University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

 

Society of American Archivists. 

Records, 1935-[ongoing].

Group 9-3. Sound Recordings, 1988-2005.

UWM Manuscript Collection 172

 

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ABSTRACT: This series consists largely of recorded sessions from the SAA annual meetings, 1988-1995 and 1997-2005. Not all sessions are recorded at each meeting. The recordings are in audio casette and CD formats.  In addition, this series includes audio cassettes of a 1989 SAA Council Meeting in Washington, D.C., which were retained as a sample.


ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39). SAA retains its copyright in this collection.

Researchers must use the access copy of the recordings provided in the Archives.


ARRANGEMENT: The annual meeting sessions are arranged by annual meeting date.

1. Annual Meetings

2. Council Meeting, 1989


RELATED RECORD GROUPS: For documentation of annual meetings, researchers should also consult the annual meetings programs and photographs series. 


PROCESSING: The electronic recordings received to date were copied to the network on January 10, 2007.


 

1. Annual Meetings, 1988 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
Documenting Localities 1 1 S2W
Is There Archival Theory? 1 1 S10
Selecting Materials for Preservation 1 1 S11
MARC Format Integration: Implications for Archival & Manuscript Description 1 1 S12
Corporate Archives in a Decade of Change: Planning for the Future 1 1 S13
Archival Education: The Expanding Role of Regional Organizations 1 1 S14
Planning in the Small Archives 1 1 S19W
Certification and the Archival Profession 1 1 S22
The National Archives in Canada and the U.S. 1 1 S23
Academic Archivists: The Common Ground 1 2 S28
Planning Descriptive Standards: The Canadian Committee on Descriptive Standards 1 2 S29
Assessing and Purchasing Preservation Microfilming Services 1 2 S30
The Theory and Practice of Appraisal: A Report on Recent Findings 1 2 S32
The United Nations War Crimes Commission Records: Questions of Access 1 2 S35
Archivists and the Law 1 2 S36
Training, Motivation, and Managing Non- and Paraprofessional Staff 1 2 S37W
Mixing and Matching: Records Management within Academic Archives 1 2 S42
Descriptive Standards for Visual Materials 1 2 S43
Territorial Imperatives: The Ethics of Collecting 1 3 S47
Keeping Up with MARC AMC 1 3 S54S
Data Base Management System for Microcomputers 1 3 S60SF
Authority Control in Archives: User Perspectives 1 3 S62
The Next Step? Strategies for Managing Local Records 1 3 S66
The Appraisal of College and University Archives: The MIT Study 1 3 S67
Who Should Teach? 1 3 S71
Exhibits: Planning and Design from a Preservation Perspective 1 3 S73SF
Standards for Form and Genre Terms: Where Are We and Where Should We Be Going? 1 3 S76
Understanding Archival Program Development: Three Cases of Organizational Change 1 3 S77
A Common Agenda? Archives, Museums, and Historical Societies 1 4 S80
Collecting: Public Archives Rights Versus the Rights of Manuscript Repositories 1 4 S81
Statewide Responsibility in Disaster Planning 1 4 S83
The Emerging Role of the Instructional Archivist 1 4 S84
Women in Archives: Three Generations Speak Out 1 4 S85
Archival Description and Authority Control 1 4 S87
Archival Education Update 1 4 S89
The Security of Archival Records: Learning from Recent Events 1 4 S91
Collecting the Uncollectible: How to Cope with Privileged Information 1 4 S92W
Appraisal and Research Use of Machine-Readable Records 1 4 S93W
Museums as Cultural Institutions: The Roles They Play in Developing or Continuing Cultural Trends, and the Archives They Maintain 1 5 S94
Professional Ethics: A Comparative Approach 1 5 S95

 

1. Annual Meetings, 1989 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1 1 A7
Standards for Archival Description 1 1 A8
“I Could’ve Been Elected Governor…But I Didn’t Have a Possible Chance": Interviewing State Politicians 1 1 A9
The Right Stuff? Documenting the Modern U.S. Military 1 1 A11
Working Relationships: Implementing AMC in Local Systems 1 1 A12
Retrospective Conversion of Archival Records to Machine-Readable Form 1 1 A13
150 Years of Visual Evidence: Daguerre, Talbot, and Dickson 1 1 A14
The Current State of Records Management in Colleges and Universities: An Assessment 1 1 A15
Of Cabbages & Kings: Learning to Manage Up 1 2 A16
Beyond the MARC Format: Electronic Data Exchange Standards in Government, Industry and Universities 1 2 A24
Preserve to Serve 1 2 A25
Subject Access to Archival and Manuscript Collections 1 2 A28
Documenting Contemporary Social Protest Movements 1 2 A29
What Is a Record? 1 2 A30
Videodisc Technology and Visual Image Collections 1 2 A31
The Changing Nature of Documentation and Its Impact on Historical Research 1 2 A32
In the Belly of the Beast? Archives in Academic Libraries 1 3 A34
Vital Records Access: New Legislation 1 3 A36
Mini-Computer Archival and Records Management Systems: Functional Requirements 1 3 A41
Is Experience the Best Teacher? Training Programs for Archivists 1 3 A42
Saving Grace: Toward Documentation Strategies for Religious Archives 1 3 A43
Preservation Program Evaluation: Report on the Findings 1 3 A44
The Archivist’s Role: Impact and Implications of the Certification Examination 1 3 A47
Managing Change and Innovation 1 3 A49
Appraising and Managing Machine-Readable Records in Academic Archives 1 4 A56
Feeding the Hand That Bites You: Should State Historical Societies Support Their Local Competition? 1 4 A59
Electronic Records Policy Frameworks 1 4 A68
The Archival Administration of Electronic Records 1 4 A69
Photographic Conservation Update 1 4 A71
Realities and Possibilities: Assessment and Accreditation of Archival Institutions 1 4 A72
The Information Chain: A National Integrated Data Base 1 4 A75
Preservation Guru or Gadfly: The Impact a Preservation Administrator Can Have on a Archives 1 4 A76
What’s the Purpose? The Role of Functions in Archival Practice 1 5 A78
Holdings Maintenance: An Integrated Approach to Archives Preservation 1 5 A83
Preservation Surveys: A Spectrum of Programs and Progress 1 5 A88
Appraisal Case Studies 1 5 A90
Controlled Vocabulary for College and University Records 1 5 A94
Data Base Management Systems for Microcomputers 1 5 A95
Out of the Closet and Into the Stacks 1 5 A97

 

1. Annual Meetings, 1990 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
This Old Archives: Building or Renovating an Archival Facility 1 1 3W
The Sound of Silence: Preservation Problems of Archival Sound Recordings 1 1 4
Environmental and Legal Research: An Update for Archivists 1 1 7
Preservation: Why Bother? Point-Counterpoint 1 1 8
Where, What, and How: Issues in Graduate Archival Education 1 1 9
Retrospective Appraisal and Deaccessioning: Lessons from College and University Archives 1 1 10
Schools of Thought: Training Preservation Personnel for Archives 1 1 14
Writing for Publication 1 1 15W
Extending your Reach: Collection Development Techniques 2 2 18
From Cards to Computers: Coordinated Access Tools 2 2 19
Business Records/Business History: What’s on the Agenda? 2 2 20
FOIA: Legal Issues for Archives and Archivists 2 2 24
Are We What People Think They Keep? 2 2 28
Re-establishing the Old Alliance: Records Management, Archives, and the Electronic Life-Cycle 2 2 29
More than Decoration: Moving Images, Sound Recordings, Oral Histories, and Photographs as Documents for Historical Research 2 2 31
To Charge or Not to Charge: Service Fees in the Archives 2 2 33
Beyond Bookmarks: Marketing Techniques for Archives 2 3 38
Oversize Records: Option for Preservation 2 3 39
Perspectives on African-Americans in the Pacific Northwest. 2 3 43
The Birth of a Salesmen, or Educating Archivists  2 3 46
Preservation Microfilming Workshop 2 3 50W
In Defense of Genealogy 2 3 55
Fugitives in the Archives: Standards of Documentation and Access for Oral Histories 2 3 56
Plan or Perish: Developing Disaster Contingency Plans 2 3 58
See You in Court: Litigation and Reference Service 2 4 59
The Role of Archival Materials in Historic Preservation 2 4 63
War and Remembrance: Planning a Coordinated Approach to the 50th Anniversary of WWII 2 4 64
Who’s Using What: Current Research on the Use of Archives 2 4 67
After the Disaster: Case Studies of Recovery Efforts 2 4 68
Less is More: Space Planning for Small Repositories 2 4 73W
Making Them Hear You: Archives and Publicity 2 4 74
Widening Vision: The Reference Use of Photographs 2 4 79
Copyright Primer 2 5 82
Using Volunteers in Archives 2 5 86
Has Schellenberg Failed Us? Current Appraisal Practices in Federal, State, and Local Archives 2 5 89
New Models for Advanced Archival Education 2 5 92
Get It in Writing: Manuscript Repositories and the Law 2 5 94

 

1. Annual Meetings, 1991 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
Et tu Brute: My Mother the Genealogist 2 1 2
Identifying and Acquiring Local and Regional Historical Manuscripts 2 1 7
Providing Access to Oral History Interviews 2 1 8
But Can You Afford to Save It? 2 1 9
Taking Care of Business: New Approaches to Business Records 2 1 11
Burckel-Cook, The Next Decade: An Update of the 1980 Survey of College and University Archives 2 1 17
Sound Solutions: Decision Making for Manuscripts Repositories with Audio Recordings 2 1 22
Archival Turnaround: New Directions for Old Archival Programs 2 2 23
Federal Funding Sources for Arrangement and Description Projects 2 2 24
The Impact of Technology on the Research Process: Archives in the Year 2000 2 2 25
Institutional Self-Study: Three Perspectives 2 2 29
Writing for Publication 2 2 31W
Attack of the Killer Spores 2 2 33
Understanding Institutional Culture 2 2 35W
A Paper Permanence Primer 2 2-3 39
Stirring the Hornet's Nest: Continuing the Dialogue on Electronic Records 2 3 40SF
Users and Use: Assessing the Needs of Actual and Potential Users 2 3 42
Forgeries and Fakes: The Art and Science of Detection 2 3 44
The Working Meeting on Research Issues in Electronic Records: A Report 2 3 48
Building for Preservation Considerations in the Design and Construction of Facilities 2 3 49
Do the Right Thing: Developing Descriptive Standards 2 3 50
Friends Groups: A New Form of Support for Archives 2 3 51
Looking at the Issues of Staff Development and Continuing Education 2 3-4 55
Stepping Out of Line, Getting On-Line: Technology and Reference 2 4 56
Copyright on Non-Traditional Records 2 4 64
Less Is More: Space Planning for Small Repositories 2 4 67W
“Yours, Mine and Ours”: Collection Definition and Acquisitions Policies in Institutional Archives 2 4 70
Technology Preparedness: Sources of Training for Archivists Dealing with Electronic Records 2 4 78
Issues in the Retention & Access of Electronic Records 2 4 79
Assessing Access Options: Copies, Fiche, or Disc? 2 4 85
Management Models: What Are They? Do They Work? 2 4-5 86
The Archivist as Scholar 2 5 87

 

1. Annual Meetings, 1992 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
AAQ/ACA/SAA Joint Session “Archivists & Cooperation: Three International Perspectives” 2 1 S1
Post-Soviet Archives: Archival Transformation in Russia and Other Soviet Republics 2 1 S2
Anglo-American Standards for Multi-Level Description 2 1 S3
Inherit the Wind? Theoretical Issues Relating to the Accessioning of Electronic Records 2 1 S4
Collection Assessment Strategies for Preservation in Archival Repositories 2 1 S8
The Canadian Archival Identity 2 1 S10
2020 Vision: Technology Trends 2 1 S12
As Others See Us: The Foreign Perception of the United States Archival Profession 2 1 S14
Old Methods, New Evidence: What Archival Practice Can Contribute to the Identification of Sources to Historical Research 2 1-2 S20
Innocents Abroad 2 2 S21
Cultivating the Postliterate 2 2 S26
Order of Chaos: The State of Archival Theory at the Edge of the Third Millennium 2 2 S27
Archival “Retreads”: Becoming an Electronic Records Archivists 2 2 S29
2020 Vision: Organizational Trends 2 2 S34
Finding Sex and Gender in Archives 2 2 S35
“Neither a Borrower nor Lender Be”: Interlibrary Loan and Archives 2 2 S39
Bringing Archival Requirements to the Standards Setting Process 2 2 S40
Blood and Documents: The Second World War and Archives 3 3 S41
Who Are We Educating? 3 3 S43
2020 Vision: Social and Cultural Trends 3 3 S46
On the Level 3 3 S47
National Barriers to the Free Flow of Information: The Access Issue of the 1990’s 3 3 S51
Privacy, Public Access and Personal Reputation 3 3 S52
Archival Research and Development: Creation and Access to the Literature 3 3 S54
2020 Vision: Trends in Research 3 3 S56
Disk Players: Getting Involved with Optical Disks 3 4 S57
Faculty Papers? Why Keep Them? How Do We Get Them? Who Owns Them? 3 4 S59
Who Goes There? Access Policies in Private Institutions 3 4 S60
The Symbolic Values of Archives 3 4 S64
Testing the Limits: The AAT as a National and International Archival Vocabulary Resource 3 4 S66
Managing Electronic Records in the University 3 4 72SF
Advances in the Exchange of Information and Documentation on Archival Professional Literature 3 4 73SF
2020 Vision: Recap 3 4 S74
Ephemera in Archives: More Than a Passing Fancy 3 4 S75
Acquisition Strategy for Multicultural Archives 3 5 S77
Clear and Present Danger: Responding to Health Threats in the Archives 3 5 S78
Scientific and Technical Information and Archives 3 5 S79
Collaboration, Consensus and Cooperation: The Work of Standard-Setting Bodies on Audiovisual Materials and New Technology in Archives 3 5 S81
Archival Theory and the Myth of Reality 3 5 S82

 

1. Annual Meetings, 1993 Sessions. BOX CASE TAPE
From Print to Digital: Federal Funding Agency Priorities 3 1 1
Electronic Records: Users and Uses 3 1 9
More than Religion: African Americans in Religious Archives 3 1 10
Accommodation: The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Managing an Archives 3 1 13
Master’s Degree in Archival Studies: Forum on the CEPD Proposal 3 1 17
Let the Record Speak: Myths and Realities in the History of Sexuality 3 1 17
Follow the Leader: Can Archives and Libraries Cooperate on a National Preservation Agenda? 3 1 19
Genius and the Mobocracy: Assessing Models of Archival Information System Architectures 3 1 21
Standards for Description of Cartographic Records 3 2 25SF
Feeding Undergraduate Researchers Without Becoming “McArchives” 3 2 27SF
The Archival Challenges of Electronic Mail 3 2 30SF
Predicting Longevity of Archival Holdings 3 2 32SF
Occupational Histories: Putting Them to Use 3 2 37
Taking Archives to the People 3 2 38
Fundamentals of Film and Microfilm Preservation 3 2 39
Sexual Harassment: A Manager’s Dilemma 3 2 41
Appraising Alternate Forms and Formats: A Case Study in the Appraisal of Scientific Databases 3 2 43
Capturing the Fifteen Minutes: Collecting and Preserving Underground Culture 3 2 44
Preservation and Electronic Records: Learning to View a Problem as a Possible Solution 3 3 45
Take the Money and Run: Setting Usage Fees for Visual Materials in the Real World and in Our World 3 3 46
There’s More to College Life than Studying: Documenting Students 3 3 47
Different Approaches to African American Women’s History 3 3 50
Privacy, Secrecy, and the Native American 3 3 51
Automating the Descriptive Process: From Accessioning to Finding Aids to the Internet 3 3 52
The Crisis of Documentation 3 3 55
“Thanks, HAL”: Archival Information on Computer Networks 3 3 57
Raising Cane and Slicing Beets: Documenting the Sugar Industry 3 3 58
Automated Techniques for Electronic Records 3 4 59
Afrocentricity: Strategies for Documenting African Americans 3 4 60
Archival Environment: What Do I Need to Know? 3 4 62
Fear of the Unknown: Implications of Digital Imaging in Electronic Publishing for Visual Collections 3 4 64
New Orleans Jazz in Archives 3 4 65
Willie and Joe and the Combat Historian 3 4 67
Fundamentals of Preservation Re-recording of Sound Recordings and Videotape 3 4 68
Consulting Services: An Educated Consumer Is the Best Customer 3 4 71
Policies on Research Access to Unprocessed Collections 3 5 73
Nuisances: Problems and Solutions for Oversize Materials 3 5 76
Archival Ethics in Practice 3 5 78
U Rah, Rah! Documenting Athletics and Academe 3 5 80
JFK, The Movie -- JFK, The Records 3 5 81
Outreach and Community 3 5 82
Access Issues in Presidential Libraries 3 5 83
National Archives Forum Sponsored by the SAA Council 3 5 83
SAA Sections and Roundtables Task Force Open Forum Not Included

 

a. Annual Meetings, 1994 Sessions.<