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The end of 2025 is just around the corner, but AHA is here to party! 🕺Join us for our End of the Year meeting to discuss...
12/05/2025

The end of 2025 is just around the corner, but AHA is here to party! 🕺

Join us for our End of the Year meeting to discuss By-Law changes and elected board positions for 2026! We will vote on amendment changes to the By-Laws as well as voting for open positions within the executive board!

The meeting will be held online via Zoom.
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025
Time: 12PM
Meeting link & info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84146703461?pwd=goaY9UcyQX3Zwi0EmtrCAYVsJqRsjQ.1
Meeting ID: 841 4670 3461
Passcode: 342183

AHA folks! Send in your nominations for these open positions!We are now welcoming nominations for the 2026 Board Committ...
12/05/2025

AHA folks! Send in your nominations for these open positions!

We are now welcoming nominations for the 2026 Board Committee positions - send in nominations for Secretary, Vice President/President Elect, and the Archives Bazaar Steering Committee. Nominate someone you know in AHA, or out of AHA, or even yourself!

Deadline nominations will be December 15th during the End of Year Meeting. We can't wait to see you there and how the results will pan for AHA in 2026!

Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour!We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Pub...
12/05/2025

Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour!

We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Public Library. Join us as we tour the historically beautiful library with a potluck afterwards. Bring your Drivers License to get a library card! You are also welcome to bring $10 for annual membership dues.

Sign up here to bring food for the potluck & carpool: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aQCUBdhVpAXvMXOzGfg7qQuJB9BWlMT2VaXM269YonA/edit?usp=drive_link

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025
Time: 12PM
Location: Moore Memorial Public Library 1701 9th Avenue N Texas City, TX 77590
Free Parking in front of the library

The Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) invites you to submit a page to the collaborative AHA! Zine. We are a few week...
11/13/2025

The Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) invites you to submit a page to the collaborative AHA! Zine. We are a few weeks out from our submission deadline of November 30th and we are excited to see the various ways in which people are exploring the topic of COMMUNITY.

This topic can be broadly interpreted though many ways such as:
a review of an AHA! event * write up of an archival collection * a review of a digital archive (such as the Portal to Texas History) * an artwork you created with or inspired by archival materials * collection highlights * upcoming/past history/archival events * project completed in library school.

Check out this sampling of contributions from a few members of the AHA! Board. Together we try to represent the various ways in which one can express the theme of community.

Reminder, you don’t have to be an archivist, librarian, or information professional to submit to the AHA! Zine. Anyone who has an interest in archives is welcome to share their experiences and stories with the Archivists of the Houston Area community.

Submission deadline: Sunday, November 30, 2025

Submit via our Google Form or via email at [email protected]

Click the link to learn more about the AHA! Zine. https://houstonarchivists.org/aha-zine/

You may be following AHA, but are you a member?Become a member of AHA and enjoy the benefits! Come with us to repository...
11/13/2025

You may be following AHA, but are you a member?

Become a member of AHA and enjoy the benefits! Come with us to repository tours & community events, ask our archivists for advice on preserving your professional or personal collections, and learn more about Houston's rich history and culture to help preserve it. With AHA, you get access to more resources, connections, and knowledge!

Membership is not exclusive - if you're into archives professionally, as a hobby, or are just interested, you can still join! Membership is a annual fee of $10 - less than a meal out for the night 💁‍♀️.

If you have any questions regarding membership, DM and we will answer!

Membership Form: https://forms.gle/3VXRtxmCeakK4fy2A

AHA will be out and about in November!Don't forget about Zine Fest Houston happening next Saturday, November 15th! This ...
11/13/2025

AHA will be out and about in November!

Don't forget about Zine Fest Houston happening next Saturday, November 15th! This years annual Houston Zine Fest will be happening at The Orange Show for Visionary Arts, and AHA will have a table for ya'll to come by, say hi, and check out our zine submissions!

Zine submissions for AHA are still open! You have until November 30th to submit a zine, with the theme being Community. This could be about a repository you've visited, collections you yourself are working on, or anything you want - as long as the theme is community!

QR codes will link you to more information on our zine webpage and lead you to our submissions google form.

Zine Page: https://houstonarchivists.org/aha-zine/
Zine Submissions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEAQunfH3f_Xs7q7zE-H1CyhEykvMMAHcz0HHlg7aLXcFEpQ/viewform

Looking for more to do with AHA after the end of Archives Month? Please join us for our End of the Year Potluck & Tour!C...
11/13/2025

Looking for more to do with AHA after the end of Archives Month? Please join us for our End of the Year Potluck & Tour!

Come celebrate the end of the year through a feast and tour of the beautiful Moore Memorial Public Library - bring your Drivers License to get a free library card!

Where: Moore Memorial Public Library (address included)
When: Saturday, December 13th at 12 PM
Optional RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aQCUBdhVpAXvMXOzGfg7qQuJB9BWlMT2VaXM269YonA/edit?usp=drive_link

As we enter into the final stretch of 2025, let's look back on the successes of Archives Month for AHA!In October, we ho...
11/13/2025

As we enter into the final stretch of 2025, let's look back on the successes of Archives Month for AHA!

In October, we hosted and attended multiple events in honor of Archives Month and the spooky season. This included Spooky Stories from the Stacks, the annual AHA Archives Blitz held at the Orange Show for the L.V. Hull Archives, and attending 25 at Menil: celebrating 25 years of the Menil Archives!

By attending any of these programs, you helped AHA successfully celebrate another Archives Month! Whether it was telling a spooky story from your own repository & library experiences, assembling materials to be archived & digitized for the L.V. Hull Archives, or visiting the Menil for the 25th anniversary of their archives, thank you for showing up - you guys make all the difference!

Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming events, including...

Zine Fest: November 15th at the Orange show - submissions are still open for zines!

End of Year Potluck & Tour: December 13th at Moore Memorial Public Library - bring your ID and get a library card!

Have you heard of DJ Screw?One of Houston's most notable cultural icons, DJ Screw set the landscape for Hip-Hop in Houst...
11/13/2025

Have you heard of DJ Screw?

One of Houston's most notable cultural icons, DJ Screw set the landscape for Hip-Hop in Houston throughout the 90's along other big names in hip-hop like Big Hawk and Lil KeKe. DJ Screw specialized in mixing tapes, inventing his own "chopped and screwed" style of slowed down records and repeated rhythms, hence his eponymous DJ title.

Screw's work both personified and developed Houston's unique city life and hip-hop culture, placing Houston amongst other cities deeply tied to hip-hop and rap like Los Angeles and New York City.

Although his early departure from life was 25 years ago, his lasting legacy is still felt through Houston's roots in hip-hop, still inspiring artists to this day.

Learn more about DJ Screw through the University of Houston's "DJ Screw Papers" collection, housing his original records, tapes, and papers!

November 8th! Come out to the very first Galveston County History Round-Up! This is an opportunity for hobbyist, familia...
10/31/2025

November 8th!

Come out to the very first Galveston County History Round-Up! This is an opportunity for hobbyist, familial, or newcomer preservationists to bring photographs, letters, and other items of significance for digitization 🎊

The event is FREE, but registration is REQUIRED. Scan the QR code to register - if you have any questions, call Theresa Mayfield, Memorial Moore Public Library at 409-949-3007.

The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Archival Awards. T...
10/05/2025

The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Archival Awards. THRAB has named former Vice-President for Digital Media Production at NBC5/KXAS Television Brian Hocker as the recipient of the Advocacy for Archives Award. The David B. Gracy II Award for Distinguished Archival Service has been awarded to John H. Slate of the Dallas Municipal Archives. Read more about the recipients here: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/archivalaward

Creatives, check this out! The University of Houston-Downtown’s student-run literary and visual arts magazine, The Bayou...
09/17/2025

Creatives, check this out! The University of Houston-Downtown’s student-run literary and visual arts magazine, The Bayou Review, still has their submissions open until Sunday, September 21st for their fall 2025 issue, which has no specific theme. They are accepting unpublished works of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art in English, Spanish, and translations into English.

Since 1987, The Bayou Review has given UHD students a view into and practice in producing a magazine and has showcased works from diverse communities of writers, poets, and artists in the U.S. and around the world.

You can find out more about The Bayou Review’s submission guidelines and additional information on their website at bayoureview.org and at https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Bayou-Review/100077917413273/ on Facebook.

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