Richard L. Haas Memorial Award
The Richard L. Haas Grant is sponsored jointly by NEA and the Boston Chapter of ARMA International (ARMA-Boston)*. The grant of up to $1000 is given in support of a project that promotes increased cooperation, understanding, and knowledge between the archival and records management professions. Traditional examples of proposals include attendance at seminars or workshops, preparing articles of interest to both professions, and research projects. The grant is not limited to these suggestions. This explanation is ambiguous in the hope that applicants will be creative with their proposals. Preference, however, will be given to those that integrate records management and archival issues.
The grant is not limited to members of NEA or ARMA. Anyone, especially students and educators, is encouraged to apply. 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 successful candidate has up to one year to use the grant after its announcement in the spring. The recipient must provide a financial report to the Joint Haas Grant Committee, and is also expected to write an article for publication on the ARMA-Boston Web site and in the NEA Newsletter.
Eligibility
The applicant 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
Applications are due March 1.
Applications should include:
- Name of individual or of each team member
- Current resume or description of education and professional experience, credentials, affiliations, titles, etc., of applicant(s)
- Name of proposal or activity
- Timeframe and location of the proposed project or activity
- Description, in up to 500 words:
- Summary of the proposed project or activity
- Benefits to be derived from the scholarship award
- Final product or report to be provided
- Dollar amount requested via a breakdown of how the money will be allocated
Applications should be submitted to:.
Joint Richard L. Haas Scholarship Committee Chairperson
Judy Huenneke
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Avenue, P04-10
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 450-7111
e-mail: huennekej@mbelibrary.org
*ARMA International is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on managing records and information. The New England Region's Boston chapter represents Maine, NH, VT, RI and Massachusetts.
Previous award recipients:
- 2010 Deanna Hauck, to fund her attendance at the joint SAA, CoSA, and NAGARA conference in Washington, D.C.
- 2009 Not given
- 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