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Naval Historical Foundation Mission

To preserve and promote the naval history of the United States by supporting official Sea Services programs and institutions, meeting the needs of the public for naval history, and collecting historical items.
1. Supporting the Navy's historical programs:
a.
 Augmenting government funds and services for Navy Museum exhibits and Naval Historical Center programs.
b.
 Sponsoring naval history-related events in cooperation with the Naval Historical Center.
c.
 Providing prizes and support of internships, conferences, collections and scholarship related to naval history.
d.
 Conducting a variety of naval historical outreach programs, all in consonance with established Naval Historical Center plans and goals.
 
2. Meeting the public's naval history needs:
a.
 Providing high quality reproduction of photographs, cruise books and documents from the Navy’s collections.
b.
 Providing accurate historical research services on naval history topics.
c.
 Sponsoring or co-sponsoring conferences, symposiums, and commemorations on significant naval history topics.
d.
 Publishing historical material in print, internet, and video formats.
e.
 Recognizing and publicizing important achievements in naval history.
f.
 Operating a naval heritage speakers program of subject matter experts to address public gatherings.
g.
 Making distinctive naval gifts available to naval personnel and visitors to the Navy Museum Gift Shop.
   
3. Collecting historical items:
a.
 Searching out, purchasing or soliciting the donation of art, artifacts, documents, manuscripts, personal papers, and photographs for transfer to:
(1) The Naval Historical Center’s collections.
(2) The Library of Congress.
(3) Other appropriate federal and non-federal repositories.
b.
Interviewing, transcribing and digitizing sea service oral histories.

 

 

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