PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: November 2006

Preserving and Creating Access to Humanities Collections

Research and Development

New York Public Library, New York, NY Outright: $350,000.00 A joint project of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) to determine best practices for monitoring, evaluating, and optimizing environmental storage conditions in cultural repositories. www.nypl.org/

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Outright:$229,200.00 Additional Match: $40,000 Incorporation into the Unicode standard of 15 historical and minority language scripts. www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/sei/index.html

University of Maine, Orono, Orono, ME Outright: $307,691.00 The development of a new metadata standard and three complementary tools for the cataloging and preservation of born digital and ephemeral artworks. www.umaine.edu/

Preservation Assistance Grants

American Congregational Association, Boston, MA Outright: $4,027.00 A general preservation assessment and development of long term preservation plans for archival records from 206 churches as well as 1200 periodicals, 550 linear feet of sermons, 160 hymn and tune books, and an array of other materials related to the history of the Congregational Church in America from the 18th century to the 1980s.

American Precision Museum, Windsor, VT Outright: $3,331.00 The purchase of supplies and equipment to store collections housed in the 1846 National Historic Landmark Robbins and Lawrence Armory, an international engineering heritage site. The museum's holdings document the history of precision manufacturing and include machine tools, models, and firearms, which date from 1820 to the mid 20th century, as well as books and records from 19th century machine tool companies.

Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc., Hartford, CT Outright: $5,000.00 Environmental monitoring at eight historic house museums, which house and display nearly 10,000 historical and decorative objects and 400 linear feet of archival materials that document four centuries of domestic architecture and family life in Connecticut.

Arizona Historical Foundation, Tempe, AZ Outright: $4,945.00 A preservation assessment of 300 manuscript collections, 12,000 photographs, 8,000 books, audio and video collections, microfilms, and other materials related to Senator Barry Goldwater, and politics, the law, and the business, social, and cultural history of Arizona.

Bayshore Discovery Project, Port Norris, NJ Outright: $5,000.00 A general preservation assessment of manuscripts, postcards, 250 photographs, and 200 books related to the 20th century history of watermen and the bivalve harvesting industry in the New Jersey areas of the Delaware Bay.

Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, Big Pine, CA Outright: $5,000.00 A workshop to train staff in the care of materials that document the history and culture of the tribe including archaeological artifacts, oral histories, manuscripts, and recordings of Yokut and Paiute songs.

Billerica Public Library, Billerica, MA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage supplies and environmental monitoring equipment for archival records, books, pamphlets, microfilm, audiotapes, and newspapers that document the town's history, including the development of its early mills and canals.

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Outright: $4,080.00 Consultation to devise a preservation program for the library's existing and future digital collections. The library houses special and archival collections related to Irish and British studies, including manuscripts by literary figures such as William Butler Yeats, Hilaire Belloc, and Graham Greene, as well as works published by or about the Jesuits, and materials that document Catholic liturgical movements in America.

Brewster Ladies Library Association, Brewster, MA Outright: $4,998.00 A preservation assessment of records, manuscripts, and oral histories relating to the history of the town of Brewster from 1799 to the present, with additional support for archival supplies and workshop training for staff in the care of photographs and scrapbooks.

Appalshop, Inc., Whitesburg, KY Outright: $226,629 Cataloging archival records that document the content of the organization's multi media collections, creating finding aids, and rehousing and the selective reformatting of audio and moving image collections.

Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ Outright: $4,660.00 The purchase of archival supplies and the training of staff and volunteers in procedures for handling and storing photographs, documents, and artifacts that document the growth of the cranberry and blueberry industries in the historic village of Whitesbog.

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a preservation consultant to assess the film and videotape collection and preservation plan of CalArts, an organization that houses and provides access to experimental and independent moving image animation created from the 1920s to the present.

California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to assess the effects of relative humidity, temperature, and light on collections that document the history and technology of railroads and railroading in California and the Western states from the 1850s to the present. Collections include photographs; manuscripts; mechanical, engineering, and architectural drawings and maps; advertising materials; paintings and prints; uniforms; dining car artifacts; tools and equipment; and rolling stock.

California State University, Long Beach University Library, Long Beach, CA Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring an archivist to conduct a general preservation assessment of 500,000 sound recordings in a variety of formats, one million still image negatives, and periodicals comprising the collection of the California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz, a state wide organization headquartered at the university.

Central Rappahannock Heritage Center, Fredericksburg, VA Outright: $5,000.00 A general preservation assessment of manuscripts, documents, photographs, drawings, maps, books, and deeds, wills, death certificates and other vital records related to the history of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and surrounding area from the 1720s to the 1990s.

Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA Outright: $4,975.00 Hiring a consultant to assist in developing and implementing an emergency preparedness plan. The consultant will meet with staff, volunteers, and board members of the society and will be available via telephone for continued consultation as the emergency preparedness plan is written and implemented. Among the society's 80,000 objects are furniture built in the 1730s, agricultural tools and equipment, 19th century needlework samplers, scientific equipment, Revolutionary and Civil War surgeon kits, paintings by Benjamin West, Bass Otis, and Andrew Wyeth, photographs, and library resources.

Chicago Film Archives, Chicago, IL Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of a moving image collection comprising 5,500 films, created in various formats between 1911 and 1990, that focus on the American Midwest; supplies approved by the consultant would also be purchased.

Children's Center, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Outright: $3,000.00 A general preservation assessment of correspondence, photographs, and other records related to the history of the Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights Movement, Black primary education, and the development of the African American community in Los Angeles from the 1880s to the present.

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Outright: $4,920.00 The purchase of dataloggers to monitor temperature, relative humidity, and light levels in the collections areas of the art museum.

City of Central Falls, Central Falls, RI Outright: $4,743.00 Hiring a consultant to conduct a general preservation assessment of collections housed in a Victorian style historic house museum. The collections of the museum include letters, newspapers, scrap books, and photographs; military uniforms, medals, buttons, ribbons, and weapons; and 12 oil paintings by a local artist. Significant among the collections are 3 World War I recruitment posters and the Atlas of Union and Confederate Armies, consisting of 19" x 29" plates.

City of Greeley Museums, Greeley, CO Outright: $3,092.00 The attendance of a curator at a workshop on the preservation and care of image collections and the purchase of supplies to rehouse 4,698 photographs in a museum collection centered on the history of Weld County, Colorado.

City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV Outright: $4,851.00 Hiring preservation consultants to assess the City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Rider Collection of 2,400 still images dating from the 19th and early 20th century, to conduct a two day workshop on this media for the staffs of other small museums in New Mexico and the purchase of supplies to rehouse the photographs.

City of Manchester Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Department, Manchester, NH Outright: $5,000.00 A general preservation assessment of archives, record books, deeds, blueprints, maps, certificates, lot books, and other records documenting nine municipal cemeteries in Manchester, New Hampshire, from the 1820s through the 20th century.

Collin County Historical Society, Inc., McKinney, TX Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies to rehouse maps, posters, and 800 photographs related to the history of Collin County, Texas, from the 1870s to the 1970s.

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of the storage facilities for the artifacts and works of art on paper in the university's art center and the purchase of preservation supplies and storage furniture for rehousing the collections.

Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, NY Outright: $5,000.00 The construction of a storage unit and hanging racks for artwork, primarily portraits and landscapes from the early 19th century to the present that document the Dutch cultural heritage of the Hudson Valley region and towns such as Spencertown and Kinderhook.

Denison University, Granville, OH Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of archival supplies and storage furniture to rehouse the university museum's collection of Chinese rubbings of shrines and temples of the Han, Tang, Song, and Qing Dynasties.

Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI Outright: $5,000.00 Purchasing preservation boxes and materials to rehouse textiles. The collection would be rehoused in the museum's newly renovated storage area. The museum's textile collections include quilts, coverlets, and flags, dating from the 1830s, and personal clothing items such as handbags and fans.

Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, IL Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of supplies and furniture to house archival materials in Ellwood House, built in 1879 by Isaac Ellwood, one of the first manufacturers of barbed wire. The home was occupied until 1964 by several generations of the Ellwood family and contains original furnishings, art, accessories, textiles, tools, business papers, diaries, photographs, maps, ledgers, and other archival materials.

Explorers Club, Inc., New York, NY Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of the club's collections, which include manuscripts, film, photographs, books, and maps on exploration and travel in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as the institution's records since 1904. Many of the archival materials relate to the history of Arctic exploration, including the Lady Franklyn Bay Expedition of 1881.

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, Peaks Island, ME Outright: $1,139.00 The purchase of shelving and supplies for the storage of Civil War holdings and materials that document the history of Peaks Island from the mid 1700s to the present. Three recently acquired collections of photographs, uniforms, weapons, equipment, household artifacts, and archival materials will be rehoused in a newly created storage room.

Flannery O'Connor Andalusia Foundation, Milledgeville, GA Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of collections at Andalusia, the family farm where Flannery O'Connor lived for thirteen years, until her death in 1964. The ten room house contains furniture, household accessories, photographs, and documents.

Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, Malone, NY Outright: $4,850.00 Preservation assessment of archival records, daybooks, ledgers, scrapbooks, registers, maps, and other materials related to the cultural, political, agricultural, and business history of Franklin County, New York, from the 1820s to the 1970s.

Freeport Historical Society, Freeport, ME Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage shelving, supplies, and environmental monitoring equipment for the care of collections in Harrington House (1830). These historical artifacts and archival materials document the history of Freeport, Maine, from 1750 to the present.

Frelinghuysen Morris Foundation, Lenox, MA Outright: $5,000.00 Development of a long range preservation plan to guide the care of collections at the Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio, which was home to abstract artists George L.K. Morris (1905 1975) and Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911 1988). The collection includes their own art as well as works by such artists as Braque, Matisse, Arp, Leger, and Gris, along with extensive archival materials and household furnishings.

Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, Sevier, UT Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of preservation supplies and environmental monitoring equipment to care for the museum's archaeological holdings, excavated from sites around Clear Creek Canyon in central Utah. The majority of the collection is from the Five Finger Ridge site, a large Indian village dating from A.D. 1200 to 1350.

General John A. Logan Museum, Murphysboro, IL Outright: $5,000.00 A general conservation assessment of collections that examine the life of General John Logan (1826 1886), who volunteered for the Mexican War in 1846, became a volunteer general in the Civil War, and then pursued a political career that led from county clerk to U.S. Senator. The museum's collections include household furnishings, military memorabilia, photographs, maps, and correspondence.

GRACE, Hardwick, VT Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of storage conditions and a conservation assessment for a collection of 1,300 artworks by Vermont contemporary folk artist, Gayleen Aiken.

Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, MA Outright: $4,489.00 A conservation assessment of 102 Currier & Ives lithographs and the preparation of a treatment plan for their preservation.

Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC Outright: $896.00 The purchase of a storage cabinet and archival supplies to rehouse historic Sanborn fire insurance maps, documenting buildings and properties in Charleston in 1866.

Historic House Trust of New York City, New York, NY Outright: $5,000.00 Consultation with a preservation expert who will review environmental monitoring data and recommend actions to improve conditions in the Trust's historic house museums. Four properties have been selected for analysis: the Alice Austen House Museum (ca. 1690) on Staten Island with 19th century contents that document Austen's life as a prolific photographer; the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (1784), the last surviving farmhouse in Manhattan; Lefferts Historic House, an 18th century Dutch American farmhouse that focuses on Brooklyn family life; and Merchant's House Museum (1832), with its 19th century household and textile collections.

Historical Society of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach, FL Outright: $5,000.00 A general preservation assessment of the historical society's books, photographs, maps, newspapers, journals, periodicals, architectural drawings, furniture, art objects, artifacts, and textiles. Most of the materials date from the 1870s to the late 20th century. Among the rarest objects is a pre Columbian wooden human effigy that has been dated to between A.D. 900 to 1200.

Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, ID Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of 50,000 cubic feet of manuscripts and archival records, 30,000 rolls of microfilm, 500,000 photographs, 5,000 films and videotapes, 3,100 oral histories, 32,000 maps, and 25,000 books and periodicals related to the state's political, cultural, and social history from the mid 19th century to the 1990s.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute, Indiana, PA Outright: $4,710.00 A preservation assessment of records and artifacts created or owned by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company, the largest mining operation in Southwestern Pennsylvania, from 1881 to the end of the 20th century. Among the rare items in this collection are maps that document digging activity in the mine and property lines above ground since 1886.

Jacobsburg Historical Society, Nazareth, PA Outright: $4,865.00 Preservation assessment of some 41 linear feet of correspondence, diaries, journals, ledgers, and vital records, 1,000 photographs and books related to the William Henry family, American firearms manufacturer from 1740 to 1989.

John Wesley Powell Museum, Page, AZ Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to properly house nine of the museum's archival collections, which document the history of the city of Page, nearby Lake Powell, Monument Valley, and the Four Corners region. Materials to be rehoused include photographs, maps, oral histories, newspapers, and documents dealing with the exploration, settlement, and development of this region.

Kitsap County Historical Society, Bremerton, WA Outright: $4,806.00 A general preservation assessment of six collections comprising 86,000 photographs and negatives that document the history and culture of western Washington State from 1913 to the mid 1980s.

Lasell College Brennan Library,, Newton, MA Outright: $4,216.00 The purchase of archival supplies, storage shelving, ultraviolet shields for fluorescent lights, and environmental monitoring equipment to preserve archives on the history of women's education and Lasell College from 1851 to the present.

Leo Baeck Institute, Inc., New York, NY Outright: $5,000.00 A conservation assessment of 150 pastel drawings, dating from the 18th century, documenting German Jewish life and culture.

Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR Outright: $4,893.00 A preservation assessment of the library's collections with particular focus on special and archival collections. Among the latter are: an extensive collection of books, newspapers, pamphlets, and manuscripts related to the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804 1806) and literary manuscripts and papers of poets such as Edwin Markham and William Stafford.

Library and Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition, Concord, NH Outright: $4,700.00 Purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and consultation with a conservator to study conditions in the New Hampshire Political Library and the Franklin Pierce Manse (built ca. 1838), where Pierce and his family lived from 1842 to 1848. The Manse and the Library recently merged and their combined collections provide researchers and the public a better understanding of our 14th President and New Hampshire's political history.

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Univ., PA Outright: $1,600.00 A preservation survey of a collection of 200 audiotapes that document the Civil Rights Movement and other activities from the 1950s through the 1980s at Pennsylvania's only historically black university, founded in 1854.

Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, RI Outright: $5,000.00 Purchasing storage shelving and materials to rehouse collections that include library and archival materials, men's and women's clothing and rugs, books on 19th century education, documents and photographs related to the Sakonnet Lighthouse, and maps and records of the community of Little Compton, Rhode Island.

Littleton Historical Society, Inc., Littleton, MA Outright: $5,000.00 Purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies for manuscripts, scrapbooks, genealogies, maps, and other records related to the history of Littleton, Massachusetts and surrounding areas from the early 18th century to the present. There would also be a preservation training for staff of local institutions.

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Outright: $5,000.00 Purchase of exhibition cases and bookmounts to preserve materials on display at the library. The library's collections contain cuneiform tablets, illuminated manuscripts, and approximately 6,000 rare books related to biblical, theological, and Reformation studies as well as to the American Lutheran experience in the colonial era.

Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT Outright: $3,581.00 A conservation assessment of 95 pieces of 19th and early 20th century furniture, most of which are displayed in the Mark Twain House where Samuel Clemens and his family lived from 1874 until 1891. Sixty of the furnishings belonged to the author or his immediate family and include an elaborately carved bed purchased in Venice in 1878, Twain's billiard table, and a crib.

MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD Outright: $5,000.00 Purchase of storage furniture, environmental monitoring equipment, and storage supplies to rehouse 182 linear feet of correspondence, reports, financial records and other archival materials, as well as books and pamphlets related to the history of Union Memorial Hospital (UMH), founded in 1854.

Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT Outright: $4,905.00 A preservation assessment of a collection of maps of Montana dating from 1864 to the 1940s, documenting the development of towns and the growth of mining, railroads, and cattle ranching.

Montana State University, Billings, Billings, MT Outright: $5,000.00 Attendance of a special collections librarian at three one week workshops at the Preservation Management Institute in New Jersey. Based on the workshop training, the librarian would perform a preservation assessment and create a disaster management plan for the institution.

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of shelving for the storage of American Indian baskets and consultation with a conservator who will examine selected baskets and conduct an on site preservation workshop for the museum's staff. The collection dates from the mid 1800s to the present and includes household, ceremonial, and early tourist trade baskets with key examples from California and the Southwest.

Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA Outright: 5,000.00 A preservation assessment survey of archival and special collections that document the history of the Moravian church in America, its early educational efforts, and the settlement of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The collections include materials in multiple formats, dating from the early 1700s to the present.

Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR Outright: $5,000.00 Purchase of preservation supplies to rehouse 84,000 photographs and 440 volumes of court journals, coroner's reports, general ledgers, budget reports and other records related to the history of Multnomah County, Oregon, from 1854 to 1990.

Museum of History and Art, Ontario, Ontario, CA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of cabinets for the storage of material culture collections that document industries important to the development of Ontario, California, including citrus growing, viticulture, mining, assaying, and ranching.

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring two preservation consultants to develop and test a disaster recovery management plan, purchase supplies, and train the staff of the museum in emergency management preparedness. The museum holds a collection of 19th and 20th century photographs, including materials from the former Soviet Union.

National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage cabinets and archival supplies to rehouse oversized artifacts, such as posters, newspapers, prints, and drawings, that document American Jewish history and culture.

New Castle Historical Society, New Castle, DE Outright: $5,000.00 An assessment of environmental conditions and development of a plan to preserve collections of decorative and fine arts, furniture, textiles, and archives stored and displayed in the historical society's Dutch House (c.1692 1701) and Amstel House (1738). Visitors to these historic house museums learn about the colonial history of New Castle, Delaware, and the surrounding area.

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA Outright: $4,070.00 Hiring a consultant to conduct an on site consultation and facility review to develop a disaster preparedness and response plan. The consultant will collaborate with staff of the museum to conduct a one day workshop to implement the disaster plan. The museum's collection includes quilts from across the country, with the majority from New England. The quilts range in date from 1800 to the late 20th century.

New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ Outright: $4,850.00 A preservation assessment of some 4,000 books and 4,000 linear feet of broadsides, maps, atlases, newspapers, and other materials related to New Jersey history, politics, and law from the mid 17th century to the early 1900s.

New York Public Library, New York, NY Outright: $3,249.00 The purchase of storage furniture, archival supplies, and environmental monitoring equipment to preserve archives and publications relating to the history of Staten Island.

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Inc, New York, NY Outright: $2,100.00 Hiring a preservation consultant to assess a collection of 1,350 audio and videotapes of lectures from 1966 to the present given by prominent artists and scholars (among them Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and Buckminster Fuller) that focus on theories and philosophies of the arts.

Nichols House Museum, Inc., Boston, MA Outright: $5,000.00 The assessment of environmental conditions and the development of a plan to preserve collections of household furnishings, decorative and fine arts, textiles, and archives stored and displayed in the Nichols House, an 1804 four story brick townhouse attributed to architect Charles Bullfinch. Ninety percent of the collections are original to the Nichols family who lived in the house from 1885 to 1960.

Norwich Free Academy Foundation, Inc., Norwich, CT Outright: $4,951.00 The purchase of archival supplies, storage cabinets, and shelving to rehouse over 600 works of art on paper, documenting the history of Norwich from the 18th through the 20th century.

Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of temperature and humidity, light, and insect monitoring equipment and staff training in their use to improve storage conditions for the museum's collections of American fine and folk art and its collection of the folk art of southern New Jersey.

Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of the library's special collections, which include papers and works by poet Robinson Jeffers, writer Upton Sinclair, and artist Gordon Newall. The library also houses the Risdon Collection on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War and a collection of first person narratives by explorers and settlers of the American West.

Ohio Genealogical Society, Mansfield, OH Outright: $4,027.00 The purchase of archival supplies to re house manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, court records, church records, ledgers, and ephemera on Ohio family history.

Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK Outright: $4,965.00 A preservation assessment of the library's archives and special collections and the purchase of preservation supplies. The collections include records related to the history of the Methodist Church in Oklahoma and materials that document state politics and Oklahoma City history.

Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, PA Outright: $5,000.00 Purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies to rehouse 250 linear feet of manuscripts related to the life and career of theater and dance educator Edith Fetherston and her husband John Fetherston, a New York politician, engineer, and inventor.

Pewabic Society, Inc., Detroit, MI Outright: $4,885.25 A conservation assessment and the purchase of preservation supplies to rehouse photographs, drawings, blueprints, correspondence, and business records related to the work of artist and ceramics potter, Mary Stratton (1903 to 1961).

Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY Outright: $4,750.00 A condition assessment of the Howard Hart Curtain Quarter Coach, a town coach used by the Hart family of Troy, New York, from the mid to late nineteenth century. A team of specialized conservators would assess the condition of the coach's original materials, participate in a roundtable discussion with carriage historians and curators, and propose appropriate conservation treatments to preserve the coach.

Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center, Superior, WI Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a consultant and purchasing environmental monitoring equipment to conduct an environmental study of the center's storage room. The collections include military uniforms, service records, medals, weapons, aircraft, and machinery related to the Second World War.

Richards Free Library, Newport, NH Outright: $4,137.00 A preservation assessment of 18th and 19th century books, periodicals, maps, newspapers, glass lantern slides, negatives, correspondence, and ephemera documenting the history of New Hampshire.

Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT Outright: $4,976.00 The purchase of storage units and supplies for manuscripts, records, photographs, and other materials that document the settlement of and education in central and eastern Montana during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA Outright: $3,784.00 The purchase of data loggers and a light meter to monitor environmental conditions in the 1860s Rosenbach townhouse and adjacent building where 30,000 rare books, 300,000 manuscripts, 20,000 works of art on paper, 500 paintings, and 3,000 decorative and fine art objects are exhibited and stored. The collections are especially strong in American history, British and American literature, book illustration, and include such materials as the papers of poet Mariane Moore, illustrator Maurice Sendak, and the Rosenbach Company.

Schenectady County Historical Society, Schenectady, NY Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a consultant to assess the storage needs of the society's textile collection and to conduct an on site workshop to train staff and volunteers in the proper handling, cleaning, and rehousing of the textiles. The society's textile collection includes formal attire, everyday clothing, uniforms and military accessories for women and men, children's clothing, doll clothing, quilts, coverlets, rugs, and household textiles that date from the mid 1800s. Highlights of the collection include an 18th century Liberty Flag and handmade samplers from 1764 to the 1830s.

Seton Health System, Inc., Troy, NY Outright: $4,969.00 A general preservation assessment and purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse 246 linear feet of correspondence, memoranda, files, financial records, photographs, audio and videotapes, and other archival materials related to the history of two Catholic hospitals and a nursing school in Troy, New York, from 1848 to the present.

Shelton Historical Society, Shelton, CT Outright: $5,000.00 A general preservation assessment of 48 linear feet of manuscripts, 1,500 vertical files, 1,000 photographs, books, and ephemera related to the social, cultural, and business history of Shelton, Connecticut, from 1820 to the 1970s.

Skagit County Historical Society, La Conner, WA Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a consultant to develop a plan to rehouse the museum's 19th century textile and clothing collections. The consultant will also assist staff with the purchase of storage cabinets and racks, environmental monitoring equipment, and acid free storage materials. The textile and clothing collections include everyday, fancy dress, and work clothing worn by adults and children, the museum's educational use costume collection, quilts and coverlets.

Smoki Museum, Inc., Prescott, AZ Outright: $4,745.00 A preservation assessment of the museum's collection of American Indian holdings, which include prehistoric materials from the Hohokam, Sinagua, and Prescott cultures and historical collections of basketry, katsina dolls, beadwork, and clothing from Southwestern Indian tribes.

Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc., New York, NY Outright: $2,408.00 Hiring a consultant and purchasing archival supplies to rehouse collections at Fraunces Tavern Museum, which focuses on the history of the tavern and Lower Manhattan during the Revolutionary War period. Housed and displayed in the tavern, where George Washington said farewell to his officers at the close of the American Revolution, are collections of letters, maps, and documents; prints and paintings; archaeological artifacts; and furniture and decorative arts.

South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, CA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of storage furniture and dataloggers for collections at the historic Goleta Depot, constructed in 1901 during the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Route linking San Francisco and Los Angeles. Collections to be rehoused include photographs, slides, tools, artwork, depot clothing and furnishings, and toys that document the history of the depot and railroads in southern California.

South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of supplies and rehousing of American Indian artifacts including leatherwork, pottery, textiles, carvings, jewelry, basketry, and apparel. The collection dates from the late 19th century to the present and represents the material culture of Plains Indians, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Chippewa tribes.

Springfield College, Springfield, MA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of archival and disaster recovery supplies to preserve manuscripts, institutional records, books, photographs, lantern slides, glass plate negatives, and other materials related to the history of the YMCA and physical education in America.

St. Gregory's University, Shawnee, OK Outright: $4,200.00 A preservation assessment of a special collection of circa 4,000 books, maps, and other materials related to the institution's beginning as an Indian school, the history of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma, and Indian languages and cultures. The project also includes a training workshop on the care and handling of collection materials for staff from the library and other area repositories.

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of the collections housed at the university's East Texas Research Center, which include 9,600 linear feet of manuscripts, 1,082 maps, and 22,205 volumes related to the history and culture of East Texas. The materials document rural life under Spanish and Mexican rule, the Texas Republic period, and the annexation to the United States.

Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, Tucson, AZ Outright: $4,933.00 A general preservation assessment, a staff training workshop, and the purchase of preservation supplies for books, catalogs, pamphlets, guides, and lithographs and photogravure portfolios related to archaeological excavations of pre Columbian sites in South and Central America.

University of Akron, Main Campus, Akron, OH Outright: $5,000.00 A preservation assessment of the university's archives, including collections on the creation of Ohio's canal system, the early history of flight in America, and the history of American psychology.

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Outright: $4,561.00 A preservation assessment of special collections housed at the university's law library. The collections focus on Indian, Mexican, and immigration law, environmental and water rights law, and historical Arizona materials.

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Outright: $4,472.00 A general preservation needs assessment of the Goldstein Museum of Design in the College of Design of the University of Minnesota. The museum's collections include 19th and 20th century clothing; textiles from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Central Asia, the Far East, and Europe; 20th century graphic designs; and decorative arts, including ceramics, glass, stone, and porcelain objects, baskets, and pottery.

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a moving image consultant to survey 350 collections comprising 1.75 million feet of local television stations' film and video collections, created in a variety of formats, that document the history and culture of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast from 1949 to 1991.

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment for the university's general and special collections in the humanities and the training of staff in collections care procedures. Among the special materials housed at the library are Confederate imprints and Virginiana, including maps, 19th century newspapers, and ephemera.

University of South Carolina Research Foundation, Columbia, SC Outright: $4,500.00 Consultation to prepare a comprehensive disaster plan for the library's collections and training of staff in disaster recovery. The library houses rare books of importance to the history of medicine, particularly in South Carolina, rare medical instruments from the 1800s and early 1900s, and health related ephemera.

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Outright: $4,950.00 A preservation survey to assess 490,000 still images in the American Geographical Society Library, a special collection housed at the university's library, that dates from the 1870s to the present and provides world wide geographic coverage.

VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL Outright: $5,000.00 The purchase of compact shelving for the storage of archives in music education, including manuscripts, sheet music, photographs, sound recordings, scrapbooks, correspondence, and ephemera.

Vermont Ski Museum, Stowe, VT Outright: $4,000.00 Hiring a consultant to assess the museum's clothing collection and to demonstrate to staff and volunteers appropriate handling techniques. The museum would also purchase and install storage racks and preservation equipment and materials. The clothing collection includes boots, gloves, hats, sweaters, coats, and blankets. The museum is the repository of uniforms of the 10th Mountain Division.

Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA Outright: $4882.00 The purchase of archival boxes and other preservation containers and supplies to rehouse 75 linear feet of manuscripts related to women's history in Virginia and the American South from the mid 19th century to the 1990s.

Wethersfield Public Library, Wethersfield, CT Outright: $4,152.00 A preservation assessment of monographs, periodicals, photographs, microfilm, pamphlets, and other archival materials relating to the history of Wethersfield, one of the oldest towns in Connecticut.

Worthington Historical Society, Inc., Worthington, OH Outright: $5,000.00 Hiring a consultant to train staff and volunteers in appropriate handling, packing, and rehousing of clothing collections. The society will purchase storage boxes and materials. The clothing collection includes 19th and 20th century adult and children's outfits and accessories, and military and nursing uniforms from the first and second World Wars.