Waring Historical Library receives NHPRC grant

• Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:35:06 -0700
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• Subject:   Waring Historical Library receives NHPRC grant
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The Waring Historical Library of the Medical University of South Carolina has been 
awarded a grant of $75,632 by the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission (NHPRC), the funding branch of the National Archives, for a Preserving 
and Accessing Medical History Collections project. Grant money will fund a project 
archivist to review, rehouse, and recatalog 94 manuscript collections consisting of 
more than 320 cubic feet of records which document the history of the health 
professions at MUSC and in South Carolina.

The Waring Historical Library serves MUSC and the state as the repository for rare books, 
journals, artifacts, and manuscript materials which document's South Carolina's health 
professions. The library is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 5:00 for research 
and tours. For more information about the Waring Historical Library, its programs and 
events, please visit http://waring.library.musc.edu

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications 
and Records Commission (2006-042). The National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage 
essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. For more information, see 
http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/

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