National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Don't forget, while the "draft" application deadline has passed, you can still talk with us about your project before the final deadline in November. https://lnkd.in/efYtwc_4

The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board, administered by the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, has announced Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) as a recipient of its Fall 2024 grant funding to preserve and provide access to Utah’s history. Founded in 1966 in Salt Lake City, RDT is a professional modern dance company dedicated to the creation, performance, perpetuation and appreciation of modern dance. Known worldwide for its collection of dance treasures, RDT is both a museum and contemporary gallery representing the scope and diversity of modern dance, past and present. From the early pioneers of the art form to today’s cutting-edge choreographers, the company maintains one of the largest collections of modern dance classics in the world. RDT was awarded $7,500 for the inventory, assessment, and cataloging of 58 years of historical dance videos and records that trace the growth of the company, the arts in Salt Lake City, and the national story of American modern dance. The USHRAB’s grant program is funded by a State Board Programming Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives. The USHRAB assists public and private non-profits, as well as non-Federal government entities throughout the State of Utah in the preservation and use of historical records. See more about the Utah state historical records advisory board at https://ushrab.org #Utah #dance #archives

Got historical records? Need to arrange them? Create or convert your finding aids to the collections? Digitize and publish them online? Have we got a grant for you. Our Archival Projects program is now accepting applications, and if you have an idea for a project or want to write a draft over the next few weeks and submit it for comments, the time to act is now. Drafts are due 8/15 and final applications will be accepted through 11/7/24. Funding starts in July 2025 with a ceiling of $150K from NHPRC for your project. All the details at: https://lnkd.in/eRyXwhpK -- Image courtesy Portland City Archives. #Archives #grants

NHPRC new grants program for Historically Black College & University HBCU Archives -- offers awards from $150K-$250K. Drafts due 8/15/24. Go to https://lnkd.in/ekv7r5Ks -- Image: William Hale, president, & first faculty of Tennessee State University, 1912. Courtesy TSU #HBCU #Archives

NHPRC’s new Discovery and Access to Congressional Records Collections grant program supports collaborative projects that are exploring new models and long-term solutions that involve a variety of stakeholders, shared responsibility and resources, and serve or address long-term needs of the broader field. We especially encourage applications involving three or more repositories, research centers, and/or other archival entities holding Congressional Records collections who are actively working to seed field-wide improvements through state of the field and policy studies; capacity-building, education and training; and model projects that address key challenges facing custodians of congressional records collections. Discovery and Access to Congressional Records Collections grants are for up to three years and may range from $100,000 to $350,000. Draft deadline: August 15 Final deadline: November 7 For agency contact information and to learn more about this funding opportunity, go to: https://lnkd.in/egWdggHV -- Image: Construction of Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol, west front], Photo, between 1860 and 1865. https://lnkd.in/evV4Kj4C #Congress #Records #NHPRC

Upon arriving in 1891, Edgar Lee Hewett (1865-1946) fell in love with the American Southwest, enchanted by the prehistoric ruins in the canyons and cliffsides. Over the next 15 years Hewett worked to protect the antiquities at these sites. His 1904 report and subsequent lobbying for federal preservation legislation led to the Antiquities Act of 1906. Since then, Presidents have used the authority of the Antiquities Act almost 300 times to protect archeological sites, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest already on Federal lands. Hewett would help found and serve as first director of the Museum of New Mexico. The NHPRC is supporting a project at the Museum of New Mexico to digitize and make available online 24 linear feet of manuscript material, describe 12 linear feet of photographic material, and digitize approximately 8,000 images from the collection of Edgar L. Hewett. A finding aid for the collection is available at https://lnkd.in/eSvS6c-e #antiquities #NHPRC #grants

We love this 1785 map from the Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon, for it is the first known published map to show Thomas Jefferson's proposed state names in the Northwest: Sylvania, Michigania, Cheronesus, Assenisippis, Metropotamia, and more. You can read the report on Founders Online at https://lnkd.in/e2pTg5K7. The digital copy of the map is part of the ARGO project, supported by the NHPRC. And you can take a close-up look at https://lnkd.in/e2svPyWY ARGO: American Revolutionary Geographies Online is a new project led by the Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library and the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Leveraging new technology and the recent drive by many museums, libraries, and archives to digitize their collections, the portal collates digitized maps of North America made between 1750 and 1800 into a single user-friendly portal. In addition to providing users from many backgrounds with easy, intuitive access to beautiful high-resolution images, ARGO seeks to give users of all kinds the tools they need to learn and understand through interpretive essays, curated collections, classroom materials, and more. ARGO is at https://www.argomaps.org/

We are delighted to welcome Carmen Bolt to the NHPRC as our new director for Community Programs. Carmen Bolt (she/her/hers) is a historian and doctoral candidate at American University in Washington, D.C. She has also worked as an independent historian contracted with numerous organizations, including the National Capital Planning Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the DC Department of Energy and the Environment, and the NEH grant-funded project, “Connecting the Interstates.” She led and facilitated numerous oral history projects both as an independent researcher and as the Oral Historian at William & Mary (2017-2019), and has contributed to several digital mapping projects, including Redlining Virginia and Mapping Inequality. To learn more about the NHPRC, go to https://lnkd.in/ej35wc6w

Get the jump on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. With support from the NHPRC, the North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board has created two interpretive frameworks for North Carolina’s America 250 commemoration—Revolutionary NC and When Are We US?—which invite explorations of American identity, rights, and citizenship from the Revolution through the present day. "Revolutionary NC" brings together resources on the North Carolina's role in the American Revolution at https://lnkd.in/eiXXrtZf and "When Are We US?" initiative is designed to catalyze engagement with commemorative planning in local communities and to provide assistance to a statewide community of practice. You can read more at https://lnkd.in/ejxDQ8ye There are also educational resources and a community toolkit available at https://lnkd.in/gUk9wC4Q You can apply for support for your 250th commemoration at https://lnkd.in/efYtwc_4

As we prepare for our nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026, the National Archives is excited to share our #Declaration250 logo! We are honored to serve as the home of the Declaration of Independence and the democratic ideals it represents. With the 250th anniversary approaching, the NHPRC is particularly interested in projects that promote discovery and access to collections that explore the ideals behind our nation’s founding and the continuous debate over those ideals to the present day. Projects may preserve and process historical records to: Arrange or re-house and describe collections Convert existing description for online access Create new online Finding Aids to collections Digitize historical records collections and make them freely available online. Check out our funding opportunity. If you have a 250th anniversary idea, now is the time to apply. Drafts are due August 15, and final applications on November 7. https://lnkd.in/eRyXwhpK @America250 #America250