Local History Institute

FAIN: GP-10229-76

Newberry Library (Chicago, IL 60610-3305)
Mark W. Friedberger (Project Director: December 1975 to present)

The project will bring academic historians non-professionals concerned with local history together through a series of eight one-week institutes. The institutes will acquaint participants with the sources, the different approaches, and the presentation of both written and oral history. The project is designed for historical society members, librarians, archivists, journalists, writers, and those engaged in Bicentennial Commissions and NEH funded programs from 12 midwestern states .