Enhancing Access to Alabama's Black Political and Educational History

FAIN: PW-290545-23

Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL 36104-5732)
Raegan C. Stearns (Project Director: July 2022 to present)

Processing 125 linear feet of historical records and creating two finding aids for the Alabama State Teachers Association and the Alabama Democratic Conference collections. The project would also send 30 boxes to the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) for mold remediation

The Alabama State University Archives requests NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation funding for the “Enhancing Access to Alabama’s Black Political and Educational History” archival processing project to create accessibility to the historic records of the Alabama State Teachers Association (ASTA) and the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC), the Black Caucus of the Alabama Democratic Party. The ASTA and ADC Collections will be processed, undergo conservation activities in the creation of finding aids for increased accessibility to researchers.