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Vol. 24:3 ISSN 0160-8460 December 1996
Commission and Volunteers Celebrate Conclusion of The Emerging Nation Project
The NHPRC recognized The Emerging Nation Project staff consisting of Commission staff and volunteers at a reception on November 7, 1996. The third and final volume of the project was completed and sent to the printer at the end of August.
Three consulting editors assisted in the work of The Emerging Nation project. Volunteers transcribed and translated documents, verified texts, conducted historical research, worked on document databases, located and copied documents in manuscript repositories, located copies of illustrations, and drew maps.
Shown with Associate Editor J. Dane Hartgrove and Editor Mary A. Giunta are Professor Peter P. Hill (far left) and Professor Lawrence S. Kaplan (far right). Norman A. Graebner (not pictured) also served as a consulting editor.
Volunteer Pat Alfredson receives a certificate of appreciation from Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin.
Twenty-four volunteers assisted the editors of The Emerging Nation project. Shown with Archivist Carlin (center) are volunteers Helen G. Cullinan, Beatrice Meyerson, Burt Knauft, Pat Alfredson, Liz Lourie, Norma Hoehndorf, Betty Moore, Art Gamson, Renee Schick, and Carol Aitken.Commissioners Alfred Goldberg and Winston Tabb reflect on the successful completion of the project.
Executive Director Gerald W. George extends his appreciation to Editor Mary A. Giunta and Associate Editor J. Dane Hartgrove upon completion of The Emerging Nation project at a reception held at the National Archives Building on November 7, 1996.
