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On February 5, 2020 Washington lost Sidney (“Sid”) McAlpin, who had led the Washington State Archives as State Archivist from 1963 to 1994. Mike Saunders broke the sad news to Secretary of State’s office employees in an email, writing that, “To those of us who worked in the State Archives in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Sid was not only our leader, he was [a] friend and a mentor.”

MORROW — The Georgia Archives is hosting a November virtual presentation titles “The Georgia Archives: A Brief Overview and Update” on Nov. 30.

Queensland’s top anti-corruption boss quit in January in the state’s biggest integrity crisis since Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Now there are concerns the inquiry that toppled him was lopsided.

The University of Wyoming has announced the UW American Heritage Center (AHC) will hire a project archivist to build an information network among records stewards from Wyoming’s libraries, museums and archives, with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has denied having any prior knowledge of allegations that her government ordered former state archivist ...

By Editorial Staff | National Archives News WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2022 — Editor’s note: The National Archives is scheduled to release the records of the 1950 Census on April 1. In anticipation, National Archives News will publish a series of stories in the coming months about what can be gleaned from census records, and how personal histories can encapsulate entire eras.

Statesides conversation with Jennifer Tianen and Yael Mizrahi In high school English classes, students are often tasked with trudging through the classics. At West Bloomfield High School, in Jennifer Tianen’s class, they’re getting a different view of one author in the literary canon. These students have been transcribing the letters of Marjorie Bump, a Petoskey woman who was friends with Ernest Hemingway when he lived at his boyhood summer home of Windemere. She was also a character in hi...

News by Kelmeny Fraser Premium Content   Secret emails between Palaszczuk government ministers using their private accounts have been ruled off-limits under the states Right to Information laws. The Courier-Mail applied for the release of the emails under RTI laws after the existence of the secret communications was revealed last month by the Crime and Corruption Commission. Four emails ­between the Premiers private accounts and Transport Minister Mark Ba...

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will not be referred to ethics committee over private emails Posted Yesterday at 7:46pm ThuThursday 15 AprApril 2021 at 7:46pm In his ruling, Mr Pitt said he accepted Ms Palaszczuks explanation and he would not refer the matter to the ethics committee. ( Share Print text only Cancel Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will not be referred to Parliaments powerful ethics committee after the state opposition alleged she misled the House over her use o...

Premium Content Subscriber only Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will not face parliaments powerful ethics committee over allegations she misled the House when she said she had never used her personal email for official purposes. Despite Speaker Curtis Pitt ruling that a "reasonable person" could find three emails between hers and Energy Minister Mark Baileys infamous mangocube account "could be classified as for official purposes", he will not refer the matter for further consideration. Releas...