The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York to receive the 2006 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
The award will be presented to Roundtable President Mindy S. Gordon and immediate past President Joseph M. Komljenovich at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Department in Albany on October 23, 2006. The award is named after the late Assemblyman William Hoyt from Buffalo, who was a staunch supporter of archives and records management in New York State.
The award recognizes the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York for the organization’s many efforts on behalf of archives: initiating the first New York City Archives Week in 1989, speaking out on the necessity of retaining mayoral records as part of the city’s government archives, working in concert with other partners after the attack on the World Trade Center to locate members and ensure both their personal well-being and assess damage to collections, managing the World Trade Center documentation project, and advocating for appropriate care of and access to historical records.
Previous winners of the William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy include Mary Lou Rath, Member of the New York State Senate (2004); Paul A. Tokasz, Majority Leader, New York State Assembly (2004); Patricia Bryce, Deputy Director, Albany County Hall of Records (2004); Hector Diaz, Bronx County Clerk (2004); and Frank Merola, Rensselaer County Clerk (2004).
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
Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York
Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives
Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Department of History, Loyola University, Chicago
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York’s
History
The Rochester Museum and Science Center and the Latino Alliance
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, New York
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival
Program Development
Saratoga County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Town of Cheektowaga
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Emergency Management Office
Bruce W. Dearstyne Educator Award for Excellence in the Educational
Use of Local Government Records
Susan Stessin-Cohn, Ulster County
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 4-5 and The Regents Award of Distinction for Student
Research
The Walden History Group, Walden Elementary School, Walden. Educator: Nancy
Phelps
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 6-8
Edward Bugniazet and Nicholas LaSorsa, Windward School, White Plains. Educators:
Marjorie R. Gleit and John Manganiello
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 9-12
Lauren Koenig, tenth grader at Solomon Schechter High School, Glen Cove. Educator:
Dr. Linda Rubino