Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award

Purpose and Criteria for Selection:

Established in 1979 (and modified in 1991), this award enables overseas archivists, who are already in the United States or Canada for training, to augment their experience by traveling to the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists.

Eligibility:

Archivists who reside outside of the United States.

Sponsor and Funding:

The Society of American Archivists Foundation, in honor of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who joined the National Archives staff in 1935 and served in many capacities, including that of executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission. Holmes was a Fellow of SAA and past president.

Selection Committee:

The committee is composed of three members of the Society and one of the co-chairs of the SAA Awards Committee (ex officio). One member of the subcommittee shall be appointed each year by the SAA President-elect to serve a three-year term. The senior member of the subcommittee in years of service shall serve as its chair.

Application Deadline and Nomination Form:

All nominations shall be submitted to SAA by February 28 of each year. Download the nomination form as a PDF or RTF. Send 5 copies of the completed form and supplementary documentation (if applicable) to:

Oliver Wendell Holmes Awards Subcommittee
Society of American Archivists
17 North State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, IL 60602-3315

Electronic submissions also are acceptable and should be sent to awards[at]archivists.org. Please indicate "Oliver Wendell Holmes Award" in the email subject line. Use standard file applications such as Word, Excel, or Adobe; attachments should not exceed 5MB.

Questions should be directed to the Chair of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Awards Subcommittee.

Prize:

A certificate and a cash award consisting of the income of the prize fund for that year, which is divided between or among recipients.

First Awarded:

1979

Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award Recipients:

1979:   Steve Mwiyeriwa (Malawi)

1980:   Not awarded

1981:   Zhang Tien-ming (China)

1982:   Egart Anderson (The Netherlands)

1983:   Stuart Strachan (New Zealand)

1984:   Alvan Ives (Australia), Aauel Polka Toe (Liberia)

1985:   Luciana Duranti (Italy), Maria Luisa Acuna (Mexico), Amanda Rosales (Mexico)

1986:   Joan VanAlbada (The Netherlands), Michael Roper (Great Britain), Michael Dreyfus, Charles Kecskemeti (France), Alvan Ives (Australia), Egart Anderson (The Netherlands), Luciana Duranti (Italy), Peter Sigmond (The Netherlands), Maryna Fraser

1987:   Jan E.A. Boomgaard (The Netherlands), Darwin Matthews (Australia), Gordon Read, Peter Sigmond (The Netherlands)

1988:   Ann Pederson (Australia), Jan E.A. Boomgaard (The Netherlands), Alan Ives (Australia)

1989:   Valerii Leonov (USSR)

1990:   Samuel Njovana (Zimbabwe)

1991:   Julie Stacker (Australia)

1992:   Veronika Emlerova (Czechoslovakia)

1993:   Not awarded

1994:   Not awarded

1995:   Not awarded

1996:   In support of an International Reception

1997:   Liu Yunming (China)

1998:   Ntombizandile Kwatsha (South Africa)

1999:   Ciaran Trace (Ireland)

2000:   Zhou Xiaomu (China)

2001:   Eun G. Park (Korea)

2002:   Not awarded

2003:   Ji-Hyun Kim (Korea)

2004:   Bart Ballaux (Belgium)

2005:   Not awarded

2006:   Not awarded

2007:   Gerald Chaudron (New Zealand)

2008:   Not awarded

2009:   Ricardo L. Punzalan (Philippines)

2010:   Elaine Goh (British Columbia, Canada)

2011:   Patrick Ansah (University of British Columbia) and Umi Asma’ Mokhtar (University of British Columbia)