GHRAC Awards Sixteen Grants

Staff Report

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) seeks to enrich the culture and protect the rights of Georgians by fostering activities that identify, preserve, and provide access to the State’s documentary heritage. Using funds awarded to the University of Georgia Libraries and the Georgia Archives by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), GHRAC awarded grants to the following entities to develop and/or implement projects to identify, preserve, and provide access to historical records:   

Athens Regional Library System 

Berrien Historical Foundation, Ltd 

The Augusta Jewish Museum, Inc. 

Moore Methodist Museum 

Lincoln County Public Library 

Fayette County Historical Society, Inc. 

Summer Hill Heritage Group 

Grady County Historical Society/Museum and History Center 

Rome Area History Center 

Flat Rock Archives 

Live Oak Public Libraries 

City of Tifton 

Newnan-Coweta Historical Society 

6th Cavalry Museum 

City of Savannah Municipal Archives 

Morris Museum of Art  

GHRAC plans to offer a similar grant opportunity in 2021, dependent on Federal Funding. More information will be released in the coming months. 

For more information on GHRAC go to: https://www.georgiaarchives.org/ghrac  

The Georgia Archives is a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Georgia Archives identifies, collects, manages, preserves, provides access to, and publicizes records and information of Georgia and its people, and assists state and local government agencies with their records management.