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<b>Subject:</b> 2021 OHRAB Regrant Announcement</font></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">2021 OHRAB Regrants Announcement</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board announces the availability of grants between $500 and $5,000 to archival institutions to fund projects to preserve and/or provide access to Ohio’s historical
records. The grants are funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fnhprc&data=04%7C01%7Cvdressle%40kent.edu%7Cc6cb2b26f1424410c36508d8c6f472b6%7Ce5a06f4a1ec44d018f73e7dd15f26134%7C1%7C0%7C637478100770756044%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=JQn9oSvGUQq5jiP8dYKKJsLy0JRun2pJIxYPD5gV36k%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.archives.gov/nhprc" shash="OI+om+urSiX+5Q17zHeMgzDNmCrd9Ck5+0vwLQWsXOb6f8YGp93CJ2einShXSEY8TIxLXAwkIHeBgZ/J5egPEsgX4rI4f39W/CX00yRHZ+sHEENoLHFHo8O96oUscCupwpn0eAhpHS33bgmD6nmudDCPUo1/WcRCRa5lUl8AqM8=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CB">NHPRC</span></a><span style="color:#373737">),
an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (</span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cvdressle%40kent.edu%7Cc6cb2b26f1424410c36508d8c6f472b6%7Ce5a06f4a1ec44d018f73e7dd15f26134%7C1%7C0%7C637478100770766037%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1x8f%2BPB7qruYVjmhYGN%2Ff9AW%2B3hU795bPM0I3%2BsGsNc%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.archives.gov/" shash="V9OsYR50vX0PI6+3mbAzhET4CRJPx4De6of13OPe0fikYRYjeyEWD37qg91T4f8aMcZkvfJP53I+oXN2dA53wFAOO5YJ7OWpPev8mxrOSKrVu9DgRee3CbCiZx/bEevUffnF1Nh/L/Tqh28glek/JmUcpqmlTfGmq8MJR8EadBc=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CB">NARA</span></a><span style="color:#373737">).
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Grant applications are due March 31, 2021. More information on the grants, including the application packet, is available </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohrab.org%2Fgrants%2Fregrant%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cvdressle%40kent.edu%7Cc6cb2b26f1424410c36508d8c6f472b6%7Ce5a06f4a1ec44d018f73e7dd15f26134%7C1%7C0%7C637478100770766037%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HYDWxdEE2nakDhk6dlDWJ0mx5ZtphFnjHildE3zfxqE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/" shash="ywtABJITkvqg4ew5jFa9FutMUcuWBegJfnwWwYQxYi2C3fsVTSSWKNJsvubZzjvdRI051mmo1dWeZ9ZMjNhUERbnVmJSQX0fz1nzASCsSpoSQm7X9QkTh4UwlvOhg3gb6DHFFB2/taCS6utRqM74c+Sdi1OKAmEFSADvEMZhUOI=">here</a><span style="color:#373737">.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Projects eligible for funding in 2021 include:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Assessment and Strategic Planning: hiring consultants to identify needs and priorities for improving the organization, description, preservation and access to collections.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Access, Arrangement and Description: identifying, organizing, and improving access to historical records.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Preservation: purchasing archival file folders, archival boxes, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, hygrothermographs, or HEPA vacuum cleaners.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Website Development: Adding collections to online catalog, developing virtual archives, or creating an on-line database. Websites designed to support access to researchers (e.g.,
online catalogs, finding aids, and digitized collections, rather than curated web exhibits) will receive preference in funding.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#373737">Please Note: all projects should produce some type of online content, such as a finding aid, report or digital images. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Questions? Please contact: <span style="color:#333333; background:white">
Stephen Badenhop, Records and Archives Coordinator, Union County Records Center (937-645-4177;
<a href="mailto:sbadenhop@unioncountyohio.gov">sbadenhop@unioncountyohio.gov</a>).
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