The Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board (CT SHRAB) is the 2021 recipient of the Council of State Archivists- National Historical Publications and Records Commission’s State Historical Advisory Board Award of Merit. The CT SHRAB was chosen to receive this award for overall...
Matt Veatch, recently retired from the Kansas Historical Society as Kansas state archivist, is the 2021 Victoria Irons Walch Leadership Award recipient. Matt represents the best of the archival profession and has been a leader throughout his career, both in Kansas and throughout the country,...
Catheryne Popovitch of the Illinois State Archives is the 2021 recipient of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) CoSA Rising Star Award, designed to acknowledge outstanding contributions by individual staff members or teams to their state archives and constituencies. Cathy has made outstanding...
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) is awarding Nancy Perkin Beaumont, outgoing Executive Director of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), the 2021 CoSA Advocacy for Archives Award. Nancy has advanced archival advocacy work in her role as SAA's Executive Director, and through her skill,...
The nomination period for the CoSA-Ancestry Leadership Awards is now open, with nominations due on November 2. Please see the full announcement for more information and detailed application procedures. CoSA appreciates the generous support of Ancestry in supporting this award that furthers...
At its August annual meeting in Austin, TX, the Council of State Archivists recognized the disaster response leadership of Lori Foley, the administrator of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Council, whose membership consists of the heads of...
At its August annual meeting in Austin, TX, the Council of State Archivists recognized the disaster response leadership of Susan Laura Lugo, the retired Territorial Archivist of the U.S. Virgin Islands, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Council, whose membership consists of the heads of...
The CoSA-Ancestry Leadership Award supports CoSA’s commitment to next generation leadership development by providing up to $1,000 reimbursement for individuals or $2,000 reimbursement for groups of mid-level managers in state and territorial archives to attend training to help develop their...
CoSA Rising Star Award Katherine (Kate) Telford, Digital Archivist, Rhode Island State Archives Kate Telford joined the RI State Archives team as Digital Archivist in October 2018, and is responsible for the ongoing ongoing creation, maintenance, and description of digital archival records...
The CoSA Awards Program Committee is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the following awards: Named for CoSA’s first executive director the Victoria Irons Walch Leadership Award acknowledges long‐term leadership of state and territorial archives. This year’s recipient is Dr. Lisa...