Saving History: Preservation Assessment of the Flagler College Archives and the Special Collections

FAIN: PG-287662-22

Flagler College (Saint Augustine, FL 32084-4342)
Katherine Owens (Project Director: January 2022 to November 2024)

A preservation assessment for the Archives and Special Collections of Flagler College’s Proctor Library to plan for future improvements in collection care, as well as the purchase of dataloggers to track environmental conditions in collection spaces.

An NEH Preservation Assistance Grant would be utilized for a collection-level General Needs Assessment conducted by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) for the 32,700 cubic feet of the Flagler College Archives and the Special Collections. NEH funds would also be used to purchase six Onset HOBO Dataloggers to track fluctuations in light, humidity, and temperature of the current archival and rare book areas, providing the critical environmental data needed for an accurate assessment. As a teaching institution located in the historic city of St. Augustine, FL, Flagler College makes its Archives and Special Collections widely available for use by students, faculty, staff, and external researchers. Preserving these materials for generations to come is essential to our mission.