June 29, 2021—SAA’s 2021 Nominating Committee needs your help identifying potential candidates for the

2022 Society of American Archivists election ballot! The SAA Nominating Committee invites nominations of candidates for the following open positions:

• Vice President/President-Elect (2022-2024)

• Council Member (2022-2025) 3 open positions

• Nominating Committee (2023) 3 open positions

In this first digital-only issue of American Archivist 84.1, Kimberly Anderson and Jessica Maddox present a case study on how the University of Nevada, Reno, adopted the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials; Donald Force and Randy Smith consider the relationship among digital surrogates, their physical counterparts, and their metadata; and&nbsp

June 28, 2021—Ballots are now open for 2021 SAA section elections! Each section is led by a steering committee dedicated to advancing the group’s particular special interest. Now’s your chance to choose your sections’ next leaders!

The following was adapted from an “In Memoriam” appearing on the Walter P. Reuther Library website.

Founding director of the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University, SAA Fellow, and SAA past president Philip Parker Mason, 94, who passed away on May 6, 2021.

SAA Fellow, past president, and graduate educator F. Gerald Ham, 91, passed away on June 5, 2021, in Madison, Wisconsin.

June 11, 2021—Minutes from the April 20, 2021, SAA Foundation Board virtual meeting are available now here. 

If you have questions or concerns about these Foundation Board actions, feel free to contact SAA Foundation President Margery Sly or Executive Director Nancy Beaumont (nbeaumont@archivists.org).

SAA Fellow, past president, and bibliophile William L. Joyce, 79, passed away on June 6, 2021, after a lengthy battle with cancer.