The following are archival events for June 30 through July 9 as taken from the Archivist’s Daybook, <http://www.southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Daybook.htm>. ----- June 28 - July 1 Association of Canadian Archivist annual meeting <http://www.archivists.ca/conference/program.aspx>; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Theme: "Living on the Edge" - The Place of Archives In the Heritage and Cultural Community." June 28 New Hampshire Archives Group spring meeting; Hillsborough. June 30 On this date in 2004, Edin Vejzovic, a 15-year-old Muslim boy from the southern Bosnian town of Mostar, donated his $21 monthly allowance to help save books and documents in a Franciscan monastery damaged during the Bosnian war of 1992-1995. Among the documents Edin helped save was the 1463 order by Turkish Sultan Mehmed II allowing Catholics to freely worship in Bosnia. June 30 Auction of the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King; Sotheby's, New York; CANCELLED. July is National Ice Cream Month in the United States. The Knox College Archives <http://library.knox.edu/sca/sca.htm>, Galesburg, Illinois, preserves the Ferris family papers, which, among other things, document how William Mead Ferris (1807-1883) introduced ice cream to Illinois. July 1 NEH <http://www.neh.fed.us>'s Division of Preservation and Access deadline. Guidelines and Application Instructions can be downloaded from the NEH Web Site. To obtain a print version of the Guidelines or to address a question to the NEH staff, e-mail NEH at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or write to: NEH Division of Preservation and Access, Room 802, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20506, 202-606-8570, NEHPRES@GWU VM.GWU.EDU <http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/mailt:[log in to unmask]>. Guidelines and application instructions may be downloaded from <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/preservation.pdf> Program officers will be happy to provide sample grant applications and other assistance in preparing a proposal. July 1 Deadline for SAA to receive section newsletters for distribution before the annual meeting. July 1 Deadline for Canadian Council of Archives <http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/> grant end of project reports for the year 2004-2005. Any institution which is expecting a 2005-2006 grant, and does not submit all its end of project reports by July 1st will see its 2005-2006 grant cancelled. Forms for the end of projects reports can be found on the CCA web site here. <http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/finalreports.html> July 1 Membership year begins for the Association of Canadian Archivists. Have you paid your dues? July 4 On this date in 2002, Ian E. Wilson, C.M., National Archivist of Canada, was appointed to the Order of Canada. July 4 On this date in 1776 the United States Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. One of the grievances enumerated against King George III was "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures." July 5 On this date in 1999, the government of Canada announced the appointment of Ian E. Wilson as National Archivist of Canada. Mr. Wilson had previously been the Archivist of Ontario since 1986. July 5 On this date in 2001 the rotunda of the US National Archives in Washington, DC, was closed for renovation. The "Charters of Freedom"--the United States Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights--were taken off display and moved to NARA's conservation laboratories at Archives II in College Park, Maryland, where NARA's conservators removed them from the cases in which they were placed in 1951. The conservators, analyzed their condition, conducted preservation work, and reëncased them in modern housings. The Charters of Freedom were returned to the newly-renovated rotunda at the end of the 18-month conservation project and building renovation on September 18, 2003. July 8 Feast day of St. Sunniva, a tenth-century Irish princess. After her death, the Benedictine monks who protected her shrine became noted for their record-keeping and their creation of a massive archives. July 9 On this date in 1998, United States First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton <http://www.friendsofhillary.com/index.php> unveiled the logo for the White House Millennium Council and its "Save America's Treasures <http://www.saveamericastreasures.org/>" program (Save America's Treasures is a public-private partnership between the United States National Park Service <http://www.nps.gov> and the National Trust for Historic Preservation <http://www.nationaltrust.org/>). The Millennium Council also sponsored the National Archives Preservation Project, which was a 3-year plan to ensure precious American documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, survive into the next millennium. Congress later extended the program and expanded it to include a wider selection of American cultural treasures. Senator Clinton continues to support the Save America's Treasures program as Founding Chair. ----- The Archivist’s Daybook is another service to the profession of the Society of Southwest Archivists (http://www.southwestarchivists.org). In it you will find information about continuing education and professional development opportunities for archivists around the world through 2009. We welcome the opportunity to promote your archival event and especially encourage non-North American archival meeting planners to list their event with us (there is, of course, no charge for listing your event in the Archivist's Daybook). Please help us promote your event by letting us know <mailto:[log in to unmask] Daybook> of your meeting, seminar, or workshop by emailing [log in to unmask] ---- Leon C. 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