Discretionary

This Project Grant award of $123,998 from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) supports the Kentucky Historical Society's efforts to preserve, document, and provide public access to historical records and cultural narratives.

The funding enables the Kentucky Historical Society to engage in a range of activities, including editing, annotating, and publishing historical documents from the Civil War era on a digital platform through the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition project. Additionally, the grant supports the development of innovative cultural documentation projects, such as a COVID-19 pandemic commemoration project featuring the Kentucky Maskmakers' Quilt, which involves creating traveling displays, developing interpretive programming, collecting personal narratives, and digitizing historical documents. These grant-funded initiatives demonstrate the organization's commitment to preserving historical records, creating digital archives, and making significant cultural and historical materials accessible to the public.