State in the Northwest of the United States

State in the Northwest of the United States

In recent years, various institutions across Alaska have received substantial grants to support a wide range of archival and preservation projects. Here's a glimpse into some of these initiatives:

1. The Alaska State Historical Records Advisory Board, based in Juneau, received $26,126 for a planning project aimed at identifying needs in one of five key areas: electronic records, local government and Native records, records repositories, state government records, or statewide functions and services.
2. The Alaska Library Network, located in Anchorage, was awarded $75,860 to digitize 54,200 documents related to the history of Alaska, which are currently housed in collections in the eastern United States.
3. The University of Alaska Fairbanks received $33,718 for a project to preserve and provide access to the Fred Machetanz film collection.
4. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (ADEED) received various grants, including $20,000 to support the Alaska Historical Records Advisory Board's programs, a webinar on electronic records management, a digital Archives Month poster, and the initiation of a Digitization Archivist Program.
5. ADEED also received $24,512 to support the state historical records advisory board and the development of a Journeyman Archivist Processing program, $61,980 to support basic activities and a scholarship program for preservation training, and $49,238 to digitize 50 significant civil and criminal case files from the territorial era, 1884-1959.
6. The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, received $12,855 for a training workshop on local government records. The University of Alaska, Anchorage, secured a massive $3,000,000 grant for a project to improve access and preserve non-federal documents related to the history of federal lands in Alaska.
7. The Association of Village Council Presidents, based in Bethel, received $67,200 for a two-year project to translate, transcribe, and catalogue oral history interviews with Alaska Native peoples.
8. The Alaska Department of Education, Alaska State Archives, based in Juneau, received $10,000 to hire an electronic records consultant.
9. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development received $109,267 to process records related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill and subsequent litigation.
10. The Sitka Tribe of Alaska received $12,000 to establish a website for this Southeast Alaska tribe. ADEED also received a State Board Administrative Support Grant of $16,977 in 2004.
11. Alaska Leaders Archives, Inc., based in Anchorage, was granted $10,000,000 to construct a research facility for archival collections created by Alaskan leaders.
12. The Municipality of Anchorage's Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum received $6,350 to preserve its nitrate and glass-plate negatives documenting early 20th-century life in several diverse areas of Alaska.
13. See Stories, based in Anchorage, received $149,250 to provide professional development for educators focusing on the use of archival material documenting the history of enslavement of the Indigenous People of Alaska.
14. The Alaska Community Foundation, based in Anchorage, received $6,000,000 to support the Alaska Leaders Archive project, which aims to create a public archive for Alaskans whose legacy of leadership advanced the development of the state.
15. The University of Alaska Fairbanks received $60,615 for the Conservation Land Act Hearings Preservation Project, to preserve and provide access to the recordings of the 1973 public hearing process that led to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980.
16. The Alaska State Archives, based in Juneau, received $19,998 to fund the administrative expenses of the Alaska board for two years.
17. Bethel Broadcasting, Inc., based in Bethel, received $100,000 to digitize 1,000 video recordings documenting the Yup'ik and Cup'ik people of western Alaska.
18. The Alaska Native Foundation, based in Anchorage, received $39,328 to survey historical documents from the formative years of 22 Alaska Native organizations with a view toward preservation and accessioning.
19. Doyon Foundation, based in Fairbanks, received $11,524 for consultants to assist in the development of a corporate website and records program for Doyon Limited.
20. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development received $18,700 to support the state historical records advisory board and the development of a Journeyman Archivist Processing program.
21. The Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums, based in Juneau, received $19,997 in partial support of the Alaska Board's administrative expenses for two years.
22. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development received $61,055 to support archival workshops for 30 rural archivists across the state and the development of a records processing manual.
23. The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, received $1,500,000 for a project to modify ventilation systems, install mechanical cooling equipment, and create a refrigerated and frozen storage vault for historical audio and film materials.

Despite extensive research, no direct, publicly available summary or database of such archival funding by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development from 1978 to 2022 was found in the provided sources. To find detailed records of major archival and preservation projects funded by that department, one might need to consult the official ADEED website or archives, state archives or library records in Alaska, grant records or historical funding reports from Alaska's state agencies, or possibly contact the department directly for historical grant data related to archival and preservation projects.

In the realm of online education and self-development, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (ADEED) offers various webinars and training workshops on topics like electronic records management and archival material usage for educators. Additionally, ADEED supports initiatives such as the development of a Journeyman Archivist Processing program and a Digitization Archivist Program, emphasizing the importance of learning and preservation in education-and-self-development.

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