Author Archives: Houston Archivist

Reminder: End of Year Potluck and Tour

Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour!

We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Public Library. Join us as we tour the historically beautiful library with a potluck afterwards. Bring your Drivers License to get a library card! You are also welcome to bring $10 for annual membership dues. 

Sign up here to bring food for the potluck & carpool.

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Time: 12PM

Location: Moore Memorial Public Library 1701 9th Avenue N Texas City, TX 77590

Free Parking in front of the library!

Announcement: AHA! Board Position Nominations are Open

AHA folks! Send in your nominations for these open positions! 

We are now welcoming nominations for the 2026 Board Committee positions – send in nominations for Secretary, Vice President/President Elect, and the Archives Bazaar Steering Committee. Nominate someone you know in AHA, or out of AHA, or even yourself! Just fill out this form.

Deadline for nominations will be December 15th during the End of Year Meeting. We can’t wait to see you there and how the results will pan out for AHA in 2026!

 

Meeting: End of Year Business Meeting on Zoom

The end of 2025 is just around the corner, but AHA is here to party! 🕺

Join us for our End of the Year meeting to discuss By-Law changes and elected board positions for 2026! We will vote on amendment changes to the By-Laws as well as voting for open positions within the executive board! Details below.

 

Date: Monday, December 15, 2025

Time: 12PM

Meeting link & info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84146703461?pwd=goaY9UcyQX3Zwi0EmtrCAYVsJqRsjQ.1        

Meeting ID: 841 4670 3461

Passcode: 342183

 

Professional Opportunity: USRA is Seeking Archival Reviewers for AFRL Scholars Professionals

The Universities Space Research Association (USRA), administers the Scholars Professionals (SPs) program for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
 
They are currently seeking U.S. citizens with Ph.D.s in one of the fields listed below to review applications from individuals with Master’s degrees or Ph.D.s in these fields:
 
•             Archival Science or Archival Studies
•             Library Science or Library and Information Science
•             Digital Studies or Digital Humanities
 
If you agree to review applications, you will receive $50 for each completed review.
 
If you are willing to serve as a reviewer, please visit 

https://afrlscholars.usra.edu/professionals/reviewers/

 to create a profile by Sunday, December 14. If you are assigned a review, the deadline to complete it will be Friday, January 30, 2026.

 
Questions can be addressed to Carolyn Hansen at 

chansen@usra.edu

Professional Orgs: SAA Preservation Publication Award

Nominate a Colleague (or Yourself!) for SAA’s Preservation Publication Award

The Society of American Archivists Preservation Publication Award committee welcomes nominations of outstanding
preservation-related works of relevance to the North American archives community that
were published in 2025. 

Nominated works may include articles, reports, chapters, or monographs in an
audiovisual, digital, or print formats. Works may cover topics related to analog or digital
preservation.

To learn more about this award, please visit
https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-preservation.

Browse SAA’s many opportunities for professional recognition and financial assistance.
Then click on the award’s application form for a preview and/or to create a profile, and
follow the directions to complete your submission. The deadline is February 28, 2026.

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 until November 30th to submit a zine, with the theme being Community. This could be about a repository you’ve visited, collections you yourself are working on, or anything you want – as long as the theme is community!

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 your digitized items!

Sign up for our raffle to win some goodies to help you protect your family keepsakes! Bring family members along and with your cell phone, and create a short, interactive family oral history interview! The event is FREE, but registration is required. Just scan the QR code or use the link to sign up!  A copy of all scanned items will be retained by the Archives of Galveston County.

For more information call Theresa Mayfield, Moore Memorial Library at 409-949-3007. 

 

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 materials in accordance with the AIC code of ethics. This position develops and monitors work procedures for the unit, establishes priorities, and makes treatment decisions. The conservator is called on to assist with outreach and educational programs, preservation planning and surveys, emergency response, and environmental control. This position may also instruct and monitor interns, students, or volunteers assigned to assist with conservation tasks. Learn about the work undertaken in our conservation lab at our TSLAC Conservation blog, https://www.tsl.texas.gov/conservation/.

To review this job posting go to https://www.tsl.texas.gov/jobs.

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 though many ways such as: a review of an AHA! event * write up of an archival collection * a review of a digital archive (such as the Portal to Texas History) * an artwork you created with or inspired by archival materials * collection highlights * upcoming/past history/archival events * project completed in library school Check out this sampling of contributions from a few members of the AHA! Board:

Together we try to represent the various ways in which one can express the theme of community. Reminder, you don’t have to be an archivist, librarian, or information professional to submit to the AHA! Zine. Anyone who has an interest in archives is welcome to share their experiences and stories with the Archivists of the Houston Area community.

Submission deadline: Sunday, November 30, 2025 Submit via our Google Form or via email at ahazines@gmail.com. More detailed information about the AHA! Zine and the the Zine Committee can be found on our AHA! Zine Page.