PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: May 2004

STABILIZING HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS

Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000

The installation of climate control and fire suppression systems and the purchase of compact shelving to preserve library, archival, and material culture collections that document the history of the settlement and development of Connecticut and its role in the creation of American democracy, technology, and industry. (12 months)
http://www.chs.org/

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000
The purchase of storage furniture, the move, and the rehousing of collections in the new de Young Museum, which will open in 2005. The museum's collection of 25,000 objects includes American paintings and decorative arts, ancient and native American artifacts, African and Oceanic art, and textiles from around the world. (18 months)
http://www.thinker.org/

Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Outright: $510,772
The installation of climate control, fire protection, and security systems in the 1817 National Historic Landmark Florence Griswold House, which was the home of the Lyme Art Colony in the early 20th century. These systems will help to preserve collections of paintings, works on paper, household and artists' studio furnishings, and archival holdings related to the colony, which are exhibited and stored in the house. (24 months)
http://www.flogris.org/

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT
Outright: $300,000
Match: $100,000
The installation of climate control and fire suppression systems to preserve the material culture, library and archival collections that are stored and displayed in the historic houses relating to the life of Harriett Beecher Stowe, her family, and American society in the 19th century. (36 months)
http://www.harrietbeecherstowe.net/

Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc., De Smet, SD
Outright: $35,000
The purchase of storage cabinets and shelving to house the society's 2000-item collection of photographs, clothing, books, furniture, and historical artifacts, which tell the story of the Ingalls-Wilder families and bring to life Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books. (12 months)
http://www.liwms.com/

Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
Outright: $47,805
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to move and rehouse artifacts and archival materials that are related to the life, literature, and times of Samuel Clemens (1835 to 1910). (6 months)
http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Outright: $529,069
Match: $50,000
The purchase of storage furniture and the cataloging of the museum's Art of the Ancient World collection. In this project, 8,620 Egyptian and Nubian objects and 6,699 Greek and Roman artifacts would be rehoused, 8,100 objects currently without records would be cataloged, and digital images would be created for 13,700 objects and added to the museum's online catalog. (30 months)
http://www.mfa.org/

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000

The purchase of storage equipment and the rehousing of 89,000 works on paper that will be relocated to the museum's renovated facilities. The collections include photographs, drawings, prints, and illustrated books, dating from 1840 to the present. (16 months)
http://www.moma.org/

New York State Parks and Recreation, Waterford, NY
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000
The improvement of environmental conditions and the installation of fire suppression and alarm systems at Olana, the Persian inspired home and estate designed by Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church. These systems would protect a 40,000-item collection of furniture, paintings, textiles, works on paper, and archival materials. (24 months)

Northeast Historic Film, Blue Hill Falls, ME
Outright: $339,837
The installation of climate control, fire suppression, and security systems for the protection of moving image collections held by Northeast Historic Film and seven partner organizations in the Northeast. Supplies for storing collections would also be purchased and a consultant hired to develop a database for inventory and circulation control. (12 months)
http://www.oldfilm.org/

University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
Outright: $312,850
Match: $25,000
The purchase and installation of storage furniture for rehousing 14,728 linear feet of materials from the Performing Arts and the Film and Television collections and 500 paintings in the Ransom Center's recently renovated archives' storage. (12 months)
http://www.utexas.edu/