Description:
The Massachusetts SHRAB provides leadership, advocacy and guidance to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the state’s historical resources (public and private). The Massachusetts SHRAB encourages and supports communication and coordination among the historical records communities and the public. It is the state-level review body for grants submitted to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Contact: shrab@sec.state.ma.us
Activities:
- Annual Forum Event at the Massachusetts History Conference
- Roving Archivist Program: Grants that bring the Roving Archivist to your institution
- Regrants for archival materials and/or fellows to process collections for small archives without professional archivists
- Veterans Heritage Grants: Grants: funding for matching grants to preserve objects, sites, and document collections that are significant to the history and experiences of military veterans in the Commonwealth
- Grant Writing Workshop series
- Advice on applying for Grants from the NHPRC