Wisconsin Records Assessment Project
The Wisconsin Historical Society has been awarded a grant by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to conduct an 18 month effort to assess archival documentation on and about recent Wisconsin history. This project was an outcome of the 2006 Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board's (WHRAB) strategic plan whose stated goals included the "collection of historical records that document the diverse history of Wisconsin, from 1945 to the present."
The first goal of the project is to conduct a survey (PDF, 33 KB) of selected Wisconsin historical records repositories to determine the depth and breadth of existing manuscript collections documenting post-1945 state history and to identify perceived gaps in documentation.
The survey data and information gathered from a series of site visits to selected records repositories in the state will be compiled and published in an analytical report (PDF, 162 KB) to be shared with all the participants of the project. The report on the survey will provide the core information for a one-day symposium (PDF, 28 KB), to be held in Madison in the spring of 2009, to review the findings of the project and to encourage discussions about future collecting goals and collecting strategies. The symposium's proceedings and recommendations for future collecting strategies then will be published and made available online.
Finally, the project will develop an online directory (PDF, 28 KB) listing Wisconsin repositories and their holdings information which will be created and hosted by the Wisconsin Historical Society and WHRAB.
Jennifer Graham is the Wisconsin Records Assessment Project Archivist and main contact person during the course of the project. Helmut Knies, Coordinator of Collection Development for the Wisconsin Historical Society Library-Archives Division, will serve as project director and Peter Gottlieb, State Archivist and Deputy Coordinator of WHRAB, will be the project coordinator.
More about the project and its stated goals:
Contact
Jennifer Graham, Project Archivist
608-264-6457
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