SAA AAC Section @aac_section
The Archivists and Archives of Color Section is an interest group within the Society of American Archivists. linktr.ee/AAC_Section Joined October 2011-
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AAC is excited to announce that our 2023 Membership Directory is now live! aacdirectory.wordpress.com We are also reopening the form for those who missed the first round and would like to be included in the directory. The form will close on August 31, 2023: forms.gle/vWKzyicZyGYMPh…
Join us for our annual section meeting on July 7. We'll provide section updates, then have a panel presentation with members of the Trans Metadata Collective (Kalani Adolpho, Jackson Huang, and Adrian Williams). Virtual & open to all! Sign up: connect.archivists.org/events/event-d…
Voting is now open for SAA's section elections! To vote for Co-Chair and Newsletter Editor for the AAC section, please follow the link to your ballot. Candidate statements also in link. mysaa.archivists.org/myballots Ballots open now until July 17, must be an SAA member to vote.
There's still time to get into the 2023 AAC directory! The directory is a free resource available to all, and you don't have to be an SAA member to be included. Open until May 14. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
ICYMI the recording for our panel "Writing and Publishing for Archivists" is now available. youtube.com/watch?v=xHjABP…
We're updating our Archives & Archivists of Color directory and invite you to be a part of it. The directory supports networking, finding new collaborators, speakers, mentors, and more! SAA membership is not required. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Students & early career archivists, join us for a panel discussion on Feb 20 to learn about how you can get started writing and publishing. Speakers include Joyce Gabiola, Sharon Mizota, Yvette Ramírez, & Kristina Santiago. Free & open to all! Learn more: snaproundtable.wordpress.com/2023/02/08/saa…
Want to attend SAA Annual for free? Apply for a travel award by 2/28. Awards for both students and working archivists are available. bit.ly/SAAtravelawards
Job posting: Xavier University of Louisiana is now hiring a Processing Archivist for Library Archives & Special Collections. This is a Full-Time, Salaried, Faculty Designated, Non-Tenure Track Position. jobs.xula.edu/postings/2099
#OTD 1863, Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th MA Regiment, the 1st Black regiment raised in the Northeast, to Charleston, SC and led an attack on Fort Wagner, a Confederate stronghold. Nearly 1/2 the Regiment that participated in the battle, including Shaw himself, were killed.
"It always seems impossible until it's done." ~ Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) Today, 7/18, is #MandelaDay. If you would like to learn more about Mr. Mandela and the materials we have on him in our collections, explore our research guide. #SchomburgCenter libguides.nypl.org/c.php?g=691328…
Vote now in 2022 SAA Section Elections! Ballots are open now through July 26. SAA members who are eligible to vote in the section elections can do so on the "My Section Ballots" page of the SAA website. ow.ly/wuz150JRC6A
Voting's now open for our section committee leadership! Find out who's running at www2.archivists.org/groups/archivi… & go to mysaa.archivists.org/myballots to vote.
Deadline Friday! Join the SAA AAC Steering Committee! Nominations are open for co-chair, steering committee members, newsletter editor, and web liaison. We welcome nominations from all career stages, including students and early-career archivists docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Join the SAA AAC Steering Committee! Nominations are now open for co-chair, steering committee members, newsletter editor, and web liaison. We welcome nominations from all career stages, including students and early-career archivists. Due by May 27: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Come join me on the SAA (@archivists_org) Archivists & Archives of Color Section Steering Committee! Nominations open for co-chair, steering committee members, newsletter editor, web liaison. Students & early-career archivists encouraged to apply. tinyurl.com/bdfea77c
Hey All! I am Kristi and I will be taking over for the first two hours of Ask An Archivist Day! I am excited to see questions get answered by fellow archivists!
Other institutions can join us Nov. 4 @ 2 p.m. to hear and learn how to submit an application. Seats will be limited, so do sign up as soon as registration opens!!! #DigitalFlowersShoutout @AUCWoodruffLib @PrjctSTAND
Thanks to the generous support of the @MellonFdn we are able to provide grants of up $10k to support your digitization project and will provide two webinars, one dedicated to HBCUs interested n submitting an application. @PrjctSTAND @AUCWoodruffLib💐
Celebrate #archivesmonth with the AAC! Send us info on events, projects, and new collections! Send a message or email us at [email protected]! #archivistsofcolor #archivesofcolor

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Southwest Archivists @SWarchivists
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Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr
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NUL Preservation @NUL_PresCons
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Martha S. Jones @marthasjones_
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Kentucky State Archiv... @KYStateArchives
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IC Archival Research @icaruseu
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Laura @darnelllaura89
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SAA UIUC Student Chap... @uiuc_saa
24 Followers 38 Following Official account for the Society of American Archivists student chapter at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eileen Basemore @ebandeb
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Latrese @lone_arranger
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Daniel Flores Arquivo... @DanielArquivos
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Matt Kitchens @MattKitchens33
10 Followers 369 Following
Bjacks @BeJackson911
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Rohini Singh @rohini9247
98 Followers 320 Following Giving Twitter a 2nd chance & using it for something other than getting better customer service. Archiving | History | Cinema | Languages | Social Justice
Michael Reif @Michael92316604
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Rohit Gupta @RohitRa18632288
79 Followers 566 Following
Suzanne Glémot @SuzanneGlemot
105 Followers 449 Following Bookbinder and librarian. Mostly here for the opossum pics. *Still* not a fan of snow. •🪴&🐈🐈⬛• (she/her)
Donovan Balderama @WikiHelium
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Shannon Honl @ShannonHonl
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Jack Schmitt @hovasaxa
111 Followers 459 Following
Marshanah T. 🎓 @studyblr_acct
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Elaine L Westbrooks @Cornell_Biblio
334 Followers 782 Following Bibliophile, jazz lover, gardener, Steeler Nation, Open Access Proponent. Champion for Libraries everywhere.
HFox @xllxxlxxx
271 Followers 1K Following
Bibliotecaria Yesicon... @BibliotecariaYR
23 Followers 188 Following she/ hers/ ella. an archivist in the making. i jajaja con jota. all opinions are mine.
Akeem @aflavors1
1 Followers 19 Following
Tiffany Chavis @_TiffyC
21 Followers 199 Following
Dr. E Thornton @elreads
139 Followers 434 Following Academic Librarian/ Open Education Advocate/ Lifelong Learning & Professional Development Researcher/ History Is
DCAfroLatinoCaucus @DCAfroLatino
347 Followers 576 Following DC Afro Latino Caucus mission is to bring visibility and improve the quality of life to Afro Latin@s in Washington DC.
Yuliia Dmytriieva @yuska2388
51 Followers 1K Following
Khara Fleming @KharaFleming
5 Followers 428 Following Not so new to twitter. Hopefully I'll actually use this account. Mostly here to lurk. Opinions are my own.
Florida Memory @FLMemory
6K Followers 825 Following Florida Memory provides free online access to historical documents, photographs, films and audio recordings from the State Library and Archives of Florida.
EAS Section @EASSection
72 Followers 72 Following The SAA Encoded Archival Standards Section promotes the implementation and use of encoding standards for dissemination of archival information.
Dr. Maria Curtis 🌻 @MariaCurtis1
498 Followers 1K Following Professor of Anthropology and Cross Cultural and Global Studies, University of Houston-Clear Lake. she/her
Owl @Owl_Vigilant
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A’isha La’Don �... @iamaishaladon
700 Followers 705 Following Archivist, founder of LegacyBU, Owner of LegacyPNP. Passionate about Genealogy & Heritage Travel📍🇬🇭 https://t.co/czkDY0vHOR | [email protected]
Hannah Kemp-Severence @hfkseverence
9 Followers 133 Following
Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup
8K Followers 8K Following Editor @ Black Catholic Messenger (@BlkCathlicMsngr) | words @BostonGlobe + @NatGeo | @NABJ + @SPJ_tweets | ThM student @XULA1925/@IBCS_XULA | #ActuallyAutistic
erin robinson @aluralei
22 Followers 396 Following
Stephanie Bennett @StephBen
11 Followers 58 Following
Disability Archives L... @DisArchivesLab
1K Followers 863 Following Hosting critical collaborative projects on how archives & records document, shape, & impact disabled ppl—in history, today & the future!
Hopkins Retrospective @HopkinsRetro
1K Followers 723 Following An initiative to explore the history of Johns Hopkins University and share it with our community! Let's reexamine the past and learn together! #HopHistory
Cassie Tanks @CassieConnected
130 Followers 252 Following Not a regular archivist, a cool archivist World History PhD Student @ NU MSLS @ UNC BA History @ SDSU AA @ Mesa #firstgenstudent #adopted #SanDiegan
David Ma @xiaoranma5
202 Followers 1K Following CEO of FH Conservation. Manufacture of professional equipment for cultural relics protection. Create safe air for the protection of every cultural relic.
Celina Tirona @StorytimeCelina
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kelcyshepherd @kelcyshepherd
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Archive/Counter-Archi... @Counter_Archive
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Library of Congress @librarycongress
1.2M Followers 12 Following Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://t.co/KMH2LPXfZv
U.S. National Archive... @USNatArchives
266K Followers 329 Following The nation's record keeper. Visit: https://t.co/8dGaBVCjMG Policies: https://t.co/KHNUTjM0m1
Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress
78K Followers 14 Following Archive of the official account of the 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, maintained by @LibraryCongress. https://t.co/omng4mnVAa
Smithsonian’s NMAAH... @NMAAHC
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James Neal @james3neal
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Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary
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INALJ (Naomi House) #... @INALJNaomi
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Newberry Library @NewberryLibrary
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Southwest Archivists @SWarchivists
1K Followers 388 Following The Society of Southwest Archivists promotes archivists, records managers and archives in the Southwest while strengthening relations in the region.
The National Archives @UkNatArchives
169K Followers 723 Following Official archive of the UK government. Discover our online collections, research guides and educational resources, spanning 1000 years of history.
Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org
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National Archives Fou... @archivesfdn
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Native American Archi... @NativeArchSAA
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Archiving The Black W... @ArchivingTBW
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SAA Preservation @SAApreservation
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MidwestArchivesConfer... @MidwestArchives
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Archive Hashtag @ArchiveHashtag
3K Followers 1K Following Your helping hand to find archive-related hashtags including awareness days, events, projects and conference hashtags!
The John Hope and Aur... @FiskLibrary
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SAA Career Services C... @CareerCommons
76 Followers 42 Following The Commons is a space for students and early-career archivists to connect with established professionals for career advice, resume reviews, and mock interviews
National Center for C... @Ctr4CHR
11K Followers 924 Following 🏛️ Museum & cultural org 📍 Downtown ATL Connecting history to the present and inspiring the changemaker in each of us. #LeadTheChange
UpstateHSL @UpstateHSL
104 Followers 183 Following The Health Sciences Library provides health information services & resources to meet community needs.
ProjectSTAND @PrjctSTAND
1K Followers 770 Following Project STAND provides enhanced access to historical and archival documentation on student activism in historically marginalized communities
Women's Collections S... @WCS_SAA
188 Followers 35 Following The Women's Collections Section promotes the preservation & use of records documenting women, & networks archivists w/holdings concerning or created by women.
SGA @GA_Archivists
555 Followers 225 Following Founded in 1969, the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) represents over 200 individuals and 100 repositories that care for historical records.
Brittany Newberry @oldberynewberry
97 Followers 158 Following Archivist for music and popular culture in the ATL! cat mom, book lover, opinions are my own
College & University ... @AcademArchivist
316 Followers 98 Following Twitter account for SAA's College and University Archives Section
NationalArchivesATL @atlantaarchives
4K Followers 402 Following National Archives at Atlanta is a center to study the history of the South, a region rich with tradition, scientific discovery, and social and cultural change.
Af-Am Studies @YALEAFAMstudies
9K Followers 1K Following The African American Studies Department at Yale University (Image: Kerry James Marshall, Untitled, 2009)
Imani Perry @imaniperry
96K Followers 3K Following She/her/hers. Writer/intellectual/mother Professor @Harvard rep. by @CindyUh @CAA Speaking @LyceumAgency
Felicia Owens @SAAgovernance
167 Followers 195 Following The Society of American Archivists's Governess, Governator, Governance Program Manager. Follow SAA @archivists_org.
Diverse Histories + @Diversehistory2
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ABAA @ATLBlackArchive
148 Followers 21 Following The Atlanta Black Archives Alliance (ABAA) was formed in 2017 by a group of Atlanta-area archivists invested in sharing our city’s unique and valuable resources
Joint Conference of L... @JCLC2022
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#becauseofthemwecan @Becauseofthem
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Charlie Rock @CharlotteRock
2K Followers 1K Following moving primarily to @charlierock.bsky.social and @[email protected]
NaVosha Copeland @navoshacopeland
608 Followers 2K Following Archivist, Historian, and PhD Student (Information Studies; Archival Science) | Opinions and tweets are my own
#RPTF @RadioTaskForce
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C.T. Muchemwa, PhD @ChidoMuchemwa
1K Followers 3K Following Writer / Archivist /🇿🇼/ 📚WHO WILL BURY YOU, out now from @HouseofAnansi.
dLOC @dLoCaribbean
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Jamal Booker @blamaj1
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NARA Records Mgmt @NARA_RecMgmt
6K Followers 59 Following This is an archive of the account for NARA Records Management and the Office of the Chief Records Officer, maintained by the @usnatarchives.
Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives
41K Followers 26 Following #BlackPerspectives is the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual #History Society (@AAIHS). Subscribe today: https://t.co/s25zdkuG5H
ACA @archivistsdotca
4K Followers 1K Following The Association of Canadian Archivists represents archivists across Canada. Our mission is to provide leadership & community.
Archivo Nacional @ANdeChile
14K Followers 2K Following El @ANdeChile reúne, organiza y preserva el patrimonio documental de Chile, garantizando el acceso a la información a la ciudadanía.
ALA @ALAArchivos
8K Followers 374 Following Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos; la comunidad archivística de Iberoamérica
Chris Bourg @mchris4duke
11K Followers 6K Following Music, food, baseball, a little basketball, scholarly communications and open stuff. And #DailyJiffy. She/Her. Not a fan of DMs.
aleiabrown @CollardStudies
5K Followers 3K Following WE GATHER AT THE EDGE: CONTEMPORARY QUILTS BY BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS at Smithsonian Renwick gallery through june 2025
Hutchins Center @HutchinsCenter
11K Followers 455 Following News & Events from the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University
Henry Louis Gates Jr @HenryLouisGates
136K Followers 873 Following Dir. of @HutchinsCenter, African & African American Research & Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, @Harvard. #FindingYourRoots - Tuesdays on @PBS.
Concerned Archivists @Concerned_Arch
928 Followers 186 Following We are the Concerned Archivists Alliance. Putting our skills, knowledge, and resources to work for the resistance.
IPHP @IPHProject
478 Followers 550 Following The Intersectional BPP History Project is #changingthenarrative of BPP history by focusing on women, gender & sexuality. https://t.co/lLXXqLnuIB
Amistad Research Cent... @AmistadResearch
2K Followers 1K Following **Page now defunct, please follow on BlueSky
President Obama @POTUS44
12.7M Followers 77 Following This is an archive of an Obama Administration account maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
White House Archived @ObamaWhiteHouse
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National Women's Hist... @womenshistory
21K Followers 1K Following A renowned leader in women’s history education, the National Women's History Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history.
MLK Day @MLKDay
23K Followers 1K Following For information about #MLKDay 2022, including in-person + virtual projects, resources, events, and live updates, please follow the main @AmeriCorps account.
Dr. Keisha N. Blain @KeishaBlain
65K Followers 1K Following ✨ Award-winning Historian, Writer, and Professor | 📚 Latest Book: WITHOUT FEAR: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights (@wwnorton, 2025).