Every fall the Society of American Archivists University of Texas at Austin Student Chapter, hosts Archives Week. The Chapter schedules repository tours invites speakers come to discuss their work, and partners with other organizations to promote Archives in conjunction with American Archives Month.
Archives Week 2014
October 19-25
Sunday, October 19
Austin Archives Bazaar
Spider House Ballroom
2:00-6:00 pm
This free event features 22 Central Texas archives showing off their amazing collections and is open to the general public. Archival activities and live performances. at from 2-6 pm. This event features 22 Central Texas archives showing off their amazing collections and is open to the general public.
Wednesday, October 22
Lecture by Maria Esteva
Data Management and Collections Group Research Associate/Data Archivist
3:30-5:00 pm
Texas Advanced Computing Center Visualization Lab
"Archival Modeling: How computational and data driven workflows can be applied to traditional archival theory and practice"
Limited seating, RSVP only - saautx@gmail.com
Thursday, October 23
Dr. David B. Gracy II Lecture
4:00-5:00 pm
Jessen Auditorium. Homer Rainey Hall - 21st St and University Avenue
"What You See Is Not What You Get: The History and Nature of Documentary Forgery"
Friday, October 24
Best of The Harry Ransom Center, Repository show & tell
3:00-4:00pm
Harry Ransom Center
Feldman Room, 2nd Floor
RSVP only, members only - saautx@gmail.com
Friday, October 24
Happy Hour
Gabriel's Cafe, AT & T Center, 1900 University Avenue
2:00-6:00 pm
Students,faculty, staff, and alumni welcome!
Past Archives Weeks:
2013: Technology in the Archives
Schedule of Events
2012: History and Fashion
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Flyers
2011: Curiouser and Curiouser: Exploring the Wonder that Keeps Archives Weird
Poster
2010: Archives-Are-Us!
Poster | Daily Texan Article
2008: Archives City Limits: A Celebration of Music Archives
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Concert Poster
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Wiki
2007: Power, Privacy, and the Public Good: the Politics of Archives
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2006: Documenting Underrepresented Communities: Women and Gender in Archives
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Flyer
2005: Reel Preservation: Archives and the Preservation of Moving Images
Website
2004: Balancing Power: Secrecy and Government Records
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Flyer
2003: Who Controls the Past?: Archives and Political Legitimacy
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Archives Clinic Flyer
2002: Archives Under Attack
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Flyer
2001: Archives: They're Virtually Everywhere! (Archives and Technology)
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Photos
2000: Where in the World Are Archives?
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