Cal State Northridge has received a $284,235 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a historical archiving project, officials announced Wednesday.
Under project director Ellen Jarosz, “American Government Traditions: Federal, State, and Local Intersections in Post-War Los Angeles” will involve hiring a project archivist to arrange and describe 400 linear feet of archival materials documenting the careers of two U.S. congressional representatives and one state senator from California.
The results will be available through the Online Archive of California, where 300 items will be digitized and made searchable online.
The CSUN grant was part of $41.4 million in grants announced by the NEH on Wednesday for 81 humanities projects across the country. The only other California project was a $350,000 grant to UC Riverside to document state residents from 1769 and 1850.
“Grants from the National Endowment support organizations and scholars working to illuminate and educate about the great ideas and events of the past,” Acting NEH Chairman William English said in a statement. “As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary this year, NEH is proud to help foster robust public engagement with our national history, ideals, and intellectual achievements through funding for an array of exhibitions, preservation projects, books, education initiatives, and advanced research.”