Annotated Index to the NEA Minutes
1. Archives
By-laws committee should look for an institution to house our archives. [9/28/76]
NEA archives must stay in Massachusetts because NEA is incorporated in there, and also because it is central. [10/28/77, p. 2]
Archives will need to be housed in repository with good physical conditions and with enough support to provide adequate reference. [10/28/77]
Need for by-law to define materials to be deposited in NEA archives and the need to appoint a historian for archivist to look after records, to oversee gathering and deposit. [4/27/79, p.2, App.7]
Restrictions placed on archive committee should be removed in order to give free hand in negotiating with a repository. Outright gift rather than deposit should be considered. [6/29/79, p. 2]
Officers must transfer official records to the Secretary for NEA archives. Officers will present the Secretary with neatly processed records. Secretary is ultimately responsible for placing the records in the archives. [4/25/80]
Zeph Stickney, appointed archivist, will organize NEA archival papers. [6/20/80]
University of Connecticut be designated as the repository for NEA archives. [10/31/80]
Out-going officers and committee chairs will turn over non-current records to the Archivist when their terms of office end. [1/23/81]
Before transferring records to the NEA archives, officers and creators of files will examine them for sensitive material. Such materials if found will be sealed in an envelope and transferred to the archives. Materials are to be opened after a certain period of years to be specified by the Archivist in consultation with the creator of the files. [1/23/81]
Revised scheme for archives accepted. [5/1/81]
Announcement made of choice of University of Connecticut as NEA Archives. [5/2/81]
Transfer of NEA archives to Rand Jimerson for deposit. [10/24/86, p. 3]
NEA archives finding aid presented. Discussion about procedure for submitting records to the archives. Suggestion that members, not secretary be responsible for records of the Board members. [4/30/93, p. 3]
Responsibility for creating schedules for NEA board and committee members was included on the Archivist's job description. Suggestion that a volunteer be solicited to do this work. [10/29/93, p. 5]
The suggestion was made that UConn, as the repository for NEA records, is responsible for organizing and maintaining the records and scheduling [and accessioning] is the job of the archivist. [10/29/93, p. 5]
Suggestion that the NEA Archives finding aid be placed on the Web site. [7/12/99, p. 7]
Vote to accept the recommendations of the NEA Archivist regarding disposition of records with no long-term value to NEA. [11/5/99, p. 6]
Vote to approve President Felker sign the deed of gift of the NEA Archives to the University of Connecticut. [10/20/00, item 26]
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