ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Consumer/Survivor/Ex-patient (C/S/X) Oral History Project to receive the 2003 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
The award will be presented to Darby Penney and Steven Periard at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Department in Albany on November 13, 2003. The award is named after the late Dr. Debra E. Bernhardt, former Director of the Wagner Labor Archives at New York University, who was a staunch advocate of documenting the history of groups who traditionally have been omitted from the historical record.
The award commends the C/S/X Oral History Project for its considerable accomplishments in giving new insights into our mental health system by documenting the experience with the system from the perspective of those who received services. This project, the only one of its kind in the country, will contribute to a fuller understanding about the history of mental health and greatly enrich the historical record of New York State.
Previous winners of the Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History include the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives of New York University (2001) and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY (2002).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year's award recipients follows:
William Hoyt Advocacy Award
Thomas G. Clingan, Albany County Clerk
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program
Development
Ulster County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Niagara County
Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development
Binghamton University
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History
Consumer/Expatient/Survivor Oral History Project
Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research
Ludlum Elementary School, Hempstead School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 4-5
Kamisha Anderson, Izeele Riojas, Charisse Strong, Derrick Brown, Luchen Thomas,
Kiarivel Peralta, DeQuan Mitchell, Peter Collins, Stephanie Custillo, Norma
Rivera, Davine Nichols
Joshua Rivera, Gabriel Devoe, fifth graders at P.S. 197 M, Manhattan.
Teacher: Joan Weisberger.
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 6-8
Daniel Mann, 8th grader at Felix Festa Middle School, Clarkstown School District.
Teachers: Barbara Kalmar and Laura Padilla
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 9-12
Laura Caccavo, 9th grader at Clarkstown High School North
Teachers: Penelope Macias and Christina Teresa Vickery
Bruce W. Dearstyne Educator Award for Excellence in the Use of Local Government
Records
Larry Slanovich, Yorkshire-Pioneer School District, Yorkshire, New York