Joan Zenzen, Principal Investigator

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Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, the National Council on Public History seeks a qualified historian (or team of historians) to conduct an Administrative History of the Civil War Defenses of Washington (CWDW), a network of seventeen Civil War forts, batteries, rifle trenches, and one national cemetery that encircle the city of Washington, DC. This document will describe how the CWDW were individually and jointly conceived and established, their NPS development and operational history, and how they have been managed by NPS to the present day. It will particularly focus on the conception and administration of these sites as a cohesive group, and the major issues that have shaped their past and current management philosophies. It includes an oral history component.

Please read the full narrative in PDF or Word format for the description of the project’s scope of work and timeline, as well as instructions for submitting your letter of interest and professional writing sample.

Compensation: $68,874.55 (This is the total compensation for the PI(s) and any additional Project Historians, including travel). There is an additional $2,000 available for 508 compliance and $800 for publication expenses available for project teams interested in taking on that work.
Deadline for Letter of Interest to NCPH:  August 1, 2023
Expected Date to Award Project:  September 1, 2023
Anticipated Start Date: October 15, 2023
Timeline for Completion:  May 31, 2026