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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> membership@midwestarchives.org <membership@midwestarchives.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 9, 2026 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet (she/her) <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship Applications Solicited<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">MAC is soliciting applications for the 2026 Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Students of Color (<a href="http://midwestarc.memberclicks.net/message2/link/1eb67602-c77d-4319-9c1b-0a07061f3344/1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000EE">http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley)</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to students of color pursuing graduate education in archival administration and to encourage ethnic diversification of
the MAC membership and of the archival profession. Two $1,500 scholarships, accompanied by one-year memberships to MAC, will be awarded.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must be of African, Arabic, Asian, Indigenous, Pacific Islander, or Latinx descent; must be a student currently enrolled in or accepted
in a graduate, multicourse program in archival administration; and must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in their academic program. If the program is not listed in the SAA Directory of Archival Education,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Candidates will be evaluated on their scholastic potential, their commitment to working in and creating access to archives and archival material, and commitment to representing
and serving underrepresented communities in their work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applications are due March 1, 2026 and must include the following documents:
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Essay describing how the applicant’s experiences and perspectives align with their interest in archiving. What are their future goals and plans for contributing to the archival field? (500 words maximum)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">One letter of recommendation (may be submitted separately by recommender).Please send all materials (application form, transcript, and essay) as one single file. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Completed applications should be sent to:Megan Keller YoungSenior Instructor and Special Collections LibrarianUniversity of Illinois
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