The La Mama Experimental Theatre Club received a $131,906 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program. The award will support the ongoing effort to preserve and digitize the organization's archival materials documenting the off-off Broadway movement from 1991 to 2008. Key deliverables include cataloging paper materials such as programs, flyers, posters, production notes, and photographs. New catalog records...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded New York University $348,580 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. As part of their Master's degree in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, NYU students will gain practical experience through course projects and three internships over the course of their studies. The internships will improve the condition and accessibility of unique media...
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $118,320 Project Grant to La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc., a non-profit organization in New York City, under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, will fund a range of activities to preserve, publish, and provide public access to documentary sources related to the history of the off-off Broadway theater movement. Key...
This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) provides $155,090 to Appalshop, Inc. to preserve and improve access to its archival collections relating to Appalachian history and culture. Through digitization efforts of photographic negatives from 1935 to 1955 and 16mm archival films, as well as purchasing scanning equipment, the award supports enhancing public access to these...
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 $345,896 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources implementation grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library organization. The two-year grant, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, will fund the digitization of and permanent online access to nine local history collections from seven public libraries across the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program to the American Samoa Government Department of Treasury to digitize, preserve, and provide access to 11,630 historic public television programs produced by KVZK from 1965 to 2020. This project will complete the initial preservation effort funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources in 2023, which...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $249,991 Project Grant to New York University under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will fund "The Antefixa Project," a scholarly digital initiative to document and explain the contributions of diverse artistic communities in ancient Italy between 500-75 BCE. The project applies humanistic, digital, computational, and scientific methods to archaeological remains of sacred sculpture to...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund research to evaluate the mechanical stability of 3D printed materials used for preservation and access activities in cultural institutions. The $315,854 grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will assess the dimensional changes, creep behavior, and damping properties of 3D printed materials exposed to changing environments. This research aims to inform...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $349,650 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) to Pharos: The International Photo Archives Association. The grant will enable Pharos, a collaboration among 14 North American and European art historical photo archives, to create an open and freely accessible digital research platform. This platform will provide consolidated access to photo archive images and associated...