Maryland Grants
NHPRC Grants by State and Territory
These Maryland grants span 1976 - 2008.
Records Projects
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
$50,000 to support an assessment of the viability for an Electronic Records Management Consortium for the four major Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions. (RE10014-08)
Oblate Sisters of Providence, Inc., Baltimore, MD
$25,830 for the Historic Photograph Project, to process and make available the historical photograph and scrapbook collection of the applicant. The Oblate Sisters of Providence is the oldest order of women religious of African descent in the world. A recent inventory identified approximately 16,000 photographs dating from the 1850s to 2003. (2004-070)
American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
$78,200 for its project to preserve the
records of physicists in industry. (2003-061)
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
$65,402 for a 17-month project to
catalog two significant photograph collections relating to life in Baltimore from the 1940s
to the 1970s. (97-064)
American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
$125,000 for the third phase of a
project to analyze records created by multi-institutional teams doing research in physics,
identify and test alternative approaches to preserving team research records of historical
significance and enhancing their potential for research use, and develop policy
recommendations and programs to deal with the present and future documentation of these
teams and their work. (94-112)
Association for Information and Image Management, Silver Spring, MD
$19,460 to
develop a model uniform law pertaining to the legal acceptance of records produced by
information technology systems in Federal and state agencies and the legal admissibility of
such records as evidence in Federal and state courts. (93-038)
Epilepsy Foundation of America, Landover, MD
$3,420 for a consultant to provide
guidance on developing an archival program pertaining to the history of efforts to deal with
epilepsy in the United States. (92-139)
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD
$55,202 to improve access to and
understanding of state agency records held by the archives by creating MARC AMC (Machine
Readable Cataloging Archival and Manuscripts Control) records and loading them into three
databases: an in-house system, MICROCAT (Maryland's statewide union catalog), and OCLC
(Online Computer Library Center). (91-101)
Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD
$38,608 to provide access to its
manuscript collections relating to Maryland companies and corporations. (90-111)
Association for Information and Image Management, Silver Spring, MD
$10,945 to
produce a technical report which will provide guidelines for government archives in the use,
backup, and application of digital optical imaging systems used for the storage of
public records. (90-003)
Carmelite Sisters of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
$37,185 to preserve, arrange,
describe, and make accessible the historical records (1642 to date) of the oldest
community of religious women in the original 13 colonies. (88-106)
Association for Documentary Editing, Baltimore, MD
$25,880 for preliminary
organization and development of the National Trust for Our Documentary Heritage. (87-063)
Museum and Archives of the History of Columbia, Columbia, MD
$2,248 for a
consultant to chart the future of the archives of Columbia, a planned city founded in
1967. (87-007)
American Society for Microbiology, Catonsville, MD
$31,500 to continue development
of a records program for the society. The project will provide access to historical records
and implement a records management system for the society's current records. (86-132)
Worcester County Library, Snow Hill, MD
$21,287 to arrange and describe the
William D. Pitts surveyors collection. The collection contains extensive land records for
this Eastern Shore county from 1748 through 1980. (86-116)
Historic St. Mary's City, St. Mary's City, MD
$10,959 to provide security and
reference copies of 45,000 textual records, drawings, and photographs created during
archaeological excavations of St. Mary's City. St. Mary's City was Maryland's first European
settlement and its seat of government from 1634 to 1694. (86-039)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
$154,143 for a
three-year project, in cooperation with the university's Alan Mason Chesney Medical
Archives, to initiate a records management program for the four major Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions and to produce a guide to the management of medical records. (85-139, 86-124, 88-001)
Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
$27,619 to
arrange and describe institute records dating from 1857 to 1977. The Peabody Institute is
one of the nation's oldest arts institutions and offers a variety of cultural programs,
including a music conservatory and an art gallery. (85-125)
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
$55,000 to inventory, arrange, and
preserve the A.S. AbeIl collection, consisting of 3,500 hours of local television
newsfilm. The collection documents Baltimore and Maryland history from 1949 to 1983. (84-131)
Maryland State Historical Records Advisory Board, Annapolis, MD
$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 now and in the future. (84-053)
Baltimore City Archives, Baltimore, MD
$22,000 to survey, appraise, and
continue to arrange and describe the historical records of the city. (81-058)
George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, MD
$6,370 for a conference
to begin to develop a systematic approach to the preservation and use of labor records in
the United States. (80-126)
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
$25,650 to preserve, reproduce,
and catalog selected glass negative photograph holdings. (80-089)
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
$31,134 for the Metropolitan Baltimore
Historical Records Council's project to survey organizational records in Baltimore and
develop a cooperative program to preserve the records and make them available. (80-018)
Baltimore Bureau of Records Management, Baltimore, MD
$27,611 to arrange and
describe the records of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, 1797-1971, and to
identify conservation needs for these records. (79-041)
Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
$1,800 for
consultation to develop programs to arrange and describe the records of the mayor and city
council of Baltimore, 1797-1971, and to identify conservation and cultural activities. (79-040)
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
$26,091 for the Baltimore Congress for
Local Records and History to survey and selectively accession historical records in private
hands in the Baltimore area and to make recommendations for a comprehensive accessioning
policy for the area. (79-020)
Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center, Baltimore, MD
$13,149 to process
records of the Maryland Council of Churches and predecessor organizations, 1904-71,
deposited at the center. (79-019)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
$59,451 for a
two-year project to arrange, describe, and prepare a guide to the records, dated from
1884, of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. (78-100, 79-119)
Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD
$22,059 to arrange and prepare
computer-generated guides to the records of St. Mary's County and the equity records of
Baltimore City, to serve as prototypes for future guides to government records in
Maryland. (77-093)
Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center, Baltimore, MD
$6,698 to preserve
and describe records of the Baltimore City Planning Department. (77-026)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $ 1,104,901
Publications Projects
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
$2,740,720 for Freedom: A Documentary
History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (1976-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
$2,241,064 for the Samuel Gompers Papers.
(1973-2007)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
$299,319 for subvention support
for the Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, the Documentary History of the First Federal
Congress, the Papers of Thomas Edison, the Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the
Papers of George C. Marshall. (through 2007)
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
$509,096 for the Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. (1981-2000)
Project Completed
Model
Edition Partnership Web Site
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
$1,000 for
travel funds for its fellowship in historical editing of the Samuel Gompers Papers. (1999)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
$204,234 for the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family
Papers. (1979-92)
Project In Progress
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
$378,902 for the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. (1976-87)
Project Completed
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
$184,258 for the Papers of Booker T. Washington. (1976-84)
Project Completed
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
$45,948 for the Papers of John Paul Jones. (1978-81)
Project Completed
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $ 6,603,531
TOTAL $ 7,708,432
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