Insights from the Outside: The NHPRC Records Program at Twenty-Five

The three articles on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission by Frank Burke, Richard Cameron, and Ann Newhall present different views of the history and activities of the NHPRC. Taken together, however, they provide a detailed look at the history of the Commission's records program and the challenges and opportunities it faces in the new millennium. Much has been achieved with relatively little funding in the past twenty-five years, and this is attributable to the talents and energies of the key players during this time. This record of accomplishment should give the archival profession hope that greater things can be achieved in the next quarter century and beyond.