Archives, Archivists, and Society

In this issue we present two addresses by William J. Maher. The first address, "Society and Archives," was given as Maher was about to assume his duties as president at SAA's 1997 annual meeting held in Chicago. His presidential address, "Lost in a Disneyfied World: Archivists and Society in Late-Twentieth-Century America," was delivered September 3, 1998, at the annual meeting held in Orlando, Florida. The following texts incorporate subsequent editorial changes made to clarify issues raised by the oral presentations.