Guampedia is a non-profit encyclopedic organization on the history and culture of

Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...

History

The Guampedia project was started in 2002 by the Guam Humanities Council with funding from the

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

and the

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation ...

. It published 350 encyclopedia entries in April 2008. In 2009, it became affiliated with the

University of Guam University of Guam () (U.O.G.) is a public university, public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level and ele ...

and was registered as a non-profit organization. It published a book, '' Women in Guam History'' in 2019.

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* {{Authority control Non-profit organizations based in insular areas of the United States Organizations established in 2002 American online encyclopedias University of Guam Oceanian encyclopedias Cultural organizations based in Guam 2002 establishments in the United States 2002 establishments in Oceania