Project Grant ST254999OMS23
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $451,162 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to Appalshop Inc., a non-profit media and arts organization in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The grant will fund the treatment and digitization of three major Appalachian photonegative collections that were damaged by flooding in July 2022. The project will preserve and provide access to images documenting Eastern Kentucky and...
- The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $347,919 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures program to East Tennessee State University (ETSU) to process, preserve, and digitize records from its Appalachian studies collection. The 3-year project, running from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027, will enable ETSU to hire a project archivist and graduate assistant to organize and digitize approximately 1,000 oral history interviews, 1,500 photographs, and 100 linear feet...
- 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...
- Folkstreams Inc. will receive $399,453 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program to support the preservation and expansion of its online collection of documentary films about American folk and roots cultures. Specifically, the Project Grant will enable Folkstreams to add 25 new films to its archive, upgrade 20 older films to 4K resolution by scanning 16mm prints, and enhance contextual information for 20 other films through added...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Alaska Sealife Center $502,855 through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program on October 1, 2025, to digitize 14,708 hours of aging VHS and CD video recordings spanning 25 years of marine life research. The project, which will conclude by September 30, 2027, converts these archival materials into digital MP4 files with associated metadata and historic coding records. The digitization effort...
- This $510,213.00 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit organization, to digitize and catalog a collection of 3,500 manuscripts. The project will also involve transcribing selections from the collection and creating an online public portal to provide access to the digitized materials. This will allow Historic Hudson Valley staff to better understand, care...
- The Library of Virginia Foundation was awarded a $345,857 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support the conservation, digitization, and improved access to approximately 700 Virginia legislative petitions dating from 1776 to 1850. Project activities include deacidification, rehousing, and cataloging the petitions, as well as digitizing the collections to mitigate...
- This federal Project Grant award of $349,423.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in expanding its "Circle of Care for Audiovisual Collections in Tribal Archives" initiative. The project aims to train tribal archivists and librarians in assessing, inventorying, digitizing, and managing audiovisual collections. Key activities include onsite workshops...
- Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS), administering the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), awarded Shakertown At Pleasant Hill Kentucky, Inc. a Project Grant of $1,468,476.00 on September 15, 2025, to fund physical preservation work on a nationally significant historic property. The grant will support masonry repairs and moisture mitigation efforts for the North Lot Dwelling at Shaker Village Of Pleasant Hill, located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The project is scheduled...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS), through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), awarded $191,292 to the Steffen Thomas Museum & Archives, Inc. on September 19, 2025, to support the archiving and conservation of the Steffen Thomas Legacy Collection. This project grant, administered in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library...
This $1,565,565 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program will enable Appalshop Inc., a non-profit media and arts organization in Whitesburg, Kentucky, to digitally preserve nearly 700 hours of its audiovisual collection documenting the history of Appalachia. The project activities will include the cleaning and digitization of flood-damaged film and videotape following a catastrophic flood event in 2023 that submerged 80% of Appalshop's collection. The digitized materials will be made publicly available through the organization's collection website, and Appalshop will also produce a case study on its flood recovery efforts. The grant has an award date of October 1, 2023 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $750.0k | 9/13/23 |