IMPACT OF NHPRC IN OKLAHOMA

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded $207 million to 4,900 projects in all 50 states and special jurisdictions.

Total Cost of Projects supported by NHPRC in Oklahoma:

 $2,722,259 - Total Project Funds  $1,396,259 - Direct Federal Grants  $1,326,000 - State and Local Contributions

Projects of Special Value to the State of Oklahoma:

The NHPRC has played a unique role in supporting historical RECORDS and PUBLICATIONS projects of special value to Oklahoma including:

 Documenting the history of the people of Oklahoma - projects to preserve the papers of James R. Jones, long-time Oklahoma representative; archives of the American Choral Directors Association, headquartered in Oklahoma City; an archives and records management program for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the Iowa Tribe, the Pawnee, the Chickasaw, the Cherokee, the Miami, the Fort Sill Apache, the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

 Historical documentary editions - grants to Southwestern Oklahoma State University for the selected Papers of Chief John Ross and to the University of Oklahoma Press to print volumes of the Papers of Chief John Ross, the Correspondence of Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter, and the North American Journals of Prince Maximillian of Wied.

 State and Local Government Archives Support – To support to the state historical records advisory board; regrants programs; digitization workshops; disaster preparedness; and the Oklahoma Tribe Heritage Project.

Oklahoma institutions that have received assistance from the NHPRC –

 American Choral Directors  Cherokee National Historical Society Association  Chickasaw Nation  Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library  Citizen Potawatomi Nation  Caddo Heritage Museum  Cleveland County Genealogical  Cherokee Nation Society

 Creek Council House  Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum  Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma  Oklahoma Department of Archives  Drumright Community Historical Society  Oklahoma Department of Libraries

 Eastern Oklahoma State College  Oklahoma State Senate Communications Division  Edmond Historical Society  101 Ranch Old Timers Association  Five Civilized Tribes Museum  Osage County Historical Society  Fort Sill Apache Tribe Museum

 Gilcrease Museum  Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

 Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma  Philbrook Museum of Art

 Logan County Historical Society  Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum

 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art  Ponca City Library

 Miami Tribe of Oklahoma  Thomas J. Harrison Pryor Public Library  Museum of the Great Plains  Bartlett Carnegie Sapulpa Public  North Eastern Oklahoma A&M Library College Library  Seminole Nation Museum  Oklahoma Arts Institute  Seminole Nation of Oklahoma  Oklahoma Christian University  University of Oklahoma  Oklahoma City Museum of Art  Waynoka Historical Society

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/projects/states-territories/ok.html