Wisconsin was a hotbed for many of the reform ideas that marked the Progressive Era in the United States. Under the leadership of Charles Van Hise from 1903-1918, the University of Wisconsin forged close ties with the state government and Governor Robert La Follette. Faculty members often consulted with legislators to draft new laws on … Continue reading The Bull Moose Librarian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K-PdwmRxnQ&feature=emb_logo The language is often strikingly direct. In the years after the Civil War, family members and friends often placed advertisements in black newspapers looking for information about missing family members, separated by the cruelty of the slave trade and the exigencies of the war. They are "Information Wanted" ads that often noted when and … Continue reading Last Seen
The Also-Rans In the first part of our look back at the candidates for the presidency, we focused on all of the winners whose papers have been preserved with the assistance of grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The papers of the losers in the U.S. presidential elections tell a tale of what-might-have-been, … Continue reading The Candidates (Part II)
Every four years a presidential election rolls around, and we are reminded of the history of those exciting weeks in autumn. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission has played a key role in documenting those elections through preserving and publishing the papers of the winners and the also-rans. This week let’s look at who … Continue reading The Candidates (Part One)
1903 edition of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Between December 2, 1767 through the following April, a series of protest letters appeared in 19 English-language newspapers in the 13 American colonies from a “A Farmer in Pennsylvania.” Eventually the twelve letters were collected and reprinted and reached an even wider audience, helping to unite … Continue reading Penman of the Revolution
In celebration of Constitution Day, the National Archives, through a collaboration between its National Historical Publications and Records Commission and The University of Virginia (UVA) Press, is pleased to announce that the Selected Papers of John Jay have been added to Founders Online. Jay’s papers join the fully-searchable database of records from George Washington, John Adams, … Continue reading Founders Online Adds the Papers of John Jay
Dear Colleagues, We at the National Historical Publications and Records Commission are asking you--as applicants or potential applicants--to our grant programs what you think about our application process. Your process to this very brief survey will help us make our processes as customer friendly as possible: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQKK6HC Please be assured that no personal information is … Continue reading NHPRC Survey on Grants Application Process
Preface to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission Strategic Plan Framework The National Historical Publications and Records Commission enhances public access to historical records collections nationwide. The Commission works with state and local governments, historical societies, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit institutions in leading these access efforts through a modest but catalytic grants … Continue reading Revised Strategic Plan Framework
The September issue of the NHPRC News is up at http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/newsletter/2015/sept/ with info on our Strategic Plan, the application deadlines of October 8, and stories on Kentucky Civil War Governors, Arabella Chapman, Edison's Talking Doll, and Owen Wister's "The Virginian."
We're looking for your comments on our draft Strategic Plan Framework by September 15. You can watch a presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2ZVLupFJ0 and send in your comments via email or on our blog at http://blogs.archives.gov/…/national-historical-publicatio…/ or via email to nhprc@nara.gov
