>
>The Education Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
>wishes to announce the availablity of these two scholarship opportunities:
>
>MARAC MEETING SCHOLARSHIP
>
>The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) offers two
>scholarships of $300.00 each for individuals to attend its semiannual
>meetings. Scholarship funds may be used for conference registration,
>workshops, conference meals and travel expenses. Persons meeting the
>criteria outlined below are encouraged to apply for funding for the Spring
>1998 meeting to be held in Saratoga Springs, New York from May November
7-9, 1998.
>
>Applicants must:
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>1. Be a new member of MARAC with a membership of at least one month and
less than two years duration at the time of application.
>
>2. Be a new employee of less than two years in an archival or archives
>related field or be currently enrolled as a graduate student in history or
>a related field, library science or archival administration, having taken
>at least three credit hours in archival studies, by the application
>deadline. Full and part time students will be considered.
>
>3. Not have received any MARAC scholarship previous to this application.
>
>4. Be from an institution (if employed) that is unable to provide
>conference expenses.
>
>TO APPLY, submit a current resume and a letter in which you outline your
>compliance with the qualifications, indicate the benefit you expect to
>receive from the scholarship, list the name, address and phone number of
>your immediate supervisor or graduate advisor, and include a statement (if
>employed) explaining your institution's inablility to provide conference
>expenses. Applications should be sent to: Danna Bell-Russel, Chair, MARAC
>Education Committee, National Equal Justice Library, Washington College of
>Law, American University, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
>20016. The deadline for applications is March 1, 1998.
>
>
>
>MODERN ARCHIVES INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP
>
>The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) has instituted a
>scholarship program to provide a scholarship of $545 to cover tuition for
>an individual to attend the Modern Archives Institute. This scholarship is
>named in honor of MARAC member Leonard Rapport and is known as the Leonard
>Rapport Modern Archives Institute Scholarship.
>
>To qualify for this program an individual must meet the following criteria:
>
>1. Be a new member in good standing of MARAC, with a membership of at
least three months and less than three years duration at the time of the
application.
>
>2. Be a new employee of at least one and no more than five years in an
>archival or archives-related field at the time of the application.
>
>3. Not have received any MARAC scholarships prior to this award.
>
>TO APPLY, applicants should submit a current resume; a letter outlining
>compliance with the qualifications AND including a statement indicating the
>perceived benefit of attending the Institute; and two letters of
>recommendation from persons having definite knowledge of the applicant's
>qualifications. All scholarship applications should be sent to Danna
>Bell-Russel, Chair of the MARAC Education Committee, National Equal Justice
>Library, Washington College of Law, American University, 4801 Massachusetts
>Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001.      Applications should be received no later
>than February 1, 1998. Receipents will be notified by March 15, 1998.
>
>Individuals accepting the scholarship agree to write an essay not to exceed
>1,000 words for publication in the Mid-Atlantic Archivist describing their
>experiences at the Institute.
>
>PLEASE NOTE: THIS APPLICATION IS FOR THE MARAC SCHOLARSHIP ONLY. APPLICANTS
>MUST ALSO CONTACT THE MODERN ARCHIVES INSTITUTE TO RESERVE SPACE. For
>further information about the Modern Archives Institute, contact Mary
>Rephlo, Staff Development Officer, National Archives and Record
>Administration, (301) 713-7390 ext. 260 or email [log in to unmask]
>
>Danna C. Bell-Russel
>National Equal Justice Library
>Washington College of Law
>American University
>Washington, DC
>
>
Danna C. Bell-Russel
National Equal Justice Library
Washington College of Law
American University
Washington, DC