The Society of American Archivists Foundation (“Special Funds”)
The “Special Funds” managed by the Society of American Archivists are the nation’s leading source of nonprofit funding dedicated solely to the interests of archives and archivists. In 2006 the SAA Council voted to strengthen the potential good that SAA’s Special Funds can serve by reconstituting them as the Society of American Archivists Foundation.
The mission for the new SAA Foundation? “To enrich the knowledge and enhance the contributions of current and future generations by championing efforts to preserve and make accessible evidence of human activity and records of enduring value.” The Foundation will achieve this mission by funding public and professional education initiatives through programs and scholarships. Other activities will include research, publications, and awards.
The SAA Foundation Fundraising Committee has begun its work to establish and implement a framework for raising funds for the Foundation. We think there are many potential audiences who will support the goals we have set for the Foundation, but the logical place to start is with SAA’s own members. Please contribute as much as you can to get the SAA Foundation off the ground.
The following funds provide support for SAA’s ongoing services to
members and the archives profession:
Margaret Cross Norton Fund: Originally established from the estate left to SAA by Margaret Cross Norton,
this unrestricted fund is used to further the educational activities of the Society.
Education Fund: This fund is used to develop innovative education programming and delivery
methods for SAA members.
Publications Fund: This fund is used to ensure that SAA’s publishing program remains vital in meeting
the needs of members and the profession.
National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives: Established in 2005 to address the stabilization and recovery needs of archival repositories affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the fund has been broadened
to provide grants to support recovery of archival collections from major disasters, regardless of
region or repository type.
Brack Membership Development Fund: Established in 2003 to honor deceased staff member Bernice Brack, the fund is used
to assess member needs and enhance member services.
The following funds provide support for student scholarships:
F.G. Ham Scholarship Award: Established by long-time SAA member and leader F.Gerald Ham, this fund provides
graduate archival students with scholarship support in their second year of study.
Donald Peterson Student Scholarship Award: Provides financial assistance to students and recent graduates of archival education
programs to attend SAA’s Annual Meeting.
Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award: Promotes increased minority participation in SAA by exposing minority students to
the experience of attending national meetings and encouraging them to join SAA.
The following funds provide support for awards honoring special achievements
in various aspects of the archival enterprise:
C.F.W. Coker Award: Recognizes finding aids, finding aid systems, projects that involve innovative
development in archival description, or descriptive tools that enable archivists to
produce more effective finding aids.
Philip Hamer & Elizabeth Hamer-Kegan Award: Recognizes efforts to increase public awareness of manuscripts and archives
through compilation, transcription, public presentation, exhibition, or publication.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award: Enables overseas archivists who are already in the United States or Canada for
training to travel to the SAA Annual Meeting.
Waldo Gifford Leland Award: Encourages and rewards non-periodical writing of superior excellence and
usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice.
Theodore Calvin Pease Award: Recognizes superior writing achievements by students in archival administration
classes or engaged in formal archival internship programs.
Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award: Recognizes an outstanding essay dealing with some facet of archival administration,
history, theory, and/or methodology that was published during the preceding year
in The American Archivist.
Spotlight Award: Recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the profession
and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public
recognition.
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