NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe visits Uvalde

(August 17, 2024)

Humanities Texas

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Shelly C. Lowe traveled to Uvalde to attend a celebration at El Progreso Memorial Library marking the twentieth anniversary of the library’s current building and the ceremonial groundbreaking for its expansion.

While there, library staff introduced Chair Lowe to the Los Angelitos de Robb Archive, which was made possible with significant support from NEH, Humanities Texas, and the Summerlee Foundation. The archive preserves thousands of items sent to the Uvalde community from across the globe in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022.