Mission

The Joint Archives Committee of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America was established in 1991 with the following charge:

• To stimulate the preservation of the papers of mathematicians and mathematical institutions, as well as other mathematical papers of interest, at appropriate archives locally or nationally.
• To serve as a contact between archivists and mathematicians (or their heirs) in evaluating materials proposed for preservation.
• To serve as liaison among the MAA, the AMS, and their designated archivists at the University of Texas at Austin and Brown University respectively.

Membership

The current members are:

Gert Almkvist (AMS) gert@maths.lth.se

Victor Katz (MAA) vkatz@math.maa.org

Albert C. Lewis (MAA) lewisac@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

Karen Parshall (MAA) khp3k@virginia.edu

Everett Pitcher (AMS) Chair ep02@lehigh.edu

John W. Weigel II (AMS) jweigel@umich.edu

Activities

The committee maintains a listing of archival collections in North America and makes available a guide for potential donors of mathematical papers. Under an earlier chair, Sandford Segal, it published the article "Why Archive?" by Albert C. Lewis in The Notices of the AMS, 40(1993): 847--9 and in FOCUS,   vol. 13, No. 4 (1993): 11--12.

We would especially welcome hearing about papers that ought to be considered for preservation. The committee is prepared to assist by giving advice, making contact with a suitable repository, or assisting financially in the preparation of papers for deposition.

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