[Ohiodig] FW: Congrats to WYSO Center for Radio Preservation and Archives for SAA Diversity Award!

Thu Aug 7 11:02:33 EDT 2025

Scroll down to see Yellow Spring's WYSO in announcement!

(Long ago they presented at an OhioDIG as part of the May 2017 program, Digital Storytelling, Oral History, and Accessibility held at Wright State.)

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | https://media.library.ohio.edu<https://media.library.ohio.edu/> | https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/

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To: Carleton, Janet (she/her) <carleton at ohio.edu>
Subject: Celebrate SAA Professional Excellence Awards Recipients!

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Outstanding Contributions to the Archives Profession and SAA
During ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2025, SAA is honoring individuals and organizations that went above and beyond the call of duty. Their innovative thinking, dedication, and passion have bettered the profession and called attention to the significance of archives. Congratulations to all the recipients!

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ANDREW A. ANDERSON (University of Virginia), MELISSA DINVERNO (Indiana University - Bloomington), and CHRISTOPHER MAURER (Boston University) are the 2025 recipients of the Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award for their work on Memory in Motion: Lorca and the Archive / Memoria en movimiento: Lorca y el archivo. The project is a cross-continental, cross-collection effort documenting the evolution of the archives belonging to the foundation of renowned Spanish modernist writer Federico García Lorca, tracing it across nearly a century of salvage, discovery, acquisition, loss, and perseverance. This archival research project comprises a museum exhibit and a book, both of which are bilingual English/Spanish. The exhibit, under the auspices of the Lorca Foundation and housed at the Federico García Lorca Center in Granada, Spain, featured 461 archival records, 70 percent of which had never before or rarely been seen by the public. Two grants from Indiana University are currently funding a virtual tour of the exhibit. The accompanying book features high-resolution images of 343 records accompanied by narrative text and detailed provenance information. The work also includes 30 essays by international scholars, archivists, translators, editors, journalists, and other renowned contemporary creatives. Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=e659960cd9&e=399b52cd06>.

The team of talented archivists, lawyers, librarians, and support staff behind RECOLLECTION: A CIVIL RIGHTS LEGAL ARCHIVE is the 2025 recipient of the Archival Innovator Award. This project exemplifies creativity, innovation, and a forward-thinking approach to archival work that has significantly impacted both the archival field and the broader community. With a focus on public accessibility and education, the team designed an interactive platform enriched with oral histories, legal documents, press releases, and correspondence. By prioritizing oral histories and contextual narratives, the team ensures that the lived experiences of Black communities-often marginalized in traditional archives-are foregrounded and honored. Inclusion of an interactive timeline, essays, and biographies encourages deeper engagement and invites diverse audiences to explore America's civil rights legacy. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the team brought together archivists, technologists, historians, and legal experts to create a resource that transcends traditional archival boundaries. Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=2b12bcacc2&e=399b52cd06>.

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The CENTER FOR RADIO PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVES AT WYSO, a nonprofit community owned public radio station in Yellow Springs, Ohio, is the 2025 recipient of the Diversity Award. WYSO and its Center for Radio Preservation and Archives has pioneered a combination of local and national archives work that advances diversity within the archives field. While there are four projects under the center's umbrella, its most ambitious and catalyzing work to date is the HBCU Radio Preservation Project (HBCU RPP). This project is dedicated to honoring and preserving the vibrant history and cultural resource that is HBCU radio. Led by Director of the Center for Radio Preservation and Archives and HBCU RPP Director Jocelyn Robinson, the project has three elements: training and education, preservation, and public history praxis. Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=4f545c3d4f&e=399b52cd06>.

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BRITTANY NEWBERRY,  music and popular culture archivist at Georgia State University, is the 2025 recipient of the Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award. In her three years of employment at Georgia State, Newberry founded and developed the Atlanta Hip Hop Archives and has served as a founding member of the Southern Hip Hop Studies Consortium. The Atlanta Hip Hop Archives is the first to document southern hip hop. Prior to her role at Georgia State, Newberry was a processing archivist at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library where she processed collections related to African American history and culture. In national service, Newberry has served as a member of the ArchivesSpace Trainer Corps, while also serving on the ArchivesSpace User Advisory Council in roles as chair, member engagement team lead, and testing team lead. In addition to her leadership at Georgia State and the ArchivesSpace Trainer Corps, Newberry is an active member of SAA, where she has served on the Archivists and Archives of Color Section Steering Committee, as chair of the Membership Committee, and as a member of the Nominating Committee. Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=aae7c0ad87&e=399b52cd06>.

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ERIC FAIR, director of the archives and records program for the Archiocese of St. Louis, is the 2025 recipient of the Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P., Memorial Award. Fair has been the director of archives and records for the Archdiocese of St. Louis for over ten years. He has served as both President and Treasurer of the Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists, and is also a long-time member of ARMA, SAA, and the SAA Archivists of Religious Collections Section (ARCS). Over the course of six years, Fair spearheaded a campaign to shed light on the history of the Archdiocese's involvement with enslavement. In 2021, Fair joined with other diocesan and religious order archivists to found CROSS (Catholic Religious Organizations Studying Slavery), an organization whose mission is to "promote open and honest access to the historical record in order to achieve a more comprehensive and truthful telling of enslavement within the Catholic Church in the United States." His work with CROSS has included the creation of a best practices guide, organization of a CROSS conference in 2023, and numerous outreach opportunities and educational presentations. Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=bff8d4b95f&e=399b52cd06>.

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VANESSA St.OEGGER-MENN, Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant university archivist at Syracuse University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center, is the 2025 recipient of the Spotlight Award. Within SAA, St.Oegger-Menn has played a key role in SAA's work to support archivists and communities collecting in times of crisis. In 2018, she served on the initial Tragedy Response Initiative Task Force which was assembled to create and compile resources for archivists facing sudden tragedy. The Task Force then evolved into the Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group (CDTRWG) with the charge of maintaining and updating SAA's "Documenting in Times of Crisis: A Resource Kit," developing immediate and ongoing resources for archivists dealing with crises, and building partnerships with organizations focused on relief efforts for cultural organizations. St.Oegger-Menn was asked to serve as one of the co-chairs of the inaugural working group. In this role, she had an incredible impact on the work of this group. She led crucial efforts to create organizational infrastructure and identify workflows to keep projects on track, as well as worked with committee members and council liaisons to overcome roadblocks.  Read more<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=3a3fdd00f8&e=399b52cd06>.

SAA extends special thanks to:

  *   Awards Committee co-chairs Alexander Duryee and Audra Eagle Yun, and the dozens of Awards subcommittee members whose task it is to make the hard choices among nominees. We appreciate the time and energy that they put into this important activity.
  *   The many generous donors to the SAA Foundation, who provide the financial support for scholarships and awards. (If you are able, assist your colleagues by donating to the SAA Foundation<https://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=325369fe80&e=399b52cd06>.)
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