August 8, 2022—The SAA Foundation Board is pleased to announce that more than $20,000 has been awarded to 60 archivists to support their attendance at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2022. Congratulations to all!

August 3, 2022—With wildfires ravaging the west and catastrophic flooding to the east, archives and archivists across the country are facing severe natural disasters. Please review and share the following resources with those in need!

August 3, 2022—The SAA Foundation Board awards grants that meet the mission and goals of the Foundation and/or SAA’s strategic planning priorities. Now in its seventh year of the program, the Foundation is pleased to announce the following grant projects:

American Archivist Editorial Board members and guest editors Sumayya Ahmed (Simmons University School of Library and Information Science) and Rebecca Hankins (Texas A&M University Libraries) invite you to write an article or case study for a Special Section of the journal focusing on Middle East and North African (MENA) archives, broadly-defined.

July 27, 2022—The SAA Council has approved creation of an Archival Repatriation Committee whose principal charge is to "ensure that the organization's services, activities, policies, communications, and products support the goal of supporting archivists in repatriating and receiving archival materials. It coordinates with various SAA entities, external organizations, and originating communities and monitors, evaluates, advocates for, and reports on matters relating to the repatriation of archival materials."

Explore the latest issue of Archival Outlook! In the July/August 2022 issue, Evan Spencer adapts primary source instruction for art students at the University of Texas at Arlington, and Eric Milenkiewicz shares how California’s Inland Empire community revitalized an oral history project among its Black residents.

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In early June, news broke that the George W. Bush Foundation had entered into an agreement to assume sole control of the museum operations of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Bush Library), located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.