Project Grant MH257461OMS25
- This Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) supports the Amistad Research Center, a non-profit organization in New Orleans, Louisiana. The funding will enable the Center to enhance archival processing, preservation, and digital access to its collections documenting African American history, culture, and civil rights. Specific project activities include...
- The Amistad Research Center received a $522,408 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The award, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will enable the institution to hire a full-time reference archivist and metadata specialist to address a backlog in cataloging books, rare publications, and the digital American Missionary Association photographs collection. Staff will...
- The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $1,083,521 Project Grant to the Margaret Walker Center (MWC) at Jackson State University (JSU) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The funding will support two main efforts: Digitizing nearly 1,000 oral histories that are at risk due to environmental challenges in Ayer Hall, and Transferring 35,000 items from a fee-based digital platform to an open-source program used...
- The Black Archives History Research Foundation of South Florida was awarded a $719,535 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand public access to its collections through digitization and virtual research services. Specifically, the Foundation will purchase archival supplies and a large format scanner to digitize its periodical collection, notably the Miami Times collection of South...
- The Meek-Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum (MEBA) at Florida A&M University will use a $726,884 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to build its digital capacity and expand public services for its collections. Key activities include hiring a full-time archivist to assist with inventorying, cataloging, and rehousing collections; creating and updating finding...
- The City of Houston HPL Financial Services Division, the awardee, will use a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.309 - Museum Grants for African American History and Culture) to digitize and make accessible over 1,400 vulnerable audiovisual materials from the African American history collection of the Houston Public Library. The project will involve hiring a full-time contract archivist to coordinate the digitization process with an external vendor, as...
- This three-year project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program will provide $347,959 to Mississippi State University to develop a decolonial field school focused on community-engaged methods of collection and preservation at Brush Arbor Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi. Through pairing oral histories, public archaeology, participatory GIS story mapping and black digital archives with traditional archival,...
- This federal Project Grant award of $349,423.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in expanding its "Circle of Care for Audiovisual Collections in Tribal Archives" initiative. The project aims to train tribal archivists and librarians in assessing, inventorying, digitizing, and managing audiovisual collections. Key activities include onsite workshops...
- The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $120,000 project grant to The Amistad Research Center through the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant period runs from January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Under this award, The Amistad Research Center will undertake activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to United States history. Specifically, the Center will leverage the funding...
- The Dusable Black History Museum & Education Center received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will enable the museum to create a digital catalog and finding aid for its collection of over 1,000 boxes of materials related to the history of civic engagement of African Americans in Chicago. The project will involve moving materials out of...
THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER (ARC) AIMS TO MAKE DISCOVERABLE AND TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO UNIQUE FILM FOOTAGE AND ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS THAT DOCUMENT THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COMMUNITY OF MOUND BAYOU, MISSISSIPPI. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD UPON ARC'S PREVIOUS WORK CREATING DIGITAL ONLINE COLLECTIONS TO ENSURE PRESERVATION AND ACCESS TO HISTORIC MATERIALS. ACTIVITIES WILL ENTAIL PHYSICAL PROCESSING AND CATALOGING MOVING IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDINGS WITH UNIQUE NUMERICAL IDENTIFIERS AND OUTSOURCED DIGITIZATION OF ALL AUDIOVISUAL ITEMS IN MULTIPLE FORMATS WITHIN THE COLLECTION. AT THE CLOSE OF THE PROJECT, ARC STAFF WILL CONVENE WITH COLLEAGUES FROM THE MOUND BAYOU MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY TO DISCUSS, EVALUATE, AND DOCUMENT PROCESSES RESULTING FROM PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. THE OUTCOME OF THIS CONVENING IS TO CREATE AND REVISE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES TO SUSTAIN ARC'S CURRENT AND FUTURE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS AND DISCUSS HOW ARC CAN ASSIST AND COLLABORATE WITH THE MOUND BAYOU MUSEUM AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW INTO THE FUTURE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $99.1k | 9/18/25 |