- Scope and Content:
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The collection includes chapter correspondence, bylaws, annual reports, membership lists, photographs, conference materials, LoPresti Awards (for excellence in art publication), and financial records. Scattered throughout are materials and correspondence related to the national organization. There are 20 electronic files on one floppy disk that have been migrated to the electronic records server. There are 20 black-and-white photographs and two transparencies.
- Biographical / Historical:
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ARLIS/SE was founded in 1974 as a chapter within the Southern Region of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA founded 1972, Chicago). Members primarily come from the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the American Virgin Islands. A Regional Representative is appointed by ARLIS/NA to the Southern Region / SE Chapter and serves a two-year term. This Representative serves as a liaison between the Chapter and the Executive Board.
The Chapter is involved in several activities. It issues a Newsletter, now called ARTifacts, hosts an online discussion list and web site, and holds a Conference annually somewhere within the Southeast region. In addition, its members participate in the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, including hosting the Annual Conference in the Southeast in 1996 (Miami Beach). A major activity of the Chapter is its LoPresti Publicatoin Award Competition, established in 1985 to recognize and encourage excellence in art publications issued in the Southeastern United States. This annual award is named for Mary Ellen LoPresti (d. 1985), who was the Design Librarian at North Carolina State University.
- Acquisition Information:
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The Art Libraries Society of North America Southeast Chapter Papers, 1975-2017 and undated were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002, 2015 and 2018.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Joshua A. Kaiser
Completed October 3, 2002
Encoded by Joshua A. Kaiser
Updated by Meghan Lyon, December 2009
Updated to include accessions 2015-0086 and 2018-0088 by Alice Poffinberger, November 2018
Description updated by Alice Poffinberger, November 2018
Accessions described in this collection guide include: 2002-0168, 2008-0058, 2015-0086, and 2018-0088
This collection is unprocessed: materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: Correspondence, Financial Papers, Administrative Materials, Annual Conferences, Art Publication Awards, and Miscellaneous Papers.
- Rules or Conventions:
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
