Archives Appreciation Award
Award Description and Criteria
The Archives Appreciation Award recognizes an agency, organization or institution which has provided extraordinary support for archival programs. These can include arrangement and description programs, public service programs, reference, exhibits, or outreach. The award is sponsored by our longtime partner Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc. Nominees should meet as many of the following criteria as possible:
- Serving its user constituency in an outstanding fashion
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness toward improving operations or methods of the archival endeavor
- Going beyond the normal requirements expected of an archival agency and providing a model for others
- Developing over a period of time a program of such depth and scope as to warrant special recognition
Additionally, nominees must embrace the values of fostering a welcoming, diverse, and professional community, and approaching one’s work in a thoughtful and respectful manner, as advocated by the SCA Code of Conduct.
Nomination Form -- The nominating period for 2025 is now closed.
(Form ALERT: download and SAVE form before filling out, then fill out and submit via email. Do NOT fill out form in web browser.)
Complete documentation on this award is available from the SCA Handbook, Section 3-3-1
Archives Appreciation Award Recipients
2024 Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center2023 California Revealed
2022 Anaheim Public Library and Heritage Center
2021 L.A. as Subject
2019 Los Angeles Archivists Collective
2017 Anita Caspary Archives/Immaculate Heart Community
2016 Computer History Museum
2015 Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
2014 Mission Inn Foundation
2013 California Historical Society
2012 Solano County Historical Records Commission
2011 Paloheimo Foundation
2010 Idyllwild Area Historical Society
2009 Riverside County Assessor/County Clerk/Recorder’s Office
2008 Levi Strauss & Co
2007 Bakersfield College and Bakersfield College Archives Association
2004 The Automobile Club of Southern California
2003 Friends of the Yolo County Archives
2002 The Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy
2001 Walt Disney Company
2000 A.K. Smiley Public Library
1999 Florin Japanese American Citizens League
1998 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
To contact the Awards Committee, please email the Committee Chair at awards@calarchivists.org