West Virginia
NHPRC gave its first grant to West Virginia in 1980 to West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown to make safety negatives and copy prints of nitrate and glass plate negatives in its collection of historical photographs of West Virginia and Appalachia. Recently, WVU received another competitive grant from NHPRC, this time to process 40 collections totaling 325 linear feet plus 45 GB of electronic records.
Records Projects
2023: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$150,000 to support a project to process 40 feminist collections from the 1950s to the early part of the 21st century totaling 325 linear feet plus 45 GB of electronic records and digitize a minimum of 100 representative documents drawn from collections of playwrights, novelists, and historians; the Artemis Sisters Collective Collection; the Women’s Information Center; the university’s Council for Women’s Concerns and the Women and Gender Studies; and the papers of Linda Cooper, a leader for environmental justice who helped create the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge; and others.
2001: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV
$9, 906 in partial support of the West Virginia board's administrative expenses for one year.
1996: West Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board, Charleston, WV
$16, 745 for a one-year planning project to complete work on and publish its state assessment report and to develop and publish a strategic plan to ensure the preservation of West Virginia's historical records and documents.
1991: West Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board, Charleston, WV
$39, 850 to analyze the current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems, frame potential solutions, and outline actions that can be taken.
1985: City of Charleston, Charleston, WV
$2, 933 for consultation on establishing a city archives.
1980: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$17, 931 to make safety negatives and copy prints of selected nitrate and glass plate negatives in its collection of historical photographs of West Virginia and Appalachia, and to complete the organization of its photographic holdings into a comprehensive reference file.
Publications Projects
1994-1997: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$53,989 for the Papers of Frederick Douglass
1981: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$18,483 for the Papers of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Fellowships
1997: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$1,000 for travel funds for its fellowship in historical editing of the Papers of Frederick Douglass