Archival Projects
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Advertisement promoting George Evans Books, from the 1850s. (courtesy, Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) funds projects to ensure online public discovery and use of historical records collections. All types of historical records are supported, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and moving images.
Eligible projects may:
Arrange or re-house and describe historical records collections
Convert existing collections description for online access
Create new online Finding Aids to collections
Digitize historical records collections and make them freely available online
NHPRC encourages organizations to actively engage the public in the work of the project.
A grant is for one or two years and for up to $150,000, and the NHPRC currently funds 10-15 projects each year.
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for Archival Projects.
See a list of all Archival Projects funded in the past two years.
View all grants to your state by visiting our Grants by State and Territory map.