UC Riverside has received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a historical archiving project, officials announced Wednesday.
Under project director Steven Hackel, “Early California Population Project 2.0” will involve adding approximately 20,000 records to a database documenting the residents of California from 1769 and 1850, as well as providing links to related primary source materials and expanding the functionality of the digital reference resource, the NEH said.
The 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 $284,235 grant to Cal Sate Northridge for archival materials documenting the careers of two U.S. congressional representatives and one state senator from California.
“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.”