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Scholarships & Awards
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Distinguished Service Award

The SSA's Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member who has made significant contributions to the society and the wider archival profession. In 1996 Metal Edge, Inc., graciously began sponsoring the award.

The Distinguished Service Award recipient is chosen by the Executive Board based on recommendations made by a committee chaired by the Immediate Past President. It does not have to be given annually.

We welcome nominations. Please send them to the chair of the Distinguished Service Award Committee and include a description of the nominee's society activities and her or his activities outside the society (typically at the national or international level) that benefited the profession as a whole. The next deadline for nominations is Friday, January 15, 2010.

We invite you to view the names of past Distinguished Service Award honorees.
The Society of Southwest Archivists offers two awards for distinguished service and three scholarships to further the continuing education of our members and help defray the costs of attending the annual meeting:

An individual may apply for more than one scholarship, but an individual may  not receive the same scholarship more than once. Descriptions and application guidelines are below.

Unless otherwise noted, the application deadline for all SSA scholarships  February 5, 2010. Please apply to the chair of the Scholarships Committee.

Flyer for all 2010 Scholarships

Sister M. Claude Lane Award

Theresa Angela Lane (1915-1974) joined the Dominican Sisters and took the name Mary Claude in 1932. Sister Claude taught and served as librarian and choral director in Dominican elementary and high schools throughout Texas from 1933 to 1960. On completing her graduate studies at the University of Texas (MLS 1961), she became the first professionally trained archivist at the Catholic Archives of Texas in Austin, a position she held from 1960 to 1974. She expanded the holdings of the archives to include documentation on Catholic clergy, religious communities, and parishes and dioceses throughout the state. She also spoke and wrote on archival and historical topics.

Sister Claude was a founding member of the Society of Southwest Archivists and served on the SSA’s executive board.
We invite you to view the names of past Sister M. Claude Lane Award honorees.

The Sister M. Claude Lane Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of religious archives. The Society of Southwest Archivists created, sponsors, and funds the award (which includes a modest honorarium as well as a plaque), but the Society of American Archivists Awards Committee chooses the recipient. The award is announced during the SAA annual meeting.

The Sister M. Claude Lane Award is the only award established and funded by a regional archival organization but administered and presented by SAA.  Created by the Society of Southwest Archivists in 1974, the Sister M. Claude Lane Award stands as an enduring example of regional / national cooperation. 
A. Otis Hebert, Jr. Continuing Education Scholarship
In honor of SSA's founding president, this scholarship is intended to further the professional training of working archivists in the Southwest. It is especially intended to help archivists whose institutions may not be able to support continuing education.

The scholarship was created through a generous bequest by SSA founder and first president A. Otis Hebert, Jr. It is maintained and increased in large part by SSA member donations.

The scholarship may support attendance at a workshop, archival institute, the SSA annual meeting, or other archival continuing education activity. The scholarship is for an amount up to $1,000. The scholarship must be used during the 2010 calendar year.

Please click on one of the links below to view and print an Hebert Scholarship application.

Hebert announcement flyer, suitable for printing, distributing, and displaying as a poster:

 

The first president of the Society of Southwest Archivists, A. Otis Hebert, Jr. (1930-1976) was a noted  historian, educator, archivist, and expert on Louisiana and the culture of Acadiana. An editor of Louisiana History  and a member of the National Archives Advisory Council, Hebert served as director of the Louisiana Department of Archives and Records from 1966 to 1974. He left the state archives to become director of the Center for Acadian Folklore and Culture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1974 to 1976. 

In 1971 Hebert joined with a small band of archivists from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma to found the Society of Southwest Archivists.
We invite you to view the names of past A. Otis Hebert, Jr. Scholarship honorees.

Hebert application form:
John Michael Caldwell Student Scholarship

The John Michael Caldwell Student Scholarship was established in 1998 in memory of a former officer and board member of SSA. It is intended to help an SSA member enrolled in a graduate archival education program attend the SSA Annual Meeting. It pays registration and will reimburse up to $600 for travel, lodging, and per diem expenses.

To be eligible you must be an SSA member enrolled in a library, archives, or public history program within the society's region. To apply, click on one of the links below to view and print Caldwell Scholarship guidelines and application instructions.

Caldwell announcement flyer, suitable for printing, distributing, and displaying as a poster:

John Michael Caldwell (1951-1998) became the first archivist for the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives at Oklahoma University in 1979. He initiated an award-winning series of traveling exhibits on Oklahoma and the U.S. Congress. He also obtained an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Archival Fellowship award for the Center through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and administered a grant program for visiting scholars.

In 1992 Caldwell left OU to accept a faculty appointment in geography at his alma mater, Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. There, he received the F. Jay Taylor-Tech Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1998.
We invite you to view the names of past John Michael Caldwell Student Scholarship honorees.

SSA Annual Meeting Scholarship

Presented annually, this scholarship provides financial aid to a working archivist with limited funding to attend the SSA Annual Meeting. The recipient will receive registration and reimbursed travel, lodging, and per diem expenses up to a total of $600.

We invite you to view the names of past SAA Annual Meeting Scholarship honorees.

An applicant must be a member of the Society of Southwest Archivists and demonstrate a need for assistance. To apply, click on one of the links below to view and print an Annual Meeting Scholarship application:

Annual Meeting announcement, suitable to print, distribute, and display as a poster:
 

SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST ARCHIVISTS
P.O. Box 225
Gaithersburg, MD 20884

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