The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $18.6 million in grants for 199 humanities projects across the country. “These new NEH-supported projects deepen our understanding and appreciation of the traditions, values, and historical figures who have shaped our country,” said NEH Senior Deputy Chairman Jon Parrish Peede.
We are thrilled to share the news that among these awards is an implementation grant to WiLS, project manager for Recollection Wisconsin. This funding will enable us to digitize the 1,100 wartime oral histories from 22 Wisconsin collections that were identified during our 2016-2017 NEH-funded planning project. We will partner with the Wisconsin Historical Society to bring these recordings online and with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to preserve the digital files.
The project was recently featured in an article in the Wisconsin State Journal.
