Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Dan Sullivan (AK) circulated a letter among their Senate colleagues in support of increased funding for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This was the first time that such a letter supporting NARA and NHPRC has circulated in the Senate. The advocacy efforts of archivists and kindred professions, led by the organizing efforts of the National Coalition for History and the National Humanities Alliance, resulted in 17 additional Senators signing on to the letter.

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.