The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Saratoga County to receive the 2006 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
The award will be presented to County Executive David A. Wickerham and County Clerk Kathleen Marchione at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 23, 2006. The award is named for William H. Kelly, the former Mayor of Asharoken in Suffolk County, who has been a tireless champion for strengthening local government archival and records management programs.
This award recognizes Saratoga County for working tirelessly to protect and promote its rich collection of historical records and praises the county’s many employees for their devotion to the preservation and promotion of historical records. The Kelly award also commends Ms. Marchione’s efforts in microfilming all court records from 1800 through 1974, and for digitizing them to increase access. It also recognizes her outreach efforts that bring information about the archival holdings in Saratoga County to the public.
Previous recipients of this annual award include Chautauqua County (2000), Oswego County (2001), Genesee County (2002), Ulster County (2003), Hudson River Park Trust (2004), and the Town of Victor (2005).
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