Louisiana Grants
NHPRC Grants by State and Territory
These Louisiana grants span 1980 - 2008.
Records Projects
Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, LA
$20,800 to establish an archives and records management program for the Longue Vue House and Gardens documenting its history and the family of Edgar and Edith Stern. (RB50011-08)
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
$25,000 to enable the state archivist to undertake disaster assessment and response in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (2006-001)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
$196,140 to preserve and improve access to approximately 206 linear feet of Police Jury minute transcriptions of records dating from 1811 to 1940 by microfilming them and producing an improved finding aid. (2005-002)
Newcomb Center for Research on Women, New Orleans, LA
$33,118 to preserve the
student records of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for the period 1887-1925. (2000-096)
Parish of East Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
$35,428 for an 18-month project to
microfilm over 450, 000 pages of clerk of court's office and sheriff's department records dating
from 1813 to 1977. (94-049)
Louisiana Department of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History
(Louisiana State Historical Records Advisory Board), Baton Rouge, LA
$107,060 to establish a
local government records program by surveying the records in the parish clerks of court offices,
developing retention schedules and records manuals, disseminating these products in conjunction
with regional workshops for clerks and their personnel, and transferring to the State Archives
archival records that are in immediate danger of loss. (91-052)
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
$34,532 to arrange and describe the
papers of Robert F. and Edwin S. Broussard. Selected portions of the papers will also be
microfilmed. (89-088)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
$66,140 to establish an effective university
archives program by surveying university records, creating retention schedules, accessioning
archival records, and developing a records management manual and workshop to familiarize
university staff with records policies and procedures. (89-062)
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
$87,500 to establish the H. Sophie Newcomb College
Archives. The focus of the project will be to develop an archival program and establish the
retention schedules and appraisal criteria that will ensure access to Newcomb College records
located throughout the university. (89-052)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
$25,700 to support a fellowship in archival
administration. (87-064)
Louisiana State Historical Records Advisory Board, Baton Rouge, LA
$33,500 to analyze
the current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems and frame potential
solutions. (83-085)
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
$25,000 to preserve glass-plate and
nitrate negatives in the Freeland Collection, documenting the social, cultural, and economic
development of southwest Louisiana, ca. 1902-70. (80-090)
Morgan City Archives, Morgan City, LA
$7,000 for an archival consultant and staff
assistance for the newly designated archives, which includes records of the Morgan City area, St.
Mary Parish, and the Atchafalaya Basin. (80-058)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $ 696,918
Publications Projects
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA
$81,919 for subvention
support for the Papers of Jefferson Davis. (1982-2005)
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $ 81,919
TOTAL $ 778,837
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