The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (ART) welcomes contributions for the summer 2025 issue of the Metropolitan Archivist, ART’s online digital publication featuring short- and long-form articles, reviews and interviews, and collection spotlights.

The forthcoming issue of the Metropolitan Archivist is organized around the theme of All in the Family - exploring the role of family in the archives, whether in the traditional sense of biological relatives or the broader sense of communities, chosen families, and cultures writ large. 

We want to hear about your work on collections ranging from family papers to family business records to community archives; challenges and opportunities presented by genealogical research; the tension between deeply personal materials and the impartiality of arrangement and description; and the varying definitions of “family” that present themselves in archival collections.

Other questions to ponder include:

• How can archives be used to redefine, reconstruct, or reclaim family histories?

• Where do we draw the line between our professional archival training and the role of family historian/family archivist?

• How do we weigh matters of private “family business” against the research value of information contained within such collections?

• Other than genealogists, what kind of researchers should archivists keep in mind when processing and describing collections about families?

We also seek reviewers for New York-area museum and gallery exhibitions, as listed on the submission form. Additional suggestions welcome, particularly those which relate to this issue’s theme.

Please send a brief pitch (maximum 500 words) or select an exhibition to review via this form by Monday, March 3rd for consideration. Selected authors will be notified by Monday, March 10th, and final drafts with cleared images permissions are due by Monday, April 14th. Authors will receive feedback from our team of editors over the following weeks and can expect to see their articles published in mid-July 2025.