Archives In Rainbow

 As is tradition, every July all Sections of the Society hold their Annual Meeting. Last Monday, July 7, the Section held its 37th Annual Meeting. The first part of the meeting was devoted to reviewing the annual report on the Section's activities over the past twelve months. Membership has reached 337 members and continues to grow. During the past year, the Section focused primarily on the following activities: 1-A fter a seven years-process, the SAA Council approved the updated Section’s Standing Rules. Through this update we have adapted the Section’s rules to the current SAA standards. The changes primarily affect the Steering Committee Member terms and the creation of two new positions: Social Media Liaison and Programming Coordinator. 2-T he launch of the Section’s blog and newsletter, Archives In Rainbow (AIR). The first post was published in October, and we now have twelve posts and nearly two-thousand views, half of which are thanks to post #08, dedicated to the Mazer Lesb...

      Pride month is here! Do you want to learn about the latest on LGBTQIA2S+ oral history projects and their archival considerations? Join us at the 37 th Annual Meeting of the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (SAA-DSGS) on July, 7 th , 2025 from 11am to 12.30pm (central). Following brief Section’s business meetings, we’ll hear from two young professionals on this topic: 01- “Visibility is Survival”: Changes to the LGBTQ+ Oral History Inventory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by David Advent. In our current era, where harm against LGBTQ+ communities is on the raise, the need to record and preserve LGBTQ+ histories and stories is tantamount. The University of Wisconsin-Madison LGBTQ+ Oral History Program works directly in this goal to preserve Wisconsin LGBTQ+ history, and recent changes to the program have been made to broaden the scope and impact of the program. David Advent is a Scholarly Communications Librarian at Utah State University, focusing ...

  Please take some time to review the candidate statements for the 2025-2027 Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section leadership positions before submitting your vote once the ballots open. You will be voting for: 1 Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair, and 1 Social Media / Web Liaison 1 Programming Coordinator Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens ! Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair Candidate: A. R. Flynn A.R. Flynn (they / them) is Project Archivist for the Glenn Miller Collections ( University of Colorado Boulder) . Flynn received their MLIS in 2024 from the University of Denver (DU) and their BA in History and Russian from Amherst College in 2020. Flynn’s work focuses primarily on the music of the Big Band Era, with an emphasis on highlighting the stories of individuals often underrepresented in archives. Flynn’s research interests center...