Search Criteria

 






Key Word Search by:
All of these words









Organization Type


State or Jurisdiction


Congressional District





help

Division or Office
help

Grants to:


Date Range Start


Date Range End


  • Special Searches




    Product Type


    Media Coverage Type








 


Search Results

Grant number like: PG-258335-18

Permalink for this Search

1
Page size:
 1 items in 1 pages
Award Number Grant ProgramAward RecipientProject TitleAward PeriodApproved Award Total
1
Page size:
 1 items in 1 pages
PG-258335-18Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance GrantsUniversity of Massachusetts, BostonCollection Assessment and Training for the University Archives and Special Collections1/1/2018 - 6/30/2019$6,367.00Patricia Bruttomesso   University of Massachusetts, BostonBostonMA02125-3300USA2017Urban HistoryPreservation Assistance GrantsPreservation and Access6367063670

A preservation assessment of the materials held by the University Archives and Special Collections, which cover topics of local and national importance, including school desegregation in Boston during the 1970s (Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr.’s chambers papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-97) and the history of private social welfare and charitable organizations (orphanages and settlement houses) in 19th- and early and mid-20th-century Boston. Accessed by social and family historians, as well as by students in archival instruction workshops, the collections offer researchers a view into the administration of these social welfare organizations (through annual reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence), as well as a glimpse into the lives of the women and children in their care.

The University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) at University of Massachusetts Boston requests a Preservation Assistance Grant in the amount of $6,367. This grant will allow UASC to contract with the New England Document Conservation Center to accomplish two goals in January 2018-March 2019: Conduct a general preservation assessment, with the assistance of a UMass Boston Archives or Public History graduate student; and host a photograph preservation training workshop, open to the public. UASC will use the assessment, resultant recommendations, and knowledge gained in the workshop to develop a 5-year preservation plan to ensure continued access to the unique collections that document the history of UMass Boston, support its urban mission, and allow the UASC to serve as a research destination for topics such as social welfare, Boston school desegregation, the Boston Harbor Islands, and other multidisciplinary research areas with rich applicability for research in the humanities.