Project Grant PG29320023
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $451,162 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to Appalshop Inc., a non-profit media and arts organization in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The grant will fund the treatment and digitization of three major Appalachian photonegative collections that were damaged by flooding in July 2022. The project will preserve and provide access to images documenting Eastern Kentucky and...
- The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation was awarded a $322,526 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant provides funding from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025 to digitize 100,000 pages of historic Kentucky newspapers, including those from underrepresented populations and German-language volumes, for inclusion in the Chronicling America and Kentucky Digital...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award of $123,998 from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) supports the Kentucky Historical Society's efforts to preserve, document, and provide public access to historical records and cultural narratives. The funding enables the Kentucky Historical Society to engage in a range of activities, including editing, annotating, and publishing historical documents from the Civil...
- 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...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Inc. (MACC) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund MACC's Regional Preservation Field Services Program, which provides preventive conservation services to strengthen preservation practices and collections care at cultural repositories in the Upper Midwest. From March 2025 to February 2027, the...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $348,655 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant to the University of Delaware's Center for Historic Architecture and Design to stabilize and disseminate its archive of vanishing historic architecture from the Mid-Atlantic region. This two-year grant, running from June 2024 to November 2026, will support the processing and public release of 1,800 "born-digital" historic property documentation records collected...
- The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University received a $493,850 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The award supports a three-year comprehensive inventory initiative to establish intellectual and physical control over the museum's extensive collections, which have not undergone full inventory since the museum's founding in...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $212,979 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Inc. (MACC), a non-profit organization. This 2-year grant, awarded on March 1, 2024, will support the development of tools for remote risk assessment and emergency planning to improve the sustainability and resilience of public art collections nationwide. Specifically, the grant...
- 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...
PRESERVING THE UMC ARCHIVAL COLLECTION OF KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE [A PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT FROM NEH WILL ENABLE KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE (KWC) LIBRARY TO TAKE ACTION TO PRESERVE THE EXTENSIVE UNITED METHODIST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION THAT KWC ACCESSIONED UPON THE CLOSING OF SEVERAL CHURCHES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES BISHOPS' DIARIES, UNIQUE BOOKS, HYMNALS, CHURCH REGISTRIES AND RECORDS, AND RELICS DATING TO THE EARLY 1800'S. THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT OF INTELLECTUAL VALUE AND PRESERVATION RISK, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LIABILITIES INHERENT IN THE PHYSICAL STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE PREPARATION OF A DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN FOR KWC IN COLLABORATION WITH CULTURAL HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE OWENSBORO, KY REGION. A PROJECT CONSULTANT WILL AUGMENT STAFF KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION BEST PRACTICES AND HELP THE KWC LIBRARY ENHANCE ACCESS AND PREPARE FOR SELECTIVE DIGITALIZATION OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS OF THE COLLECTION.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($2k) | 9/12/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 9/30/24 | ||
| Not listed | $10.0k | 9/7/23 |