Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board (MHRAB)

National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) serves as a link between the National Archives and Records Administration and state and local institutions. Through its grant program, the NHPRC promotes the preservation and use of America’s documentary heritage. Funding is provided for a variety of activities, including preservation of special collections, creation of archival programs, management of electronic records, and professional training. Missouri has received 40 grants from the NHPRC totaling over $1.8 million.

The Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board (MHRAB) serves as the state-level review panel for grant proposals submitted to the NHPRC from Missouri. The MHRAB is willing to assist grant applicants with the composition of their grant proposals and invites applicants to submit a draft of their application for review prior to submission to the NHPRC. All drafts to be reviewed must be received 45 days prior to the deadline for NHPRC submission. Drafts may be mailed to the MHRAB/Missouri State Archives, 600 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO, 65101 or e-mailed to [email protected].

To learn more about the grants available and the deadlines for application, please review the NHPRC’s grant announcements.

NHPRC Grants Awarded to Missouri, 1979-2010:

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City: $67,808 to support activities of the MHRAB, a series of 10 workshops related to records preservation and description, and a regrant program that will support up to 30 institutions in their efforts to preserve and provide access to historical records. (2010)

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City: $148,577 to digitize the case files of the Supreme Court of Missouri, 1821-1865, including papers on hearings on issues of slavery, eminent domain, and westward expansion. (2010)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $64,930 to support a "State of the State's Records" presentation at the Missouri Conference on History and a regrant project to preserve and make accessible the state's historical records and to promote archival education and cooperative strategies among records keepers. (2009)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $19,466 to support a statewide assessment and planning project. (2008)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $5,817 to support activities of the board. (2007)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $4,983 to support activities of the board. (2006)

Southwest Missouri State University [now Missouri State University], Meyer Library, Special Collections and Archives Department, Springfield: $49,260 to arrange, describe, and create finding aids using Encoded Archival Description for 17 collections (293 cubic feet) of the University Archives. (2005)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $2,419 to support activities of the board. (2005)

Washington University, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections, St. Louis: $108,000 for the Eyes on the Prize Film Preservation Project. (2004)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $55,332 for a regrant project to preserve and make accessible the state's historical records and to promote archival education and cooperative strategies among records keepers. (2004)

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City: $42,670 to hire electronic records consultants to develop and conduct two presentations and seven workshops on electronic records issues. (2003)

Southwest Missouri State University [now Missouri State University], Springfield: $130,999 to conduct a records survey of the 25 offices of the university as a first step in establishing a university archives and records management program. (2002)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $300,000 for up to three years for a regrant project to preserve and make accessible Missouri's historic records and to promote archival education and cooperative strategies among records keepers. (2001)

University of Missouri-Columbia, American Archaeology Division, Columbia: $19,229 to arrange, describe, and make accessible the archaeological investigation papers of Carl H. Chapman. (2000)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $9,295 to support activities of the board. (2000)

William Woods University, Fulton: $4,610 for an archival consultancy to help the university, Westminster College, and the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library develop plans to manage historically significant materials and to establish archival and records management programs. (1999)

Southwest Missouri State University [now Missouri State University], Meyer Library, Special Collections and Archives Department, Springfield: $58,620 for a project to arrange and describe 18 of the most important collections from the Ozark Labor Union Archives (OLUA). (1998)

Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia: $57,860 to process the records of the architectural landscape and city planning firm of Hare and Hare, held by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. (1996)

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis: $15,456 for a six-month project to process the Joseph Ewan Papers. (1994)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $22,720 for a planning grant to sustain and increase its activities, assess progress on implementing the recommendations of its 1988 assessment report, and develop a strategic plan, which will include specific approaches for addressing the key problems of electronic records and judicial records. (1994)

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City: $121,113 to upgrade and automate descriptions of its holdings. (1993)

Jewish Federation of St. Louis, St. Louis: $34,398 to accession, arrange, and describe approximately 350 cubic feet of materials (74 collections). (1993)

Concordia Historical Institute, Clayton: $27,500 to appraise, arrange, and describe the papers, ca. 1924-82, of Walter A. Maier and his assistant, Eugene Bertermann, two figures involved with the development of religious radio broadcasting. (1991)

The Nelson Gallery Foundation, Kansas City: $85,776 to implement an archival and records management program for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by surveying records, establishing retention schedules, and processing materials of archival value. (1991)

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City: $3,296 to hire a consultant to provide guidance in the automated description of the holdings of the Missouri State Archives. (1991)

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis: $80,096 to establish an archival and records management program. (1991)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $7,500 to support the activities of the board. (1990)

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association [now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis], St. Louis: $3,274 to duplicate and preserve glass plate, nitrocellulose, and early diacetate negatives produced by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in the 1920s and 1930s. (1988)

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association [now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis], St. Louis: $15,000 to preserve nitrate negatives in the John W. Barriger III Collection on American railroads. The negatives provide unusually valuable documentation of twentieth-century U.S. railroad history. (1986)

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis: $2,600 for consultation on the school's historical photographs and architectural drawings. Washington University has the nation's oldest medical school west of the Mississippi River. (1986)

Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City: $25,000 to analyze the current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems, frame potential solutions, and outline actions that can be taken. (1986)

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia: $30,640 to preserve, microfilm, and catalog photoprints representing the best American photojournalism from 1943 to the present. The photos are winners of the Pictures-of-the-Year competition, sponsored by the university's school of journalism and the National Press Photographers Association. (1985)

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association [now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis], St. Louis: $76,150 to arrange and describe the Barriger Railroad Papers Collection, assembled by John W. Barriger III over a 60-year career in railroading. (1984)

Webster Groves Historical Society, Webster Groves: $2,290 for consulting services to advise on the design of the society's new meeting room/archives building, to evaluate collection and acquisition policies, and to assist in planning a local records survey. (1984)

Kansas City Museum Association, Kansas City: $60,695 to develop an access system for its archives and manuscripts. (1984)

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis: $32,493 to establish an archives and records program for the museum. (1981)

Webster County Court, Marshfield: $4,000 for a consultant to evaluate the county's records needs and make recommendations for the records' preservation and maintenance. (1981)

University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis: $30,032 to identify and preserve historical records relating to African-American history in St. Louis City and County. (1980)

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis: $13,378 to process the papers of George Engleman, a leader in nineteenth-century American botany, and Henry Shaw, St. Louis entrepreneur and philanthropist, both of whom were instrumental in developing the Missouri Botanical Garden. (1979)

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia: $1,177 to preserve and process selected correspondence and notes in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection relating to John G. Neihardt's association with the Oglala Sioux Holy Man, Black Elk, and members of his family. (1979)

TOTAL AWARDED: $1,844,459