Archivists of the Houston Area! (AHA!) is the premiere archivists organization of Southeast Texas. AHA! strives to bring archivists and all who work with records together, providing opportunities for professional development and promoting archival repositories and activities throughout the Greater Houston and Southeast Texas area.
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- Meeting: End of Year Potluck 12/13 at 12p
Please join us for our End of the Year Potluck & Tour! Come celebrate the end of the year through a feast and tour of the beautiful Moore Memorial Public Library – bring your Drivers License to get a free library card! Where: Moore Memorial Public Library (1701 9th Avenue N., Texas City, TX 77590)… Read more: Meeting: End of Year Potluck 12/13 at 12p - Event: AHA! at Zinefest Houston 11/15 12-6p
Don’t forget about Zine Fest Houston happening this Saturday, November 15th! This year’s annual Houston Zine Fest will be happening at The Orange Show for Visionary Arts, and AHA will have a table for ya’ll to come by, say hi, and check out our zine submissions! Zine submissions for AHA are still open! You have… Read more: Event: AHA! at Zinefest Houston 11/15 12-6p - Event: 2025 Galveston County History Round-Up
Come one, come all to our first annual Galveston County History Round-Up! Community members are invited to bring photographs, letters, documents, and other meaningful items for this in-person digitization event! Collection experts will give you tips on how to care for your keepsakes and make sure you walk away with a flash drive of… Read more: Event: 2025 Galveston County History Round-Up - Job Posting: TSLAC Conservator (Curator IV) DEADLINE EXTENDED
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 30 The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has an opening for this full-time position: Conservator (Curator IV) – $6,250-$7,084 monthly The conservator manages the daily activities of the well-equipped book and paper Summerlee Conservation Lab at TSLAC and performs complex treatments on rare and unique archival and library… Read more: Job Posting: TSLAC Conservator (Curator IV) DEADLINE EXTENDED - AHA! Zine: Call for Submissions!
The Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) invites you to submit a page to the collaborative AHA! Zine. We are about a month out from our submission deadline of November 30th and we are excited to see the various ways in which people are exploring the topic of COMMUNITY. This topic can be broadly interpreted… Read more: AHA! Zine: Call for Submissions! - Archives Month: Menil Archives at 25
Archives Month celebrations continue! Join us this Thursday, October 23, for a special afternoon exploring the Menil Archives at 25: Pre-event Tour – 4:00 PM Get an inside look at the Menil Archives and its 25 years of preserving the museum’s remarkable history. Location: 1515 West Alabama Street (Free parking available) RSVP required: Sign up here Post-tour Dinner – 5:00… Read more: Archives Month: Menil Archives at 25 - Consultant Needed: Death Collaborative of Greater Houston
The Death Collaborative, an emerging nonprofit educational resource group, is looking for either an archivist or a current graduate student focused on archives, who may be able to consult their new group on archives and records management. The group grew out of the Death Cafe meetup groups that meet at HPL Stella Link and seeks… Read more: Consultant Needed: Death Collaborative of Greater Houston - Job Posting: Katz Family Archivist at Rice UniversityRice University is seeking a candidates for the Katz Family Archivist, a 5-year temporary position in support of the South Texas Jewish Archives at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. This individual will primarily preserve, arrange, and describe archival collections in the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA), which represent Jewish history… Read more: Job Posting: Katz Family Archivist at Rice University
- Archives Month Blitz: Saturday October 18th from 1p-5p
Join us on Saturday, October 18th for the AHA Annual Archives Month Blitz! We’ll spend the afternoon transcribing, scanning, rehousing, and working on other archival projects from the L.V. Hull Archive, one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow archivists, community members, and preservation enthusiasts while contributing to this… Read more: Archives Month Blitz: Saturday October 18th from 1p-5p - Job Posting: Conservator at Summerlee Conservation Lab, Texas State Library and Archives CommissionTSLAC has extended the closing date on its conservator position in Austin to May 30, 2025 if anyone is interested. If you know someone who meets the minimum requirements, please let them know about the opening. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has an opening for this full-time position: Conservator (Curator IV) – $6,250-$7,084… Read more: Job Posting: Conservator at Summerlee Conservation Lab, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Job Posting: Processing intern at Rosenberg Library’s Galveston & Texas History CenterThe Rosenberg Library’s Galveston & Texas History Center (@rosenberglibrary) in Galveston, Texas, seeks a processing intern to assist with the Moody Family Papers and Business Records. Under the supervision of the Manager of Special Collections, the intern will gain hands-on and on-site experience in the archival profession. Primary responsibilities include learning how to physically assess,… Read more: Job Posting: Processing intern at Rosenberg Library’s Galveston & Texas History Center
- Let the Digitization Games Begin!
Hi AHA! AHA is hosting its first free online international digitization game event, facilitated by Sean Macmillan of King’s College London on Friday, August 23rd from 10 am – 11:30 am. The theme for this gaming event is Digital Preservation! A little bit about our facilitator Sean Macmillan. “Sean Macmillan is a digital collections manager based in… Read more: Let the Digitization Games Begin! - Tour the Houston Media Source Public Access Television and Net Radio Station this Saturday, July 27th at 10:00AM to 1PMThis Saturday, July 27th AHA will tour the Houston Media Source Public Access Television and Net Radio Station from 10AM to 1PM! If you cannot attend the tour but want to get together, we welcome you to attend the post-tour lunch at Roostar Vietnamese Grill ~1PM. This event will include: tour of facilities viewing historic/vintage AV media discussion of Beta Tape and… Read more: Tour the Houston Media Source Public Access Television and Net Radio Station this Saturday, July 27th at 10:00AM to 1PM
- Job Posting: NAL Space History Collections Intern, UHCL Archives and Special CollectionsDescription: The University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) Archives and Special Collections is seeking to fill the position for a paid internship working with archival collections documenting human space flight history held within the Archives. This internship is funded through an endowment by the NASA Alumni League, Johnson Space Center Chapter (more can be learned about… Read more: Job Posting: NAL Space History Collections Intern, UHCL Archives and Special Collections
- Tour the 1940 Terminal Air Museum & Archive on Saturday, June 8th
AHA! is touring the 1940 Terminal Air Museum & Archive on Saturday, June 8th. There is ample on site parking and the museum has kindly offered to have refreshments on hand for our visit! The 1940 Terminal Air Museum, operated by the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society (HAHS) is located in Houston at the William P. Hobby Airport. It first opened its doors… Read more: Tour the 1940 Terminal Air Museum & Archive on Saturday, June 8th