| CH-50416-07 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Maine Historical Society | Maine Historical Society Research Library Renovation & Expansion | 12/1/2005 - 7/31/2010 | $500,000.00 | Richard | | D'Abate | | | | Maine Historical Society | Portland | ME | 04101-3498 | USA | 2006 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 500000 | Renovation and expansion of the Maine Historical Society Research Library.
This proposal seeks an NEH Challenge Grant of $500,000 in support of a $7.1 million dollar capital campaign that will renovate and expand the MHS Research Library. The Research Library is the heart of all our activity in the humanities -- supporting scholarship, publications, educational programming, exhibitions, Internet outreach services, and a number of strategic partnerships. A fundraising feasibility study and preliminary campaign activities were conducted in 2005 resulting in an ambitious, multi-phased capital development plan to transform the Maine Historical Society's physical facilities, build its endowment, and expand public access to the resources of history. |