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Vol. 25:2 ISSN 0160-8460 Summer 1997
NHPRC Application Deadlines
October 1, 1997 (for February 1998 meeting)
Proposals addressing the following objectives:
- To help local organizations preserve records and make them accessible by providing grants to state historical records coordinators and boards for state regrants.
- To bring to completion within the next 20 years 36 present, Commission-funded projects that help document a range of historical subjects including the history of American women, the history of minority groups, and historical developments during and after the founding era.
- In collaboration with the Association for Documentary Editing, to help editors resolves issues and improve techniques, tools, media, training, and standards for documentary editing.
- To increase access to and use of records, based on recommendations in the reports of the Historical Documents Study and the Society of American Archivists' Task Force on Goals and Priorities.
February 1, 1998 (for June 1998 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.
November 1998 meeting
Because of the recent revision of the Commission's strategic plan, the application deadline for the November 1998 meeting has not yet been determined. Revised guidelines for grant applicants will be available in 1998.
Application guidelines and forms may be requested from NHPRC, National Archives & Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., 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/.
