Read the May/June 2023 Issue of Archival Outlook

Explore the newest issue of Archival Outlook! In the May/June 2023 issue, Nicole Font considers privacy issues while working on fan mail from The Bob Dylan Archive, Jenny Barker-Devine and Samantha Sauer discuss the challenges and successes of engaging students in the maintenance of the archives at Illinois College, and Mary B. Hansen reflects on ways to measure the success of outreach events. Also in this issue, the SAA Program Committee gives a sneak peek at the ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2023 education sessions, Carrie P. Mastley uses new historicism to connect with students, and SAA shares the results of its 2023 election. Read the digital version here. Print edition to follow.

Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | May/June 2023

This issue is sponsored by Atlas Systems, Inc., Lucidea, San Jose State University iSchool, and Scenesavers, Inc. 

• "President's Message: On Service and Success"
  by Terry Baxter
• "Continuing Chief Daniel Nimham's Fight for His People and His Homeland: Decolonizing Archival Description in the Philipse Archives"
  by Christopher Laico
• "'Butts in Chairs': What Measures Outreach Success?"
  by Mary B. Hansen
• "It's All Relative: A New Historicist Approach to Archival Instruction for Literary Studies"
  by Carrie P. Mastley
• "Bringing Life Back to a University Archives"
  by Anastasia Rousseau
• "Meeting the Mission: Designing and Growing Archival Advocacy, Access, and Awareness"
  by Jenny Barker-Devine and Samantha Sauer
• "A Bob Dylan Fan Mail Collection Raises Questions of Privacy"
  by Nicole Font
• "From the Acting Archivist of the United States: Civics for All of US at the National Archives"
  by Debra Steidel Wall
• "The Archivist's Apprentice: A Graduate Student's Introduction to Archival Work"
  by Aaron Rau
• "Working in Common for ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2023"
  by Marcella Huggard and Warren Lambert
• 2023 SAA Election Results
• "From the Executive Director: Reflecting, Planning, and Growing"
  by Jacqualine Price Osafo