Society of Southwest Archivists

Congratulations to Sarah Waits, the next SPOC Fund recipient!

  • 05 Dec 2024 3:06 PM
    Message # 13438109
    Kristy Sorensen (Administrator)

    Sarah Waits, an archivist at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is our next recipient of the State Partnerships and Outreach Fund in support of her panel presentation at the 2025 Louisiana Historical Association Annual Meeting, titled “Mapping the Past: GIS Technology Implementation for Historic Sites.” The panelists will explore how information from historical records including the U.S. Census, Catholic cemetery records, and Sanborn fire insurance maps cap be applied and viewed on georeferenced historical maps. Sarah’s work cataloging burials that took place outside of the church cemetery at St. Thomas in Pointe-a-la-Hache and incorporating that data into HistoryForge, an open source platform that geolocates datapoints on historical maps, will inform conference attendees about archival resources and research that is taking place outside of traditional academia.

    Established by SSA in 2021, the State Partnerships and Outreach Fund helps cover SSA members’ costs (up to $600) when presenting on archival topics to non-archival audiences. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and we still have some money to give away! You can find more details on the fund and instructions for the application here: https://societyofsouthwestarchivists.wildapricot.org/State-Partnerships-Outreach-Fund


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