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Presidential Addresses

Speeches delivered by SAA presidents during their term in office.

Mark A. Greene (63rd president, 2007-2008)

• The Power of Archives: Archivists’ Values and Value in the Post-Modern Age (PDF)
• Strengthening Our Identity, Fighting Our Foibles (PDF)

Elizabeth W. Adkins, CA (62nd president, 2006-2007)

• Our Journey Toward Diversity—and a Call to (More) Action (PDF)

Richard Pearce-Moses (61st president, 2005-2006)

• Janus in Cyberspace: Archives on the Threshold of the Digital Era
• The Winds of Change: Blown to Bits (PDF)

Randall Jimerson (60th president, 2004-2005)

• Embracing the Power of Archives

Timothy L. Ericson (59th president, 2003-2004)

• Building Our Own 'Iron Curtain':  The Emergence of Secrecy in American Government

Peter B. Hirtle (58th president, 2002-2003)

• Archives or Assets?

H. Thomas Hickerson (55th president, 1999-2000)

• Ten Challenges for the Archival Profession

Luciana Duranti (54th president, 1998-1999)

• A Personal Vision for SAA
• Meeting the Challenge of Contemporary Records: Does It Require a Role Change for the Archivist?

William J. Maher (53rd president, 1997-1998)

• Society and Archives
• Lost in a Disneyfied World: Archivists and Society in Late Twentieth Century America
• National Archives and Records Administration: Issues and Prospects (Commentary On Remarks by John Carlin)

Nicholas C. Burckel (52nd president, 1996-1997)

• The Society: From Birth to Maturity
• Archivists Facing the Millennium: Preparing for an Unknown—but not Unknowable—Future

Brenda Banks (51st president, 1995-1996)

• Seeing the Past as a Guidepost to Our Future

Maygene Daniels (50th president, 1994-1995)

• On Being an Archivist

John A. Fleckner (45th president, 1989-1990)

• "Dear Mary Jane": Some Reflections on Being an Archivist

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