Hurricane Damage Remediation for Collection of Historical Archives

FAIN: PB-260666-18

Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL 32206-4921)
Todd Hollinghead (Project Director: November 2017 to March 2018)
Kelly Rich (Project Director: March 2018 to June 2019)

Reimbursement for transportation of the archival records to an off-site storage unit, transportation from the off-site storage unit to SPAR, rental costs for the storage unit, and consultant fees to support assessment and treatment of the collections by a professional archivist with preservation training.

The Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council, Inc. (SPAR) seeks to address the preservation needs of the Springfield Historic District’s archival collection, which was damaged in Hurricane Irma. SPAR maintains the district’s archives, including about 2,000 paper files, surveys of the historic district, original deeds, contracts, photographs, and ephemera related to homes and businesses, dating from 1885 to the present. Hurricane Irma destroyed the roof of SPAR’s office building, flooding the interior and exposing the collections to extreme moisture.