Project Grant PG23366016

The Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (NEDCC) received a two-year, $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, NEDCC will provide free preservation training, resources and assessments to ensure the long-term care of humanities collections. Specific deliverables include eight hands-on disaster preparedness workshops, eight general preservation...

The Indiana Medical History Museum received a $185,679 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support a two-year initiative to improve storage and environmental conditions for the museum's important visual collections, which will help preserve and expand public access to these humanities resources. The project aims to share lessons learned with other institutions...

The Medford Historical Society & Museum received a $11,985.80 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on January 1, 2018 to support collections preservation assessment activities through June 30, 2019. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), which aims to preserve and provide intellectual access to primary humanities resources held in libraries, museums, and archives. Funds supported...

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania received a $164,583 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to preserve the Penn Family Papers, a collection of 56 linear feet of materials and 222 volumes related to William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania. Project activities will include conservation treatments such as cleaning, mending, rehousing, and enhanced archival processing of the documents, which...

Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. will preserve and digitize the newly acquired Witherill Ocean Liner Collection under a $105,086 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The Collection documents ocean liners during a period of increased immigration to the United States in the early to mid-20th century, with over 7,500 documents, letters, brochures, and other materials related to maritime history and culture including accounts...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program awarded a $344,315 project grant to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to create a sustainable preservation media storage environment. The funding will support the purchase and installation of a walk-in freezer and HVAC system as part of a larger construction project to house the university's millions of unique media assets held by its Special...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $350,000 to the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (NEDCC) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for a two-year project period beginning July 1, 2026, and concluding June 30, 2028. NEDCC will serve as a preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations nationwide by developing and disseminating technical guidance and educational...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), a nonprofit preservation organization. Through this 2-year award, NEDCC will provide a range of preservation services and training resources to support the long-term care and stewardship of paper-based, photographic, audiovisual, and digital collections at cultural institutions across the...

This federal Project Grant award of $524,587 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA #15.929) will support the Historic St. Mary's City Commission in Maryland to assess, catalog, and rehouse its archaeological collections dating from the 17th century through the post-colonial period. The project staff, along with a contracted conservator, will conduct a condition assessment of the collection to guide future conservation efforts. The goal...

This three-year, $978,978 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support the University of Wisconsin-Madison in improving access to important historical collections held by the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy and UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. The key products include creating a comprehensive finding aid for the 1,000 cubic foot Kremers Reference Files...