Program

Research Programs: Reference Materials

Period of Performance

10/1/1976 - 12/31/1976

Funding Totals

$13,000.00 (approved)
$13,000.00 (awarded)


Conference on Access to the Papers of Recent American Public Figures

FAIN: RX-10084

OAH (Bloomington, IN 47408-4141)
Richard S. Kirkendall (Project Director: October 1976 to present)

To hold a conference of historians, archivists, the donors of manuscripts, journalists and public officials in New Harmony, Indiana, in October, 1976 to focus on 3 questions: What are the rules governing access to the papers of public figures? How are they administered? What changes are needed?