Save the Date for our fall conference

SCAA 2016 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting 

“Sights and Sounds of South Carolina” 

Friday, October 28, 2016 

Presbyterian College, 503 South Broad Street, Clinton SC 29325 

9:30 am to 4:00 pm 

The theme for the South Carolina Archival Association’s 2016 Fall Conference is “Sights and Sounds of South Carolina”, focusing on the rich audio and visual resources housed throughout the state in museums, archives, and libraries.  South Carolina not only has a wealth of photographic archives, but a growing trove of oral histories as well as video and sound / musical recordings.  Making this wide variety of materials discoverable and accessible always challenges us as professionals to think outside the box and to creatively highlight these unique materials. 

This year’s keynote speaker is civil rights photographer Mr. Cecil Williams, an eyewitness to and chronicler of many important events of the civil rights movement and of social change in South Carolina.  He will not only share his experiences during this dynamic time in local and national history, and but also his current project to catalog and preserve thousands of negatives and images in his vast body of work, working in tandem with Claflin College in Orangeburg. 

A Call for Proposals will be posted shortly to the SCAA website, the SCAA Facebook page, and distributed via email.  Additional conference details will also be provided, along with information regarding registration. 

2016 Summer Social

Friday, July 15

Join members of the South Carolina Archival Association as we visit the Camden City Archives and Museum after we enjoy a social lunch hour at Salud!  Our visit at the Camden City Archives and Museum will include a tour of the building and stacks along with some discussion of the latest exhibits and Camden’s recent partnership with the South Carolina Digital Library. This event is a fundraiser for SCAA’s scholarship program, the Darrick L. Hart Endowment Fund. 

Scheduled events:

11-12 Board Meeting

12-1:30 Lunch at Salud Mexican Kitchen (not part of registration)

1011 Broad St.
Camden, SC 29020
In the 1011 Galleria

1:30-3  Tour of the Camden City Archives and Museum

1314 Broad St.
Camden, SC 29020

Cost: $15.00 for SCAA members; $10.00 for students; $20.00 for non-members

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2017 Summer Social

Friday, July 28

Join members of the South Carolina Archival Association as we visit USC-Lancaster's Native American Studies Archive and eat lunch at Charley's Cafe & Catering. This event is the fundraiser for the SCAA’s scholarship program, the Darrick L. Hart Endowment Fund.

Scheduled events:

11-12 Board Meeting

12-1:30 Lunch at Charley's Cafe & Catering (cost of food is not part of registration)

306 South Main Street
Lancaster, SC 

1:30-3  Tour of USC-Lancaster's Native American Studies Archive

119 S. Main St.
Lancaster, SC

Cost: $15.00 for SCAA members; $10.00 for students; $20.00 for non-members

Register Now

SNCA/SCAA Joint Conference Registration Open

Registration is now open!

Society of North Carolina Archivists / South Carolina Archival Association Joint Conference
March 31-April 1, 2016
Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC

Register for the 2016 SNCA /SCAA Conference and Workshops (early bird registration rates for SNCA and SCAA members until February 29)

Visit the 2016 workshops page to learn more about the workshops offered

Hotel block information (book by February 29 for best rates; both hotels are within easy walking distance of the conference venue)

Save the Date: Joint Conference with SNCA March 31-April 1

“Advocacy and Engagement: Demonstrating the Value of Archives” Joint Conference of SNCA & SCAA, March 31 & April 1 

Mark your calendars for 2016 SNCA/SCAA spring conference in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 31-April 1!

This year’s theme is Advocacy and Engagement: Demonstrating the Value of Archives. The one and a half day SNCA/SCAA joint conference will take place at the Mint Museum Uptown. There will be a full day of programming on Thursday, March 31st  followed by desserts and drinks in the evening. Friday, April 1st will include a half day of conference programming.

Three half-day pre-conference workshops will be held on March 30th at the Mercy Heritage Center in Belmont, NC. Workshop descriptions are available here.