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Photos from past annual meetings, along with programs, speaker's notes, and other information (when available) may be found by selecting from the links below:

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(2004)

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Program
"Borders and Boundaries"

May 25 - May 27, 2006 
El Paso, Texas

 


Plenaries and Concurrent Sessions
(subject to change)

Friday, May 26

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

·         Vendor Exhibits

8:30 a.m.

·         Welcome

Local Arrangements and President Brenda Gunn

8:45 a.m.

·         Opening Plenary Session

Preserving Our Past to Protect Our Future: The Electronic Records Archives

L. Reynolds Cahoon, Senior Advisor on Electronic Records, Office of the Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration

How do you preserve millions of emails and other electronic records created in many formats using a variety of software? Our speaker will explain NARA’s approach to this massive challenge. 


9:30 a.m.  Break (sponsored by New Mexico State University Library)


Concurrent Sessions

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

  • Case Studies in Cross Border Documentary Initiatives (U.S./Mexico): The Durango/Sombrerete Microfilming Project, 1992-2006  

Moderator: Steve Hussman, New Mexico State University

Case Studies in Cross Border Documentary Initiatives (U.S./Mexico): The Durango/Sombrerete Microfilming Project, 1992-2006

          Steve Hussman, New Mexico State University

 

Documentary Sources for Ecclesiastical Biographies in the Durango Cathedral Archives

          Rick Hendricks, New Mexico State University

 

Archives of the Provincias Internas: Microfilming Civil and Ecclesiastical Records of Durango and Sombrerete

          Dennis Daily, New Mexico State University

 

  • From New Orleans to Baton Rouge

Moderator: Tara Laver, Louisiana State University

 

Kissed by Kate: Salvage and Preservation of a NOLA Photographic Collection Post-Katrina

          Mark Martin, Louisiana State University

 

Disaster Response: Collaboration Between New Orleans and Baton Rouge Dioceses

          Emilie “Lee” Leumas, Diocese of Baton Rouge

 

  • Partners Without Borders: Archives, Collections and Museums Unite For Education

Moderator: Meg Hacker, NARA–Southwest Region

Partnering for a Presence: How an Herbarium Has Made Itself Known

          Amber Keller, Botanical Research Institute of Texas

 

No Passport Needed: Finding Partners in Your Own Neighborhood

          Mary Burke, Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art

 

Partnering with Records: Deciphering Court Records for Classroom Use

          Paul Wormser, NARA–Pacific Region

 


11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Lunch on your own


Concurrent Sessions

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  

  • Boundaries and Beyond! From the Rio Grande to Mars: National Archives Regional and Presidential Discoveries  

Moderator: Meg Hacker, NARA–Southwest Region

Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican Revolutionaries Tried in Federal Courts

          Barbara Rust, NARA–Southwest Region

 

Boundaries and Discrimination: The Chinese Exclusion Experience in Texas

          Meg Hacker, NARA–Southwest Region

 

The Final Frontier: Documenting Space Exploration at the George Bush Library

          Debbie Carter, George Bush Presidential Library

 

  • Call Us When All Hell Breaks Loose

Moderator: Jennifer Albin, Arizona State Archives

 

Katrina—Murphy’s Law or O’Brien’s Principle?

          Kirk Lively, Belfor USA

 

Media Recovery 101

          Linda Perry, Focal Point Solutions

 

Saving History from a Hurricane

          Edy Pokluda, Munters Corporation

 

  • The Lone Arranger Develops a Website

Moderator: Linda Colwell, Arizona State Archives

 

Using Freeware to Develop Websites

          Stan Gunn, University of Texas at Austin

 

What Your Audience Wants and What You Can Provide

          Gina Costello, Louisiana State University

 

Making the Best Use of Your One Second

          Howard Margot, New Orleans Notarial Archives

 

 


3:00 p.m.  Break  


Concurrent Sessions

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • Behind the Scenes: Performing Arts Collections in Archives 

Moderator: Sara Holmes, Texas Tech University

 

Six Weeks of Seersucker: Managing Theater Arts Collections

          Pati Threatt, McNeese State University

 

Gus' Final Resting Place: The Lonesome Dove Film Archives

          Katie Salzmann, Texas State University

 

Documenting the "Voice of the Great Southwest:" The Papers of Radio Pioneer, Ralph W. Goddard

          Martha Shipman Andrews, New Mexico State University

 

  • Wayfinding in the (Digital) Wilderness  

Moderator: Kay Bost, Oklahoma State University

 

Reconnecting Cartographically: Updating a Digital Map Library

          Ann Hodges, University of Texas at Arlington

 

Putting Up Sign Posts: Women of the Dustbowl and Other Projects

          Kay Bost, Oklahoma State University

 

Crossing Boundaries: Searching Across Digital Archives

          Danielle Cuniff Plumer, Texas State Library

 

  • When to Say “Whoa!”: Developing Collections, Maintaining Focus and Staying on Track 

Moderator: Paul Oelkrug, University of Texas at Dallas

 

Taking the Archival Reins: Development and Implementation of

Archival Policy for Small Non-Profits

          Leslie Wagner, Dallas Jewish Historical Society and Dallas Holocaust

          Museum

 

Drawing the Line without Closing the Door:  Collection and Use Policies in a Small Town Archive

          Emily Hyatt, The History Center, Diboll, Texas

 

We Stop at the County Line:  Developing Policy Designed for the Needs

of the Large County Archive

          Susan Pritchett, Tarrant County Archives/Tarrant County Historical

          Commission

 


Saturday, May 27

7:30 a.m.   Breakfast buffet opens

8:00 a.m.   Speaker 

David Dorado Romo

El Paso writer David Romo will speak about his explorations through archives in Mexico and the United States while researching his book 
A
Ringside Seat to a Revolution:  An Underground Cultural History of
El Paso and Juárez, 1893-1923. 


8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Business Meeting

SLOTTO!


Concurrent Sessions

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

  • Getting Personal with the Ugly Sisters, Katrina & Rita: Personal Trials, Tragedies and Triumphs  

Moderator: Charles Schultz, Texas A & M University

The Best Laid Plans: 90 Minutes to Pack, 48 Hours to Panic

          Shelly Kelly, University of Houston Clear Lake

 

I Wouldn't Look So Hot After That Length of Time Underwater Either

          Bill Meneray, Tulane University

 

Hurricane Stories & Disaster Plans

          Robert Schaadt, Sam Houston Regional Library

 

Baton Rouge, Katrina, Rita and Me

          Faye Phillips, Louisiana State University

 

  • Have Pencil Will Travel: Challenges and Rewards of Archival Research on Borderlands History  

Moderator: Claudia Rivers, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Researching Gender and Ethnicity on the U.S.-Mexico Border

          Julia Schiavone-Camacho, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Defining the Boundaries of Care: Archival Sources for Public Health Policy

          Ann Gabbert, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Twentieth Century Mexico Through the Eyes of Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama

          Jeffrey Lucas, University of Texas at El Paso

 

  • No Man’s Land: Personal and Private Information in the Archival Record

Moderator: Michelle Mears, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

A View from the Top: Working with the President’s Office Records

          Michelle Mears, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

Addressing Issues of Privacy and Confidentiality in the Tarlton Law Library

          Addy Sonder, University of Texas at Austin Tarlton Law Library

 

The Weird World of Redaction and Removal: The Texas State Archives and the Texas Public Information Act

          Tony Black, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

 

 

 

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