Dear SSA Members:

            The Louisiana Archives and Manuscript Association's Annual Meeting is schedule for Friday November 7, 2014 at the Old US Mint, located at 400 Esplanade Ave., in New Orleans. 

 Registration is from 8:30 to 9:00. We have a great line up of speakers and topics. Tara Laver and Jessica Mlotkowski, both of LSU Libraries Special Collections, will present on the Free People of Color Project in a session titled “Free People of Color in Louisiana: Revealing an Unknown Past through a Collaborative Digital Project.”  In our second session “Records Management an Update from the State Archives”, Carrie Fager, Records Management Officer Statewide, Louisiana Secretary of State, will discuss important changes at the State Archives and laws impacting Archivists in Louisiana. And our final presentation of the day will be given by Mary Linn Wernet, Dr. Charles Pellegrin, and Cammie Henry, all from Northwestern State University, on the Kent Courtney Collection.  Following the presentations, we will hold our annual business meeting. The day will conclude with tours of the Old Mint and wine and cheese at the Old Ursuline Convent.

Attached is a link with the registration form: http://www.louisianaarchivists.org/meeting.html

Michael Courtney

Vice President of LAMA