NOMINATING COMMITTEE EYING THE EIGHTIES SELECTS CANDIDATES The Society is committed to anticipating the SAA's 1980 Nominating Committee has selected environment which the archival profession will the following candidates for office: face in the 1980's and to developing its pro­ grams accordingly. With a new decade at hand, Vice President (becomes President Sept. 1981) a poll taken in late December asked SAA members Cleo Hughes, Tennessee State Library and Archives and members of regional archival organizations Edward Weldon, New York State Archives to list the five most significant problems which archivists and the archival profession Treasurer will confront in the next five years. The Jay Haymond, Utah State Historical Society temptation to forecast was great— over half Mary Lynn McCree, University of Illinois at of the sample population returned the question­ Chicago Circle naire within two weeks. The ten issues identi­ fied most often, as well as a few of the com­ Council (2 seats; 4 year terms) ments received, are compiled below. Robert Gordon, Public Archives of Canada David Horn, DePauw University 1. SCARCE RESOURCES 61% (of respondents Eleanor McKay, Memphis State University cited issue) Sister Felicitas Powers, Sisters of Mercy National Office Inflation and reluctance to increase taxes will Virginia C. Purdy, National Archives and result in cutbacks in funding***In California— Records Service due to proposition 13 and other similar measures Charles 0. Schultz, Texas A&M University — a drastic cut in state and local funding! Of course, this means less staff and probably set­ Nominating Committee (3 seats, 1 year terms) backs in building programs, funds for preser- Patricia Bartkowski, Wayne State University vation***Enlargement of staffs to handle in­ Kenneth Duckett, University of Oregon creasing backlog of unprocessed records***Effec- Dennis East, Ohio Historical Society tive and efficient use of limited national Eva Moseley, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe resources devoted to archival activities. College William Price, North Carolina Department of 2. TECHNOLOGY 45% Archives and History Karyl Winn, University of Washington Keeping current with technological change*** Impact of computers on archival theory and Candidates for Council and Nominating Committee practice, especially in the area of finding will not be paired on the ballot. aids***New information formats require retooling of archivists and archival operations. Additional nominees may be placed on the ballot by a petition signed by 50 members of the 3. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 39% Society. Anyone who plans to initiate a petition should contact the Society's office Education standards/accreditation of archival by April 15, 1980 in order to assure all training***Curriculum development***Expansion candidates of equivalent exposure on the written of educational opportunities for veteran archi- ballot. Deadline for receipt of petitions in vists***Upgrading opportunities for continuing the executive director's office is May 25. education***Keeping library schools from con­ trolling archival education programs***Estab- Nominating Committee members are Frank Burke, lishing training curriculums, formal (classroom) NHPRC; David B. Gracy II, Texas State Archives; and informal (correspondence courses, primers Sue Holbert, Minnesota Historical Society; like the SAA manuals) for varying degrees of Philip F. Mooney, chairman, Coca-Cola Company; competency.(cont. on p. 2) and Patrick Nolan, Wright State University. EYING THE EIGHTIES ICONT.) Some other problems identified by respondents included: keeping a firm focus on archival 4. CONSERVATION 25% matters in the maelstrom of divisive social issues***the need for cooperative structures There will be more and more calls for conserva­ and programs***the adverse effects of militant tion expertise and not enough archivists will­ feminism in the profession***the development ing or able to fill this need***SAA should of resources for research in archival theory encourage courses for and by archivists*** ***clarifying and improving relations between Lack of conservation interest by directors*** regionals and SAA***a stronger SAA to monitor Lack of education and conservation facilities all archival programs***archival organizations to which one can turn. becoming so large that much time will be wasted bickering instead of on education and sharing 5. FINDING AIDS 24% (tie) of knowledge.

Creation of a truly national data base***Stan- One respondent said that "focusing on problems dardization of description to facilitate even­ is a legacy of the 1970's. We need more tual cooperative automation***A move to depart optimism, more creative thinking, more esprit from archival standards of description for de corps, and an agenda for the 80’s!" administrative purposes in favor of library access methods to service researchers. Another poll participant suggested one of the problems faced by the profession was maintain­ 5. PUBLIC EDUCATION/RELATIONS 24% (tie) ing our sense of humor.

Creation of a better image for archivists*** SAA ANNUAL MEETING EXPENSES: Development of a respected public image for archivists and archives among scholars, related WHO PAYS? professionals, legislators and the general A random sample of participants in the 1979 public***Promotion of archives and their use Chicago annual meeting provided the executive in the community at large***Reorientation to director's office with the following data new users/consumers of historical information. regarding how conference expenses wereffifinanced. The poll was similar to one made of participants 7. BULK/GLUT OF RECORDS 22% in the 1974 Toronto meeting. A comparison of the results suggests that SAA has been success­ The flood of paper***Developing new or improved ful in its efforts to convince administrators methods of archival practice to cope with the of the solid educational value of meeting atten­ reality of information glut in the 20th century. dance .

8. SECURITY 18% (tie) % of expenses 1974 1979 pd. by employer Toronto Chicago Rising theft***Legislation to assist in prose- cution***Theft is a problem, but much more is 80 - 100% 45% 61% lost to improper handling/storage in archives. 50 - 80 % 24% 9% 10 - 50 t; 12% 9% 8. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS SERVICE 18% under 10% 19% 21% (tie) Attendance in Toronto was approximately 650; Direction and leadership seems to be at a cru­ Chicago registration reached 1000. cial point— the organized profession has a large stake in this -development***Future of the Na­ SAA STAFF tional Archives and Presidential Libraries. NARS must be open to public scrutiny but not Ann Morgan Campbell Executive Director at the mercy of a megalomanic GSA Administrator. Bernice Brack Membership Assistant 8. CERTIFICATION 18% (tie) Joyce E. Gianatasio Director, Administra- tive Services Bringing issue of certification to a positive Andrea Giannattasio Bookkeeper point without tearing our unity apart in the Kathleen Kelly Hajek Publications Ass't. process. Thomas C. Pardo Program Officer Deborah Risteen Newsletter Editor & Program Officer Linda Ziemer Clerk-Typist

SAA Newsletter 2 March 1980 WHAT SAA COUNCIL DID STUDY TOUR OF GREAT BRITAIN

In its January 28-29 meeting in Williamsburg, SAA has put together an exciting one-week Virginia, SAA Council: study tour of Great Britain prior to the International Congress on Archives meeting in V Approved the Code of Ethics for the profession London in September. The dates for the proposed by a task force chaired by David tour are September 6-1A; the dates for the ICA Horn and ordered its publication in the meeting are September 15-19. American Archivist- Several archival repositories will be visited: VAuthorized the following SAA task forces: the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh; the National Information Systems, chaired by Borthwick Institute in York; the Worcester Richard Lytle; Institutional Evaluation, Record Office in Worcester; the Gloucester chaired by William Joyce; Automated Records County Record Office in Gloucester; and Shake­ and Techniques, chaired by Carolyn Geda and speare's Birthplace Trust in Stratford-on-Avon. Harold Naugler; and Replevin, chaired by Philip Mason. Non-archival highlights scheduled are a V Drafted a resolution regarding the National performance of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Archives (published in the SAA Extra News­ and a visit to Stonehenge. letter, February 1980) Several options will be made available to Heard that J. Frank Cook had been appointed interested archivists: the tour plus a week by President Maynard J. Brichford to chair in London for the Congress; the tour alone; the task force on the revision of the SAA or the week in London alone. Airline flights Constitution. will be arranged from several U.S. airports.

^Authorized the creation of a joint committee A travel agency is preparing a final itinerary with the American Association of Library as of press time; a complete brochure will Schools. be available for distribution in about three weeks. V Adopted the proposed program standard for the Persons interested in the trip, the Congress, practicum in archival education (published or both should request a copy of the brochure in the SAA Newsletter, July 1979) from Debbie Risteen at SAA headquarters. At the same time, it would be helpful to know l| Learned that dues revenue continued to be insufficient to support the Society's current which airport you wish to depart from and which tour option you are most interested in. level of services to members.

Vset May 29-30 for its next meeting. AWARDS DEADLINES APPROACHING Mary Jane Dowd, chair of SAA's Awards Committee, WEST VIRGINIA ARCHIVES UPDATE wants to remind all SAA members that the deadlines for nominations for SAA awards are As reported in the May 1979 SAA Newsletter, rapidly approaching. The awards are described the Archives and History Division of West on pp. 2-3 of the January 1980 SAA Newsletter. Virginia's Department of Culture and History was slated for termination under a sunset The application deadline for the Colonial Dames law passed by the state legislature in Febru­ Scholarship to the Modern Archives Institute ary 1979. is March 31, 1980. Application should be made to Sister Bridget M. Engelmeyer, College of After an extensive study, however, the legis­ Notre Dame, 4701 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD lature gave the Division new life, so that the 21210. See the January Newsletter for eligi­ threat of termination no longer exists. bility information.

The deadline to apply for all other SAA awards is May 1, 1980. Applications should be sent to Mary Jane Dowd, Industrial and Social Branch, (NNFS), National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC 20408.

March 1980 3 SAA Newsletter NOMINATIONS FOR SAA FELLOWS SOLICITED

The SAA Committee on Professional Standards professional responsibility. Contributions urges the Society's membership to nominate to the profession which demonstrate the persons for election as Fellows in 1980. possession of initiative,, resourcefulness, and professional morale. Election of Fellows is by majority vote of the Committee on Professional Standards, composed C. Writing of superior quality and usefulness of the five most recent past presidents of the in contributing toward the realization of Society. The 1979-80 Committee will be chaired the Society's objectives. by Hugh Taylor, Public Archives of Nova Scotia. D. Contributions to the archival profession According to the constitution, candidates for through active participation in the Society Fellow must have been individual members of of American Archivists and innovative or the Society in good standing for the past five other outstanding work on behalf of the years. The Committee on Professional Standards Society. is also guided by the following criteria: Any SAA member is eligible to nominate another ' A. Appropriate academic education and pro­ member for Fellow of the Society. For a nomina­ fessional and technical training in any of tion form, write to Joyce Gianatasio at SAA the fields of the Society's interest. headquarters.

B. Professional experience in any of the fields Completed forms must by received by Hugh Taylor, of the Society's objectives, of a minimum of Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Coburg Road, five years, which shall include evidence of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by May 1.

4TH BUSINESS ARCHIVES WORKSHOP COURT RULES IN FBI CASE

SAA's fourth workshop for business archivists In a January order, Judge Harold H. Greene of has been scheduled for August 18-22, 1980, the United States District Court for the Dis­ in Dearborn, Michigan, at the historic Dear­ trict of Columbia, halted the disposal of field born Inn. (This is a change from the dates files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. announced in the November 1979 Newsletter.) (.SAA Newsletter, November 1979, p. 16)

The agenda for the workshop will be similar A suit was brought against the FBI and NARS by to those of the previous three workshops, journalists, historians, subjects of FBI inves­ held in 1978 and 1979. The first three days tigations, and groups seeking,to disseminate will be devoted to basic archival procedures information about the bureau. Among the indi­ as they apply to business archivists. Topics viduals involved were Angela Davis, Jessica to be covered include establishing a business Mitford, Paul Robeson Jr., and several persons archives, appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, connected with the espionage case of Julius and description, and budgeting. Tours of local Ethel Rosenberg. repositories, including the Ford Archives, will be scheduled. Greene's opinion challenged the adequacy of NARS' appraisal of the FBI records in question. The final two days of the workshop will be NARS had granted the FBI's request for authority devoted to selected topics in business archives. to destroy all closed field office files, the The tentative list of topics to be covered theory being that these files were largely dup­ includes marketing a business archives, access licates of the records being maintained at FBI to business archives, photographs in the business Washington headquarters. archives, records management and business archives, and writing a corporate history. Plans are now being formulated by NARS for an extensive review and reappraisal of the bureau's The faculty for the final two days has not field files— a project which is expected to in­ yet been set. The basic portion will be volve an eight member team working for a year— taught by Douglas A. Bakken, Ford Archives, an unprecedented level of attention to one se­ and Edie Hedlin, NHPRC. ries of records. NARS' entire professional appraisal staff numbers about a dozen archivists, A complete brochure, including registration whose responsibilities now encompass the whole form, is being prepared. Persons wishing to receive it should contact Deborah Risteen at federal government. A copy of Greene's decision is available to members for a $2.00 prepaid SAA headquarters. copying charge.

SAA Newsletter 4 March 1980 44TH ANNUAL MEETING: AGENDA FOR THE 80'S

The 44th annual meeting of the Society of Following the meeting, archivists will have the American Archivists will be held September 30- opportunity to participate in an architectural October 3, 1980 at the Netherland Hilton in and historical bus tour of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati. The Local Arrangements Committee, Local Arrangements Committee is also arranging under the direction of Alice Vestal, University a post-meeting tour of the Shaker village of of Cincinnati, is planning a variety of activi­ Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, a carefully restored ties. Plans include an opening reception at rural Shaker community. Participants in the the Banker's Club of Cincinnati, entertainment overnight tour will be housed in one of the by blue grass and country singer Katie Laur, original buildings of the village. Rooms are and a tour of famous Cincinnati restaurants. furnished in reproduction Shaker furniture and hand woven rugs and curtains. The group will Two pre-conference workshops are being sched­ hear presentations on the history of the com­ uled in conjunction with the Cincinnati meet­ munity and the restoration of the village. ing. A workshop on Basic Archival Conservation will be held September 28-29. A workshop on Basic Archival Theory and Techniques will be conducted September 29-October 1. Details on the pre-conference workshops are available PROCEDURE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT from the SAA headquarters office. OF SAA TASK FORCES SAA program chairs Kenneth Duckett, University Paul McCarthy, chair of SAA Council's Program of Oregon, and Trudy Huskamp Peterson, National Committee, coordinates requests from the’ Archives and Records Service, have announced membership for the formation of task forces. "Agenda for the '80s" as the theme of the 1980 annual meeting. The theme will be the focus In order to insure that the Council has all of the plenary session, as well as sessions the appropriate and needed information for conducted by institutional Professional Affin­ the consideration of the establishment of a ity Groups addressing their particular archival task force he requests that each individual concerns during the coming decade. member of SAA requesting the establishment of a task force prepare an outline of the func­ tion and operation of the proposed task force on one to two pages for submission to the Council. While other materials may be sub­ mitted which will largely duplicate this ef­ fort the Program Committee would like to standardize the process to insure that the needed information is received in regard to each task force. Members may wish to submit additional materials besides this outline and are certainly invited to do so.

The Committee would like to have the following points covered in the outline of the proposal:

1. Purpose Conservation will be the focus of numerous 2. Expected outcome or product sessions including Conservation of Oversize and 3. Project duration Cartographic Materials, Conservation of Visual 4. Budget estimate Images, Cooperative Conservation, and Lamina­ 5. Outline of how the project will be accom­ tion: Pros and Cons. Other sessions scheduled plished or executed (by stages, if appro­ by the Program Committee include Systems in priate; also please attach example of Information Management, Editing and Production survey instruments, etc., if appropriate) of Archival Publications, Municipal Archives in 6. Membership suggestions, if appropriate the '80s, and Records Management for Religious Archives. Over 70 sessions, workshops, semi­ Requests for establishing a task force should nars, demonstrations, and a film festival have be sent to Paul McCarthy, Jr., Box 80687, been planned. College Station, Fairbanks, AK 99708.

March 1980 5 SAA Newsletter PAPERS

Peking In a letter to former U.S. Archivist A rectangular building to one side of the James B. Rhoads, Zhang Zong, Director-General main monastery complex contains a water reser­ of the State Archives Bureau of the People's voir. ; Sloping channels lead from the reservoir Republic of China, outlined his country's acti­ to the other side of the main building. These vities during International Archives Weeks. channels carried air which was cooled after During the period October 22-November 30, 1979> its contact with the cold water in the reservoir. the State Archives Bureau sponsored a week It is believed that the channels led to cells of films about Chinese history; issued a where fragile manuscripts were kept, and that special set of three commemorative stamps; the cooling was for their protection. held a symposium on archives at Chinese People's University; and prepared for the establishment of the China Archives Society. ’T'uznlitionl. • • American Archivist "International Scene" Editor Ronald Plavchan also received a letter H. THOMAS HICKERSON has been named chairman from Zhang appointing a correspondent from of the Cornell Libraries' Department of the State Archives Bureau to the American Manuscripts and University Archives. . .HYNDA Archivist. RUDD has been appointed archivist for the City of Los Angeles. . .DAVID ALEXANDER has been Detroit, Michigan Former General Motors named Archivist/Curator of the University of executive John De Lorean, in a new book Colorado, Denver. He was formerly Archivist entitled On a Clear Day You Can See General of the Northern Illinois Regional History Motors, gives an insider's look at the Center, DeKalb, Illinois. . .RICHARD A. CAMERON behavior of GM officials during Ralph Nader's has been appointed Field Director, Division of attack on the Corvair. Archives and Manuscripts, a position that in­ cludes administration of the Minnesota Regional "The corporation became almost paranoid about Research Centers network. Cameron was the the leaking of inside information on the car. director of the Area Research Center and Uni­ In April 1971, 19 boxes of microfilmed Corvair versity Archives at the University of Wisconsin- owner complaints, which had been ordered Eau Claire. . .DUANE P. SWANSON has been ap­ destroyed by upper management, turned up in pointed Assistant Archivist for Public Records the possession of two suburban Detroit junk in the Division of Archives and Manuscripts. dealers. When The Fourteenth Floor found Swanson was Field Representative in the Divi­ this out, it went into panic. We at Chevrolet sion. . .KATHERINE MARAS KOVACS has been named were ordered to buy the microfilm back and Archivist at the Corcoran Gallery and School have it destroyed. of Art in Washington, DC. . .JOHN BOVEY, Pro­ vincial Archivist of Manitoba, has been ap­ "I refused, saying that a public company had pointed Archivist for the Province of British no right to destroy documents of its business Columbia. . .The appointment of DAVID J. DAVIS and that GM's furtive purchase would certainly as Provincial Archivist of Newfoundland and surface. Besides, the $20,000 asking price Labrador has been announced; Davis succeeds was outright blackmail. F. BURNHAM GILL who has retired. . .DAVID LEVINE has been appointed Assistant Archivist "When some consumer groups showed an interest in the Archives-Manuscripts Division, Ohio in getting the film, the customer relations Historical Society. . .TRUDY PETERSON has been department was ordered to buy the film, which named Chief, Legislative and Natural Resources it did. To prevent similar slip-ups in the Branch, National Archives and Records Service future, the corporation tightened its . . .DON CARLET0N has been appointed Archivist- scrapping procedures." Librarian at the Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas. . .Steven Siegel is now (This excerpt was taken from an adapted version Archivist for the 92nd St. Young Men's and Young of one chapter of De Lorean's book, published Women's Hebrew Association in New York. . . in the January 1980 Washington Monthly .) ANTHONY CUCCHIARA has been named archivist for The Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York. Antichak, India Archeologists excavating a site that was once a Buddhist monastery have uncovered what is believed to have been an eighth century air conditioning device.

SAA Newsletter 6 March 1980 SAA Bookcase MARCH 1980

ÎJl Archives & Manuscripts: Exhibits is a practical, how­ to manual for persons planning exhibits of archival materials. The manual contains chapters on planning and development, conservation, design and technique, program coordination, and administrative considera­ SAA’s Basic Manual Series provides a wealth of intro­ tions. Over 30 drawings and photographs illustrate ductory and advanced “how to do it” information for the text. The appendices include sample forms and a anyone interested in the theory and practice of adminis­ list of suppliers of exhibit equipment. tering archives and manuscripts. Professional archivists and manuscripts curators, part-time and paraprofessional Archives & Manuscripts: Exhibits, by Gail Farr Caster­ staff, and librarians will find these manuals invaluable line. (1980) 72 pp., paper. $5 members, $7 others. for acquiring knowledge of the rudiments and substance of most basic archival functions. Developed by SAA’s Committee on Terminology, the Archives & Manuscripts: Appraisal and Accessioning, by Basic Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators, Maynard Brichford. (1977) 24 pp., paper. $4 mem­ and Records Managers contains terms regarded as basic bers, $5 others. to the disciplines of these professions. Definitions are drawn from the basic literature and the policies and Archives & Manuscripts: Arrangement & Description, by practices of leading North American institutions. David B. Gracy JI. (1977) 49 pp., paper. $4 members, $5 others. Basic Glossary, (1974) 19 pp., paper. $2 members, $2 others ($1 each for quantities of 10 or more Archives & Manuscripts: Reference & Access, by Sue E. delivered to one address) Holbert. (1977) 30 pp., paper. $4 members, $5 others.

Archives & Manuscripts: Security, by Timothy Walch. (1977) 30 pp., paper. $4 members, $5 others. Records Retention and Disposition Schedules, a survey report of SAA’s State and Local Records Committee, Archives & Manuscripts: Surveys, by John Fleckner. includes forms now in use in various state archival and (1977) 28 pp., paper. $4 members, $5 others. records management programs.

Set of 5 Manuals : $16 members, $20 others. Records Retention and Disposition Schedules, (1977) 30 pp., paper. $3 members, $4 others.

A report of SAA’s Finding Aids Committee, Inventories and Registers: A Handbook of Techniques and Examples The American Archivist is the voice of the archival pro­ distills the essence of current practice in North American fession in the United States. Its articles on archival theory archival repositories. Sample forms are included. and practice, its book reviews, bibliographies, and news and technical notes have made the journal a major Inventories and Registers, (1976) 36 pp., paper. $3 source of information on the archival field. members, $4 others. The American Archivist, 35mm microfilm. Set of 11 rolls (1938-77): $200 members, $280 others. Individ­ The Forms Manual contains over 300 representative ual rolls: $22 members, $280 others. forms from college and university archives used in records management, appraisal, description, accession­ The American Archivist ing, arrangement, and oral history. Index to Volumes 1-20 (1938-57): $8 members, $ 11 others. Forms Manual, (1973) 236 pp., paper. $8 members, $ 11 others. Index to Volumes 21-30 (1958-67): $8 members, $ 11 others.

^ New in 1980! Remove for easy reference. Specialized Interests Photographs Sold Fakes and Facsimiles Detected Photographs as Historical Evidence: Early Texas Oil (offprint from The American Archivist, Volume 41 #4) is based on the author’s experiences in researching College and University Archives: Selected Readings is a his book Early Texas Oil: A Photographic History, collection of 17 articles by archivists, records managers 1866-1936. and historians. Topics addressed include establishing a college archives, records management programs, refer­ Photographs as Historical Evidence, by Walter Rundell. ence use, and administration. Appendices include a (1978) 25 pp., paper. $2 members, $3 others. sample records retention and disposition schedule and university filing system. Fakes and Facsimiles: Problems of Identification (off­ College and University Archives: Selected Readings. print from The American Archivist, Vol. 42 #1) provides (1979) 234 pp., paper. $8 members, $11 others. the reader with clues needed to distinguish original documents from copies. 36 of the most commonly reproduced historical documents are discussed. Business Archives: An Introduction covers all aspects of establishing a business archives, from physical require­ Fakes and Facsimiles, by Leonard Rapport. (1979) 46 ments and staffing to such procedures as appraisal stand­ pp., paper. $2 members, $3 others. ards, arrangement and description and conservation techniques. Unique to this publication are more than eighty business archives forms reproduced on microfiche. Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector’s Manual is divided into three sections: “Fundamentals” contains Business Archives: An Introduction, by Edie Hedlin. articles on the history of autograph collecting; “Rudi­ (1978) 28 pp., paper. $4 members, $6 others. ments of Autograph Collecting” covers such topics as the language of autograph collecting and acquiring autographs and manuscripts; and “Some Areas in Which to Collect” offers articles on autographs of American Management of Archives and Manuscript Collections for Presidents, American literary autographs and many Librarians is directed toward librarians who have archival others. responsibilities but little archival training or experience. Chapters cover such topics as defining collections and Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector’s Manual, collecting; aural and graphic archives; arrangement and description of manuscripts; and the law and the manu­ edited by Edmund Berkeley, Jr., et al. (1978) 565 pp., scripts curator. hardcover. $22 members, $25 others. Management of Archives and Manuscript Collections for Librarians, edited by Richard Lytle. (Reprinted Problems in Archives Kits (PAKs) are a new publications from the Drexel Library Quarterly, Vol. 11, #1 in service in a flexible format which may include reports, 1980.) 124 pp., paper. $5 members, $7 others. manuals, forms, sound tapes, and other materials chosen for their usefulness. Each kit will address a specific archival problem area. SAA Binder PAK I: Appraisal. 5 papers presented at SAA’s 1979 Advanced Seminar on Appraisal plus two 90-minute Preserve and protect copies of SAA publications in the cassette tapes of the discussions of appraisal at that SAA Binder. 2” vinyl, three-ring binder perfect for hold­ l A day seminar. $17 members, $20 others. ing the SAA Newsletter, the Membership Directory, the basic manuals, and many other SAA publications. PAK II: Security. 5 papers presented at SAA’s 1979 Advanced Seminar on Archival Security are included, SAA Binder. $4 members, $6 others. along with two 90-minute cassette tapes of the dis­ cussions by seminar participants. $ 17 members, $20 others.

îjî New in 1980! Remove for easy reference. ÎJÎ The Directory of Business Archives in The United States Reference and Canada is an updated version of the 1975 Directory of the same name. Compiled by SAA’s Business Archives The National Historical Publications and Records Com­ Committee, the Directory provides names and addresses mission’s Directory of Archives and Manuscript Reposi­ of companies, names of individuals in charge of records, tories, 1978 is a listing of 3,025 repositories in the brief descriptions of holdings, and information on access. United States. For each institution, information in all or some of the following categories is listed: name of Directory of Business Archives. (1980) 56 pp., paper. institution; address and telephone number; days and $3 members, $6 others. hours of service; user fees; general restrictions on access; availability of copy facilities; acquisitions policy; vol­ ume of total holdings; inclusive dates; description of holdings; and bibliographic references to holdings. Classics NHPRC Directory. (1978) 905 pp., hardcover. $22 The Management of Archives is the work of one of members, $25 others. America’s archival pioneers in arrangement principles and descriptive techniques. Chapters devoted to carto­ graphic and pictorial records are included. An important As the outgrowth of introductory courses in the admin­ addition for every archivist’s library. istration of modem archives, Modern Archives and Manuscripts: A Select Bibliography is a useful working The Management of Archives, by T. R. Schellenberg. tool for every practicing archivist. An effort was made (1965) 383 pp., hardcover. $17 members, $20 others. to include all writings that have contributed to or which illustrate the development of archival principles and practices in the United States. Modem Archives: Principles and Techniques outlines tested and proved plans and procedures for the adequate Modem Archives and Manuscripts: A Select Bibliog­ management of public records in all areas of federal, raphy, by Frank B. Evans. (1975) 209 pp., paper. state, and local government. $8 members, $ 11 others. Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques, by T. R. Schellenberg. (1956) 248 pp., paper. $8 members, îjî Automation, Machine-Readable Records, and Adminis­ $8.50 others. tration: A Select Bibliography provides archivists with detailed information on specific aspects of computers as records producers, as research tools, and as adminis­ Norton on Archives: The Writings of Margaret Cross trative aids. Almost 300 annotated entries; author, Norton has been termed “the first American manual for journal, and subject indexes. archives administration.” One archivist wrote: “Norton is BASIC! Archivists everywhere are indebted to Thorn­ Automation, Machine-Readable Records, and Adminis­ ton W. Mitchell for skillfully editing and bringing tration, by Richard M. Kesner. (1980) 65 pp., paper. together these articles and giving all the younger mem­ $4 members, $6 others. bers of the profession the full benefit of her contribu­ tions to archival theory and practice . . . ”

The Directory of College and University Archives in the Norton on Archives, edited by Thornton W. Mitchell United States and Canada contains nearly 1,000 listings (1975) 288 pp., paper. $7 members, $10 others. compiled by SAA’s College and University Archives Committee. Each listing gives the name of the institu­ The National Archives: America’s Ministry of Docu­ tion, the type of records (archives, manuscripts, or both), ments analyzes the evolution of the Archives, beginning the address and telephone number, and the names and in 1934 with the New Deal legislation that created it. responsibilities of staff members. Indexes to individuals The author provides an analysis of the objectives, the and repositories are included. accomplishments, and the difficulties of the institution Directory of College and University Archives, (1980) which has been characterized as the world’s most influential archival organization. 80 pp., paper. $6 members, $10 others. The National Archives: America’s Ministry of Docu­ ments, by Donald R. McCoy (1978) 437 pp., hard­ cover. $ 18 members, $22 others.

îjî New in 1980! Remove for easy reference. ADDITIONAL SAA PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

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Archives & Manuscripts: Administration Archives & Manuscripts: Automation Archives & Manuscripts: Cartographic Records and Architectural Drawings Archives & Manuscripts: External Funding Archives & Manuscripts: Public Programs Archives & Manuscripts: Reprography

Religious Archives: An Introduction

Archival Management of Machine-Readable Records: Conference Proceedings

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The NORTHWEST ARCHIVISTS will be meeting Utah State Historical Society, 307 West Second jointly with the ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH South, Suite 1000, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. COLUMBIA ARCHIVISTS at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., May 9-10. The spring meeting of the ARKANSAS ARCHIVISTS For further information, contact K. Keith AND RECORDS MANAGERS (AARM) will be held Richards, Archivist, University of Oregon March 21-22 at Eureka Springs. The headquarters Library, Eugene, OR 97403. hotel will be the Inn of the Ozarks. The registration fee for the meeting is $5.00 for The spring meeting of the SOCIETY OF GEORGIA members and $7.50 for non-members. For further ARCHIVISTS will be held in Columbus, Georgia, information, contact R.P. Baker, 322 Laurel St., on March 27-28. Formal sessions will focus on Mablevale, AR 72103. archival and historic preservation activity in and around southwestern Georgia and new The LAKE ONTARIO ARCHIVES CONFERENCE will developments in grant opportunities for meet at Cornell University in Ithaca, New archival agencies. For further information, York on June 20-21, 1980. For further infor­ contact Peter Schinkel, Georgia Department mation, contact David Blumberg, Cornell Univer­ of Archives and History, Atlanta, GA 30334. sity Library, Ithaca, NY 14853.

The TENNESSEE ARCHIVISTS will hold their The KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES will hold its spring meeting in Nashville, March 27-28 spring meeting at Transylvania University in at the State Library and Archives. The Lexington, Kentucky, on April 4. The regis­ program will feature sessions on SPINDEX tration fee in $8.00. For further information, and paper conservation. For further infor­ contact Gerald Roberts, Berea College Library, mation, contact Marice Wolfe, Special Collec­ Berea, KY 40404. tions, Vanderbilt University Libraries, 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. The second annual meeting of the SOCIETY OF MISSISSIPPI ARCHIVISTS will begin on April 15 The SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST ARCHIVISTS will meet at the Downtowner Motor Inn in Jackson with in Austin, Texas on May 8-9 at the Lyndon B. a workshop on disaster preparedness. The Johnson Library. Sessions will deal with meeting continues on April 16 with session institutional evaluation, automation, histori­ topics including the NEH records grant program cal editing, collecting popular culture, handling and archives from a scholar's point of view. legal and court records, and visual archives. For further information, contact Ronald E. For further information, contact Charles R. Tomlin, Executive Director, Society of Mississippi Schultz, if-Texas A&M University Library, College Archivists, PO Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205. Station, Texas 77843. The MICHIGAN ARCHIVAL ASSOCIATION spring meeting The SOCIETY OF INDIANA ARCHIVISTS will hold its is scheduled for May 22, 1980 at the Burton spring meeting on Friday, April 25 at the Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library. Indiana State Library and Historical Building, The theme of the meeting is Political Records, 315 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis. The subject with sessions covering such topics as "Politics of the meeting will be "Information and Privacy and the Historical Records," "Labor and Politics," in Public Records." For further information, and "Collection and Appraisal of Political contact Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Louis A. Records." For further information, contact Warren Lincoln Library and Museum, 1300 S. Martin McLaughlin, Michigan History Division, Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46801. 3423 N. Logan St., Lansing, MI 48918.

The MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL ARCHIVES CONFERENCE The spring meeting of the IOWA HISTORICAL (MARAC) will hold its spring 1980 meeting May MATERIALS PRESERVATION SOCIETY will be held 16-17 at the Crystal City Marriott Hotel in May 10 in Des Moines. For further information, Arlington, Virginia. The program features contact Anne Kintner, Burling Library, Grinnell more than twenty sessions, workshops and state College, Grinnell, IA 50112. caucus meetings. For further information, contact Richard Noble, NHPRC, National Archives, The MIDWEST ARCHIVES CONFERENCE will hold Washington, DC 20408. its spring meeting May 1-3 at the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago. For further information, The CONFERENCE OF INTERMOUNTAIN ARCHIVISTS will contact Nicholas Burckel, Archives, Univer­ meet May 15-16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For sity of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141. further information, contact Jay M. Haymond,

March 1980 7 SAA Newsletter Archivists' Calendar Going to the Source: An Introduction to The Winthrop College Archives in Rock Hill, Research in Archives, the National Archives' South Carolina, will hold a conference entitled four-day course in the use of primary sources, Local History and the Community: Preserving will be given May 27-30, 1980, in the National the Past for the Future. The conference, Archives Building, Washington, DC. Enrollment funded by a grant from the South Carolina is limited to 25 persons. The registration Committee for the Humanities, will be held fee is $60. For further information, contact March 24-27. For further information, contact Elsie Freivogel, Education Division, National Ronald J. Chepesiuk, Head, Archives and Special Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC Collections, Dacus Library, Winthrop College, 20408. (202) 523-3298. Rock Hill, SC 29733.

The Moravian Archives annual German Script A Colloquium on the Preservation of Print and Seminar will be held June 16-27 in Bethlehem, Ron-Print Library Materials will be presented Pennsylvania. A reading knowledge of German at the University of Oklahoma, April 17-19. is required. The cost is $150 for tuition Topics will include the importance of disaster and $25 for materials; room and board are planning, setting up preservation programs, extra. For further information, contact and the paperless information systems of the Vernon Nelson, Archivist, The Moravian Archives, future. For further information, contact 41 W. Locust St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Marcia Goodman, chair, Colloquium on Preservation History of Science Collection, University of The 14th annual Archives Institute, sponsored Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, OK 73019. by the Georgia Department of Archives and (405) 325-2741. History and the Emory University Division of Librarianship, will be held August 4-22 in Stanford Libraries will hold a conference May 21- Atlanta. Enrollment is limited to 15 persons. entitled Disasters: Prevention and Coping. Tuition is $225 for non-credit status and The conference will feature speakers, slides $570 for five quarter hours of graduate credit and "hands-on" experience. For further infor­ from Emory University. For further information, mation, contact Sally Buchanan, Conservation contact Institute Coordinator, Georgia Archives, Office, Green Library, Stanford, CA 94305. 330 Capitol Ave., SE, Atlanta, GA 30334. (404) 656-2390. APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 1 The University of Denver announces its 19th Summer Institute for Advanced Archival Studies, to be held June 16-July 18. Participants The Association for Recorded Sound Collections receive up to five hours credit. Tuition is (ARSC) has announced that its 14th Annual $535. For details, write Dolores C. Renze, Convention will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Institute for Archival Studies, Department of May 8-10. The meeting is being hosted by History, 424 MRB, University of Denver, Denver, the National Library and Public Archives of CO 80208. Canada and will be held at their facility. For further information, contact Les Waffen, Executive Secretary, ARSC, PO Box 1643, Manassas, Case Western Reserve University Archives is VA 22110. (202) 523-3267. preparing for its 11th Annual Workshops on College and University Archives, June 15-21, The College of Library and Information Services 1980. The Introductory Workshop is planned of the University of Maryland and the Potomac for individuals new to the archival field; Valley Chapter of the American Society of if offers a survey of archival theory and Information Science has announced a symposium techniques. The Advanced Workshop offers entitled Archival Automation: Future Access intensive consideration of selected topics to the Past. The dates for the symposium, as continuing education for working archivists. to be held on the University of Maryland For further information, contact Ruth Helmuth, campus, are April 25-26. The cost is $40 for University Archivist, Case Western Reserve two days, and $25 for one day. For further University, Cleveland, OH 44106. information, contact Lawrence J. McCrank, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2-0742, The SAA Newsletter is a bi-monthly publica­ tion of the Society of American Archivists. Copy deadline for the May issue is April 15

SAA Newsletter 8 March 1980 PROFESSIONALOPPORTUNITIES

Professional opportunities are listed in every dians of historical records. May supervise SAA Newsletter and in the "Employment Bulletin, " a staff of Archivist I's and support staff. a bi-monthly job listing available tù SAA Qualifications: MA in history, government, members at a cost of $10 per year. The economics, public administration, American "Employment Bulletin" is issued in the months studies, library science, archives adminis­ when the Newsletter isn’t published. Any tration or related field. Two years experi­ SAA member may place his or her resume $n ence in administering, selecting, preserving file at SAA headquarters and be added to the or making available for use archives or his­ "Candidate Register" free of charge. For torical records. Beginning salary: $16,420 any questions regarding the placement service, contact Debbie Risteen at SAA headquarters. Persons interested in being added to the ARCHIVIST III (Examination #28-001) Will "Candidate Register" should request a Qualifica­ assume the administrative supervision of tion Summary Sheet. a major program area within the State Ar­ chives; budget preparation, planning, pre­ paration and submission of reports and the supervision of archivists, other profession­ als and support staff all responsibilities SALES.AND MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE for a sup­ of Archivist III. Qualifications: MA de­ plier and manufacturer of archival storage gree in history, government, economics, materials. Duties Will include advertising, public administration, American studies, dealing with distributors and end users, exhi­ library science, archives administration or bitions, and new product ideas. Must be free a closely related field. Three years of to travel. Qualifications: a degree in li­ experience in administering, selecting, brary science or art history helpful. Salary preserving or making available for use open. .Please send resume and salary history archives' or historical records, of which to T. E. Graves, Photofile, P. 0. Box 123, two of these years must have been in the Zion, IL 60099. No closing date provided. administration of an archives or manuscript collection(s) or supervision of professional 'Three positions, i!ew- York State. Archives archival staff. Beginning salary: $21,345.

ARCHIVIST I (Examination #27-999) Will re­ Application forms may be obtained at the New view, analyze and evaluate state government York State Department of Civil Service, State records; develop guides and finding aids; Office Building Campus, Albany, NY 12239. answer reference inquiries; assist research­ DO NOT SEND RESUMES. Application must be made ers and provide advice on the care, preser­ on form XD-10. A fee of $5.00 is required vation, and use of archival records. May for each examination for which you apply. supervise one or more support staff. Qual-. Check should accompany application and be made ifications: Master's degree in history, payable to NYS Dept, of Civil Service. Social government, economics, public administration, Security number and examination number(s) American studies, library science, archives should be written on the check. APPLICATION administration, selecting, preserving or DEADLINE: March 31, 1980. making available for use archives or his­ torical records. Beginning salary: $13,125. LIBRARIAN, The Rhode Island Historical Society to direct a staff of ten professionals and ARCHIVIST II (Examination #28-000) Will plan non-professionals, administer a departmental and organize the appraisal and accessioning budget, and a major historical research col­ of records into the Archives; insure the lection comprised of printed materials, manu­ legal transfer of records into the State scripts, and graphics. Qualifications: MLS Archives and coordinate the assignment of degree with an MA degree in history, preferred space for these records; supervise the Salary: $13,000-$14,000. Direct inquiries development of finding aids; develop out­ to Search Committee, 52 Power St., Providence, reach and educational programs for custo­ RI 02906. No closing date provided.

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DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION, South Dako­ For both positions, apply to Lydia Lucas, ta Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, Head of Technical Services, Minnesota Histori­ to supervise a statewide program of historic cal Society, 1500 Mississippi St., St. Paul, preservation. The director is responsible for MN 55101. (612) 296-6980 supervision of four state museums and of pro­ grams in archives, archaeology, historic pre­ FIELD ARCHIVIST, 1 year appointment, NHPRC- servation, historic library and oral history. funded position, to accession and process Qualifications: MA in either archaeology, the records of the Milwaukee Area Polish- anthropology, historic archives, museology, or American community, administered by the Golda in a related field. Three years of administra­ Meir Library of the University of Wisconsin- tive experience in programs of cultural pre­ Milwaukee. Duties: Collect documents, records servation, preferably as a state historic and other material related to the history and preservation officer, is required. Ability to organization of the Milwaukee area Polish- organize, communicate effectively, to meet American community; develop leads to archival with government officials, interest groups resources; establish contacts with donors; and the public, to supervise employees is facilitate the transfer of collections; and preferred. Salary: between $17,000 and conduct appropriate public relations activities. $21,000 and is negotiable. Applications, Qualifications: Master's degree, with archival resume and three letters of reference should training and/or experience, effective written be sent to Harris J. Wollman, Dept, of Edu­ and oral communication skills; knowledge of cation and Cultural Affairs, Kneip Office Polish language and Milwaukee area history is Building, Pierre, SD 57501. APPLICATION desirable. 'Salary: $12,600. Send resume and DEADLINE: April 1, 1980. three letters of reference to Wilbur Stolt, Project Director, Golda Meir Library, Univer­ Two positions, Minnesota Historical Society sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.0. Box 604, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. APPLICATION RECORDS ANALYST, HUBERT H. HUMPHREY PAPERS. DEADLINE: April 1, 1980. One year position, full-time. Funded by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute. Respon­ ARCHIVIST, Salvation Army Archives and Research sible for reorganizing about 1068 cubic Center - One-year, NHPRC funded position. To feet of post-Vice Presidential papers, iden­ assist with the on-site survey of Salvation tifying and consolidating related files, and Army records throughout the United States. preparing a preliminary inventory of files Duties include the recording of information on or file series. Will not include detailed extant records, and assisting with the develop­ file analysis. May include supervision ment of a records manual. Qualifications: MA of a part-time assistant. Prior experience in history or another of the social sciences, in organizing and inventorying large manu­ archival training or at least six months of scripts collections is required; experience related archival or records management experi­ with political papers is preferred. Salary: ence. Ability to relate to people in a variety $12,750. APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, of situations. Experience in survey work is 1980. highly desirable. Considerable travel involved.' Salary: $13,000 plus benefits. Position avail­ PROJECT ARCHIVIST, MIDWEST STATE ARCHIVES able in July, 1980. Send application to: GUIDE PROJECT. One year position, full­ Thomas Wilsted, Archivist/Administrator, the time. May include an additional NHPRC- Salvation Army Archives and Research Center, funded six months. To write agency histor­ 145 W. 15th St., New York, NY 10011. No closing ies and record group and series descriptions, date provided. prepare data input forms, code and index record descriptions, and assist in other ASSISTANT CURATOR. The Kansas Collection, Uni­ project activities. Approximately six versity of Kansas Libraries. The Kansas Col­ months may be spent processing public re­ lection consists of a variety of research ma­ cords. Archival training and processing terial relating to Kansas, the Great Plains, experience, including demonstrated accuracy and the Trans-Mississippi West. Duties: and consistency in recording data, are responsible for the cataloging of materials required; additional relevant experience in the collection, supervises two full-time is preferred. Salary: $12,750. APPLICA­ support staff and several student assistants TION DEADLINE: April 1, 1980. in cataloging, processing, and preservation

SAA Newsletter 10 March 1980 PROFESSIONALOPPORTUNITIES activities. Also assists in public service history of the University; assist in the and preparation of exhibits. Qualifications: development of the oral history program; ALA-accredited MLS, or a related degree in publicize the holdings and services available archives or historical records management; in and through the Area Research Center. a strong background in the social sciences Qualifications: BA degree from an accredited and some training or experience with archival college or university. Formal training in materials; organizational and supervisory archives management or extensive experience ability; and ability to work effectively with required. Preference given to candidates who library users. Strongly prefer experience have an MA in history or a closely related in cataloging and processing a variety of discipline. Experience with oral history historical materials. Also prefer experience programs desirable. Salary dependent upon with photographic and manuscript conservation, qualifications and experience. Application and experience and coursework relating to period: Applications will be considered Kansas and Trans-Mississippi Western history. beginning immediately. Final deadline for Salary $11,000-$14,000 dependent upon qualifi­ receipt will be March 20, 1980. Official cations. Submit letter of application, resume, educational transcripts, recommendations, transcripts, and references to Mary Hawkins, and other supporting data should be submitted Assistant Dean, University of Kansas Libraries, along with a personal resume. Apply to Lawrence, KS 66045. Applications must be Robert 0. Fetvedt, Director of Libraries, received by April 7, 1980, with appointment University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, as soon as possible thereafter. WI 54701. (715) 836-3715.

ARCHIVIST, 18 month appointment, begin April 1, ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST, 92nd St. Young Men's 1980. Organize the archives of the Episcopal and Young Women's Hebrew Association. One Church in South Dakota in Sioux Falls, S.D. year, NEH-funded position. Qualifications: Apply basic preservation and repairs, prepare Master's degree, preferably in history. 1 descriptive inventory and guide. Qualifica­ year of archival experience or internship, tions: MA in history or related, formal archi­ demonstrated knowledge of appraisal tech­ val administration training. One year work niques, arrangement, description and prepara­ experience in archives or manuscripts. Salary: tion finding aids. Salary: $12,000 plus $11,000. Send resume to Historiographer, benefits. Send resumes to Rebecca Rosow, Episcopal Diocese, P.0. Box 517, Sioux Falls, Funding Officer, 92nd St. Young Men's and SD 57101. No closing date provided. Young Women's Hebrew Association, 1395 Lexing­ ton Ave., New York, NY 10028. (212) 427-6000. ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST, University of Notre Dame, DEADLINE: March 24, 1980. to process manuscripts and archival records, some reference duties. Qualifications: MLS ARCHIVIST, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering with archival training; or Masters in history Company, to be in charge of development of a with archival work experience, Ph.D in field new central repository and library facility relevant to American religious history pre­ for all obtainable documents and records deal­ ferred. Permanent position to begin July 1, ing with radioactive fallout from nuclear 1980. Salary: $11,700 plus benefits, mini­ testing. Opportunity for individual to de­ mum. Send letter of application and resume sign document reference and retrieval system. to Wendy Clauson Schlereth, University Archi­ Qualifications: minimum of three years of vist, 607 Memorial Library, Notre Dame, IN experience in archival retention and retrieval 46556. No closing date provided. of scientific of technical-type reports, data and correspondence. Experience with computer ARCHIVIST, William D. McIntyre Library, Univer­ and microfilm systems for indexing, filing, sity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. To administer, and referencing required. Send resume to develop, and organize the consolidated Univer­ Trudie L. Rainey, M/S 567, Reynolds Electrical sity Archives and Area Research Center, a and Engineering Co., PO Box 14400, Las Vegas, manuscript collection of regional history. NV 89114. No closing date provided. Duties include appraisal, collection, preser­ vation, organization, and description of the offical records of historical value of the University; assisting in the preservation of It is assumed that all employers comply with papers, records and materials relating to the Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Regulations.

March 1980 11 SAA Newsletter NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SS Newsletter CHICAGO, IL. PERMIT NO. 885 The Society of American Archivists, 330 S. Wells St. Suite 810, Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ann Morgan Campbell. Executive Director (312)922-0140

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SAA Pilot Workshop in Basic Archival Conservation

Applicants should be persons who currently The Society of American Archivists will hold positions of responsibility for the conduct a pilot workshop in Basic Archival care of archives and manuscripts. Preference Conservation May 8—9 in Chicago. The workshop will be given to persons with little or no will provide training and guidance which will previous training in conservation. Qualified enable archivists to assess the preservation applicants will be admitted on a first-come, needs of their institutions, and to establish first-served basis. realistic programs and procedures to address those needs; technical information to enable The fee for the workshop is $50.00 which archivists to communicate with administrators, covers registration, and purchase of a basic staff, users, and professional conservators; kit of conservation supplies. Use of the and a source of information which will assist supplies will be demonstrated during Day #2 archival institutions in the establishment and of the workshop. Meals and accommodations are maintenance of realistic conservation programs not included in the fee. and procedures.

Workshop instructors are Howard Lowell, a Enrollment in the workshop will be limited. specialist in conservation administration, and Unless special circumstances prevail, no more Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, chair of SAA's Conser­ than one representative from any repository vation Professional Affinity Group. will be admitted to the workshop.

The workshop will have two basic components: The workshop will be held at Spertus College instruction in priority content areas in a of Judaica, 618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, classroom setting; and demonstrations/hands-on Illinois. training in basic conservation techniques which can be incorporated as an integral part of ar­ To apply, write to Joyce Gianatasio, Society chival processing procedures. of American Archivists, 330 S. Wells St., Suite 810, Chicago, Illinois 60606.