York Govern­ with manuscripts and archives, par­ ment agency, custodian of various types of ticularly in the areas of arrangement and Capitol Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-2362. document collections having historical and description. Knowledge of archival prin­ cultural value, seeks person to plan and ciples and practices. Ability to estab­ organize a continuing series of exhibit­ lish effective working relationships with ions. Experienced historical documents researchers, colleagues, and the public. researcher to complete research for exhi­ Effective oral and written communication CURATOR OF MANUSCRIPTS, Newark, NJ-For historical collection in service-oriented bitions; select or oversee selection of skills. Desired: Background in American items for display; raise funds for sel­ history or history of science and tech­ private organization. We seek an ener­ getic individual who will be responsible ected exhibitions; negotiate with other nology. Familiarity with computer appli­ institutions for temporary loan of materi­ cations in manuscript processing. Rank for actively acquiring institutional rec­ ords and personal papers and expanding the al; install or oversee installation of and salary dependent upon qualifications exhibitions; prepare long-range exhibition and experience: Instructor rank, $18,700 collections program of the institution. Duties include the processing of collect­ plan. Prerequisites: good research ca­ minimum. Full time, 12 month appointment. pabilities; writing skills; keen graphics Librarians at Virginia Tech have faculty ions— arrangement, description, and pre­ paration of finding aids. The curator sensibility. Assets: demonstrated mar­ status and are eligible for TIAA-CREF re­ keting and/or fundraising ability; grad­ tirement program. 24 working days vacation assists researchers and others in the use of manuscript materials, and works a Tues— uate level training involving research in per year. Generous sick leave. Blue primary sources; familiarity with and/or Cross/Blue Shield. Life insurance. Tu­ day-Saturday schedule. SALARY: $18,000 minimum depending on qualifications, plus strong interest in NYC government; exper­ ition waiver. Send letter of application, ience in grant and/or fund administration. current resume, and the names, addresses, liberal benefits. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: M.A. in American history; archival experi­ One-year opening, starting in fall 1986, and telephone numbers of three references with possibility of annual extensions. to Frances 0. Painter, Assistant to the ence. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in history; M.L.S. Send letter of application $27,149 per annum. Send resume and refer­ Director for Personnel, 201 Newman Li­ ences to Eugene J. Bookman, Commissioner, brary, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 resume, and names and telephone numbers of three references to: Sarah Collins, NYC Department of Records and Information To ensure consideration, applications Services, 31 Chambers St., Rm. 305, NY NY should be recieved no later than October Director, New Jersey Historical Society Library, 230 Broadway, Newark, NJ 07104. 10007. 10, 1986.

SAA Newsletter September 1986 22 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Historical Society of CONSERVATION RESOURCE MANAGER Atlanta, GA- tact with State and local officials. The Western Pennsylvania, a private, regional RESPONSIBILITIES To develop, implement and Archivist also researches and develops manage a comprehensive conservation publications, and provides advice to local historical agency with new emphasis on government officials on records management outreach seeks energetic trained archivist program. Responsibilities include collection assessment and maintenance and archival administration. Master's with archival/library management exper­ degree in archival administration, his­ ience to head Library and Archives Depart­ through document preservation and micrographics, environment control, tory, government, economics, public ad­ ment, supervise small full and part-time ministration, library science, or a staff and volunteers, participate in ex­ disaster planning, training, and staff supervision. Two fully equipped labora­ closely related field. One year's hibit planning and overall administration. full-time equivalent professional exper­ Exciting opportunity to provide leadership tories totaling 9,000 square feet are available for preservation microfilming ience in administering, selecting, preser­ in expanding operations as part of a team ving, or making available for use archival of history professionals. Interest in and document conservation. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Completion of an under­ records. Preference will be given to can­ urban, industrial, labor, ethnic, and fam­ didates with experience in government or ily history helpful. January 1, 1987 graduate major. Three years of proven ex­ perience in a supervisory or administra­ insitutional archival administration. opening. Salary range $17,000-$18,000 Salary $20,066 to start. Deadline October plus benefits. Send resume with inform­ tive position in an archival institution, library or document preservation program; 10, 1986. Apply to Edward L. Galvin, Dir­ ative cover letter to: John A. Herbst, ector, Local Records Program, New York Executive Director, Historical Society of documented advanced training in conserva­ tion administration; good oral and written State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Western Pennsylvania, 4338 Bigelow Boul­ Albany, NY 12230 (518) 474-6926. evard, Pittsburg, PA 15213. communication skills. Salary and Ben- efits $24,084-$28,512 depending on qualifications; state merit position; an­ Proféssional opportunities are listed in nual and sick leave; paid holidays; health every SAA Newsletter and in the DOCUMENT RESTORER, Barrow Restoration insurance; retirement plan. Direct in­ "Employment Bulletin," a bi-monthly job Shop, The Barrow Restoration Shop is a quiries by September 15, 1986 to Lorraine listing available to SAA individual mem­ document restoration shop founded 50 years Lee, Georgia Department of Archives and bers only at a cost of $12 per year. ago by William J. Barrow, a pioneer in History, 330 Capitol Avenue SE, Atlanta, Members interested in receiving the "Em­ paper restoration, and still owned by the GA 30334, (404) 656-2362. ployment Bulletin" may subscribe at the Barrow family. Work deals primarily with time of their annual dues renewal. There restorations of Virginia court records and is no charge to employers listing position some private work. We are looking for LOCAL RECORDS ARCHIVIST I, Local Records in either the Newsletter or the someone to work in production document Section of the' New York State Archives in "Employment Bulletin." SAA members wish­ restoration, pertaining primarily to Albany, NY. The Section is responsible ing to register with the Placement Service paper. We will train the right person in for setting minimum retention periods and must fill out a "Qualification Summary the Barrow method, including deacidifica­ providing records management and archival Sheet"and return it with 15 copies of tion, lamination and encapsulation. Qua­ advisory services to all local governments their resume to SAA headquarters. For lifications: College background and exp­ in New York State, including counties, further information regarding the Place­ erience with crafts preferred; willingness cities, towns, villages, school districts, ment Service, please contact Sylvia Burck to bring new ideas into the shop and to community colleges, and others. The Ar­ at SAÀ headquarters. grow with the shop; willingness to be in­ chivist I reports to the Director of the volved in production. Send resume and Local Records Program and is responsible salary requirements to: Barrow Restor­ for assisting in the development of rec­ It., is assumed that all employers comply ation, Inc., State Library Building, 11th ords rentention and disposition schedules, with Equal Opportunity/Afflrmative Action and Capitol Streets, Richmond, VA 23219. involving survey work and extensive con­ regulations.

International Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences j u|y 11-13 1987

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The International Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences will meet in Montgomery, Alabama, July 11-13, 1987. It will be hosted by Auburn University at Montgomery, and co-sponsored by Huntingdon College; Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base; Tuskegee University; Veterans Administration (Tuskegee); Alabama Library Association; Information Institute (Santa Barbara, CA); and National Archives and Records Administration. Various other organizations and institutions are sponsoring tracks and theme sessions within the program. The program is expected to include about 100 20-30 minute papers in five simultaneous tracks, plus five keynote addresses; arrangements include a banquet, a social, and an evening at the new Alabama Shakespeare Festival Theater. Dormitory accommodations are available; Delta Airlines provides a 30% discount on domestic airfare to the conference. Please submit proposals for papers by December 15, 1986 to: Dr. Lawrence J. McCrank Dean, AUM Library and Resource Center • Auburn University at Montgomery • Montgomery, AL 36193-0401 Include: 1) title, author, and 1-page abstract; 2) 1-page personal vita; 3) for foreign scholars only, please indicate if attendance is contingent upon receipt of travel subsidy. If so, provide separately an estimate of itemized travel expenses in U.S. dollars, the amount needed, and the subsidy’s percentage of the total cost. Travel subsidies are dependent on external funding of this conference.

Papers are solicited in any discipline within the Humanities and Social Sciences pertaining to: 1) special project databases, their content, design, and utility; 2) available data resources from government, research centers, vendors, and utilities; 3) research methodology, data manipulation, and interpretation; 4) computer-assisted instruction; 5) data base management and expert systems, courses and curricula; 6) software packages and enhancements, i.e., statistical, econometric, and linguistic software; 7) standards for information storage, retrieval, and transfer; 8) online systems, networking, consortia development, and scholarly communications; 9) impact of new technology on research and instruction, i.e., optical character recognition, video-disc and CD ROM developments, digitization, etc.; and 10) the role of archives, museums, libraries, and electronic information centers in the control and dissemination of machine-readable resources.

SAA Newsletter 23 September 1986 NON-PROFIT ORO. U.S. POSTAGE PAID S S Newsletter CHICAGO. IL. The Society of American Archivists PERMIT NO. S«5 600 S. Federai, Suite 504 Chicago, Illinois 60605 Donn C. Neal, Executive Director (312) 922-0140

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Archives Records Foil Thief

User and inventory records at the Maryland hours, police had arrested Davis and con­ Historical Society provided crucial evi­ fronted him with the evidence, whereupon dence leading to the arrest and August 21 he confessed to stealing some 80 archival conviction of Erick Francis Davis for items from the society's collections. theft from the society's collections. These included the Adams letters, a circu­ lar letter from Robert E. Lee, and a let­ The scenario began on June 25, 1986 when a ter from Abner Doubleday. Some of the dealer informed the society he had been stolen materials were subsequently recov­ offered several letters written by Louisa ered. On July 23, however, three society Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy officials — Stuart, Manuscripts Librarian Adams. "It was our tremendous good for­ Donna Ellis, and Assistant Manuscripts tune to have completed a folder-by-folder Librarian Susan Weinandy — accompanied examination of the Adams papers last city and county police to Davis's home, fall," recalled Karen A. Stuart, Head armed with a search and seizure warrant. Librarian. A review of the examination Still more of the missing items were records confirmed that the letters were identified and confiscated at that time. society propery, and a quick check of user records revealed only one user since the Davis, who has no prior criminal record, examination — Davis. plead guilty to felony theft at trial and will be sentenced on December 1. The The society then had to confront how the maximum penalty for felony theft is 15 matter should be handled. "It was truly years in prison. Included in the guilty satisfying to me," Stuart said, "to have plea was an order by the judge that Davis the support of society officers all the make acceptable restitution to the society way up to the Chairman of the Board in for all unrecovered items. As this issue favor of pursuing the apprehension and of the newsletter went to press, half of prosecution of the suspect." the stolen items were still missing, including the Doubleday letter. The society turned their evidence over to Baltimore police on June 27. Within 24

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