Preservation
Documenting and preserving artifacts, records, provenance, and historical context so they remain available to future generations.
Explore Preservation
Publishing · Historical research · Education · Public history
A Well-Regulated Press puts its mission into practice through six connected areas of work: preservation, research, interpretation, education, community, and outreach.
These initiatives provide a framework for developing historically grounded projects while allowing each project to take the form best suited to its subject, partners, and audience.
Documenting and preserving artifacts, records, provenance, and historical context so they remain available to future generations.
Explore PreservationPursuing evidence-based historical investigation while remaining transparent about what is known, uncertain, and still to be discovered.
Explore ResearchTransforming research into accessible narratives, visualizations, presentations, and experiences that help modern audiences connect with the past.
Explore InterpretationCreating books, resources, and programs that encourage curiosity, historical inquiry, and lifelong learning.
Explore EducationBuilding relationships among museums, libraries, educators, researchers, descendants, historical organizations, and readers.
Explore CommunityConnecting research, stories, educational resources, and public programs with the audiences and institutions that can benefit from them.
Explore OutreachThe six initiatives are not separate programs. They reinforce one another. Preservation protects the evidence on which research depends; research supports responsible interpretation; interpretation can become educational resources and public programs; community relationships strengthen the work; and outreach helps connect that work with broader audiences.
For the principles that guide this work, visit the Mission page.