Announcements

Announcements

Rhode Island Silent Auction (Click here to see prints)

We have four valuable prints from artist Armond La Montagne. Starting bid for each print is
$25.00 and they do not include a frame. If you would like to participate in the on-line auction,
submit your bid to webmaster Susan Mooney, smooney@southportland.org. She will assign
you a bid number and post your bid under the print that you have indicated that you wish to bid
on. Please include in your email;

Spring Raffle!! 2013 Conference Committee is holding a raffle throughout the month of May. Download a copy and get your submission in by April 30th!! The raffle starts Tuesday, May 1st. There is only one drawing in the last week of May on Thursday, May 31 for $500.00.

IIMC- Education Email- Spotlight on the Institute Director - New England- October 20, 2011 - Congratulations Linda Hutchinrider!!

12/16/10

You're invited! Farewell reception for Linda Cohen, City Clerk of Portland, Maine. January 6, 2011. RSVP today so you don't forget!

10/12/09

Archives Leadership Institute July 18 – 24, 2010
Call for Applications

The University of Wisconsin – Madison is pleased to announce the 2010 leadership institute for archives professionals. The week-long event will feature presentations by dynamic people in the archival field and relevant leaders outside the profession. The goal of the project is to examine the leadership needs of the archives profession and to prepare participants to influence policy and effect change on behalf of the profession (and ultimately, on behalf the public served now and in the future.) The program is directed primarily at mid-level to senior staff --archivists who aspire to leadership roles in their organizations and/or professional associations.

Complete information and down loadable application documents are available at http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed/archivesinst.html. Applications are due by January 19, 2010.

Funded by: NHPRC

09/28/09

New England Archivists (NEA) will host its semi-annual meeting at UMass Boston on November 6-7, 2009 with the theme "Appraisal: New Ideas, New Media, and Old Successes." Featuring sessions on appraisal from many different angles, including appraisal of physical objects, electronic records, monetary appraisal, when to appraise, appraisal outreach, reappraisal and deaccessioning and more, the meeting will include a keynote speech from Richard Cox of the University of Pittsburgh on "Arguing About Appraisal: From Hilary to Helen and Beyond."

Friday, November 6, will include a half-day workshop, "Living to Fight Another Day: Basic Stabilization Techniques for Digital Accessions," and the popular full-day workshop on "Arrangement and Description." In addition, tours of the John F. Kennedy Library Archives and the Massachusetts State Archives will be offered, topped off with an evening reception at the JFK.

The keynote speech and all sessions will take place on Saturday, November 7, at the UMass Boston Campus Center. The meeting registration fee is $65.00 for NEA members and $95 for non-NEA members (which includes a year's membership in NEA) and covers all tours and the evening reception on Friday, and all sessions plus a continental breakfast, lunch and an afternoon reception on Saturday. For complete program and registration information, please go to www.newenglandarchivists.org and click on "Fall 2009 Meeting Info."

09/14/09

	CAREY, Daniel M. Daniel M. Carey, 51, of Hartford, City and Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Records for the City of Hartford since 1993, entered eternal peace unexpectedly on Friday, (September 11, 2009). Dan was born in Hartford, son of the late William H. Carey Jr. and Dorothy (Coll) Carey, and was a Hartford resident for more than 40 years. He was a Graduate of Wethersfield High School and Southern Connecticut State University receiving a Bachelors and Masters Degree. Dan gave his time unselfishly as a member of many organizations; the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, New England Town Clerks Association, the Connecticut Town Clerks Association where he served as Conference Chairman, and was on the Board of Directors for the Greater Hartford Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. He was the Chairman of the Hartford/New Ross Sister City Committee and was on the Board of Directors for Sisters Cities Int ernational/Hartford. Dan has been a member of the Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee since 1993, holding the position of Hartford's Honoree in 1995, and was the Irish Person of the Year in 2009. He was also a member of the Irish-American Home Society and the Irish Northern Aid. Dan loved life and enjoyed it to the fullest. His passions included the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants and he was an avid UCONN Basketball and Football fan, and of course loved playing golf where he will be greatly missed by his league members of the City of Hartford Golf League. Dan will be fondly remembered by his loving family; his stepmother, Susan F. Carey, his brother, William H. Carey III and sister-in-law, Jacqueline Carey; a sister, Marie Meaney and brother-in-law, Thomas Meaney, and a sister, Elizabeth Guild; nieces and nephews, David and Christopher Holt, Scott Guild, Megan and Cristin Carey; and so many dear friends whose hearts and lives Dan touched. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 16 at 9 a.m. from the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 34 Beaver Road, Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrating Dan's life at 10 a.m., in The Church of The Incarnation, 544 Prospect Street, Wethersfield. Interment will follow in Village Cemetery, Marsh Street, Wethersfield. Dan's family will receive relatives and friends in the Funeral Home, Tuesday, September 15 from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Dan's name to The Wethersfield Dollars for Scholars, PO Box 290338, Wethersfield, CT 06109-0338. For online expressions of sympathy or further information please visit farleysullivan.com.

CAREY, Daniel M. Daniel M. Carey, 51, of Hartford, City and Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Records for the City of Hartford since 1993, entered eternal peace unexpectedly on Friday, (September 11, 2009). Dan was born in Hartford, son of the late William H. Carey Jr. and Dorothy (Coll) Carey, and was a Hartford resident for more than 40 years. He was a Graduate of Wethersfield High School and Southern Connecticut State University receiving a Bachelors and Masters Degree. Dan gave his time unselfishly as a member of many organizations; the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, New England Town Clerks Association, the Connecticut Town Clerks Association where he served as Conference Chairman, and was on the Board of Directors for the Greater Hartford Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. He was the Chairman of the Hartford/New Ross Sister City Committee and was on the Board of Directors for Sisters Cities Int ernational/Hartford. Dan has been a member of the Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee since 1993, holding the position of Hartford's Honoree in 1995, and was the Irish Person of the Year in 2009. He was also a member of the Irish-American Home Society and the Irish Northern Aid. Dan loved life and enjoyed it to the fullest. His passions included the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants and he was an avid UCONN Basketball and Football fan, and of course loved playing golf where he will be greatly missed by his league members of the City of Hartford Golf League. Dan will be fondly remembered by his loving family; his stepmother, Susan F. Carey, his brother, William H. Carey III and sister-in-law, Jacqueline Carey; a sister, Marie Meaney and brother-in-law, Thomas Meaney, and a sister, Elizabeth Guild; nieces and nephews, David and Christopher Holt, Scott Guild, Megan and Cristin Carey; and so many dear friends whose hearts and lives Dan touched. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 16 at 9 a.m. from the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 34 Beaver Road, Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrating Dan's life at 10 a.m., in The Church of The Incarnation, 544 Prospect Street, Wethersfield. Interment will follow in Village Cemetery, Marsh Street, Wethersfield. Dan's family will receive relatives and friends in the Funeral Home, Tuesday, September 15 from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Dan's name to The Wethersfield Dollars for Scholars, PO Box 290338, Wethersfield, CT 06109-0338. For online expressions of sympathy or further information please visit farleysullivan.com.