H7GSA Archives Inventory Project

FAIN: PB-276617-20

House of Seven Gables Settlement Association (Salem, MA 01970-5640)
Susan H. Baker (Project Director: May 2020 to June 2021)

The retention of five staff members to organize, rehouse, describe, and digitize a selection of archival materials from the historic house museum, which was built in 1668 and later served as the setting for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel.

Using recommendation made by the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board as a basis, and in keeping with the House of Seven Gables Settlement Associatiion's strategic plan, this proposal requests funding to complete a site-wide archives inventory and select digitization project, employing full-time, qualified employees.