Center for Public History Garners Large Grant
Posted: April 29, 2008

Joseph Pratt, Associate Director of the Center for Public History and the Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston, is pleased to announce that the Houston Endowment has awarded a 3-year, $300,000 grant to the Houston History Project. Sixty percent of the grant supports Houston History magazine. The remainder will support the Oral History of Houston. The Center for Public History is grateful to the Houston Endowment for its generous support.

The Center for Public History at the University of Houston has been the focal point for the study of the greater Houston area's history for more than twenty years. The Houston History Project is designed to expand and improve this research on Houston's history and also to serve as a learning laboratory for public history students. There are three key components of the Houston History Project: (1) The Oral History of Houston; (2) The Houston History Magazine; and (3) The Houston History Archive. Research generated through the Houston History Project, including issues of The Houston Review, oral history transcripts and archival materials, is then made available to those interested in the region including teachers in public schools; public school, university, and community college students; amateur historians; the business, medical, and legal communities; and a broad range of other interested Houstonians.

Learn more about Houston History at:
http://www.history.uh.edu/public_history/houston_history_project/houston_review

Learn more about the Oral History of Houston at:
http://www.history.uh.edu/public_history/houston_history_project/oral

Information on the Houston Endowment can be found at:
http://www.houstonendowment.org

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