Funding opportunity number: P23AS00031: the japanese american confinement sites (jacs) grant program (public law 109-441, 120 stat. 3288) provides financial assistance to organizations and entities…

Funding opportunity number: P23AS00031: the japanese american confinement sites (jacs) grant program (public law 109-441, 120 stat. 3288) provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic japanese american confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations educational institutions state, local, and tribal governments and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. Confinement sites where japanese americans were detained during world war II. Purpose of award:overarching goal. To preserve and interpret the history and impacts of japanese american incarceration during world war II. Objectives. To complete planning for construction of visitor center to share the history of japanese americans during world war II. Summary of project specific activities:the american baptist historical society (abhs) will identify and digitize several collections, including their own, that document the experience of japanese americans baptists and the work of northern baptists who assisted those who were forcibly removed from their communities and incarcerated. Abhss online catalog will host the digital records collection to ensure their long-term preservation and accessibility to researchers and the general public. Should archival documents and photos require conservation, abhs will seek to RE-house them in accordance with archival standards. An online exhibit and traveling on-site exhibit will also be created to expand outreach. Performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:develop curated digital collection of records create online exhibit and temporary on-site and traveling exhibits. Beneficiaries:the public educators NPS jacs sites organizations preserving jacs sites and history