-----Original Message----- From: Plumer, Danielle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:25 AM To: Genealogy Round Table Subject: [genealogy] Support for "Preserving the American Historical Record" Bill
Friends: I'm writing to solicit your help in the passage of HR 6056, entitled the "Preserving the American Historical Record" bill. Those of you who attended the Society of Southwest Archivists meeting in May heard a brief description of the bill and how it would benefit custodians of historical records throughout the country. Others of you may have seen the description of the bill at the Society of American Archivists website. If approved, the more than three million dollars in federal funding that would come to Texas would be granted out to repositories throughout the state holding historically valuable records to assist them in their efforts to preserve and improve access to those materials. Right now the bill has 22 co-sponsors in the House but at least 50 are needed to get the bill out of committee for a hearing and a vote. I have written three letters to members of the Texas delegation in the House, but so far only one member of the delegation, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Houston, has signed on as a cosponsor. I am asking, therefore, that you contact your congressman by phone, by email, or by fax and encourage them to sign on as a cosponsor of HR 6056. Background information and a draft letter are included in the information on this website: http://www.archivists.org/pahr. Any assistance you can provide in helping get this highly important piece of legislation passed will be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or need any additional information. Chris LaPlante, State Archivist Archives and Information Services Division Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512-463-5467 (voice) 512-463-5430 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************
