About

This web site is the official home for the Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) and is designed to provide you with up-to-date information on related archival activities and professional development opportunities.

Mission

To promote and advance the growth and development of the archival profession in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and greater Minnesota by providing educational and resource sharing opportunities for archivists and other professionals interested in the preservation of, and access to, historically valuable information.

– Revised and approved on April 18, 2007

Bylaws

TCART Bylaws (pdf)

– Revised and approved on May 20, 2015

Officers

President:
Micah Janette (2026-present)
Head of Archival Processing
University of Minnesota
ljanette@umn.edu

Secretary:
Erin McBrien (2025-present)
Curator, Upper Midwest Literary Archives and Sherlock Holmes Collections
University of Minnesota
emcbrien@umn.edu

Treasurer:
Sonja Isaacson (2026-present)
Newspaper & Microfilm Assistant
Minnesota Historical Society
sonja.isaacson@mnhs.org

Communications Officer:
Sarah Barsness (2025-present)
Digital Records Archivist
University of Minnesota
bars13@umn.edu

Former TCART Officers

President:
Micah Janette (2026-present)
Kathryn Hujda (2022-2026)
Nat Wilson (2018-2022)
Ted Hathaway (2014-2018)
Jennifer Johnson (2010-2014)
Erik Moore (2006-2010)
Daardi Sizemore (2002-2006)

Secretary:
Erin McBrien (2025-present)
Kristell Benson (2021-2025)
Caitlin Marineau (2017-2021)
Deborah Kloiber (2013-2017)
Jamie Martin (2009-2013)
Andrea Spence Pudas (2005-2009)

Treasurer:
Sonja Isaacson (2026-present)
Heidi Heller (2022-2026)
Audra Hilse (2018-2022)
Lara Friedman-Shedlov (2014-2018)
Leslie Hunter-Larson (2013-2014)
Stephanie Kays (2012-2014)
Jenel Farrell (2010-2012)
Ellen Holt-Werle (2006-2008)
Molly Tierny (2006-2008)
JoEllen Haugo (2002-2006)

Communications Officer (pre-2015 position known as Newsletter Editor):
Sarah Barsness (2025-present)
Chris True (2023-2025)
Jennifer Shaw-Spence (2019-2023)
Kate Dietrick (2015-2019)
Elissa Becknell (2013-2015)
Jeff Johnson (2009-2013)
Candy Hart (2005-2009)