Preserving and digitizing the historic documents of a colonial hudson valley community: new paltz, new york (IMPLEMENTATION) [historic huguenot street seeks funding to implement the preservation and…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $349,999 under its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program to the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, New York. The three-year project grant will support the preservation, cataloging, digitization and online publication of historic documents from the Society's collections as well as materials from the Town of New Paltz, the Dutch Reformed Church of New Paltz, and the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library. Dating from the mid-1600s to 1830, the documents will be conserved as needed by trained professionals, metadata will be created, and high-resolution digital images will be made freely available online to researchers. The funding will allow for improved access to these primary sources illuminating the colonial history of New Paltz and support the NEH program's mission of preserving humanities resources for future generations.

Preserving and digitizing the historic documents of a colonial hudson valley community: new paltz, new york (IMPLEMENTATION) [historic huguenot street seeks funding to implement the preservation and digitization of significant historical documents from its own archival collections, as well as portions from the town of new paltz, the dutch reformed church of new paltz, and the haviland-heidgerd historical collection at the elting memorial library. The proposed project consists of early-american documents ranging from the mid-1600S to 1830 (the latter date encompassing the point at which most enslaved people in new york state were legally emancipated). The grant would fund: 1) cataloguing and metadata creation, 2) preservation, as needed, by a team of trained conservators, 3) digital imaging, and 4) making these digital collections available online. The project is based on planning documents developed under an NEH humanities collections and references resources (HCRR) foundations grant (2018-2020).]