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>.

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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.

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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,
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Leon C. Miller, Manuscripts Librarian
Special Collections, Jones Hall
Tulane University Libraries
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
ph: 504-865-5685, fx: 504-865-5761, [log in to unmask]
http://specialcollections.tulane.edu

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