Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association Newsletter Spring, 2001 LAMA News Annual Meeting to the position and asks complete the remaining The 2001 annual meeting that you send submis- year of Conerly's term will be held on Friday, No- sions to the newsletter to and Borders will com- vember 9, 2001 in the Wade her at New Orleans No- plete the two years re- O. Martin Jr. Auditorium of tarial Archives, 421 maining of Hankins' the Louisiana State Ar- Loyola Avenue, Room term. Two new board chives, located at 3851 Es- B-4, New Orleans, LA members will be elected sen Lane in Baton Rouge. 70112 or by email at for a three-year term at State Archivist, Dr. Florent bahnona@mindspring. the annual meeting. Hardy, Jr., will give the com. Hollis, who re- opening address and presen- ceived her MLIS at the In an effort to cut the tations will be given by University of Pittsburgh printing and postage Mary Hebert Price of the T. in 1997, has been the As- costs of the Newsletter, Harry Williams Center for sistant Archivist at the the board has agreed to Oral History at LSU, New Orleans Notarial trim the mailing list. In- Charles Chamberlain of the Archives for the past dividuals who have not Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane four years. paid dues in the past University and Bruce three years have been re- Turner, Head of Archives News from the Board of moved from the mem- and Special Collections, the Directors bership/mailing list University of Louisiana- Since the board meeting along with any individu- Lafayette. After the meet- held in Lafayette on 12 als or institutions whose Inside this issue: ing, an optional tour of the January 2001, two board mailings were returned Rural Life Museum is being members have resigned as undeliverable. Efforts their positions. Laura are being made to retain Southern Archives 2 offered for $3.50. Registra- Conference tion information will be Street Conerly resigned the names of institutions mailed out in October. for personal reasons in and organizations so that National News 3 Please make arrangements May and Rebecca one copy of the LAMA to attend the annual meet- Hankins resigned in Au- Newsletter may be Louisiana State 3 gust as she accepted a mailed to maintain con- Archives ing. job out of state. In order tact with those who are SAA 5 Hollis New Newsletter Edi- to retain some continuity members or who work tor board members, Carol for those institutions and Newly Acquired/ Buffie Hollis of the New Mathias and Florence organizations. 6 Processed Orleans Notarial Archives Borders whose terms are The board has discussed has assumed the duties of due to expire with the Exhibits 9 the creation of a bro- Newsletter Editor, vacated annual meeting have chure for out reach pur- by Patti Threatt. The board agreed to remain on the News from LAMA 11 board. Mathias will poses. It will contain in- Institutions of directors welcomes Hollis LAMA News (Continued) formation on LAMA and a membership applica- No members applied for the $250 LAMA scholarship tion. The brochure can be distributed to students prior to June 1, 2001 so the board extended the dead- in LSU's library school and at meetings and con- line until October 1, 2001. The scholarship money is ferences within the state with the goals of making intended to provide funding for continuing education more people aware of LAMA and increasing our and may be used within the next year. To apply send a membership. It is hoped that a brochure can be letter describing the continuing education event you created in time to be distributed at the Louisiana wish to attend, how it will enhance your work as an ar- Library Association meeting in March 2002. chivist and why you need outside funding to: Jean Kie- sel, LAMA Scholarship Committee Chair, Edith Gar- The LAMA Board of Directors met twice this land Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafay- summer, on June eighth at Hill Memorial Library ette, P.O. Box 40199, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504. The and on August tenth at Middleton Library, both winner will be announced at LAMA's annual meeting. on the campus of the Louisiana State University. The winner will be expected to prepare an article for The main topics of discussion have been the the LAMA Newsletter describing the workshop, semi- Southern Archives Conference, the formation of nar, conference, etc., attended with the scholarship a southern regional organization and/or the ex- funds. pansion of the Southern Archives Conference and the LAMA annual meeting. LAMA Scholarship Southern Archives Conference There will not be a formal Southern Archives Presidents of the Southeastern Archival Associations Conference (SAC) in 2002, as the Society of during the Society of American Archivists annual American Archivists (SAA) will be meeting in meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting was held in Birmingham, Alabama in August of 2002. The an attempt to bring stronger unity and to share infor- Society of Alabama Archivists has suggested that mation and resources among the archival organizations SAC hold a business meeting and a reception on in the South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, the Wednesday evening, August 21, 2002, before Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ten- the SAA meeting officially starts. The SAC nessee). In attendance at the meeting were: Tim meeting and reception will be held in the Bir- Pennycuff, President of the Society of Alabama Archi- mingham Public Library, an easy two-block walk vists; Diana Ruby-Sanderson, representing the Society from the SAA conference hotel. Two exhibits of North Carolina Archivists; Jill R. Severn represent- will be mounted at the library and will be open ing the Society of Georgia Archivists; Carol Bartels, for the SAC event; one will display snapshots of President of the Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Birmingham and the other vintage bookplates. Association, and Taylor. Discussion centered on the As more information becomes available to the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina LAMA board on this and other SAC events, we joining the Southern Archives Conference and about will keep the membership posted. As yet, no the possible creation of a new Southern regional or- date has been set for a formal Southern Archives ganization. This first meeting showed a need for fur- Conference. ther discussion of the topic and hopefully more dia- logue between the states will be forth coming. Infor- A Southern Regional Organization mation on the Southern Archives Conference will be Dennis S. Taylor, President of the South Carolina sent to the other states for review. Archival Association, held a meeting of the Page 2 Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association Newsletter National News Library of Congress Documents Reactions to stations. This unique documentary collection is September 11, 2001, Tragedy for Posterity still housed at the American Folklife Center and The American Folklife Center at the Library of continues to be an invaluable aural resource. Congress has called upon folklorists across the na- tion to document on audio tape the thoughts and Sixty years later, in this time of national crisis feelings expressed by citizens following the tragic and mourning, the American Folklife Center at events of September 11, 2001. These recordings the Library of Congress has issued a call to the and supporting documentary materials will become folklore community to provide such a service to part of the Center’s Archive of Folk Culture, the the nation today through the “September 11, largest and most significant archives devoted to the 2001, Documentary Project.” The Center will folklore and traditional culture of Americans and collect and preserve the audio-taped interviews of the many cultural groups from around the world and supporting materials that present the personal that have enriched American life. Founded in experience stories of average Americans in the 1928, the Archive is now repository to over 2 mil- wake of the terrorist attack and to what many lion items. have called “an act of war.” What were they do- ing when they heard? How have their lives been With the “September 11, 2011, Documentary Pro- changed? These materials will be deposited in ject,” the American Folklife Center is building the Center’s Archive of Folk Culture, where they upon a unique precedent. On December 9, 1941, will be preserved for and made available to fu- renown folklorist Alan Lomax, who was serving as ture generations. To receive copies of interview the head of the Folk Archive, sent an urgent mes- release forms or for further information on the sage to folklorists around the United States to col- September 11, 2001, Documentary Project, lect “person on the street” reactions to the bombing please contact the American Folklife Center: of Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war by the (202) 707-5510; [email protected]. United States. Recordings were made in all parts of the country in which people expressed their im- The American Folklife Center was created by mediate reactions to this cataclysmic event. Inter- Congress in 1976 and placed at the Library of views were conducted with shoemakers, electri- Congress “to preserve and present American cians, janitors, oilmen, cab drivers, housewives, Folklife” through programs of research, docu- students, soldiers, and physicians. People of many mentation, archival presentation, reference ser- ethnic groups and ages are represented in these in- vice, live performance, exhibition, public pro- terviews expressing their opinions on the political, grams, and training. The Center includes the Ar- social, financial, and military aspects of the Pearl chive of Folk Culture, which was established in Harbor attack. 1928 and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and These field recordings were sent to the Library of around the world.