Project Grant RH10353623
- This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program provided $199,510 to the Yivo Institute For Jewish Research to digitize and provide online access to three collections in its archives. Specifically, the award supported retaining five staff members to digitize approximately 70,000 pages from the Vilna Territorial Collection, Records of the Lithuanian Jewish Community Council, and the Jewish Customs...
- The Yivo Institute for Jewish Research received a $448,017 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program. The grant will fund the digitization of materials from two collections in Yivo's Jewish Labor and Political Archives: the Workmen's Circle Collection (38.5 linear feet) and the Photograph Collection (15,000 photographs). This will improve intellectual control and provide online access to these archival materials...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $349,524 Project Grant under its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, a non-profit organization. The grant supports a 3-year project to process, digitize, and provide online access to 122 linear feet of records from four major 20th century American labor union collections held in Yivo's Jewish Labor and Political Archives. These collections, which...
- The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Urban Archive, Inc., a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, supports Urban Archive's efforts to digitize archival collections, consolidate partner collection files and metadata into unified dashboards, and provide public access to historical documents through innovative...
- This federal Project Grant award of $149,500.00 from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) will support a range of archival and historical documentation activities at Long Island University (LIU). The funding, awarded on October 1, 2023, will enable LIU to undertake a variety of work related to the preservation, publication, and public use of documentary sources pertaining to the history of...
- The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to support cataloging and digitizing approximately 62 hours of film footage and 90 hours of videotape from the documentary "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, 1992-1996." The award was made under NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003) to undertake activities related to...
- The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $142,549 project grant to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, doing business as Camp Ramah, to undertake activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to United States history. The grant period runs from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003), Camp Ramah will preserve, publish, and make available...
- This $125,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant supports the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) in preserving, digitizing, and providing public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. Key activities to be funded include digitizing archival collections, creating online editions of historical...
- This federal Project Grant award of $125,000.00 was provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to Northeastern University on January 1, 2025. The grant supports a project focused on preserving, digitizing, and providing public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. The project aims to improve online public discovery and use of these historical...
- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $165,000 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to Stages of Freedom, a minority-owned nonprofit organization, with a period of performance from Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2026. The grant will support a wide range of activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to the history of the United States. This may include digitizing...
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. The grant funding supports the digitization, preservation, and online publication of Yivo's extensive archival collections related to East European and Russian Jewish studies, including materials on the Yiddish language, literature, folklore, the Holocaust, and the American Jewish immigrant experience. Key activities include hiring staff to digitize tens of thousands of historical documents, photographs, scrapbooks, record albums, and books, as well as creating metadata and making the digital content accessible through online platforms. The grant also provides funding for archival housing supplies to preserve Yivo's fragile historical records. This project grant aims to substantially increase digital access to Yivo's invaluable archival holdings illuminating Jewish cultural heritage and the American immigrant experience.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 9/22/23 |