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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ARCHIVES MAY BE HISTORY
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:57:09 -0700


FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ARCHIVES MAY BE HISTORY

Archivists are trying to keep a line item in President Bush's proposed 2006
budget from making fewer historical records available to you in the future.
According to a National Archives and Records Administration press release,
"the President's budget also recommends an end to all grant funding and
staff support for the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission
(NHPRC)."

NHPRC, an arm of NARA that makes grants for preserving and publishing
historical records, has awarded $153 million to 4,000 state and local
government
archives, colleges and universities, and individuals over the past 40 years.
The money
has supported projects to publish papers of notables such as John Adams,
George
Washington and Eleanor Roosevelt; improve your access to collections such as

the Nevada Women's Archives www.library.unr.edu/specoll/
and help states preserve their electronic records. See a list of
NHPRC-funded project at
www.archives.gov/grants/funded_endorsed_projects/funded_endorsed_projects.ht
ml [2-line URL]
Or
http://shorl.com/diprupigribyfe

Even if the proposed budget passes unchanged, NHPRC will continue to fund
multiple-year grants until the awarded funding has been used. Efforts are
underway to
persuade Congress to restore NHPRC funding. A joint task force of the
Society of
American Archivists, Council of State Historical Records Coordinators and
National
Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators is urging
researchers to
fax letters to Congressional representatives. See:
http://www.archivists.org/news/nhprc-FY2006.asp
for more information. You also can sign an online petition at:
www.savearchives.og


Sally
623 974-0195
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