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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Popovitch, Catheryne N <CPopovitch@ILSOS.GOV> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 22, 2025 5:01 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> IL Archivists: 2025 Historical Records Grant Program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:29.35pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board Announces 2025 Historical Records Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:29.35pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board (ISHRAB), using funding from National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), is offering grants of up to $5,000 to Illinois historical records keepers to develop and/or carry out projects
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">that show commitment to developing and/or implementing projects that will lead to enhanced online access. These projects may include creating online finding aids, digitizing
records and placing the digital content online, making an inventory of records, or properly storing the records with the goal of preparing them for future online access, or placing information about the records on a website, blog, wiki page or Facebook<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:29.35pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Grant Amounts and Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Minimum grant request: $500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Maximum grant request: $5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All grants require a one-to-one ($1 for $1) in-kind and/or cash match<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:29.35pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Period:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">January 21, 2025 – March 14, 2025</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All grant projects will run for one year beginning July 1, 2025.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:29.5pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Guidelines and Application Packet:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
The grant guidelines and application packet are available on-line at <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/ISHRAB/grants.html__;!!DZ3fjg!_Cr_l6LTePfQ7OzQTmfy8WAlQiSaX7k8mXR0HeXWdDT0ascQVZzQy9SWW6JUDqpcqyDD0H-gCEVCyZ1Ysc0SHO8Vjw-v$">
https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/ISHRAB/grants.html</a> or you may request the guidelines and application packet be mailed to you.
<i>Completed applications may be mailed or emailed.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
<span style="color:black">Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board is made up of representatives from different archives, museums, universities and libraries from around the state and seeks to
</span>facilitate cooperation among historical records depositories and other information agencies within Illinois. The Illinois State Archives serves as the coordinator of the ISHRAB.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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