The Staten Island Museum received a $634,276 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program to inventory, rehouse, and digitize its archival collections. This 3-year award, effective October 1, 2024, will support the museum's efforts to preserve approximately 185 linear feet of archival materials, including the papers of renowned scientists and archaeological records of Lenape sites on Staten Island. The project will involve hiring a part-time archivist and museum fellow to carry out the collection inventory and rehousing, as well as conservation and digitization of 11 journals belonging to naturalist William T. Davis. The initiative aims to improve preservation, enhance intellectual control, and create new finding aids to increase accessibility of the museum's historical collections for staff and researchers.
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