Rehousing Negatives in Photograph Collection

Recipient: Motts, Wayne E (Gettysburg, PA 17325 USA) in affiliation with Adams County Historical Society

Goal: The purchase of supplies to rehouse negatives in the Walter B. Lane Photograph Collection focusing on regional Pennsylvania history in the latter half of the 20th century.

Description: We wish to purchase photographic negative sleeves to rehouse negatives in our Lane Photograph Collection. We completed a general conservation survey in December 2003, funded by a CAP Grant from the IMLS. The first recommendation in the executive summary of the report is to use archival-quality long-term storage supplies. Conservator Brian Ramer specifically identified a need to rehouse our photographic negatives in appropriate archival supplies. They are currently in archival storage boxes but not in archivally approved sleeves. Our collections manager will direct this project using our staff, volunteers and interns.

Grant: 172541 / PA-51098-05,   Category: American History,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2005

The Dust Bowl: An Oral History

Recipient: Minshall, Barbara J (Hastings, NE 68901 USA) in affiliation with Adams County Historical Society

Goal: To support a project in which up to 3,000 12-16 year olds will receive an introduction to the Dust Bowl era by Great Plains historians and instruction in specific oral history techniques. Students will then tape interviews with people who lived through the era for inclusion in local archives.

Grant: 136043 / GZ-*2057-80,   Category: Social Sciences,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Humanities Projects for Youth,   Year Awarded: 1980