The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation to receive the 2008 William H. Kelly Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development.
The award will be presented to Andrew H. Kimball, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Elliot Matz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 20, 2008.The award is named for William H. Kelly, the Mayor of Asharoken in Suffolk County, who has been a tireless champion for strengthening local government archival and records management programs.
This award recognizes the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation for its impressive and comprehensive archival program that cares for over 31,000 historical architectural and engineering drawings that date to 1856, and for providing access to this extraordinary collection through exhibits, school programs, publications, and the Internet.
Previous recipients of this annual award include Chautauqua County (2000), Oswego County (2001), Genesee County (2002), Ulster County (2003), Hudson River Park Trust (2004), Town of Victor (2005), Saratoga County (2006), and Suffolk County (2007).
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
Dr. Michael R. Fein, Johnson & Wales University
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Center Museum, Elizabethtown, New York
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Ulster County
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Consumer Protection Board
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a Local Government
Jamestown City School District
Bruce W. Dearstyne Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records
Rick Walters, Jeff Kresge, Grace Johnson, Jamestown City School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5
Walden Elementary History Club, Walden Elementary School, Valley Central School District
Nancy Phelps, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8
Students from Persell Middle School, Jamestown City School District
Jeff Kresge and Grace Johnson, Educators
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
Glen Noto, Educator