Program

Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Period of Performance

6/1/2021 - 5/31/2023

Funding Totals

$50,000.00 (approved)
$50,000.00 (awarded)


Preserving a Coal Community's History on Film

FAIN: PW-277651-21

Appalshop, Inc. (Whitesburg, KY 41858-0743)
Caroline Rubens (Project Director: July 2020 to present)

A Foundations project to plan for the inspection, reassembly, and digitization of a 16mm film and open reel audio production collection documenting the coal mining industry in the Appalachian region.

To digitize and preserve early film footage shot in the coalfields of central Appalachia held within the Appalshop Archive.