The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) seeks nominations for the 2022 year award.
The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents (which can be a specific archival collection or thematic aggregation) through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Work that has had an impact on a local, regional, national, and/or international level is welcomed.
Recent winners include:
● 2021: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
● 2020: Laura Wagner, Rubenstein Library, Duke University (Radio Haiti)
● 2019: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections for Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
● 2018: Find & Connect, eScholarship Research Centre
● 2017: Center for Home Movies
Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations. This award is open to nominees within and outside of the United States, and is not limited to SAA members.
Prize:
A certificate and a cash prize of $500.
Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to SAA by February 28, 2022.
For more information on this award, including the nomination form, please go to http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer
For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships.