Program

Agency-wide Projects: ARP-Organizations (Preservation-related)

Period of Performance

11/1/2021 - 5/31/2023

Funding Totals

$447,104.32 (approved)
$309,621.54 (awarded)


The Digital PV Panther Project

FAIN: ZPA-284227-22

Prairie View A & M University (Prairie View, TX 77445-6850)
Tyler Moore (Project Director: May 2021 to July 2024)
Phyllis Earles (Co Project Director: November 2021 to July 2024)

The digitization of historical material in the Special Collections and Archives Department of Prairie View A&M University, retaining three staff and creating twenty student positions.

The Digital PV Panther Project will introduce students to a network of professionals. Consultants, such as Dr. Noel M. Estwick, will share their experiences and provide training on GIS story-mapping, and the project will allow students to meet frequently with professors, archivists, librarians, and community members, creating a space of intellectual exchange that introduces students to a network in which they can participate long after the project ends.