The couse-sharp historic site will digitize and make accessible online the approximately 11,000 at-risk and unstable cellulose nitrate negatives and 500 fragile glass plate negatives in the couse…

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Award ID
IGSM249674OMS21
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$41,826

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45.301 Museums for America
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Place of performance
Taos, NM 87571, USA

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Description

The couse-sharp historic site will digitize and make accessible online the approximately 11,000 at-risk and unstable cellulose nitrate negatives and 500 fragile glass plate negatives in the couse family photo collection, many of which document life in early 20TH century taos and greater northern new mexico. The digitized images and information will be discoverable online, bringing the total number of digital images from the collection to approximately 22,000, and they will be made accessible to students, artists, scholars, and the greater taos community. The photographs will be a critically important resource available through the lunder research center for the taos society of artists, a couse foundation initiative currently under construction and scheduled to open in mid-2021.

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Who received award IGSM249674OMS21?

IGSM249674OMS21 was awarded to The Couse Foundation by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2021.

How much is award IGSM249674OMS21 worth?

$41,826 has been obligated on IGSM249674OMS21.

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