{"id":416,"date":"2016-06-09T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2022-08-11T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:37:18","slug":"history-of-acda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/?page_id=416","title":{"rendered":"History of ACDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/481767_10100356130334062_2049212151_n2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/481767_10100356130334062_2049212151_n2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Zach Yontz\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/481767_10100356130334062_2049212151_n2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/481767_10100356130334062_2049212151_n2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Copyright Zach Yontz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upcoming American bicentennial provided the impetus for the United States National Conference of Catholic Bishops to issue in November, 1974, \u201cA Document on Ecclesiastical Archives\u201d.\u00a0 The bishops lamented that the American Catholic Experience had not been \u201cpenetrated to the heart\u201d because of the lack of care given the historical records.\u00a0 Among those lobbying the bishops for such a statement were the eminent U.S. Catholic historian, John Tracy Ellis and his former student, Msgr. Francis J. Weber, archivist of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.\u00a0 The celebration of the nation\u2019s 200<sup>th<\/sup> birthday was thought a fitting time to examine our \u201cduties to the past\u201d.\u00a0 The bishops called for a nation wide effort \u201cto preserve and organize\u201d records of dioceses, religious orders and Catholic institutions.\u00a0 The document called for the appointment of \u201cproperly qualified\u201d persons as diocesan archivists.\u00a0 Experienced diocesan archivists were encouraged to hold training courses for those new to the field.\u00a0 Lastly the bishops expressed the hope that access to diocesan archives would not be \u201cunduly restricted\u201d.\u00a0 Despite the 1917 Code of Canon Law mandating diocesan archives, there were not many in existence in the United States.\u00a0 Fewer yet had properly trained archivists.\u00a0 One of the few expert archivists was Fr. Francis J. Weber at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who published an article on \u201cChancery Archives\u201d in the Society of American Archivist (SAA) publication, the <u>American Archivist<\/u> \u2013 in April, 1965.\u00a0 The documents of Vatican II on religious life urged religious to look to their original charism to guide their renewal.\u00a0 Research into founding documentation and enthusiasm for the national bicentennial, led to a blossoming of archives in religious communities.\u00a0 The development of archives in congregations of women religious is documented in volume 33 of the <u>American Archivist<\/u> published in 1970 by Sr. Mary A. Healey, B.V.M.<\/p>\n<p>There has long been a close connection between libraries and archives and the Catholic Library Association (CLA) official publication Catholic Library World throughout 1974 and 1975 featured articles regarding Catholic archives.\u00a0 Librarians with archival responsibility began an archives section with its own newsletter.\u00a0 The CLA began sponsoring workshops for those responsible for \u201cThe Religious Archives\u201d.\u00a0 Rev. John. B. De Mayo, archivist of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, held a number of these.\u00a0 Rev. Norbert Brockman, S.M., of the Bergamo Center began holding annual religious archives workshops in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>At a breakfast meeting of Catholic archivists during the SAA meeting in Nashville in October 1978, a few diocesan archivists discussed the possibility and the advantages of a national organization.\u00a0 An announcement of the first meeting of diocesan archivists was contained in the Catholic Archives Newsletter which was first issued in January 1979.\u00a0 James O\u2019Toole, the archivist for the Archdiocese of Boston was founding editor of the newsletter.\u00a0 The newsletter also contained information about the Society of American Archivists and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Archivists Projects were included.\u00a0 The LCWR had just completed a series of training workshops for religious congregation archivists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 243px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2012-371-Bishops-bernardin-bernardin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2012-371-Bishops-bernardin-bernardin-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bernardin\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2012-371-Bishops-bernardin-bernardin-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2012-371-Bishops-bernardin-bernardin-830x1024.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cardinal Bernardin, Copyright Archdiocese of Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the conveners of the initial meeting were Rev. M. Edmund Hussey, archivist of the archdiocese of Cincinnati; James O\u2019Toole of the archdiocese of Boston and Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Weber, archivist of the archdiocese of Los Angeles.\u00a0 The Bergamo Center (a Marianist Learning Center) in Dayton was the site of the initial conference held March 20 \u2013 23, 1979.\u00a0 Members of the hierarchy rallied behind the meeting especially Cardinal Medeiros of Boston, Archbishop Bernardin of Cincinnati and Bishop Dozier of Memphis.\u00a0 Forty-three dioceses were represented.\u00a0 Michigan had the most dioceses represented with five.\u00a0 Illinois was second with four dioceses represented.\u00a0 The presenters for the conference were Rev. Dr.\u00a0 Norbert Brockman, S.M., Mr. James O\u2019Toole, Patrick Nolan, PhD. of Wright State University and the patriarch of Lutheran archives, Dr. August R. Sueflow.\u00a0 One afternoon Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, who chaired the NCCB Canonical Affairs Committee, met with participants to encourage their work and to ask their recommendations as to revising the canons on archives.\u00a0 Archbishop Bernardin also requested input on the use of parish sacramental records for genealogical research.\u00a0 As a follow up to the meeting, the archivists of Cincinnati, Boston and Los Angeles sent out a letter to each diocese indicating that a two day meeting followed by a basic training workshop would be held in 1980 for diocesan archivists.\u00a0 The planning committee consisted of archivists Nora Pollard of Baton Rouge, James O\u2019Toole of Boston, Fr. Harry Culkin of Brooklyn, Fr. Ed Hussey of Cincinnati, Sr. Rita Agnes Masse of Columbus, Msgr. Francis Weber of Los Angeles and Sr. Marguerite Brou of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Our Lady of the Pilar Center in San Antonio, Texas, was the host site for the second meeting in February 1980.\u00a0 Thirty-three archivists attended the two day meeting and twenty-seven attended the workshop.\u00a0 The diocesan archivists met again in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists in Cincinnati on September 29, 1980.\u00a0 Recommendations to be made to the NCCB Canonical Affairs Committee were discussed.\u00a0 The archivists of Detroit, Rev. Leonard Blair, Boston, James O\u2019Toole, and of St. Paul\/Minneapolis, Rev. Leo Tibersar, prepared the text of recommendations on access and use of sacramental records, the creation of records\u00a0 on permanent and durable paper and the care of archives in newly created dioceses.\u00a0 The committee was appointed at the February meeting and the text was fine tuned at the September meeting.\u00a0 The NCCB accepted the recommendations and they were circulated to all the bishops by the NCCB general secretary in a memorandum dated April 16, 1981.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth meeting of diocesan archivists was held in conjunction with SAA on August 31, 1981 at Berkley, California.\u00a0 Rev. Leonard Blair of Detroit coordinated the program.\u00a0 In preparation for the meeting, Fr. Harry Culkin sent out a survey to diocesan archivists, the results of which were used as a springboard for discussion in Berkley.\u00a0 The survey results pointed to the need for a national organization.\u00a0 At that meeting a steering committee was appointed to draft a proposal for a formal diocesan archivist organization.\u00a0 The committee was chaired by Rev. (later Bishop) Leonard Blair of Detroit.\u00a0 Other committee members were Rev. Harry Culkin of Brooklyn, Rev. Edmund Hussey of Cincinnati, Sr. Catherine Markey of Little Rock and Msgr. Francis Weber of Los Angeles.\u00a0 Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian dioceses were represented at the Boston meeting held in conjunction with SAA in the fall of 1982.\u00a0 The proposed constitution and by laws were presented to those assembled.\u00a0 The committee had debated the pros and cons of a Catholic archive organization versus a more focused group of only diocesan archivists and the issue of an insular group versus an organization more integrated into the larger archival profession.\u00a0 The constitution and by laws were sent to all diocesan archivists along with a ballot for voting on them.\u00a0 When these were approved the steering committee proceeded with the election of officers.\u00a0 The first officers were: president, James O\u2019Toole of Boston, vice-president-president elect, Fr. Leonard P. Blair of Detroit, secretary-treasurer, Fr. Leo J. Tibersar of St. Paul\/Minneapolis. The executive board members were Fr. Harry M. Culkin, of Brooklyn, Fr. M. Edmund Hussey of Cincinnati, Sr. Catherine Louise La Coste of San Diego, and Ofelia Tennant of San Antonio.\u00a0 The association dues were $15.00 a year and the meetings were to be held annually in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists.\u00a0 In keeping with the 1974 statement of the bishops on archives, which mandated that the experienced archivists train those new to the field, a workshop coordinated by James O\u2019Toole of Boston and Beth Yakel of Detroit was held in June 1984 at St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. This was the association\u2019s first summer conference. To continue the connection with the NCCB an episcopal moderator for the new association was sought.\u00a0 Archbishop (later Cardinal) Edmund C. Szoka of Detroit served as the first moderator from 1985 \u2013 1990.\u00a0 In March 1986 Archbishop Szoka wrote to each of his fellow bishops encouraging them to establish an archival program in their diocese if one did not already exist.\u00a0 That year O\u2019Toole began work on a manual for diocesan archivists, the first issue of the ACDA <u>Bulletin<\/u> was published under the editorship of Beth Yakel of Detroit, and the association reprinted 500 copies of David P. Gray\u2019s <u>Records Management for Parishes and Schools<\/u> for distribution.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1986 David P. Gray of Bismark and Elizabeth Yakel of Detroit were asked to draft a grant proposal to fund a survey of the holding of U.S. diocesan archives and produce a guide.\u00a0 The proposal was rejected because of a fear of lack of access to the collections by researchers.\u00a0 A request was sent to the ordinary of each diocese asking for their cooperation with the project and to sign a statement indicating that the archives were open to researchers.\u00a0 Nearly 130 positive responses were received.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 225px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/534090_10100356130364002_1843578933_n2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/534090_10100356130364002_1843578933_n2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Zach Yontz\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/534090_10100356130364002_1843578933_n2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/534090_10100356130364002_1843578933_n2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Copyright Zach Yontz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In November 1987 the revised grant proposal committee of David P. Gray, Elizabeth Yakel and Philip B. Eppard of Boston (project director) submitted its request to the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u00a0 The proposal was again rejected the following June.\u00a0 In response to this the ACDA Board decided to develop a policy outlining a minimum standard for access.\u00a0\u00a0 Ronald D. Patkus wrote an article in the December 1989 <u>Bulletin<\/u> entitled \u201cTowards, a Standard Access Policy\u201d.\u00a0 The committee\u2019s final proposal was published in the December 1990 Bulletin.\u00a0 The final proposal was adopted by the ACDA Board without any changes.\u00a0 The adopted policy was placed in the ACDA publication <u>Basic Standards for Diocesan Archives: A Guide for Bishops, Chancellors and Archivists<\/u> which was compiled by Dr. James O\u2019Toole and sent to each ACDA member along with the March 1991 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>The ACDA was listed as a national organization in the <u>Official Catholic Directory<\/u> for the first time in 1987.\u00a0 Paid membership that year was recorded as 125.\u00a0 The high turn over in diocesan archives staff and their limited credentials for archival work led the executive board to plan further summer conferences.\u00a0 The next conference, which was held in the summer of 1989, was the first at St. Mary on the Lake University at Mundelein.\u00a0 ACDA jointly sponsored the workshop with the Archdiocese of Chicago and Catholic University of America.\u00a0 The conference was held July 29 \u2013 August 1 in celebration of the bicentennial of the United States Hierarchy.\u00a0 Rev. Gerald Fogarty, S.J., professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, delivered the keynote address to the eighty-five participants from sixty-four dioceses.\u00a0 Since the response was so good the ACDA board decided at their 1989 annual meeting in St. Louis to have another summer conference at Mundelein in 1990.\u00a0 Rev. Cyprian Davis, OSB, of St. Meinrad Seminary was the keynote speaker of the association\u2019s second Mundelein conference held in July 1990.\u00a0 His address was entitled \u201cDocumenting Black Catholic History at the Diocesan Level\u201d.\u00a0 It was decided that the proceedings of the 1989 conference should be published.\u00a0 They were edited by Frederick J. Steilow, PhD., of Catholic University of America, John J. Treanor of Chicago, and Timothy A. Slavin of the Rhode Island State Archives.\u00a0 Proceedings were published and distributed to the membership for several of the succeeding conferences. \u00a0The constitution and by-laws were amended to have the annual meeting at a summer conference every two years and to meet in alternate years in conjunction with SAA.\u00a0 Jim O\u2019Toole proposed that the society have an education officer.\u00a0 Ron Patkus accepted the position and his vision of education of ACDA appeared in the March 1990 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>At the annual meeting held in the fall of 1991 in Philadelphia, a new grant proposal to develop shared appraisal and descriptive standards was presented.\u00a0 John Treanor of Chicago, Ron Patkus of Boston and Tim Carey of Milwaukee were appointed to this third grant proposal committee.\u00a0 A review committee was put in place at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The ACDA <u>Bulletin<\/u> editors, Nancy Sandleback and Patrick Cunningham of Chicago compiled a bibliography of diocesan histories which was attached to the July 1992 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.\u00a0 The last updated version was published in the July 1996 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.\u00a0 The 1992 summer conference keynote was given by Rudolph Vecoli, PhD., Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.\u00a0 One of the sessions of the conference was focused on the proposed process of developing shared appraisal and descriptive standards with six dioceses: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Los Angeles and San Antonio, participating in the first phase.\u00a0 Unfortunately the plan was never implemented.\u00a0 Progress continued on the long range planning survey and on the first ACDA membership director which was released in April 1993.\u00a0 The directory was organized by name, repository, and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>One of ACDA\u2019s fondest tall tales involves the Swamp Tour which occurred as part of the 1993 annual meeting in New Orleans.\u00a0 According to their usual practice, the executive board met the night before the annual meeting.\u00a0 The appointment of a new education officer, progress on the descriptive standards and shared appraisal grant proposal, and the final report of long range planning survey were on the agenda.\u00a0 After the annual meeting the following day Msgr. Roland J. Boadreaux hosted a tour on a mini bus to Houma-Thibodaux to visit the Historica lResearch Center.\u00a0 On the way through the wetlands and bayous were unscheduled stops including most of Msgr. Boadreaux previous assignments.\u00a0 Two bishops, the diocesan staff, the archives advisory board members and archive volunteers were convinced they had been eaten by alligators because they arrived so late.\u00a0 The stop in Houma-Thibodaux had to be extremely brief because many of the tour participants had tickets to the SAA banquet that evening.<\/p>\n<p>At the 1994 annual meeting the Dr. James M. O\u2019Toole Scholarship was founded to cover the cost of a registration for the first time at an ACDA summer conference.\u00a0 The scholarship was first awarded in 1996.\u00a0 Kinga Peszynska of the Catholic Archives of Texas proposed the development of a thesaurus of diocesan archives subject headings.\u00a0 A response sheet was sent to all members for input with the December 1996 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.\u00a0 During 1994 a new edition of the <u>Art and Architecture Thesaurus<\/u> and a thesaurus for manuscript collections entitled <u>Standards for Archival Description: A Handbook<\/u> were published.\u00a0 With the departure of Ron Patkus of Boston, the Shared Appraisal and Description Standards proposal had lost much momentum.\u00a0 No Catholic subject headings had been developed in over 30 years.\u00a0 The ACDA Thesaurus project was seen as at least a step in the right direction.\u00a0 Also discussed at the 1994 meeting was the microfilming of sacramental records. \u00a0\u00a0The conversation resulted in a microfilming practices survey being sent out the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic University of America archivist, Timothy Meaghen, was the keynote speaker at the 1996 summer conference at Mundelein.\u00a0 Msgr. Weber proposed awards for excellence in archives.\u00a0 Dr. Charles E. Nolan of New Orleans received the first Award of Excellence.\u00a0 Dr. Nolan chaired a committee to develop criteria for succeeding awards.\u00a0 Establishing links with other Catholic groups, a recommendation of the long range survey report was discussed.\u00a0 A report on the progress of the thesaurus project was also given and a plea for organizational charts, findings and writings and retention schedules was made to assist the committee in their work.\u00a0 A second ACDA directory was published in November 1996.\u00a0 The first notice of the U.S. Catholic Historical Society proposal for the creation of Catholic Documentation Heritage Project appeared in the December 1996 <u>Bulletin<\/u>.\u00a0 Joseph Coen of Brooklyn provided the information at this and subsequent meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The 1997 meeting in Chicago was significant for its transitions.\u00a0 Sr. Catherine Louise La Coste concluded ten years of service to the organization as secretary-treasurer.\u00a0 The first diocesan archivist from outside the U.S., Mark Lerman of Toronto, took up his position on the executive board.\u00a0 Tim Carey of Milwaukee prepared a report on the February 1997, Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church circular letter \u201cThe Pastoral Function of Church Archives\u201d.\u00a0 The thesaurus committee presented a request at the executive board meeting for matching funds from ACDA for a grant proposal to be submitted in 1998.\u00a0 After much discussion the matching funding was narrowly approved.\u00a0 Joe Coen again reported on the U.S. Catholic Directory Heritage Project.\u00a0 With a new newsletter edition, the ACDA <u>Bulletin<\/u> became the ACDA <u>Newsletter<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Franceso Marchisano and Dr. Cristine Carlo-Stella of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church in Rome were special guests for the bi-annual summer conference at Mundelein in July 1998.\u00a0 Archbishop Marchisano gave the keynote address.\u00a0 An international flavor continued with presentations by Dr. Helmut Bairer, director of the Regional Lutheran Archives in Bavaria and by Jan Van Haastrecht, Archivist of the Netherlands Reformed Church.\u00a0 The constitution and by-laws revision committee presented recommended revisions which were accepted by the executive board and membership.\u00a0 It was announced that the Thesaurus committee had received a $10,000 grant from the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities.\u00a0 Joe Coen gave an update on the U.S. Catholic Documentation Heritage Project and ACDA member participation in the project.\u00a0 The October Bulletin began a series of articles by Mark Lerman of Toronto that became known as the Canadian Corner.\u00a0 The formation of a Canadian Chapter of ACDA was proposed.\u00a0 Lerman was elected vice-president\/president-elect the following year.\u00a0 At the same time the first woman president of the association, Lisa May of Galveston-Houston, began her term of office.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the international component, the 2000 summer conference had over 70 individuals from the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.\u00a0 In keeping with established practice, two tracks, one for basic practices and one for advanced archivists were offered.\u00a0 Dr. O\u2019Toole, ACDA founding president, gave the basic archive and record management track.\u00a0 The society published its third directory and the \u201cThesaurus of Catholic Diocesan Terms\u201d.\u00a0 The thesaurus was described as a work in process and members were encouraged to use it and report back with their observations.\u00a0 At the 2001 meeting, it was decided to mail a copy of the next issue of the <u>Newsletter<\/u> to all members of the U. S. hierarchy in the hope of raising their awareness of the archival program.<\/p>\n<p>The association\u2019s 2002 summer conference was held at St. Mary of the LakeUniversity from July 26<sup>th<\/sup> to July 31<sup>st<\/sup>.\u00a0 The theme was \u201cEnsuring Access While Preserving Our Heritage\u201d ACDA Celebrates Twenty Years of Service to the Church\u201d.\u00a0 (The association\u2019s first constitution and by-laws were accepted and officers elected in 1982)\u00a0 The conference\u2019s keynote speaker was Msgr. Charles Burns, former Archivist of the Secret Vatican Archives.\u00a0 Perennial topics like microfilming versus digitization, and what to do when a parish closes were among the issues addressed.\u00a0 Two of the association\u2019s founders, Dr. James O\u2019Toole and Msgr. Francis Weber were presented plaques of appreciation.\u00a0 Updating the basic standards manual and translating it into Spanish were items raised at the executive board meeting.\u00a0 The possibility of an association website was also raised as was that of a listserv the following year.\u00a0 The membership was saddened by the resignation for reasons of health of the newly installed president in September 2003.\u00a0 This necessitated a special election for vice-president\/president-elect.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/USML-Aerial-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/USML-Aerial-View-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, IL. Copyright Archdiocese of Chicago\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/USML-Aerial-View-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/USML-Aerial-View-1024x544.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, IL.<br \/>Copyright Archdiocese of Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tenth summer conference was held July 23-28, 2004, at the Center for Development in Ministry at St. Mary of the LakeUniversity.\u00a0 Clergy personnel files, records management, preservation and ethical issues facing diocesan archivists were among the topics sessions addressed.\u00a0 Leslie Tentler, PhD., author of a history of the Archdiocese of Detroit, gave the keynote address to the fifty-three conference participants.\u00a0 A technology subcommittee was established by President Tricia Pyne to facilitate the establishing of a website and listserv.\u00a0 A mentoring program was also discussed.\u00a0 Drafting a survey\/census of diocesan archivists was also set in motion.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans, the week before Hurricane Katrina, was the site of the 2005 annual meeting.\u00a0 The revision process of the constitution and by-laws began.\u00a0 The October Newsletter reported that the ACDA listserv was up and running.\u00a0 Lisa May of Galveston-Houston served as facilitator.\u00a0 The association congratulated Jac Treanor of Chicago on being named an SAA Fellow, the national association\u2019s highest honor.<\/p>\n<p>The shadow of Hurricane Katrina gave direction to the 2006 summer conference.\u00a0 The theme was \u201cAre You Prepared:\u00a0 The Role of the Diocesan Archivist from Everyday Tasks to Catastrophic Events\u201d.\u00a0 The ACDA executive board proposed and the membership voted to cover the travel and lodging expenses for six volunteers to assist the Archdiocese of New Orleans with ongoing recovery efforts.\u00a0 The volunteers recovered sacred objects from parishes temporarily or permanently closed and completed written and pictorial inventories of the objects.\u00a0 Archivists from Chicago (Peggy Lavelle), San Antonio (Brother Ed Loch), Phoenix (Jim Neal), Boston (Robert Johnson-Lally), San Diego (David Gray), and Charleston (Brian Fahey) went to New Orleans in November 2006 for a week.\u00a0 A visual and audio report of the association members was presented at the Chicago meeting of the association in August 2007.<\/p>\n<p>For over twenty-five years the association has sought to ensure access to diocesan collections, foster the professional development of its members, establish standards for diocesan archival and records management programs and encourage collaboration with archival and historical associations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming American bicentennial provided the impetus for the United States National Conference of Catholic Bishops to issue in November, 1974, \u201cA Document on Ecclesiastical Archives\u201d.\u00a0 The bishops lamented that the American Catholic Experience had not been \u201cpenetrated to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/?page_id=416\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416\/revisions\/418"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesanarchivists.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}