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Vol. 25:3 ISSN 0160-8460 Fall 1997
NHPRC Application Deadlines
February 1, 1998 (for June meeting)Proposals addressing the following objectives:
- To continue the current cooperative agreement whereby the Council of State Historical Records Coordinators informs the Commission on needs and progress nationally.
- To collaborate with the states to promote archival and records management by and among state and local governments.
- To assist new documentary projects, in various forms of publication, that help teachers improve history education and that help researchers pursue significant lines of inquiry in historical scholarship.
- To increase document use by teachers, students, scholars, and the public.
- To help carry out agendas for archival progress put forward by the Society of American Archivists and the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, particularly to meet needs for preservation, planning, training, and institutional self-evaluation.
June 1, 1998 (for November meeting). Please note that this is the first deadline for which applications must comply with the new NHPRC guidelines.
Proposals addressing the following objectives:
- To provide the American public with widespread access to the papers of the founders of our democratic republic and its institutions by ensuring the timely completion of eight projects now in progress to publish the papers of George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and papers that document the Ratification of the Constitution, the First Federal Congress, and the early Supreme Court.
- To promote broad public participation in historical documentation by collaborating with State Historical Records Advisory Boards to plan and carry out jointly funded programs to strengthen the nation's archival infrastructure and expand the range of records that are protected and accessible.
- To enable the nation's archivists, records managers, and documentary editors to overcome the obstacles and take advantage of the opportunities posed by electronic technologies by continuing to provide leadership in funding research and development on appraising, preserving, disseminating, and providing access to important documentary sources in electronic form.
October 1, 1998 (for February meeting)
Proposals addressing the following objectives:
- To protect and otherwise make accessible historically significant records.
- To publish documentary editions other than the eight founding-era projects judged to be of critical importance.
- To improve the methods, tools, and training of professionals engaged in documentary work.
- To support other projects eligible for support within the Commission's statutory mission.
Application guidelines and forms may be requested from NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 106, Washington, DC 20408-0001, (202) 501-5610 (voice), (202) 501-5601 (fax), nhprc@nara.gov (e-mail), or by accessing our web site at http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/.
