Kerstin Ringdahl wrote:
I am very interested in seeing some sample grant applications for the
Preservation
and Access program. I am especially interested in Archives and Special
Collections
applications for EAD finding aids.
Thank you.
Kerstin Ringdahl
University Archivist
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA., 98447
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"Paulson, Barbara" wrote:
> The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the
> Humanities has awarded grants to seven projects that will employ EAD. For a
> list of all FY2000 P&A awards (including amount of awards and links to
> institutional web sites), see
> http://www.neh.gov/grants/awards/preservation2000.html .
>
> The Division of Preservation and Access has a single annual deadline of July
> 1. Guidelines and application instructions may be downloaded from
> http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/preservation.pdf Program officers will be
> happy to provide sample grant applications and other assistance in preparing
> a proposal.
>
> Duke University, Durham, NC
> Arranging, describing, preserving, and enhancing intellectual access to 11
> collections comprising 531 linear feet of records related to outdoor
> advertising. (24 months)
>
> Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
> The cataloging and creation of electronic records for 1,650 oral interviews
> documenting American political, social, and cultural history from World War
> I to the 1990s. The project would create an online index to the collection
> and a finding aid using Encoded Archival Description. (24 months)
>
> National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK
> The reformatting of 4,002 glass plate negatives that document the history of
> American rodeos from 1910 to 1955. Digital copies of the images will be made
> accessible via encoded finding aids on the institution's website and will
> also be distributed on a CD-ROM. (12 months)
>
> North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC
> The arrangement and description of 133 cubic feet of records, and the
> reformatting of 102 audiotapes and 4,500 color slides relating to Black
> Mountain College, a unique arts-related institution in Black Mountain, North
> Carolina, which existed between 1933 and 1956. The project would also create
> electronic finding aids to be mounted on the Internet. (12 months)
>
> Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
> The arrangement, description, and rehousing of the Mary Lou Williams
> Collection, comprising 170 cubic feet of personal papers, photographs,
> scores and arrangements, videotapes, sound recordings, and scrapbooks. (24
> months)
>
> University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
> The preservation and cataloging of 132 reels of film created from 1927 to
> 1965, comprising 56,600 feet of raw and produced documentary footage on
> Alaska native peoples, activities, and settings, created by explorers,
> anthropologists, missionaries, and Alaska natives. (24 months)
>
> University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
> The creation of a union database of finding aids to archival collections in
> Virginia. The finding aids will be tagged according to the conventions of
> Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and mounted on the Internet. The
> participating institutions are: the College of William and Mary, George
> Mason University, the Library of Virginia, Old Dominion University, the
> University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia
> Historical Society, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic
> Institute, Virginia State University, and Washington and Lee University. (24
> months)
>
> Barbara A. Paulson
> Senior Program Officer
> Division of Preservation & Access
> National Endowment for the Humanities
> 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
> Washington DC 20506
> (202) 606-8577
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