Brenda Banks

Brenda Banks
Born c. 1950
Atlanta, Georgia
Died (aged 66)
Thomaston, Georgia
Alma mater Spelman College
Atlanta University
Occupation Archivist
Years active 1972–2016
Employer Georgia Archives, Banks Archives Consultants

Brenda S. Banks (c. 1950 – July 25, 2016)[1] was an American archivist known for her work at the Georgia Archives and as a consultant.[2]

Banks was the President and CEO of Banks Archives Consultants and part of the SGA Fellow class of 2009. She has held positions as managing archivist for the Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, project manager for SOLINET’s (Solutions for Innovative Networks, since merged to create new company[3]) Gulf Coast Academic Library Recovery Project, Audre Lorde Collection at Spelman College as the senior project archivist, and assisting various architecture firms and cultural institutions with archival design.[4] She was the president of the Society of American Archivists for the 1995-1996 term.[5]

She has received several awards throughout her career, including: Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, Governor's Award in the Humanities, Archives Advocacy Award (Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board), Individual Achievement Award in Archives and Records Management at the Georgia Records Association, Society of American Archivists Council Exemplary Award, Fellow of the Society of Georgia Archivists, Distinguished Alumnae Award at the National Association for Equal Education Opportunity, Alumnae Achievement Award at Spelman College, Beta Phi Mu, and she was highlighted in the magazines Black Enterprise and Ebony.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "SAA Remembers Brenda S. Banks: Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Brenda BANKS's Obituary on Atlanta Journal-Constitution". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Legacy.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  3. ↑ Marshall, Breeding, (2009-07-01). "SOLINET, PALINET and NELINET Merge to Form Lyrasis". Smart Libraries Newsletter. 29 (7).
  4. 1 2 "Society of Georgia Archivists - Brenda S. Banks". soga.org. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. ↑ "Presidents from the Society of American Archivists". Society of American Archivists. 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
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