Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) recently approved 31 Historical & Archival Records Care (HARC) grants totaling nearly $200,000 to help preserve Pennsylvania’s significant historical records and make them accessible.
The grant awards range from $2,180 for the Hershey Community Archives to digitize a weekly newsletter issued from 1934 through 1951 that served as weekly documentation for the community of Hershey, PA, when no local newspapers were published; to $8,016 for the City of Pittsburgh to digitize and rehouse 24 volumes of City Council minute books from 1816 to 1877 and digitize 109 volumes of minutes and legislation from former municipalities annexed by the city; to $13,590 for Drexel University Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships to improve documentation of and access to historically valuable records related to African American history.
HARC grants fund projects designed to improve the preservation and accessibility of historically significant records maintained by local governments, historical societies and academic institutions.
The grants were based on a competitive review of the applications by a subcommittee of the Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). HARC grants are administered by the Pennsylvania State Archives, a bureau within PHMC. Funding for the awards spans two years. Grants $5,001 and above must include matching funds.
SHRAB operates under federal regulations governing the National Historical Publications & Records Commission and serves as the central advisory body for historical records planning in the state.
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Learn more by visiting PHMC online or following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Pollman, 717-705-8639
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The following is a list of HARC grants by county:
Allegheny
Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh - $4,958
City of Pittsburgh - $8,016
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (dba) Senator John Heinz History Center - $4,910
Beaver
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden - $4,991
Bedford
Bedford County Archives - $3,350
Bucks
Bucks County Historical Society - $12,925
Butler
Butler County Historical Society - $5,000
Chester
The Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust Inc. - $3,645
Clinton
Piper Aviation Museum Foundation - $5,000
Dauphin
Hershey Community Archives - $2,180
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society - $13,278
Fayette
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy/Fallingwater - $13,000
Indiana
IUP Research Center - $4,608
Lackawanna
Lackawanna County Historical Society - $4,250
Lancaster
LancasterHistory - $4,669
Montgomery
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - $3,585
Northampton
Moravian Historical Society - $5,000
Philadelphia
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $13,000
Drexel University Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships - $13,590
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site - $5,000
German Society of Pennsylvania - $5,000
Grand Army of the Republic Museum - $5,000
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia - $13,000
Pennsylvania Horticulture Society - $5,000
South Asian American Digital Archives, NFP - $5,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $5,000
Somerset
Meyersdale Public Library - $5,000
Tioga
Knoxville Public Library - $5,000
Venango
Venango Historical Society - $5,000
Washington
Donora Historical Society Inc. - $5,000
Washington County Historical Society - $4,996