US Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Publication No 1997-10
Final Report Cover Sheet
NCPTT 1996 Grant
Institution/Organization: St. Augustine Historical Society
Project Title: "Getting it out of the Attic", A Creole Preservation Guide
Grant Number: MT-2255-6-NC-035
Summarize requested amendments (if any) to the original Grant Agreement or Work-Cost Budget
and provide the approval date(s):
Requested and received approval for a move of $700 from Travel category to Supplies category
on November 15, 1996.
Briefly describe each of the final grant products:
The final product is a report of the compilation of data received through two (2) separate surveys
regarding the existence and preservation of Creole material culture collections. Various
institutions, archives, libraries, universities, museums, etc. were targeted for the first survey. The
second survey was addressed to the general national Creole public. This report also contains the
intended outline of the written and electronic versions of a proposed guide (which is not a
product of this project).
Describe differences, if any, between the planned and actual work-costs:
Costs for required auditing added
Provide a brief final Work-Cost Budget breakdown:
The final budget breakdown was as stipulated in the original Grant Agreement shown below:
| Item |
Cost |
| Salaries |
$0.00 |
| Fringe Benefits |
|
| 0.00 |
|
| Travel* |
1,040.00 |
| Equipment |
2,700.00 |
| Supplies* |
1,900.00 |
| Contractural |
22,400.00 |
| Other |
2,000.00 |
| |
|
| TOTAL |
$30,040.00 |
| *A move of $700 from TRAVEL to SUPPLIES |
Describe reasons for differences between the planned and actual work-costs:
N/A
Briefly describe how the work supported by this grant advance the field of historic
preservation:
The work of this grant identified private collections and institutional repositories of material
culture objects and documents associated with the Louisiana Creole cultural group. The
surveys conducted discovered the desire, by the Creole public, for information and skills
that would provide for the preservation of artifacts and documents related to their heritage.
The necessity for access to training, publications, reference materials and electronically
acquired information on the identified subject was clearly determined The work is a
breakthrough in the field of preservation Similar research regarding this cultural group has
heretofore been non-existent in spite of the Creoles significance to America’s heritage.
If there will be a publication or video, state when copies will be forward to NCPTT: N/A
Provide any other date or information required by grant special condition or funded work:
None.
Signed: Janet Colson, Principal Investigator
Date: 9/19/1997
Your Organization: St. Augustine Historical Society