Workshops in Jersey focus on local history and funding possibilities

TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Historical Commission provides grant support for an array of activities and programs related to New Jersey history, including research, publication, educational initiatives, public programs and general operating support.

Would you like to produce an oral history of an immigrant group? Write a history of your town? Organize and present an exhibit about local history? Bring a speaker to talk to your organization? Conserve valuable old documents and books owned by your historical society? Open a historic site to the public? All these activites can qualify for grants.

How to get funds to support these and many other projects will be explained at workshops offered around the state in October by the commission.

Workshops will be held on the following dates at these locations: Tuesday, October 17, at Liberty Hall, Union, 10 a.m.; Thursday, October 19, at Labor Education Center, Rutgers - New Brunswick, 7 p.m.; Saturday, October 21, at the First Presbyterian Church, Salem, 10 a.m.

Mary R. Murrin, the director of the grants program, will offer tips on how to prepare a successful proposal. Participants will have the opportunity to ask about their individual projects. The workshops are free, and the same program will be presented at each site. Individuals and organizations seeking funding for projects in New Jersey history are urged to attend.

For additional information and a registration form, contact Money for History, New Jersey Historical Commission, P.O. Box 305, Trenton, NJ 08625-0305; telephone, (609) 984-0954; e-mail, mmurmn@admin.sos.state.nj.us.

The New Jersey Historical Commission is a division of the Department of State, Cultural Affairs. The commission's mission is to enrich the lives of the public by preserving the historical record and advancing interest in and public knowledge and awareness of the state's history.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 15, 2000, No. 42, Vol. LXVIII

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