District of Columbia Grants
NHPRC Grants by State and Territory
These District of Columbia grants span 1978 - 2008.
Records Projects
District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC
$42,000 to fund the third year of a project to preserve and improve access to the Washington Star photograph collection which contains over a million images that document life in the nation's capital from the late 1930s to 1981, when the Star closed. (2005-47)
Howard University, Washington, DC
$49,339 for the Phineas Indritz Papers Project, to preserve and process the Indritz Papers (1932-1997). Indritz (1917-1997) was an attorney in the employ of both the Department of the Interior and the House of Representatives, and additionally had a large pro bono practice in civil rights law. (2004-103)
Washingtoniana Division, District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC
$39,140 to
fund the second year of a two-year project to preserve and improve access to the Washington
Star photograph collection. (2003-094)
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC
$240,741 for its Carnegie Legacy
Project to arrange, describe, and provide reference to the historical records of the
Institution's headquarters, its Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and its Geophysical
Laboratory. (2003-068)
District of Columbia Government, Office of Public Records, Washington, DC
$5,000 in
partial support of the District Board's work. (2003-039)
Washingtoniana Division, District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC
$39,140
for its Photographic Preservation and Access Project to improve the physical housing of and
intellectual access to the Washington Star newspaper's photographic collection. (2003-017)
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
$54,112 to arrange, describe,
undertake conservation work on, and prepare guides for five collections which document
the labor movement and religious activism in the New Deal era. (99-058)
Association of Research Libraries, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington,
DC
$20,000 for a project entitled "Improved Access to Electronic Records,
" to develop, offer, and evaluate a pilot workshop that will bring together teams
of archivists and information technologists to explore electronic records issues. (98-025)
Government of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
$2,500 to hire a consultant
to assist with the development of a plan for establishing an archival program within the
Recorder of Deeds Division. (97-103)
Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, DC
$69,778 to arrange and describe
approximately 460 linear feet of records (1799-present). The monastery is the oldest Catholic
girls' school and the second-oldest community of religious women in the original 13 colonies.
(95-043)
Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, DC
$3,600 to hire two consultants to
assess its historical collections and recommend appropriate methods for their administration, and
to plan an appropriate archival facility in the monastery's historic buildings. The monastery is
the oldest Catholic girls' school and the second-oldest community of religious women in the
original 13 colonies. (93-089)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
$15,491 to
develop a records management program and to write and distribute a records management
manual for American scientific societies, to improve the quality of scientific society records in
the United States that are preserved because of their archival value. (92-112)
Project Web Site
Tudor Place Foundation, Washington, DC
$28,810 to establish an archives program for the
foundation's records and to process the papers of the Peter-Custis family. (91-120)
American College of Nurse-Midwives, Washington, DC
$1,946 for a consultant to assist
the organization in establishing an archival and records management program. (91-035)
George Washington University, Washington, DC
$34,886 to describe and make available
two collections. The first collection includes the records of Friendship House, a settlement house
located in the District of Columbia, while the second collection consists of personal papers and
institutional records pertaining to the planning and construction of transportation facilities in the
Washington area. (90-124)
District of Columbia Historical Records Advisory Board, Washington, DC
$5,000 for
travel and meeting expenses to enable the District Board to foster the development of cooperative
acquisition policies in District repositories and the use of the board as a forum for
communication among repositories to encourage coordinated documentation efforts. (89-079)
General Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, DC
$55,755 to arrange, describe, and
make available for research and study the records of the federation. (89-076)
George Washington University, Washington, DC
$54,951 for a two-year project to develop
a university archives and records management program. Activities to be undertaken include a
campus-wide records survey, development of archives policies, procedures, and
retention/disposition schedules, and preservation microfilming. (88-014)
American Home Economics Association, Washington, DC
$2,672 for a consultant to advise
on surveying and scheduling current records, appraising permanently valuable records, and
undertaking preservation measures. (87-095)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, DC
$3,250 for consultation on
developing an archival program for the nation's second largest labor union. (87-074)
The American Film Institute, Washington, DC
$14,000 for the institute's National Center
for Film and Video Preservation to convene a national conference to plan for improved care and
availability of local television newsfilm collections. (87-057)
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), Washington, DC
$7,327 for a feasibility study to determine the most appropriate approach to the archival
preservation of conservation treatment records. The AIC is the professional association of
conservators. (87-046)
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Washington, DC
$22,215 to convene a
national conference to promote interest in and awareness of Native American records programs.
NCAI is the country's largest organization of Native Americans. (86-100)
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
$5,630 to support a meeting involving Native
American leaders and archival specialists to assess needs and recommend actions for improved
preservation and availability of Native American records. (86-021)
George Washington University, Washington, DC
$32,197 for a two-year project to arrange
and describe the historical records of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and to initiate a
records management program for the board's records. (85-051, 85-136)
Gallaudet College, Washington, DC
$71,996 for a two-year project to survey the
non-current records of schools for the deaf in the United States. (84-086, 85-128)
National Business League (NBL), Washington, DC
$3,980 for a survey of NBL records by
a Tuskegee Institute archivist and for a consultant to prepare a records manual for the league's
records. The manual will include procedures for the systematic transfer of the league's records to
Tuskegee. (84-048)
District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC
$32,652 to establish an archival
program for the District. (84-025)
District of Columbia Historical Records Advisory Board, Washington, DC
$20,917 to
analyze the current condition of historical records in the District, identify problems, frame
potential solutions, and outline actions that can be taken. (83-081)
District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC
$5,000 for a consultant study of
archives and records management needs for the District. (83-011)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
$3,632 to employ
an archival consultant to prepare a course of action in regard to the association's archival records.
(81-168)
National Business League (NBL), Washington, DC
$3,000 for consultation in the
development of an archives for the league. As the oldest national minority multi-trade business
and professional organization, the NBL has served in an advocacy role to protect the interests of
the minority business community. (81-086)
History of Science Society, Washington, DC
$29,060 to continue the work of the Joint
Committee on the Archives of Science and Technology (JCAST). (81-044)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
$53,162 to assist in planning and implementing
an archival program for the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art. (80-017, 81-46)
American Institute of Architects Foundation, Washington, DC
$29,767 to preserve,
arrange, describe, and make available for use architectural drawings, photographs, and other
records of Richard Morris Hunt, 1827-95. (79-099)
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Washington, DC
$48,567 to preserve,
arrange, and describe the records of the NCNW, 1938-59, and to plan a future archival program
for the NCNW and affiliated organizations. (78-063)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $1,151,213
Publications Projects
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
$5,077,907 for the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America,
March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791. (1976-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site;
Model Edition
Partnership Web Site
The American University, Washington, DC
$648,862 for the Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted.
(1976-2003)
Project In Progress
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
$1,688,979 for the Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt. (2000-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site; Model Editions Partnership Web Site
Supreme Court Historical Society, Washington, DC
$3,016,452 for the Documentary
History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800. (1977-2003)
Project In Progress
Howard University, Washington, DC
$211,255 for the African-American Historical
Linkages with South Africa, ca. 1890-1965. (1999-2000)
In Progress, Formerly Funded by NHPRC
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
$50,000 for the Journals of William MacLeod. (1999)
In Progress, Formerly Funded by NHPRC
American Historical Association, Washington, DC
$531,863 for J. Franklin Jameson and the
Development of Humanistic Scholarship in America. (1984-93)
Project Completed
The American University, Washington, DC
$827,213 for the Daniel Chester French Papers. (1976-90)
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
$20,400 for the Papers of Charles Willson Peale. (1988)
Formerly Funded by NHPRC
Project Web Site
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
$127,415 for the Papers of Robert Mills. (1985-88)
Project Completed
George Washington University, Washington, DC
$59,791 for the Papers of William Thornton. (1978-87)
Formerly Funded by NHPRC
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
$19,400 for subvention support for
the Papers of Joseph Henry. (through 1986)
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
$75,316 for the Papers of Joseph Henry.
(1976-85)
Formerly Funded by NHPRC
Project Web Site;
Model Edition
Partnership Web Site
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
$183,959 for the Papers of John Peabody
Harrington in the Smithsonian Institution, 1907-1957. (1977-85)
Formerly Funded by NHPRC
American Historical Association, Washington, DC
$5,000 for the Papers of Carlos Montezuma. (1983)
Project Completed
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $ 12,543,812
TOTAL $ 13,695,025
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