2010 New York Archives Month poster

October is New York Archives Month, and the 2010 Archives Month poster, which features a great image from the holdings of the Rochester Museum and Science Center Archives, is now available. If you would like to help publicize Archives Month, your friendly Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) Regional Archivist has a supply of posters on hand.

If you work at a repository that is hosting a New York Archives Month event, please inform your DHP Regional Archivist, who will ensure that your event is listed on the New York State Archives' October 2010 Events and Activities calendar.

If your repository is located in the New York City area and your event is taking place between October 10-16, please contact both your DHP Regional Archivist and the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, which will list your event in its 2010 Archives Week calendar (NB: Archives Week listings must be submitted no later than September 15).

Los Angeles Archives Bazaar

American Archives Month is upon us. I'm always impressed with the diverse ways that we as a profession commemorate this month, and I'm particularly taken with the approach adopted by a group of Los Angeles archives: on October 25, the University of Southern California will host the Third Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, which will enable anyone doing archival research--whether genealogical or scholarly--to discuss their projects with staff from approximately fifteen area repositories.

Repositories that will be represented at the Archives Bazaar include:

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Autry National Center of the American West
  
• Boyle Heights Historical Society
• Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
• Filipino-American Library
• Japanese American National Museum
• LA84 Foundation--Sports Library
• Los Angeles City Archives (Office of the City Clerk)
  
• Los Angeles Public Library
• Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
• ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
• Orange Empire Railway Museum
• Society of California Archivists
• UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive
• UCLA Libraries--Special Collections
• USC Libraries--Special Collections
  

The Archives Bazaar is sponsored by L.A. as Subject, an alliance of Los Angeles-area repositories led by the University of Southern California Libraries, and will also feature displays of archival material, film screenings, genealogy presentations, teaching sessions, and book signings. The Archives Bazaar is getting some media attention, and I hope that it gets even more notice as the 25th approaches.

What a great idea! I would love to see a Capital District Archives Bazaar next year.