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 
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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]

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