Richard L. Haas Memorial Award
The Haas Award is sponsored jointly by New England Archivists and the Boston Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). The purpose of the award is to promote a better understanding between the archival and records management professions. The award for 2010 is $1,000.
The award is given to an individual who proposes a project that promotes increased cooperation, understanding, and knowledge between the archival and records management professions. Traditional examples of proposals are: attendance at seminars or workshops, preparing articles of interest to both professions, or research projects. The award is not limited to these suggestions. This explanation is somewhat ambiguous in the hopes that people will be creative in their proposals. Preference, however, will be given to those that integrate records management and archival issues.
The award is not limited to members of NEA, ARMA or even the New England area. Anyone, especially students and educators, are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate has up to a year to use the award after its announcement in the spring.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a practitioner, educator, or student in the areas of records management or archives. Membership in New England Archivists and/or ARMA International is not required.
Applications
- Applicants should submit a description of the intended use of the award and a current resume or description of education and professional experience to the chair of the Haas Award Committee by May 1, 2010.
- The description of intended use should include a summary of the proposed project or activity, the benefits to be derived, the final product (if applicable), a time frame for completion, and expenditures to be incurred. The statement should not exceed 500 words.
- The recipient of the award will be announced at the Annual Meeting of ARMA-Boston Chapter, Inc. in May and at the New England Archivists Annual Meeting.
- The proposed project and/or activity must be completed within one year or receipt of the award. Award recipients are required to provide a financial report stating how the funds were spent, and are responsible for writing a report on the project for publication in the ARMA and NEA newsletters.
Award recipients must provide a financial report of how the money was spent. They also will be responsible for writing an article for publication in the ARMA and NEA newsletters.
Applicants should complete an application and send it to the chair of the Haas Award Committee. Applications should be submitted by May 1, 2010 to:
Judy Huenneke
Chair, NEA Haas Award Committee
The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of
Humanity
200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 450-7111
e-mail: huennekej@mbelibrary.org
Previous award recipients:
- 2008 Eliot Wilczek - to support of "E-Discovery Forum: A Series of Four Seminars" organized in conjunction with ARMA
- 2003-2007 Not given
- 2002 Sally Stephensen - attending course on Managing Electronic Records and William S. Dow - attended course on Environmental Monitoring & Control
- 2001 Not given
- 2000 From Bristol [Mass.] Community College: Heather Baptista, Gayle Salve, and Charlene Nalle; from Simmons Library School: Catherine Lea - shared the award as a scholarship to a November records management introduction seminar
- 1999 Not given
- 1998 Paul Bergeron - attended exhibit design course to use skills at archives in restored Manchester, NH City Hall
- 1997 Andrea Sheehan - attended SAA annual meeting
- 1996 Margaret Cornell - Chelmsford, MA School District architectural plans
- 1995 Daisy Monsalve - preservation of Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board dry glass plate negatives at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
- 1994 Frank T. Wheeler - interaction of archivists and records managers at colleges and universities
- 1993 Not given
- 1992 Nancy Richard, Stanley F. Moss and Kathryn Hammond Baker - records management and archives program for the AIDS Action Committee
- 1991 Michelle B. Bartlett - attended ARMA annual meeting
- 1990 Peter Carini - committee records in academic archives