Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants

Period of Performance

9/1/2009 - 2/28/2011

Funding Totals

$6,000.00 (approved)
$5,997.00 (awarded)


Alpine County Archives Preservation and Needs Assessment

FAIN: PG-50940-10

Alpine County (Markleeville, CA 96120)
Nancy C. Thornburg (Project Director: May 2009 to September 2013)

A preservation assessment of the county's historical records, along with the purchase of storage cabinets and preservation supplies. Collections include vital records (birth, death, marriage), Board of Supervisors minutes, and records of mining and ranching activity in the Sierra Nevada Mountains region.

This project is the assessment of the preservation and archival needs, present and future, of the Alpine County Archives.