General Preservation Assessment

FAIN: PG-271599-20

Florida Historical Society (Cocoa, FL 32922-7901)
Ben Dibiase (Project Director: January 2020 to April 2021)
Holly Baker (Project Director: April 2021 to March 2023)

A preservation assessment of the historical society’s Library of Florida to determine needs for storage and environmental controls. The materials range from sixteenth-century Spanish rare books to nineteenth-century cotton plantation account books. The Florida Historical Society has made its collections accessible both through cataloging and digitization, as well as by outreach activities that include radio programs, educational opportunities, and scholarly publications.

A general preservation assessment of the Florida Historical Society's Library of Florida History holdings by a professional preservation consultant.