Discover the latest issue of Archival Outlook! In the September/October issue, Trevor Alvord shares tips for collecting materials at comic conventions; Lori Schwartz and Claire Du Laney discuss putting together a class for the University of Nebraska Omaha history department with a focus on archives; and Aleksandr Gelfand writes about the process and pitfalls of processing archives with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Also in this issue, celebrate the recipients of SAA’s 2024 awards, discover the highlights from ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2024, and read SAA President Tomaro I. Taylor’s first President’s Message column. Read the digital version here. Print edition to follow.
On the Cover: A collage of artwork collected throughout the years at various Comic Con experiences in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each piece falls within the scope of twenty-first century Mormonism, and thus are represented in Special Collections at the Brigham Young University library.
Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | September/October 2024
This issue is sponsored by Atlas Systems, Inc. and Lucidea.
- "President's Message: Totally Rad"
by Tomaro I. Taylor - "The Endangered State of the National Archives of Malawi"
by Phillip A. Cantrell, II - "The Ghost Town I Live In"
by Shane Majors - "Reckoning with Racial Covenants: The Hacking into History Project"
by Alexandra Chassanoff - "Making Space for Marginalized Histories in Archives of Academic Institutions through Student Archive Research Fellowship Programming"
by Sinéad Bligh - "Collecting the Con"
by Trevor Alvord - "Processing and Digitizing from 5,000 Miles Away: The Archives of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus"
by Aleksandr Gelfand - "A Classroom of Our Own: An Exploratory Case Study of Archivists Teaching Outside the Archives"
by Lori Schwartz and Claire Du Laney - "ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2024: Shape Your Future"
by Savanah Tiffany - SAA Welcomes Seven New Fellows
- Leading Forces in the Profession
- Travel Awards and Scholarship Recipients
- Kudos
- "From the Archivist of the United States: Highlights from National Archives' Nationwide Holdings"
by Dr. Colleen Shogan - "From the Chief Executive Officer: A Year of Thank Yous"
by Jacqualine Price Osafo