National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants - February 2015
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants
February 2015
STATE BOARD PROGRAMMING GRANTS
Grants to strengthen archives and historical records programs in each of the states and build a national archival network.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Montgomery, AL $32,500
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a statewide regrant program, a brochure containing basic information about the board, a revised strategic plan.
Alaska Department of Education and
Early Development
Juneau, AK $18,700
To support the state historical records advisory board and the development of a Journeyman Archivist Processing program.
Arizona State Library
Phoenix, AZ $47,364
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a statewide regrant program, an Arizona Archives Summit, and a statewide archival training program.
Connecticut State Library
Hartford, CT $55,000
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a traveling archivist program, a roundtable program for sharing information about archival topics, and workshops and community events to help citizens digitize their records and objects related to Connecticut’s role in World War I.
State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines, IA $4,815
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, informational sessions about the preservation of historical records, and the creation of additional online technical resources.
Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois State Archives
Springfield, IL $65,000
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, a professional development scholarship program, student intern training, and a statewide regrant program.
Maryland State Archives
Annapolis, MD $4,317
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a best practices and emergency preparedness workshop and a public Archives Month event that will offer workshops and lectures, presentations on family history research, and information on how to preserve documents and photographs.
Montana Historical Records Advisory Board
Helena, MT $10,045
To support basic funding, including a Traveling Student Archivist Program and training opportunities.
Nevada State Library and Archives
Reno, NV $15,813
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including National History Day workshops for teachers, workshops on information governance and digital preservation, and other collaborative projects with state and local cultural institutions.
New Mexico Commission of Public Records
Santa Fe, NM $50,000
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, a statewide regrant program, workshops on basic archival practices and preserving family histories, and the maintenance of an online database of the state’s archival repositories.
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Raleigh, NC $60,768
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including the Teaching Digital North Carolina project to create online educational content to use primary source materials in history, civics, and government classes.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Bismarck, ND $6,000
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including microfilming and indexing county marriage records.
Ohio Historical Society
Columbus, OH $23,361
To support the state historical records advisory board and its electronic records training, History Day, and statewide regrant programs.
Oregon Secretary of State, Archives Division
Salem, OR $10,000
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including an on-site archival services program to address the needs of the state’s small repositories.
Pennsylvania Heritage Society
Harrisburg, PA $5,004
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including archival standards and genealogy workshops and an Archives Seminar for sharing information about records issues.
South Dakota Department of Tourism
Pierre, SD $5,591
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a workshop, and a statewide regrant program.
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Nashville, TN $37,750
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, a statewide regrant program, an Archives Institute, and digitization training for local archivists, county officials, and the public.
Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board
Salt Lake City, UT $30,535
To support basic funding, including a statewide regrant program and training for the state’s regional repository directors.
Virgin Islands Division of Libraries
Archives and Museums
St. Thomas, VI $20,000
To support basic funding for the historical records advisory board, including workshops for public employees about essential government records and emergency preparedness, community workshops to promote the public’s use of archives, and site visits to gather information about the condition of archival records.
Washington Office of the Secretary of State
Olympia, WA $24,133
To support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a statewide regrant program and a variety of workshops for archivists, researchers, and teachers.
ACCESS TO HISTORICAL RECORDS
Grants to promote the preservation and use of the nation's most valuable archival resources.
San Diego Air and Space Museum
San Diego, CA $99,000
To support a project to process approximately 165,000 images from the Convair/General Dynamics collection of the Atlas rocket program from its inception in the 1950s through the mid-1980s. Approximately 50,000 images will be digitized and available online.
History Colorado
Denver, CO $48,044
To support a two-year project to arrange and describe four large photograph collections documenting the development of modern Colorado and the American West in the mid-20th century. The applicant also will digitize and post online 800 photographs that staff will select for their research value and potential research use.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston, MA $117,000
To support an 18-month project to process the records of the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music from 1940 to the present, including online access to yearbooks, concert programs, and audio recordings.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI $18, 719
To support processing and digitization of two audio recording collections of the Women’s Overseas Service League oral histories, including a partnership with the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Minnesota Public Radio
Minneapolis, MN $100,000
To support a two-year project to digitize 2,200 audio recordings from the American Public Media Archive, featuring writers and writing in the mid-late 20th century, and making those recordings open to the public via the Internet.
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York, NY $74,880
To support a project to complete a retrospective conversion initiative that will expand access to 418 archival collections (approximately 3,000 linear feet), rich in their documentation of a broad spectrum of Jewish-American history.
New York City Department of Records
New York, NY $92,771
To support a project to process the Almshouse ledger collection that records patient information and administrative information from 1759 to 1936 (most dating after 1832).
PUBLISHING HISTORICAL RECORDS – Colonial and Early National Period
Grants to prepare documentary editions of major historical figures and institutions during the colonial and early national period of the United States (up to 1820).
Yale University
New Haven, CT $154,894
To support a project to edit The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vols. 42-44 (1784-1785).
George Washington University
Washington, DC $152,582
To support a project to edit The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, Vols. 21-22 (1790-1791, and Supplemental Materials).
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston, MA $133,388
To support a project to edit The Papers of John Adams, Vols. 18-19 (1785-1788) and The Adams Family Correspondence, Vol. 13 (1798-1799).
Trustees of Columbia University
New York, NY $109,536
To support a project to edit The Selected Papers of John Jay, Vols. 4-6 (1784-1829).
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA $105,231
To support a project to edit The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series, Vol. 11 (1806); Presidential Series, Vols. 9-10 (1815-1817); and Retirement Series, Vols. 3-4 (1823-1829).
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA $121,986
To support a project to edit The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series, Vols. 23-28 (1779-1780); Presidential Series, Vols. 18-21 (1791-1797); and Digital Edition.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA $45,183
To support a project to edit the Dolley Madison Digital Edition, Vols. 9-10 (1847-1848).
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI $136,114
To support a project to edit The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Vol. 27 (South Carolina) and Vol. 28 (New Hampshire and Vermont).
CONTACT: Keith Donohue, NHPRC Communications Director, Keith.Donohue@nara.gov, (202) 357-5365.