Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects

Period of Performance

5/1/2003 - 4/30/2006

Funding Totals

$262,662.00 (approved)
$262,662.00 (awarded)


Processing the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (1930 to the Present)

FAIN: PA-50107-03

New York University (New York, NY 10012-1019)
Michael H. Nash (Project Director: July 2002 to August 2006)

The arrangement, description, and cataloging of 500 feet of the archives of the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which encompasses 333 feet of manuscript and printed material, as well as audio cassettes and tapes, photographs, film and video, posters, paintings, and memorabilia. The project will create collection-level, machine-readable catalog records; encode finding aids; enhance non-standard microfilm; and create scanned images of photographs.