PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE
GRANT AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: July 2000
Included in this list are grants to jurisdictions that are part of the Extending the Reach initiative, a new series of funding opportunities designed to spread the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities to selected jurisdictions and constituencies throughout the United States. In fiscal year 2000 the NEH offered Extending the Reach grants to support humanities initiatives in the following jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Special consideration was given to applications for NEH Preservation Assistance Grants from institutions in these U.S. states and territories.
ALABAMA
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of collections of personal papers, organizational records, photographs, audiotapes, and videotapes that are related to Birmingham's role in the Civil Rights Movement. (7 months)
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Birmingham, AL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of books, photographs, and paper-based collections that are related to the history of railroads in Alabama and the United States. (5 months)
Historic Huntsville Foundation, Huntsville, AL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of paper-based collections that document the economic, cultural, and social life of 19th- and 20th-century Huntsville, Alabama. (6 months)
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of photographic and video collections that are related to the legal, political, social, industrial, and Civil Rights history of 19th- and 20th-century southern Alabama. (6 months)
ALASKA
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library, Fairbanks, AK
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of paintings by artist Rockwell Kent that depict the 20th-century wildlife and landscape of Alaska. (12 months)
ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Outright: $4,715
A preservation assessment of Arkansas Supreme Court briefs and records that document the civil and legal history of the state from 1836 to 1977. (10 months)
ARIZONA
Sahuaro Ranch Foundation, Glendale, AZ
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies and preservation training for staff who will rehouse material culture collections that are related to the agricultural heritage of western Maricopa County, Arizona. (3 months)
CALIFORNIA
Santa Monica Historical Society Museum, Santa Monica, CA
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of archival materials to rehouse a photographic collection that documents the history of Santa Monica, California, between the 1920s and the 1960s. (10 months)
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the university's rare book collection that includes rare Bibles from the 15th to the 20th century, and Italian Judaica dating to the 16th century. (5 months)
COLORADO
Boulder Museum of History, Boulder, CO
Outright: $4,969
The purchase of materials to rehouse costume and textile collections that focus on the history of the Boulder area from 1820 to the present. (7 months)
Buffalo Bill Museum, Golden, CO
Outright: $3,900
A preservation assessment of works on paper and the purchase of storage furniture for the collection. (1 month)
Estes Park Area Historical Museum, Estes Park, CO
Outright: $4,294
The purchase of storage furniture and materials to rehouse paper, textile, photographic, and art collections that represent the social and cultural history of 19th- and 20th-century Colorado. (7 months)
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc., West Simsbury,
CT
Outright: $3,214
A preservation assessment of books, publications, and photographic and paper collections that focus on the role of women in 18th- and 19th-century Connecticut history. (13 months)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT
Outright: $3,940
A preservation assessment of art, photographic, ceramic, textile, and
furniture collections of 19th-century Connecticut.
(5 months)
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
Outright: $3,079
A preservation assessment of the library's rare book collection that includes European and American imprints and books encompassing disciplines of the humanities including theology, philosophy, history, and the arts. (10 months)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of archival materials to rehouse the paper files of the artists whose works of art are in the museum's permanent collection. (12 months)
FLORIDA
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of architectural drawings, works of art on paper, and photographs that are related to the history of Miami Beach. (6 months)
Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of maps, photographs, and blueprints that document the social and environmental history of Miami, Coral Gables, and Miami-Dade County. (7 months)
Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL
Outright: $2,820
Consultation with a preservation professional who will also conduct an on-site workshop on the care of archival collections. The museum will also purchase storage supplies for the collections. (12 months)
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture to rehouse the museum's decorative
lace collection that dates from the 15th century.
(2 months)
Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, FL
Outright: $1,710
The purchase of storage materials to rehouse paper-based collections that document the economic and social history and development of southern Florida. (11 months)
Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL
Outright: $3,100
An assessment of security needs for the museum's 19th-century material culture and decorative arts collections. (5 months)
Maitland Historical Society, Maitland, FL
Outright: $3,470
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and supplies for material culture collections that are related to the 19th- and 20th-century social and economic history of Maitland, Florida. (12 months)
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, Inc., St. Augustine, FL
Outright: $2,424
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse material culture collections that are related to the maritime history of St. Augustine, Florida. (4 months)
GEORGIA
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of library collections. (4 months)
IDAHO
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Boise, ID
Outright: $3,916
A preservation assessment of works of art and material culture collections that are related to the religious, tribal, agricultural, architectural, and social history of Idaho. (6 months)
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Challis, ID
Outright: $4,998
A preservation assessment of material culture collections that are related to the frontier and mining history of Idaho. (4 months)
Idaho State Historical Museum, Boise, ID
Outright: $4,975
A preservation assessment of material culture collections that are related
to the mining, social, and ethnic history of Idaho.
(13 months)
ILLINOIS
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, IL
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to preserve material culture collections related to American social, military, and working history; American Indian ethnography, history, and archaeology; and folk art. (5 months)
Tinker Swiss Cottage, Inc., Rockford, IL
Outright: $1,811
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse textiles and archival materials that include 19th-century Native American blankets, Hawaiian tapa cloths, quilts, rugs, tablecloths, and coverlets. (12 months)
INDIANA
Tri-State University, Angola, IN
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of archival materials that are related to the history of the university from the late 1800s to the present. (12 months)
IOWA
Ackley Heritage Center, Ackley, IA
Outright: $4,320
A preservation assessment of humanities collections that focus on the settlement of the prairie and the history of the community. (8 months)
KENTUCKY
Appalshop, Inc., Whitesburg, KY
Outright $2,950
A preservation assessment of holdings of film, video, audiotape, and photographs that document the social, political, economic, and cultural history of Appalachia. (8 months)
Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of books and audiotapes and paper-based collections that are related to the history of the college. (8 months)
LOUISIANA
Law Library of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of books and legal documents that are related
to the legal and legislative history of Louisiana.
(4 months)
Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and storage supplies to rehouse material culture collections that document plantation life from 1810 to 1830 in southern Louisiana. (7 months)
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Outright: $4,270
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse 19th-century court documents that are related to the legal, ethnic, social, and printing history of Louisiana. (11 months)
West Baton Rouge Historical Association, Port Allen, LA
Outright: $1,735
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse maps, photographs, and textiles that are related to the social, military, and cultural history of the western Baton Rouge area. (4 months)
MAINE
University of Maine, Orono, Orono, ME
Outright: $5,000
Environmental improvements in archives storage that contains audiovisual and manuscript materials that are related to the traditional culture of Maine and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. (4 months)
MASSACHUSETTS
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Outright $4,500
The purchase of materials to rehouse rare books that describe the social, cultural, and economic underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution. (12 months)
Bostonian Society, Boston, MA
Outright: $5,000
The rehousing of photographic collections that depict the history of 19th-century Boston. (9 months)
Braintree Historical Society, Braintree, MA
Outright: $4,960
A preservation assessment of costume and textile collections that focus on the military and social history of 19th-century Massachusetts. (4 months)
Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, MA
Outright: $4,730
The purchase of storage furniture and materials to rehouse cemetery records and map and blue print collections relating to the 19th- and 20th-century history of Boston. (1 month)
Stockbridge Library Association, Stockbridge, MA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the Stockbridge Library Historical Collection that includes archival material, rare books, and artifacts that are related to the settlement and history of Stockbridge, MA. (6 months)
MICHIGAN
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Sault Ste Marie, MI
Outright: $4,017
A preservation assessment of photographic, film, and paper collections
related to the maritime history of the Great Lakes.
(4 months)
MINNESOTA
Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Outright: $4,000
The purchase of storage equipment and materials to rehouse paper and photographic collections related to the history of education in Minneapolis. (7 months)
Hibbing Public Library, Hibbing, MN
Outright: $4,315
A preservation assessment of art, photographic, and paper-based collections
related to the history and culture of Minnesota.
(4 months)
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, St. Louis Park, MN
Outright: $2,346
The purchase of storage materials and temperature and humidity monitors to improve the storage of antique radio and television equipment, literature, and memorabilia that are related to the history of broadcasting. (12 months)
Saint Louis County Historical Society, Duluth, MN
Outright: $4,914
A preservation assessment of the Eastman Johnson Collection of works of art that depict Ojibwe life in northern Minnesota in the 1850s. (6 months)
Washington County Historical Society, Stillwater, MN
Outright: $4,192
The purchase of archival materials to rehouse textile and photographic collections that are related to the industry, business, and social history of Washington County, Minnesota. (4 months)
MISSISSIPPI
Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen, MS
Outright: $4,330
Attendance at four collections care workshops offered by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois. (12 months)
MISSOURI
History Museum for Springfield-Greene County, Springfield, MO
Outright: $2,703
The purchase of storage materials to rehouse books, paper records, photographs, and works of art on paper that are related to the social, ethnic, and economic history of the Missouri Ozarks. (11 months)
Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, MO
Outright: $3,611
Attendance at the Northeast Document Conservation Center's School for Scanning conference and the purchase of storage supplies to rehouse scrapbooks, maps, photographs, and architectural drawings that document the social history of Jackson County, Missouri. (12 months)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Outright: $4,998
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse paper-based collections that are related to European and Chinese art and the history of the museum. (12 months)
MONTANA
Livingston Depot Foundation, Livingston, MT
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of 19th- and 20th-century material culture collections that are related to tourism and railroad history in Montana and the Pacific Northwest. (4 months)
NEVADA
Carson Valley Historical Society, Gardnerville, NV
Outright: $4,976
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment, storage furniture, and supplies to preserve archival and photographic holdings and material culture collections that are related to the history of Carson Valley, Nevada. (4 months)
Clark County Museum, Henderson, NV
Outright: $4,920
A preservation assessment of material culture collections that document the social and cultural history of 20th-century southern Nevada. (7 months)
Nevada Historical Society, Reno, NV
Outright: $4,655
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to assess conditions in spaces that house material culture collections documenting the history of Nevada, the Great Basin region, and the Lake Tahoe area. (12 months)
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Outright: $4,980
The purchase of storage materials to rehouse and preserve works of art on paper, photographs, and material culture collections that are related to the environmental history of Nevada. (9 months)
Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, NV
Outright: $4,800
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse blueprints, architectural drawings, and maps that document the history of Nevada. (5 months)
Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV
Outright: $3,866
A visit by a conservator who will conduct a preservation workshop for the museum's staff and volunteers, and staff members from other cultural institutions in northwest Nevada. (12 months)
Senator Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, Henderson, NV
Outright: $4,350
A preservation assessment of material culture collections that are related to aviation history. (7 months)
Western Folklife Center, Elko, NV
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture, supplies, and equipment to preserve audiotapes that are related to folklife and cultural traditions of the American West. (16 months)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden, Portsmouth, NH
Outright: $4,164
A consultation with a conservator who will help the staff of the historic house museum develop a plan to protect material culture collections from damage caused by exposure to light. (4 months)
NEW MEXICO
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of books, periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings that document Hispanic culture of the southwestern United States and around the world. (13 months)
NEW YORK
Africa-America Institute, New York, NY
Outright $2,165
A preservation assessment of the records of the Africa-America Institute, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater understanding of Africa in America. (3 months)
Bowne House Historical Society, Flushing, NY
Outright: $4,948
A preservation assessment of costume and textile collections related to Quaker settlement and history of New York City from 1661. (4 months)
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Outright: $3,787
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and storage materials to preserve the rare book collection that is related to American and European history. (7 months)
Mount Gulian Society, Beacon, NY
Outright: $2,047
A preservation assessment of textile collections dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (2 months)
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Huntington St., NY
Outright: $4,430
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse collections that are related to Walt Whitman and that include correspondence, photographs, sculpture, paintings, and scrapbooks. (12 months)
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck Junior College, Bismarck, ND
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the institutional archives of the college and attendance by library staff at a seminar at the University of Wisconsin on the care of archival materials. (4 months)
Fort Berthold Community College, New Town, ND
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of audiotape collections of oral histories that are related to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Indian tribes. (12 months)
Grand Forks County Historical Society, Grand Forks, ND
Outright: $3,700
The purchase of storage materials to rehouse photographic and material culture collections that document the history of Grand Forks, North Dakota. (13 months)
Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND
Outright: $4,918
The purchase of storage furniture to rehouse archival collections that document the social, cultural, and literary history and folklore of North Dakota. (12 months)
Joachim Museum, Dickinson, ND
Outright: $3,260
A preservation assessment of material culture, photographic, and paper-based collections that document the social, ethnic, farming, and railroad history of southwestern North Dakota. (9 months)
Minot State University, Minot, ND
Outright: $4,795
A preservation assessment and workshop for staff on the care of works of art on paper collections. (5 months)
Railroad Museum of Minot, Minot, ND
Outright: $4,645
A preservation assessment of material culture collections that are related to the social and railroad history of Minot, North Dakota. (6 months)
OHIO
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse artifacts, printed materials, maps, photographs, and film that are related to the social, business, agricultural, and cultural history of Cincinnati. (12 months)
Cleveland Police Historical Society, Cleveland, OH
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and storage supplies to rehouse photographic and archival collections that document the 19th- and 20th-century social history of Cleveland. (12 months)
Historic Southwest Ohio, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Outright: $2,444
The purchase of storage supplies to rehouse books, prints, and maps that
document the social history of southwest Ohio.
(3 months)
Montgomery County Historical Society, Dayton, OH
Outright: $4,645
A preservation assessment of still and moving images and paper-based collections that document the business, social, and political history of Ohio and the United States. (11 months)
Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, OH
Outright: $4,971
A preservation assessment and on-site workshop on the care of collections to improve the staff's ability to preserve paper-based and photographic collections that depict the social history of Scioto County, Ohio. (7 months)
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of paper-based collections that are related to the literary, social, and cultural history of Cincinnati. (3 months)
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the paintings, photographs, and objects of material culture that are displayed in the historic house museum of United States President Rutherford B. Hayes. (4 months)
Sandusky Library Follett House Museum, Sandusky, OH
Outright: $1,546
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to assess conditions under which 19th- and 20th-century material culture collections are housed. (12 months)
Shaker Heights Public Library, Shaker Heights, OH
Outright: $1,727
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse paper-based collections that document the literary and social history of 20th-century Shaker Heights, Ohio. (2 months)
OKLAHOMA
Cherokee National Historical Society, Tahlequah, OK
Outright: $908
Attendance at a three-day collections care workshop, offered by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois. (1 month)
Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
Outright: $965
Attendance at a four-day workshop on the care of textiles, offered by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois. (12 months)
Price Towers Arts Center, Bartlesville, OK
Outright: $1,350
A preservation assessment of moving images that document the business
and architectural history of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
(4 months)
OREGON
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Pendelton, OR
Outright: $1,444
The purchase of materials to rehouse an artifact collection of stone tools, basketry, firearms, and works of art related to Native American tribes in Oregon. (12 months)
PENNSYLVANIA
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $3,180
A preservation assessment of collections that focus on the history of the African American community of Philadelphia from 1796 to the 1960s. (4 months)
Butler County Historical Society, Butler, PA
Outright: $4,998
The purchase of storage materials and environmental monitoring equipment to rehouse and preserve documents, photographs, and textiles related to the 19th-century history of Pennsylvania. (10 months)
Historic Bethlehem Partnership, Inc., Bethlehem, PA
Outright: $3,017
A preservation assessment of paper-based collections related to the ethnic, social, cultural, and settlement history of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (13 months)
Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, PA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of a painting collection that documents the historic landscape and people of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. (3 months)
Lycoming County Historical Museum, Williamsport, PA
Outright: $3,017
A preservation assessment of paper-based collections, including maps, books, and works of art that document the social, cultural, business, and municipal history of north central Pennsylvania. (4 months)
Philadelphia Folklore Project, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $3,700
The purchase of storage materials and supplies to rehouse a collection of posters, flyers, clippings, and photographs that are related to 20th-century political history. (4 months)
Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of storage furniture for the museum's silver collection that depicts craftsmanship of 17th- and 18th-century Philadelphia. (12 months)
PUERTO RICO
Amigos de Calle del Cristo 255, Inc. San Juan, PR
Outright: $4,406
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse posters, maps, and works of graphic art that are related to the arts and culture of Puerto Rico. (12 months)
RHODE ISLAND
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, RI
Outright: $4,789
A preservation assessment of paper-based special collections that document United States history and culture from the 18th through the 20th centuries. (4 months)
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Outright: $2,631
The purchase of archival supplies to rehouse a photographic collection that depicts the history and development of South Carolina State University from 1950 to the present. (12 months)
TENNESSEE
King College, Bristol, TN
Outright: $1,600
A preservation assessment of books, photographic, and film collections that focus on the history of the college. (12 months)
Lee College, Cleveland, TN
Outright: $4,927
Attendance at a preservation workshop offered by the Georgia Archives Institute, and the purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to assess relative humidity and temperature conditions. (10 months)
LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the archives that contains materials that are related to the history of the college and the Civil Rights Movement. (12 months)
Milligan College, Milligan College, TN
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of the college's library and archives collections relating to local, social, industrial, and religious history. (4 months)
TEXAS
Austin History Center, Austin, TX
Outright: $1,410
The purchase of storage furniture to rehouse slide collections documenting the history of the city of Austin and Travis County, Texas, from 1960 to 1990. (2 months)
Cameron - J. Jarvis Troup Municipal Library, Troup, TX
Outright: $1,990
A preservation workshop on the care of photographic collections that depict local history from the 1890s through the 1970s. (7 months)
Centro Alameda, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Outright: $2,075
A preservation assessment of audiotape collections containing oral history interviews with pioneers of Latin music in southern Texas and the United States-Mexico border region. (4 months)
El Progreso Memorial Library, Uvalde, TX
Outright: $882
The purchase of storage supplies to rehouse paper-based collections that document the frontier, social, and business history of Uvalde in southern Texas. (12 months)
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Outright: $3,999
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse material culture collections that depict the social and ranching history of Texas. (12 months)
Texas A&M University at Kingsville, Kingsville, TX
Outright: $5,000
A visit by preservation professionals who will conduct on-site workshops on the care of paper-based collections for faculty and staff of the library. Staff of neighboring institutions would also be invited to attend. (12 months)
Texas Maritime Museum, Rockport, TX
Outright: $4,998
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse the museum's material culture collections that are related to Texas maritime history. (7 months)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Outright: $3,000
A preservation assessment of photographic collections that depict the social, economic, architectural, and cultural history of Houston, Texas. (4 months)
Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
Outright: $4,994
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and storage supplies to rehouse and preserve photographic collections that depict the economic, social, and cultural history of San Antonio, Texas. (12 months)
VIRGINIA
Isle of Wight Country Museum Foundation, Inc., Smithfield, VA
Outright: $4,625
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse books, photographs, posters, and maps that are related to 19th-century Virginia. (12 months)
VERMONT
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, VT
Outright: $3,693
A preservation assessment and rehousing of photographic and glass plate negative collections that depict business, social, and landscape history of 19th- and 20th-century Vermont. (12 months)
Woodstock Historical Society, Woodstock, VT
Outright: $4,443
The purchase of archival materials to preserve the society's photographic collection that depicts the history of 19th- and 20th-century central Windsor County, Vermont. (7 months)
WASHINGTON
Anacortes Museum, Anacortes, WA
Outright: $1,512
A preservation assessment of the Funk Photograph Collection of prints and negatives that depict the social, business, and cultural history of Fidalgo and Guemes Islands in Washington state. (11 months)
Friends of Skamokawa Foundation, Skamokawa, WA
Outright: $942
The purchase of storage materials and the rehousing of photographs, maps, drawings, and material culture collections that are related to the pioneer history of communities of the lower Columbia River region of Washington. (12 months)
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Outright: $5,000
The purchase of preservation supplies and protection of mid-19th- to
early 20th-century European and American paintings.
(6 months)
Skokomish Indian Tribe, Shelton, WA
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of collections of baskets, photographs, and archival documents that are related to the Skokomish Indian Tribe. (5 months)
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Outright: $5,000
A visit by preservation professionals who will conduct a workshop on disaster recovery for the library's staff. Staff from other cultural repositories in the area will also be invited to attend. (10 months)
Washington State Archives, Olympia, WA
Outright: $4,322
Attendance at workshops on the care of library and archival materials
to be conducted by AMIGOS Library Services, Inc.
(1 month)
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
Outright: $4,000
A preservation assessment of the library's special collections that are related to literature, the Civil War, and the history and culture of West Virginia and the Appalachian region. (6 months)
WISCONSIN
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Outright: $1,050
Attendance at a four-day course on the care of collections, offered by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois. (4 months)
Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee, WI
Outright: $4,004
A preservation assessment of collections that include photographs, documents, maps, publications, and material culture documenting the history of Milwaukee County. (12 months)
Oneida Nation Museum, Oneida, WI
Outright: $4,989
A preservation assessment and the purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to improve storage of material culture collections that are related to the Oneida Tribe and the Iroquois Confederacy. (12 months)
WYOMING
Big Horn County Library, Basin, WY
Outright: $5,000
A preservation workshop for the library's staff and an assessment of collections of publications, maps, photographs, and memorabilia that are related to the local, social, cultural, and family history of Basin, Wyoming. (7 months)
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment of collections dating from the 19th century that include textiles, artifacts, photographs, and artwork relating to the history and culture of the American West. (4 months)
Fort Bridger State Historic Site, Fort Bridger, WY
Outright: $4,999
The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to assess conditions in historic buildings that exhibit collections documenting Wyoming's frontier history. (13 months)
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Outright: $4,954
The purchase of light monitoring equipment and light filters to preserve
works of art that depict the American West.
(12 months)
South Pass City State Historic Site, South Pass City, WY
Outright: $5,000
A preservation assessment and the purchase of environmental monitoring equipment for the site's collection of material culture and photographs that document the social and mining history of Wyoming. (12 months)
Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne, WY
Outright: $3,320
A preservation assessment of paper-based collections that document the municipal, business, architectural, and social history of Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. (1 month)