Great! Thanks for all the hard work of all concerned. N At 10:00 AM 7/10/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings to all, Board and Staff: > >I have terrific news. The Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and >Cultural Studies and the American Folklife Center will be >collaborating on a major initiative to digitize and preserve our sound >recordings. The Save America's Treasures Program of the White House >Milennium Programs has granted us $750,000 to accomplish this joint >effort. We will be working together to raise the $750,000 in matching >monies. > >STAFF: >Richard Kurin and I will be meeting this week and we will be calling >a planning meeting asap of our two archival staffs to coordinate the >initial activities and plan for the work to be done. > >BOARD: >I will be in touch soon concerning the role that you can have to >assist us in raising the matching funds. I have great optimism that >we will be able to raise much more than our 1-to-1 requirement, for >this is a very compelling program. Jan Lauridson of the LC >development office will be working with us, as well as Josh Silver, >Development Officer of the Smithsonian Folklife Office. > >More later, but I want to close by thanking two people: > >Ellen Lovell, who has been the heart and soul behind this effort and >has been an advocate for us with enormous results. We are looking >forward to working with Ellen to put the project into place and we are >very fortunate to have her input for all of our efforts as a very >proactive board member!! > >Richard Kurin, who offered to collaboarte in a real and significant >way with this project. The Smithsonian is the hosting agency and was >the office that had to submit the grant (LC is not eligible for these >funds). Richard did a masterful job of taking our ideas and dreams >and putting them into a cogent and compelling grant application. > >My thanks to both Ellen and Richard and (as Mickey Hart would say) . >. . . onward and upward!!!! > >Peggy > > > >Peggy A. Bulger, Director >American Folklife Center >Library of Congress >101 Independence Ave, SE >Washington, DC 20540-4610 >(202) 707-1745 >FAX (202) 707-2076 >[log in to unmask] >http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/ > > "Cada cabeza es un mundo." Norma E. Cantu Professor of English Texas A&M International University 5201 Univeristy Blvd. Laredo, TX 78041-1990 web page: www.tamiu.edu/~necantu pnone: (956)326-2529