| PG-50725-10 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | Chicago Film Archives, NFP | Purchase of Storage Furniture and Preservation Supplies | 1/1/2010 - 6/30/2011 | $6,000.00 | Anne | | Welles | | | | Chicago Film Archives, NFP | Chicago | IL | 60616-1120 | USA | 2009 | Museum Studies or Historical Preservation | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 6000 | 0 | 6000 | 0 | Funding supports the purchase of shelving and supplies to house 7,800 films in 40 collections that date from 1903 to 1990. The corpus includes documentaries, home movies, amateur films, and a variety of other genres, including educational, industrial, commercial, avant-garde, and travel films that especially document the Chicago region and the Midwest.
Based on the recommendation of a 2007 collections and facility assessment supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance grant, CFA seeks funding for additional archival horizontal shelving and small gauge archival film cans/reels. |