[Genealib] Preserving the American Historical Record Act

[Joy Rich]

The Society of American 
Archivists has issued an 
Action Alert about a bill 
entitled
"Preserving the American 
Historical Record Act." The 
bill was introduced in the 
U.S. House
of Representatives on May 14th 
and has been referred to the 
House Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform. Please 
read about the bill and how to 
support it at
http://www.archivists.org/pahr 
.

A portion of the information 
on SAA's website reads:

"Current Status
H.R. 6056, "To authorize the 
Archivist of the United States 
to make grants to States for
the preservation and 
dissemination of historical 
records" was referred to the 
House
Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform on May 14."

"Current Action Alert
(1) Ask your members of 
Congress to sign on as an 
original sponsor.
(2) Tell your Representative 
in a few sentences why PAHR 
will benefit his or her
constituents-that means you, 
your organization, and your 
researchers.
(3) Urge your friends, local 
government officials, 
relatives-everyone!-to contact 
their
Representatives as well."

A two-page PDF of background 
information is at
http://www.archivists.org/pahr/PAHR-factsheet-May2008.pdf .

The bill has been endorsed by 
American Association for State 
and Local History, American
Historical Association, 
American Political Science 
Association, Capital Area 
Archivists
(NY), Charleston Archives, 
Libraries and Museums Council 
(CALM), Consortium of Iowa
Archivists, Delaware Valley 
Archives Group, Gilder Lehrman 
Institute of American History,
History Associates, Kentucky 
Council of Archives, 
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives
Conference, Midwest Archives 
Conference, National Coalition 
for History, New England
Archivists, Northwest 
Archivists, Organization of 
American Historians, Palmetto 
Archives,
Libraries and Museums Council 
on Preservation (PALMCOP), 
Society of California 
Archivists,
Society of Florida Archivists, 
Society of Georgia Archivists, 
Society of Rocky Mountain
Archivists, Society of 
Southwest Archivists, South 
Carolina Archival Association,
Southeastern Archives and 
Records Conference, Southern 
Historical Association, and 
The
History Channel.


Joy

Joy Rich
Chapter Representative, New 
York Metro Chapter
Association of Professional 
Genealogists
http://www.apgen.org
http://www.apgen.org/chapters/newyork/index.html
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