Albany, NY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Town of Lewisboro in Westchester County to receive the 2007 Cheryl Steinbach Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management.
Town Clerk and Records Management Officer Kathleen Cory has been invited to accept the award at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 22, 2007. The award is named for the late Cheryl Steinbach, Chautauqua Town Clerk, who was a strong advocate for strengthening local government archival and records management programs.
The award recognizes Lewisboro for its exceptional commitment to an active and comprehensive records management program as demonstrated by an all-inclusive policy and procedures manual, strong financial support, a local law the ensures compliance, and an energetic advisory board. The award also commends Lewisboro for its meticulous use of records schedules, solid microfilm program and access to its records through an award-winning website. The Town’s records management program is a model for other local governments to emulate.
Previous recipients of this annual award include Rockland County (2000), the City of Troy (2001), Corning Community College (2002), Niagara County (2003), Village of Dexter (2004), Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County (2005), and the Town of Cheektowaga (2006).
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:
Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives
Laura Wittern-Keller, University at Albany
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York’s
History
Dominican Studies Institute, City College of New York
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Schenectady County Historical Society
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival
Program Development
Suffolk County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Town of Lewisboro
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a
Local Government
Town of Ithaca
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 4–5
Fourth and Fifth Grade Students from the Stewart School, Garden City School
District
Dolores Volpe, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 6–8
Emma Gugerty, Locust Valley Middle School, Locust Valley Central School District
Barbara LaBella, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 9–12
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School, Cooperstown Central School
District
Mary Beth Murdock, Educator