For the Record: newsletter of the Illinois State Archives, & the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board, Secretary of State & State Archivist

              For the
Fall 2005
Newsletter
of the
Illinois
State
Archives
&
The Illinois
State Historical
Records
Advisory Board
Jesse White
Secretary of State
&
State Archivist
Volume 19
Number 3
www.cyberdriveillinois.com
New ISAAB/ISHRAB members appointed
Secretary of State and State Archivist Jesse White recently appointed three new members to the Illinois State
Archives Advisory Board (ISAAB)/Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board (ISHRAB). For the 2003-2006
term, Jamie Nelson replaces Amanda Bahr-Evola; for the 2004-2007 term, Douglas Bicknese replaces Gretchen
Lagana; and for the 2005-2008 term, Christopher J. Prom replaces John Hoffman. Secretary White also
reappointed Linda Evans and Greta Bever to serve the 2005-2008 term.
Below is contact information for the newly appointed board members. Contact information for all board
members and their terms can be found at www.cyberdriveillinois.com.
Jamie Nelson
Special Collections Librarian
Augustana College
639 38th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
309-794-7317
alijn@augustana.edu
Douglas Bicknese
University Archivist
University of Illinois at Chicago
Library East
3-330 LIB, MC 234
Chicago, IL 60680
312-996-2742
dbick@uic.edu
Christopher J. Prom
Asst. University Archivist &
Asst. Professor of Library
Administration
U of I-Urbana-Champaign
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-0798, 217-333-2868 (fax)
prom@uiuc.edu
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers Preservation Assistance Grants of up to $5,000 to help
small and mid-sized institutions preserve and care for their humanities collections. Collections may include books and
journals; archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs; moving images; sound recordings; architectural and
cartographic records; decorative and fine arts; textiles; archaeological and ethnographic artifacts; furniture; and
historical objects. Grants may be awarded to libraries, museums and historical societies, archival repositories, town
and county records offices, state and local government offices, and colleges.
Preservation Assistance Grants may be used for:
• General preservation assessments.
• Consultations with professionals to address a specific issue, need or problem.
• Purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies.
• Purchase of environmental monitoring equipment for humanities collections.
• Education and training.
Applicants also must:
• Care for and have custody of the humanities collections that are the focus of the application,
• Have at least one staff member or the full-time equivalent (paid or unpaid), and
• Be open and provide services or programs at least 120 days per year.
Institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline for
applications is May 15, 2006, for projects beginning January 2007. Only one application per institution is allowed,
but grant funds may be used for combined purposes. For more information, contact NEH, Division of Preservation
and Access, 202-606-8570, 866-372-2930 (TDD), preservation@neh.gov, www.neh.gov.