Voices of the African American Southwest: Challenges and Successes of Archival Representation

Chair: Donna Morales Guerra, Trinity University

Dr. Matthew Whitaker’s keynote address at the SSA 2012 annual meeting made it clear that

archivists in the Southwest region of the United States need to work diligently to seek out, preserve

and make African American historical materials available. The roundtable will feature short

presentations from participants to discuss the various challenges and successes of collecting,

processing and providing and promoting access to African American materials. A particular focus

will be on questions raised by the article by Rabia Gibbs, “The Heart of the Matter: The

Developmental History of African American Archives,” which appeared in the American Archivist

(Vol. 75, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2012) and on experiences of session attendees.

• Donna Morales Guerra, Trinity University
  
• Diane F. Worrell (presented by Timothy G. Nutt), University of Arkansas
  
• Brenda McClurkin, The University of Texas at Arlington
  
• Rebecca Hankins, Texas A&M University