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Conservation/Preservation Program2006-2007 Discretionary Grant Awards |
New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries Janet M. Welch has announced 27 grants to libraries, historical societies and other organizations to preserve deteriorating library research materials. The grants, totaling $500,000, are part of a $2.24 million comprehensive statewide program to preserve endangered materials important to the State.
The 2006-2007 awards include projects that will preserve a number of collections of unique photographs, brittle newspapers and archives, scrapbooks and other activities.
| Institution: American Museum of Natural History, American Museum
of Natural History Library Project Title: Scientific Art on Paper Stabilization and Rehousing Project City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $29,086 Institution: Barnard College Archives, Wollman Library Project Title: Restoration, Conservation and Microfilming of Four More Student Scrapbooks, 1889-1907 City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $17,146 Institution: FASNY Museum of Firefighting Project Title: Library Survey Grant for FASNY Museum of Firefighting City: Hudson County: Columbia Award Amount:: $2,454 Institution: Hunter College, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos Project Title: Nuyoricans: Community Organization and Cultural Affairs, 1948-1995 City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $30,000 Institution: Iroquois Indian Museum Project Title: Preservation Survey of Photographic Research Material City: Howes Cave County: Schoharie Award Amount:: $2,836 Institution: Leo Baeck Institute Project Title: Preservation Microfilming of 22 Collections of Émigré Rabbis City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $30,000 Institution: Marist College Project Title: Scenic Hudson Collection Microfilming Project City: Poughkeepsie County: Dutchess Award Amount:: $30,000 Institution: Museum of the City of New York Project Title: Map Collection Treatment Project City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $20,670 Institution: New York City Department of Records & Information Services Project Title: Preservation of Oversized Brooklyn Bridge and NYC Parks Drawings City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $29,323 Institution: Onondaga Historical Association Project Title: Onondaga Historical Association Long Range Preservation Planning City: Syracuse County: Onondaga Award Amount:: $3,212 Institution: Ontario County Historical Society Project Title: Conservation Treatment of Four Ontario County Maps City: Canandaigua County: Ontario Award Amount:: $3,682 Institution: Queens Public Library Project Title: Long Island Division Planning Project for Environmental Control and Storage City: Jamaica County: Queens Award Amount:: $29,973 Institution: Rochester Regional Library Council Project Title: RRLC 2006/2007 Conservation and Preservation Workshop Series City: Fairport County: Monroe Award Amount:: $11,244 Institution: Rockland County Archives Project Title: Preservation of Rockland County Judgment and Estate Records (1906-1914) City: Pomona County: Rockland Award Amount:: $21,339 |
Institution: South Central Regional Library Council Project Title: Putting Theory Into Practice; Phase V of a Preservation Awareness Project City: Ithaca County: Tompkins Award Amount:: $13,255 Institution: Western New York Library Resources Council Project Title: Regional Resource Sharing: Preservation Environment Monitoring and Reporting Program, 2006-2007 City: Buffalo County: Erie Award Amount:: $6,920 Institution: St. Bonaventure University Friedsam Memorial Library Project Title: St. Bonaventure University Phase Boxing Project City: St. Bonaventure County: Cattaraugus Award Amount:: $5,792 Institution: The Grolier Club of New York Project Title: Conservation of 17th and 18th Century English and Continental European Auction Catalogues at Grolier Club City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $15,970 Institution: The Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages Project Title: Conservation Treatment of the Journals of William Sidney Mount in the Long Island Museum's Kate Strong Historical Library City: Stony Brook County: Suffolk Award Amount:: $10,290 Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Project Title: Conservation of Italian Illustrated Books City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $30,000 Institution: The New York Academy of Medicine Project Title: Conservation/Preservation of the Robert Latou Dickinson Notebooks City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $30,000 Institution: The New York Botanical Gardens, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library Project Title: Preservation Housing Upgrade: The Encapsulation of Library Materials City: Bronx County: Bronx Award Amount:: $25,950 Institution: The New York Public Library, The Branch Libraries Donnell Library Center Project Title: Preserving 16mm Local History Films in the Collection of the Donnell Media Center City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $19,689 Institution: Westchester County Archives and Records Center Project Title: Environmental Control Survey and Report for New Archival Space City: Elmsford County: Westchester Award Amount:: $14,700 Institution: Wilderstein Preservation Project Title: Architectural Drawing City: Rhinebeck County: Dutchess Award Amount:: $6,495 Institution: WNYC Radio, Inc. Project Title: WNYC Music and Culture Reformatting Project City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $29,974 Institution: Yeshiva University Project Title: Preservation Reformatting of Cassette Tapes City: New York County: New York Award Amount:: $30,000 |