Sister M. Claude Lane Award
Purpose and Criteria for Selection:
Created in 1974, this award recognizes individuals who have made a
significant contribution to the field of religious archives. Criteria
include:
- Involvement and work in the Religious Archives Section of the Society
of American Archivists.
- Contributions to archival literature that relates to religious
archives.
- Participation and leadership in religious archives organizations.
- Evidence of leadership in a specific religious archives.
Eligibility:
Individual archivists only.
Sponsor and Funding:
The Society of American Archivists, in conjunction with the Society
of Southwest Archivists, in honor of Sister M. Claude Lane, the first
professionally trained archivist at the Catholic Archives of Texas
in Austin, who served there from 1960 until her death in 1974.
Prize:
A certificate awarded by SAA and a cash prize provided by the Society
of Southwest Archivists.
First Awarded:
1974
Selection Committee:
The subcommittee is composed of four members of the Society of American
Archivists, at least one of whom is also a member of the Society of
Southwest Archivists (SSA). In addition, one of the co-chairs of the SAA Awards
Committee serves ex officio on the subcommittee. The SAA President-elect shall appoint one member
of the subcommittee each year for a term of three years after having
solicited nominations from the President of the SSA as well as from
the Awards Committee co-chairs. The senior member of the subcommittee
in years of service shall serve as its chair. The SSA representative
will present the award during the Awards Ceremony at the Annual Meeting
of the Society of American Archivists.
For Nomination Forms:
Download the form. [PDF] [RTF]
Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February
28 (or other date as announced) of each year.
Sister M. Claude Lane Award Recipients:
1974: Melvin Gingerich
1975: Eleanore Cammack
1976: August Sueflow
1977: V. Nelle Bellamy
1978: Lynn May, William Miller
1979: Sr. Felicitas Powers
1980: Sr. Evangeline Thomas
1981: Not awarded
1982: Barbara Smith
1983: Not awarded
1984: Rev. Norbert Brockman
1985: Rev. Charles Rehkopf
1986: James O'Toole
1987: Robert Shuster
1988: Brother Denis Sennett
1989: Not awarded
1990: Thomas Wilsted
1991: Elizabeth Yakel
1992: Sr. Mary Linus Bax
1993: Peter Wosh
1994: Sr. Emma Cecilia Busam, OSU
1995: Brother Roy Godwin
1996: Sr. Blaithin Sullivan
1997: Not awarded
1998: Charles Nolan
1999: Not awarded
2000: Not awarded
2001: Kinga
Perzynska
2002: Not awarded
2003: Theresa “Terry” Thompson
2004: John
(Jac) Treanor
2005: William Sumners
2006: Not awarded
2007: Roger M. Dahl
2008: Mark Thiel
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