>From another list:



Many of us read and research in published "Papers"--that is, collections of
all significant documents associated with a person or institution, like the
George Washington Papers or the NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

In its budget for fiscal year 2006, the US executive branch has proposed
zeroing out the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC), a small part of the National Archives that gives grants to fund the
creation of new documentary projects. That would slow down or stop future
"Papers" projects.

According to the Association for Documentary Editing, the NHPRC "is the only
grant making organization, public or private, whose mission is to provide
national leadership in the effort to promote the preservation and
accessibility of historical records and to publish the papers of significant
figures and themes in American history. As characterized by former Archivist
of the United States John Carlin, the NHPRC is 'History's venture
capitalist' -- through federal outright and matching grants, it successfully
leverages private sector contributions to projects such as the publishing of
papers associated with nationally significant individuals and institutions.
The NHPRC is currently helping to fund dozens of papers projects, including
those of founders Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Madison;
projects documenting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the First
Federal Congress; the correspondence between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan B. Anthony, the Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, the Frederick Douglass
Papers, and the Papers of General George C. Marshall."
<http://etext.virginia.edu/ade/advocacy/NCHappeal.htm>

The link above tells more of the ADE's view of this issue. It also offers
links for communicating with federal legislators for people who feel
strongly about it.




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