Archivists of the Houston Area! (AHA!) is the premiere archivists organization of Southeast Texas. AHA! strives to bring archivists and all who work with records together, providing opportunities for professional development and promoting archival repositories and activities throughout the Greater Houston and Southeast Texas area.
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- Reminder: End of Year Potluck and Tour
Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour! We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Public Library. Join us as we tour the historically beautiful library with a potluck afterwards. Bring your Drivers License to get a library card! You are also welcome to bring $10… Read more: Reminder: End of Year Potluck and Tour - Announcement: AHA! Board Position Nominations are Open
AHA folks! Send in your nominations for these open positions! We are now welcoming nominations for the 2026 Board Committee positions – send in nominations for Secretary, Vice President/President Elect, and the Archives Bazaar Steering Committee. Nominate someone you know in AHA, or out of AHA, or even yourself! Just fill out this form. Deadline… Read more: Announcement: AHA! Board Position Nominations are Open - Meeting: End of Year Business Meeting on Zoom
The end of 2025 is just around the corner, but AHA is here to party! 🕺 Join us for our End of the Year meeting to discuss By-Law changes and elected board positions for 2026! We will vote on amendment changes to the By-Laws as well as voting for open positions within the executive board!… Read more: Meeting: End of Year Business Meeting on Zoom - Professional Opportunity: USRA is Seeking Archival Reviewers for AFRL Scholars Professionals
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA), administers the Scholars Professionals (SPs) program for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). They are currently seeking U.S. citizens with Ph.D.s in one of the fields listed below to review applications from individuals with Master’s degrees or Ph.D.s in these fields: • Archival Science or Archival Studies… Read more: Professional Opportunity: USRA is Seeking Archival Reviewers for AFRL Scholars Professionals - Professional Orgs: SAA Preservation Publication Award
Nominate a Colleague (or Yourself!) for SAA’s Preservation Publication Award The Society of American Archivists Preservation Publication Award committee welcomes nominations of outstanding preservation-related works of relevance to the North American archives community that were published in 2025. Nominated works may include articles, reports, chapters, or monographs in an audiovisual, digital, or print formats. Works… Read more: Professional Orgs: SAA Preservation Publication Award - Meeting: End of Year Potluck 12/13 at 12p
Please join us for our End of the Year Potluck & Tour! Come celebrate the end of the year through a feast and tour of the beautiful Moore Memorial Public Library – bring your Drivers License to get a free library card! Where: Moore Memorial Public Library (1701 9th Avenue N., Texas City, TX 77590)… Read more: Meeting: End of Year Potluck 12/13 at 12p - Event: AHA! at Zinefest Houston 11/15 12-6p
Don’t forget about Zine Fest Houston happening this Saturday, November 15th! This year’s annual Houston Zine Fest will be happening at The Orange Show for Visionary Arts, and AHA will have a table for ya’ll to come by, say hi, and check out our zine submissions! Zine submissions for AHA are still open! You have… Read more: Event: AHA! at Zinefest Houston 11/15 12-6p - Event: 2025 Galveston County History Round-Up
Come one, come all to our first annual Galveston County History Round-Up! Community members are invited to bring photographs, letters, documents, and other meaningful items for this in-person digitization event! Collection experts will give you tips on how to care for your keepsakes and make sure you walk away with a flash drive of… Read more: Event: 2025 Galveston County History Round-Up - Job Posting: TSLAC Conservator (Curator IV) DEADLINE EXTENDED
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 30 The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has an opening for this full-time position: Conservator (Curator IV) – $6,250-$7,084 monthly The conservator manages the daily activities of the well-equipped book and paper Summerlee Conservation Lab at TSLAC and performs complex treatments on rare and unique archival and library… Read more: Job Posting: TSLAC Conservator (Curator IV) DEADLINE EXTENDED - AHA! Zine: Call for Submissions!
The Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) invites you to submit a page to the collaborative AHA! Zine. We are about a month out from our submission deadline of November 30th and we are excited to see the various ways in which people are exploring the topic of COMMUNITY. This topic can be broadly interpreted… Read more: AHA! Zine: Call for Submissions! - Archives Month: Menil Archives at 25
Archives Month celebrations continue! Join us this Thursday, October 23, for a special afternoon exploring the Menil Archives at 25: Pre-event Tour – 4:00 PM Get an inside look at the Menil Archives and its 25 years of preserving the museum’s remarkable history. Location: 1515 West Alabama Street (Free parking available) RSVP required: Sign up here Post-tour Dinner – 5:00… Read more: Archives Month: Menil Archives at 25 - Consultant Needed: Death Collaborative of Greater Houston
The Death Collaborative, an emerging nonprofit educational resource group, is looking for either an archivist or a current graduate student focused on archives, who may be able to consult their new group on archives and records management. The group grew out of the Death Cafe meetup groups that meet at HPL Stella Link and seeks… Read more: Consultant Needed: Death Collaborative of Greater Houston - Job Posting: Katz Family Archivist at Rice UniversityRice University is seeking a candidates for the Katz Family Archivist, a 5-year temporary position in support of the South Texas Jewish Archives at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. This individual will primarily preserve, arrange, and describe archival collections in the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA), which represent Jewish history… Read more: Job Posting: Katz Family Archivist at Rice University
- Archives Month Blitz: Saturday October 18th from 1p-5p
Join us on Saturday, October 18th for the AHA Annual Archives Month Blitz! We’ll spend the afternoon transcribing, scanning, rehousing, and working on other archival projects from the L.V. Hull Archive, one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow archivists, community members, and preservation enthusiasts while contributing to this… Read more: Archives Month Blitz: Saturday October 18th from 1p-5p - Job Posting: Conservator at Summerlee Conservation Lab, Texas State Library and Archives CommissionTSLAC has extended the closing date on its conservator position in Austin to May 30, 2025 if anyone is interested. If you know someone who meets the minimum requirements, please let them know about the opening. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has an opening for this full-time position: Conservator (Curator IV) – $6,250-$7,084… Read more: Job Posting: Conservator at Summerlee Conservation Lab, Texas State Library and Archives Commission