University Of Houston (Houston, TX 77204-3067)
Nicolas Kanellos (Project Director: July 2016 to October 2019)
PW-253694-17
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Preservation and Access
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[Grant products]
Totals:
$50,000 (approved)
$50,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
5/1/2017 – 8/31/2018
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Survey of Hispanic Materials in Small Historical Societies, Libraries, and Museums
A planning project, conducted by the Recovering
the US Hispanic Literary Heritage program, to survey small libraries, archives,
museums, and historical societies in several states in the Southwest that house
documentation on Hispanic/Latino history and culture, resulting in an online
directory and printed publication of a guide to these collections.
The University of Houston seeks
support for a Foundations-level project to identify and develop
institution-level descriptions for small cultural heritage repositories in
order to assess their Hispanic/Latino holdings and the conditions in which they
are held, and to inform the interested community of the existence of these
holdings. The proposed survey will be the basis for creating a guide to these
materials and will represent a first step in making them accessible as well as
improving the conditions in which they are held. The Survey of Small Historical
Societies, Libraries and Museums for Hispanic Materials and Their Management
will constitute an entirely free database accessible through the "Hispanic
Collections" website of Special Collections and the Arte Publico Press
website, both of the University of Houston.
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