by Barbara Stinson Lee
Intermountain Catholic

LOGAN — Diocesan Archivist Emeritus Bernice Maher Mooney was honored Oct. 20 for her outstanding archival work for the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Mooney’s successor in the diocesan archives, Gary Topping, presented Mooney with the Utah Manuscripts Association’s Dr. Everett L. Cooley Distinguished Archival Career Award during the association’s annual meeting at Utah State University in Logan. Mooney is only the second recipient of the award, named for the founder of the Utah Manuscripts Association.

Topping said nothing could please him more than presenting the award to Mooney, who played a vital role in Topping’s archival career.

Mooney credited the late Msgr. Jerome Stoffel for giving the diocesan archives a strong foundation and for teaching her many of her archival skills.

Bernice Maher Mooney (left), archivist emeritus of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, receives the Dr. Everett L. Cooley Award for her distinguished archival career from her successor Gary Topping at an annual meeting of the Utah Manuscripts Association at Utah State University Oct. 20. Mooney was accompanied to the ceremony by her husband, Jay, and their two daughters. She receieved a framed certificate of merit and the clock symbolizing the importance of documenting the passage of time and events.