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.
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