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NEH Chairman William Adams Visits Charnley-Persky House

On October 30, 2015, av¸£ÀûÉç welcomed William Adams, Chairman of NEH, to Charnley-Persky House. Adams met with av¸£ÀûÉç Director Pauline Saliga and Development Director Carolyn Garrett to discuss NEH’s long-term support of the Buildings of the United States publishing project and the online edition of the BUS books, av¸£ÀûÉç Archipedia. Over the past 25 years, NEH has contributed $1.4 million in support to both projects and av¸£ÀûÉç has raised more than $4 million in matching funds. They also discussed the history and restoration of av¸£ÀûÉç’s headquarters, Charnley-Persky House, and av¸£ÀûÉç’s pending grant request to add new interpretive essays to av¸£ÀûÉç Archipedia and to launch a nationwide series of discussions about the history of historic and contemporary buildings and landscapes. We at av¸£ÀûÉç were honored by the Chairman’s visit and his interest in our long-term and successful publishing project on American history.

To help celebrate NEH’s 50^th anniversary, av¸£ÀûÉç Director Pauline Saliga will participate on a panel, “,” on February 5, 2016, at the CAA annual conference in Washington, DC.