PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: May 2008
FISCAL YEAR 2008 GRANTS
NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM
Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records,
Phoenix, AZ |
Outright: $400,000 |
Digitization of 100,000 pages of Arizona newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1922, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
www.lib.az.us/ |
| Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH | Outright: $353,069 |
Digitization of 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers from 1880 to 1922, as part of the National Newspaper Digital Program (NDNP). www.ohiohistory.org/ |
| Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus, University Park, PA | Outright: $393,650
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Digitization of 100,000 pages of Pennsylvania newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1922, as part of the state's participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). www.psu.edu/ |
| State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO | Outright: $179,740 |
Digitization of 100,000 pages of Missouri newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1922, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
shs.umsystem.edu/index.shtml |
| University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI | Outright: $200,000
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Digitization of 25,000 pages of Hawai'i newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1922, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
www.uhm.hawaii.edu/ |
| Washington State Library, Olympia, WA | Outright: $341,424 |
Digitization of 100,000 pages of Washington State’s microfilmed newspapers from 1880 to 1922, as part of the National Newspaper Digital Program (NDNP).
www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ |
STABILIZING HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS
| Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, PA | Outright: $595,970 |
The improvement of environmental conditions and installation of fire suppression to protect the museum’s library, archival, and material culture collections, which document the history of Philadelphia.
www.philadelphiahistory.org/ |
| Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX | Outright: $600,000 |
| Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE | Outright: $450,000 |
Installation of a climate control system, purchase and installation of storage furniture, and renovations to the Hagley Museum Hall of Records to improve conditions for its artifact and library collections on economic and business history.
www.hagley.org/about.html |
| Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME | Outright: $197,582
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The stabilization of the watercraft collection and construction of visible storage for 117 historic Maine boats.
www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/ |
| Naperville Heritage Society, Naperville, IL | Outright: $590,588
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The purchase of storage furniture and rehousing of approximately 24,000 items from Naper Settlement’s archival and material culture collections, which document the history of Naperville from its pioneer days to the present.
www.napersettlement.org/ |
| Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH | Outright: $590,900
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The purchase of storage furniture for more than 3,800 paintings and objects from the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s collection of world art
www.oberlin.edu/amam/default.html |
| Portland Museum, Louisville, KY | Outright: $364,126
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The improvement of environmental conditions to preserve collections of historical objects, costumes, paintings, drawings, photographs, books, documents, and oral histories that document the history of Portland, Kentucky.
www.goportland.org/portlandwharfpark.htm |
| Spelman College, Atlanta, GA | Outright: $122,742
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The purchase and installation of compact shelving to house the college’s archives and special collections, which date from the late 1880s.
www.spelman.edu/ |
| University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME | Outright: $466,009
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The purchase of compact storage systems for the Osher Map Library and the rehousing of 100,000 rare and semi-rare maps, atlases, globes, and explorers’ accounts dating from 1475 to 1950.
www.usm.maine.edu/ |
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