Annual Report 2000-2001

The school year ending May 2001 saw the chapter's membership increase to over 30 and the continuation of the Archives Week momentum created by the chapter in 1999. The Executive Board guiding the chapter consisted of:

• President, Mike Strom
• Vice President, Maribeth Kobza Betton
• Treasurer, Rebecca Brooks
• Secretary, Joanna Cook
• Events Chair, Richard Workman
• Web Page Chair, Justin Saffell (Fall) and Carol Mead (Spring)

The Executive Board began to plan for Archives Week in May of 2000 and continued to work on the event throughout the summer. The board selected international archives as the theme of Archives Week 2000. Events during the week included colloquia presented by Juan Manuel Herrera, Director of the National Archives System of Mexico, and J. Mitchell Johnson and Gabor Beszterczey, producers of the PBS series Red Files and founders of the multimedia archive project Russian Archives Online. The chapter also conducted an Archives Clinic at the Austin History Center during Archives Week in an effort to introduce the general public to archives. The chapter had t-shirts, posters, and pencils made to commemorate the week.

While Archives Week represented the peak of the chapter's activity during the school year, events occurred consistently throughout the year. We toured two archives institutions and hosted many professionals active in the field. The University of Texas at Austin has an energetic archives program and I am pleased to report that nearly everyone considering a career in archives is a member of SAA and the student chapter. We have good people in the program and many participate in chapter events.

A list of activities held during the 2000-2001 school year:

September 2000

• Fall Potluck Picnic at Dr. Gracy's house.
• Tour of the Texas State Archives.

October 9-14, 2000 - Archives Week - "Celebrating International Archives"

• Monday - Dr. Gracy spoke on Fakes, Facsimiles and Forgeries at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
• Tuesday - Colloquium: "Toward a global Multimedia Archive: Russian Archives Online as a Model," J. Mitchell Johnson and Gabor Beszterczey from Abamedia.
• Wednesday - Panel discussion on international archives including Juan Manual Herrera, Director of the National Archives System of Mexico, and Paul Wilson, visiting faculty member from Australia.
• Thursday - Colloquium: "Archives in Mexico," Juan Manual Herrera, Director of the National Archives System of Mexico.
• Friday - Archives Week happy hour at the historic Scholz Bier Garten.
• Saturday - Archives Clinic at the Austin History Center.

November 2000

• Laurie Baty spoke to the chapter about her job as Chief of the Museum Services Branch of the Department of the Interior.

January 2001

• Internship Meeting: Four chapter members who completed internships last summer shared their experiences with those interested in internships this summer.
• Presentation by Doctora Stella Gonzalez Cicero, National Archivist of Mexico.

February 2001

• Kris Keisling conducted a four-hour afternoon EAD workshop.
• Happy hour with guest Sarah Ziebell Mann, former chapter member currently working as an archivist in San Francisco.
• Presentation by Lynn Denton, Director of the Texas State History Museum in Austin.

April 2001

• Tour of the Southwestern Writers Collection Archives at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

May 2001

• End of the year potluck and party.

Respectfully submitted,

Mike Strom
President,
UT Austin SAA Student Chapter, 2000-2001

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