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Dear Listers:
Thought I'd call this alert from the Family Tree Magazine concerning a bill before the US Congress. It is as follows:
>>Federal Funding for Historical 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 (http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/womarchp.html) and help states preserve their electronic records. See a list of NHPRC-funded project at http://www.archives.gov/grants/funded_endorsed_projects/
funded_endorsed_projects.html.
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 http://www.savearchives.org. <<<
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