Awards & Development

Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award

Established in 2003, the Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award seeks to recognize an individual who has demonstrated outstanding service to the archival profession in the state of North Carolina by promoting public awareness, appreciation, or support of cultural heritage institutions, preserving historical and cultural resources, providing leadership in archival organizations or associations, or teaching, training, or mentoring new members of the archival profession.

The award honors the late Thornton W. Mitchell, who served as North Carolina State Archivist from 1973 until his retirement in 1981, and was an active member of the archival profession for forty years. The first Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award was presented at the SNCA spring meeting in March 2004. The deadline for nominations is the date of the Society's Spring meeting.

Nominees must have at least 5 years of service to the profession, and may not be members of the current SNCA Executive Board or Development Committee. Nominations should include specific examples of ways in which the nominee meets the criteria outlined above.

Nomination forms (pdf) should be mailed to:

Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award
Society of North Carolina Archivists
PO Box 20448
Raleigh, NC 27619

Thornton W. Mitchell Award Recipients

2007
Steven Hensen, Duke University Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library

2006
Jesse R. "Dick" Lankford, North Carolina State Archives

2005
Suellyn Lathrop, East Carolina University

2004 (Inaugural)
Catherine J. Morris, North Carolina State Archives

 

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