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

              The National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC) has two deadlines for specified
categories of grant applications. The Illinois State
Historical Records Advisory Board serves the
commission at the state level by reviewing Illinois
applications made to the NHPRC. Individual board
member evaluations, along with a combined board
review, are forwarded to the NHPRC in Washington
D.C. Typically, applicants simultaneously are required
to file grant proposals with the NHPRC and the Illinois
board ahead of the specified deadline. The state board
does not review grant proposals whose scopes are
focused well beyond the boundaries of Illinois.
Following are the two NHPRC grant deadlines and
criteria:
June 1 Grant Proposals
In line with its strategic plan, the NHPRC is
concentrating its resources on three strategic goals
within its broader mission.
Goal #1
The NHPRC will provide the American public with
widespread access to the papers of the founders of
our democratic republic and its institutions by
ensuring the timely completion of eight projects now
in progress to publish the papers of George
Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and papers that document
the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the First
Federal Congress and the early Supreme Court.
Goal #2
The NHPRC will promote broad public participation in
historical documentation by collaborating with state
historical records advisory boards to plan and carry
out jointly funded programs to strengthen the nation’s
archival infrastructure and expand the range of
records that are protected and accessible.
Goal #3
The NHPRC will enable the nation’s archivists, records
managers and documentary editors to take advantage
of opportunities posed by electronic technologies by
continuing to provide leadership in funding research
and development on appraising, preserving,
disseminating and providing access to important
documentary sources in electronic form.
Proposals for grant projects addressing one of these
three NHPRC goals must be postmarked no later than
June 1, 2004, and will be considered at the
commission’s November meeting.
October 1 Grant Proposals
For all other projects, including publication projects
other than the eight founding era editions, projects in
archival preservation, processing and description, and
projects to develop archival tools and techniques,
applications must be submitted no later than Oct. 1,
2004, to be considered at NHPRC’s May meeting.
Grant projects may include:
❏Collecting, describing, preserving, compiling and
publishing (including microfilming and other forms
of reproduction) of documentary sources significant
to the history of the United States.
❏Conducting institutes, training and educational
programs, and fellowships related to the activities
of the NHPRC.
❏Disseminating information about documentary
sources through guides, directories and other
technical publications.
❏Documentary editing and publishing (other than
those editions funded against the June 1 deadline);
archival preservation and processing of records for
access; developing or updating descriptive systems;
creation and development of archival and records
management programs; development of standards,
tools, and techniques to advance the work of
archivists, records managers, and documentary
editors; and promotion of the use of records by
teachers, students, and the public.
For more information, please contact:
National Historical Publications
and Records Commission (NHPRC)
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. 111
Washington, D.C. 20408-0001
202-501-5610 (phone)
202-501-5601 (fax)
www.archives.gov/grants/index
For the
Winter 2004
Newsletter
of the
Illinois
State
Archives
&
The Illinois
State Historical
Records
Advisory Board
Jesse White
Secretary of State
&
State Archivist
Volume 18
Number 1
www.cyberdriveillinois.com
NHPRC Grant Application Deadlines