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Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects

Period of Performance

6/1/2005 - 12/31/2008

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$650,000.00 (approved)
$650,000.00 (awarded)

Protecting Manuscripts and Printed Materials with Fire and Security Systems

FAIN: PA-51455-05

American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, PA 19106-3309)
Martin L. Levitt (Project Director: October 2004 to April 2009)

The installation of fire and security systems in Library Hall for the protection of the society's resources in early American history and the history of science and technology, as well as manuscripts and printed materials documenting the cultural and intellectual heritage of the nation.