The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz to receive the 2006 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.
The award will be presented to Executive Director Eric Roth and Leslie LeFevre-Stratton at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 23, 2006.
The award commends the Huguenot Historical Society for developing an outstanding archival program that is an integral part of the society’s mission to preserve and interpret the history of the Huguenot, Dutch, and allied families who settled New Paltz and surrounding communities. The award recognizes that when the society began to make the transition from a "members only" institution managed by enthusiasts to a professionally run organization in 1997, one of its early steps was to hire an archivist. As a result, the society now boasts well organized, well protected, and increasingly accessible archives.
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