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Re: SAA in 1937
Dean DeBolt wrote:
[snip] I find it interesting that the "he" pronoun
> is used here, encouraging the belief that only men can be
> archivists...yet Brooks' letter notes that Margaret C. Norton
> (of Illinois) is the Society's Vice-President!
That ->was<- the 1930s, after all . . .
Best wishes for the weekend!
Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean DeBolt" <ddebolt@MAIL.UWF.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:18 PM
Subject: SAA in 1937
> I've stumbled upon a March 12, 1937 letter on the letterhead
> of A. R. Newsome, President, University of North Carolina,
> Chapel Hill, but coming from Philip C. Brooks, Secretary,
> Society of American Archivists. The letter signed by him
> is urging a local Pensacola person to join the "new" Society
> of American Archivists, organized in December 1936. The
> letter, setting forth the benefits of membership, notes that
> the Society has 125 members and the additional forms
> note that dues are $5.00 per year!
>
> Further, if you will apply to the Board for membership,
> you can be considered a "founding" member if you are
> elected to membership before the first annual meeting.
>
> A reprint of the membership section states that you can
> be dropped for nonpayment by "vote of the Council one
> month after notice of such default shall have been mailed
> to him. He shall be restored to membership..." (upon
> payment of dues. >
> Isn't 2002 the Society's 65th meeting anniversary?
>
> Dean
> Dean DeBolt
> University Librarian
> Special Collections and West Florida Archives
> John C. Pace Library
> University of West Florida
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