Dear All: If you live or work in the Mid-Atlantic region, please share the announcement below with your colleagues and students who may not subscribe to this list. Thanks so much. Fernanda Perrone Fall 2006 MARAC Scholarships/Travel Award for Meeting September 10 Deadline for Applications The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is offering several funding opportunities associated with the Fall 2006 meeting in Morristown, New Jersey, October 26-28, 2006. Available are: --the Marsha Trimble MARAC Meeting Scholarship, a $400 scholarship to be applied toward conference registration, workshops, conference meals, lodgings, and/or travel expenses related to attendance at the meeting; --two scholarships covering registration fees for one full-day or up to two half-day MARAC workshops; --two awards up to $250 to assist individuals with travel funding for the meeting. QUALIFICATIONS: For eligibility, you must currently: 1. Be employed in the MARAC region in an archival or archives-related position OR 2. Be employed as a graduate student in a program that includes courses in archival administration. TO APPLY: Submit a current resume; a cover letter indicating whether you are applying for the meeting scholarship, workshop, or travel award and including a statement of the expected benefits of attendance; and a letter of reference from a person with knowledge of your work or educational program. For the travel award and meeting scholarship include an estimate of expenses. All applications should be sent by email to MARAC Education Committee Chair Fernanda H. Perrone at: [log in to unmask] with a hard copy by US mail to: Fernanda H. Perrone Archivist and Head, Exhibitions Program Special Collections and University Archives Rutgers University Libraries 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163 DEADLINE: The deadline for receipt of applications is September 10, 2006. -- Fernanda Helen Perrone, D. Phil. Archivist and Head, Exhibitions Program Curator, William Elliot Griffis Collection Special Collections and University Archives Rutgers University Libraries 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163 732 932-7006 x363 FAX: 732 932-7012 email: [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>