Programs > Historical Archives Program

The objective of this program is to encourage the preservation of unpublished personal research materials of established anthropologists, considered of value for research on the history of anthropology.

HAP grants (maximum $15,000) are offered primarily to assist senior scholars at the end of their careers (or their heirs) with the expense of preparing and transferring their unpublished research materials (of value to the history of anthropology) for archival deposit. Applicants must show evidence that arrangements have been made with an appropriate archival repository. Funds are not provided for curation of materials already in repositories.

Funding is also available to collect oral-history interviews, but the scope of eligible projects has been narrowed considerably to cover: 1) individual interviews with eminent figures in discipline history; and 2) interviews with teams involved in landmark research. In either instance, eligible projects are expected to be small-scale "moments of opportunity," where would-be interviewers are already intimately acquainted with the interviewee's body of work, with budgets rarely exceeding a couple thousand dollars.

Please note: Funds are not provided to establish archival facilities or otherwise develop collections already held in archival deposit.