Read the July/August 2026 Issue of Archival Outlook

In the latest issue of Archival Outlook, Keith Pemberton talks about the importance of noting and acknowledging absence in the archival record, something AI cannot do; Joshua Cochran gives readers a look at the “Democracy, Civic Education, and the American Archive” symposium hosted at the Beinecke Library earlier this year; and Armando Suárez discusses cleaning up the Paredon Records collection, including sound recordings from protest and revolutionary movements around the world. Also in this issue, the Committee on Public Awareness shares the work their group is doing to support archival advocacy and Derek Mosley says goodbye in his last President’s Message. Read the digital issue here. Print issue to follow.

On the cover: A photo of sled dog racer Mary Shields howling with one of her dogs, ca. 1990s. Read more about archival intern William A. Wallace’s experience processing her papers at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in this issue. Courtesy of the Mary Shields papers, Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives.

Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | July/August 2026

• "President's Message: Hope for Tomorrow"
  by Derek T. Mosley
• "A Foot on Each Horse"
  by Kay Hahn
• "Democracy, Civic Education, and the American Archive Symposium at Yale Beinecke Library"
  by Joshua Cochran
• "Paredon Records: Preserving the People's Record Label"
  by Armando Suárez
• "Absence is a Finding"
  by Keith Pemberton
• "Supporting Archivists as Advocates"
  by Amanda Gottesman, Felicity Knox, Sidney Louie, Cassie Reddick, Elizabeth Rivera, Dawn Schmitz, and Claudia Willett
• "May I Be the Person My Dogs Think I Am: Processing the Mary Shields Papers"
  by William A. Wallace
• "Preserving Burns & McDonnell's Corporate Memory Through Interviews"
  by Lance Warren
• Kudos
• In Memoriam
• "From the Chief Executive Officer: Archivists as Unsung Heroes of Our History"
  by Jacqualine Price Osafo