The San Diego Air & Space Museum was awarded a $569,400 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The funding will enable the museum to implement a new integrated Collections Management System (CMS) and Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) across its curatorial, library, and archival collections related to air and space history and technology. This upgrade will centralize the museum's registration...
The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) received a three-year, $334,315 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve, catalog, and digitize 120,000 images from the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, and the Convair division of General Dynamics. Known collectively as Convair, these companies played a pivotal role in San Diego's aerospace industry and housing their records is crucial to understanding regional aviation...
The Department of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico was awarded a $116,000 Project Grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, NM to undertake a wide range of activities related to the preservation, digitization, and public access of historical records and documentary sources related to...
The National Model Aviation Museum received a $132,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. The grant will fund the museum's hiring of a Collections Manager to digitize, catalog, and rehouse the museum's collection of aviation models, magazines, documents, photographs, and negatives. This work will improve the museum's stewardship of their collection and increase intellectual control over the...
This $170,000 Project Grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) supports New Mexico State University's efforts to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. The award, with a performance period from August 15, 2024 to December 31, 2025, will fund activities such as digitizing archival collections, creating online...
The City of Roswell received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant supports a project to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. Specific activities may include digitizing archival collections, creating online editions of historical papers, developing collaborative...
The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $149,921 project grant to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation through the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to United States history. Specifically, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will undertake archival preservation...
The Pimeria Alta Historical Society was awarded a $325,000 Project Grant by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, 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. Key funded activities may include digitizing and publishing historical records...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant supports a 3-year project to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. Key activities include digitizing archival collections, creating online editions of historical papers, developing collaborative...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003), supports a project undertaken by Urban Archive, Inc., a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization. The $100,000 grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, will fund activities to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to United States history. Key project...