Project Grant PG23376616

The Avon Free Public Library was awarded a $116,606 Save America's Treasures Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve and digitize historically significant materials. Under the award, set to run from November 2022 through October 2024, the library will focus on digitizing collections from four 19th century farmsteads, an 18th century house, and a Gothic Revival schoolhouse that are part of the Pine Grove Historic District. Additionally, materials from the...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program provides $528,011 to Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall to undertake a three-part preservation and conservation project. The key activities include: Conservation of 16 critically damaged stained and leaded glass windows Installation of UV filtering sashes in 136 windows to protect the historic house museum's collections from UV light damage Installation of new light-reducing drapes on 75 windows to...

The Allen County Historical Society and Museum received a $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant to support a two-year project. The grant will enable the museum to replace outdated HVAC systems, improve collections storage, and establish a comprehensive environmental monitoring system. These improvements will enhance the preservation of the museum's cultural heritage collections and increase energy efficiency. The project is funded...

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 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 Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC) received a $215,186 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will fund a national study of audiovisual preservation to be conducted between March 2023 and February 2025. As part of the study, BAVC will design and implement surveys, interviews, and site visits to assess the demographics, practices, challenges, and needs of organizations...

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...

The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the National Mary Potter Club Inc. to rehabilitate the vacant Mary Potter School Shop Building in Oxford, North Carolina. Funds will support work to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical and an elevator in the existing interior space. Upon completion by August 2025, the building will serve the public as a multi-purpose community and literacy center while also functioning as a tourist...

The Stillwater Public Library Preservation Supplies Project received a $11,087.94 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The award period was from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The project aimed to ensure the long-term availability of and access to historical resources held by the Stillwater Public Library. Consistent with the program's goal of supporting projects...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Atlantic City Free Public Library a $123,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to create "The Atlantic City Experience Research Library Digital Repository" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The library will use the funding to digitize and provide online access to its cultural heritage collections documenting the contributions of the African...