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The New York State Program for the Conservation andPreservation of Library Research Materials. SelectedPress Clippings about Projects Funded by theDiscretionary GrRnt Program, 1998/8S and 1989/90.New York State Library, Albany. Div. of LibraryDevelopment.National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH),Washington, D.C.

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MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.Academic Libraries; *Archives; Higher Education;Library Surveys; Local History; Maps; *Microforms;Museums; Photographs; Physical EnvirIqe,lent;*Preservation; Program Descriptions; PublicLibraries; Repair; *Research Libraries; *StateProgramsHistorical Societies; New York

This document is composed of clippings from newspublications and press releases abort projects funded by the New YorkState Discrt.tionary Grant Program for Conservation and Preservationof Library Research Materials, which annually awards $500,000 tolibraries, archives, historical societies, and similar agencies inNew York State through competitive grants. The document is dividedinto two separate sections by grant year--1988/89 and 1989/90--andthe 56 entries, each containing one or more articles, are arrangedalphabetically by grant recipient. Projects fall into 12 categoriesaccording to types of preervation activities or materials to bepreserved: (1) development of information materials/training; (2)environmental controls; (3) historical records/manuscripts; (4) localhistory; (5) maps; (6) photographic materials; (7) physicaltreatment; (8) protective enclosures; (9) rare books; (10)reformatting microfons; (11) reformatting non-microforms: and (12surveys. An _ndex by Lype of preservation activity is included, and alist of all grant fund recipients is provided which includes theorganization/institution name, address, telephone number, and contact

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The University of the State of New YorkThe State Education DepartmentThe New York State LibraryDivision of Library DevelopmentAlbany, New York 12230

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PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THISTERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

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TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)"

Introduction

The Discrztionary Grant Program for the Conservation/Preservationof Library Research Materials was authorized as part of the 1984 legislationand expanded in 1986. It is administered by the New York State Library'sDivision of Library Development and it provides modest Itancial supportfor projects to preserve library research mat,...rials in the collections oflibraries, archives, historical societies and similar agencies within New YorkState. The purposes of the program are to encourage the proper care andaccessibility of research materials, to promote the use and development ofguidelines and technical standards for conservation/preservation work, andto support the growth of local and cooperative activities within the contextof the emerging national preservation activities. Technical assistance for theprogram is supported in part by a grant from the Office of Preservation ofthe National Endowment for the Humanities. A total of $500,000 isawarded annually through competitive grants.

For further information write to: Conservation/Preservation Program,Nev. York State Library, Division of Library Development, 10-C-47 CulturalEducation Center, Albany, New York 12230, or call (518) 474-6971.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Regents of The University

MARILN C. BARELL, Chancellor, B.A., IA, LLB. MuttontownR. CARLos CARBAII.ADA, Vice Chancellor, B.S. RochesterWILLARD A. GENR/CH, LLB BuffaloENG r..4 I. Gra Fat!, A.B., J.D Rm. ,eJORGE L BA-nsrA, B.A., J.D. BronxLAuRA BRADLEY CHODOS, B.A., M.A. Vischer FerryLoursa P. MATTEONI, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. BaysideJ. EDWARD MEYER, t3.A., LLB ChappaquaFt.treo S. LetroN, AB., M.A., M.P.A. Miller PlaceMax Lzvel LIEBER, BA, M.A. ManhattanSHIRLEY C. BROWN, BA, M.A., Ph.D AlbanyNORMA amt., B.A., M S W ManhattanCARL T. HAYDEN, A.B., J D ElmiraADELAIDE L SANT-oRD, B.A., M.A., P.D HollisWALTER Coma, B.A, Ph.D. RochesterGERAID J. Lusno, B.A., M.D. Staten Island

President of The University and Commissioner of EdutationTHOMAS SOBOL

Executive Deputy Commissioner of EducationThomAs E. SHELDON

Deputy Commissioner for Cultural EducationCAROLE F. HUXLEY

Assistant Commissioner for libraries and State LibrarianJOSEPH F. SHUBERT

Director, Division of Library DevelopmentROBERTA G. CADE

Director of the State LibraryJEROME YAVARKOVSKY

The Stale Education Department does clot discrimlnak on the basis of see,cater, religion, creed, disability, marital status, veteran status, national 0142113,race, or sex In the educational programs and activities which It operates.laluirkws coaceralng this policy of equal opportunity i.nd affirmative actionshouPt be referred to the Department's Affirmative Action Officer, EducationBuilding. Albany, NY 12234. Phone (518) 474-1265.

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Press Clippings were submitted by the followingDiscretionary Grant Award Recipients

Albany Public Library161 Washington AvenueAlbany, New York 12210Contact: James R. Hobin

(518) 449-3380 ext. 322

Baldwinsvilk Public Library43 Oswego StreetBaldwinsville, New York 13027Contact: Margaret Van Patten

(315) 635-5631

The Brooklyn Hospital - Cakdonian HospitalArchives/Health Science Library121 De Kalb AvenueBrooklyn, New York 11201Contact: Roy Brayton

(718) 403-6944

The Brooklyn Museum Library & Archives200 Eastern ParkwayBrooklyn, New York 11238Contact: Deirdre E. Lawrence

(718) 638-5000 ext. 308

Buffalo and Erie County Historkal Society25 Nottingham CourtBuffalo, New York 14216Contact: Mary F. Bell

(716) 873-9644

Canajoharie Library and Art GalkiyErie BoulevardCanajonarie, New York 13317Contact: Joanne C. Resch

(518) 673-2314

Chemung County Historical Society415 East Water StreetEimira, New York 14901Contact: Timothy Decker

(607) 734-4167

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College of New Rochelk

Gill LibraryCastle PlaceNew Rochellft. New York 10805Contact: Dr. James T. Schleifer

(914) 654-5347

Delaware County Historical AssociationR. D. #2, Box 201CDelhi, New York 13753Contact: Diane Hamblin

(607) 746-3849

Elmira CollegeGannett-Tripp Learning CenterElmira, New York 14901Contact: Mark Woodhouse

(607) 734-3911

Elting Memorial LibraryHaviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection93 Main StreetNew Paltz, New York 12561Contact: Marion W. Ryan

(914) 255-5030

Emma Willard School285 Pawling AvenueTroy, New York 12180Contact: Barbara Wiley

(518) 274-4440

Fashion Institute of Technology7th Avenue at 27th StreetNew York, New York 10001Contact: Judy Wood (1988/89),

Janette Ronne (1988/89), and(212) 760-7266/7265Marjorie Miller (1989/90)(212) 760-7590

The Field LibraryJohn E. Hayes, Sr. Plaza4 Nelson AvenuePeekskill, New York 10566Contact: Peter Wessley

(914) 737-0010

The Hispak Society of America613 West 155th StreetNew York, New York 10032Contact: Dr. Sandra Sider

(212) 926-2234

The Juilliard School

Lila Acheson Wallace LibraryLincoln CenterNew York, New York 10023Contact: Jane Gottlieb

(212) 799-5000 ext. 265

Madison Courty Historical SocietyCottage Lawn 435 Main StrectP. 0. Box 415Oneida, New York 13421Contact: Donald Ekola

(315) 363-4136

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtWatson LibraryFifth Avenue at 82nd StreetNew York, New York 10028Contact: Mindell Dubansky

(212) 879-5500

Municipal Reference & Research CenterDepartment of Records and Information Services31 Chamhers StrNew Ymk, Ne. ,ork 10007Contact: P. Anne Taylor

(212) 566-4285

Museum of American Folk Art61 West 62nd StreetNew York, New York 10023-7015Contact: Ann-Marie Reilly

(212) 977-7170

Museums at Stony Brook1208 Route 25AStony Brook, New Yoe: 11790Contact: Mari M. Ferrell

(516) 751-0066

New Rochelle Public LibraryLibrary PlazaNew Rochelle, New York 10801.Contact: Marjorie Shaw

(914) 632-7878

The New York Academy of Medicine2 East 103rd StreetNew York, New York 10029Contact: Elaine R. Schlefer

(212) 876-8200

The New York Botanical Garden200th and Kazimiroff BoulevardBronx, New York 10458-5126Contact: Susan Fraser

(212) 220-8750

New York County Clerk's OfficeCounty Court House60 Centre StreetNew York, New York 10007C'ontact: Bruce Adams

(212) 374-4376

New York Metropolitan Referenceand Research Library Agenq (METRO)57 Willoughby StreetBrooklyn, New York 11201Contact: John Harrison Brandeau

(718) 852-8700

New York Zoological Sociely

185th Street and Southern Blvd.New York, New York 10460Contact: Steve Johnson

(212) 220-6874

North Tonawanda Public Library505 Meadow DriveNorth Tonawanda, New York 14120Contact: Janet McKenna

(716) 693-4132

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Old Westbury GardensP. O. Box 430Old Westbury, New York 11568Contact: Laura J. Carpenter

(516) 333-0048

Onondaga County Public Library327 Montgomery StreetSyracuse, New York 13202Contact: Patricia Finley

(315) 448-4636

Onondaga Historical Association311 Montgomery StreetSyracuse, New York 13202-2098Contact: Suzanne Etherington

(315) 428-1852

Pember Library and Museum33 West Main StreetGranville, New York 12832Contact: Mary King

(518) 642-2053

The Port Washington Public Library245 Main StreetPort Washington, New York 11050Contact: El ly Shodell

(516) 883-4400

The Putnam Valley Hislorkal SocietyP. O. Box 297Putnam Valley, New York 10579Contact: Barbara Doyle

(914) 526-3890

Richmond Memorial Library19 Ross StreetBatavia, New York 14020Contact: Kathleen Facer

(716) 343-9550

The Schroeppel Historical Society

Corner of Main and Volney StreetPhoeni-c, New York 13135Contact: Anne Hugl-es

(315) 635-7211

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Smithtown Historkal SocietyP. 0. Box 69Smithtown, New York 11787Contact: Louise Hall

(516) 265-6768

Southeastern New York LibraryResources CouncilRoute 299, P. 0. Box 879Highland, New York 12528Contact: Sarah Browne

(914) 691-2734

St. Bonaventure UniversityFriedsam Memorial LibrarySt. Bonaventure, New York 14778Contact: Peter Jermann

(716) 375-2324

St. Lawrence County Historical Assn.Silas Wright House & Museum3 East Main, P. 0. Box 8Canton, New York 13617Contact: Garrett Cook

(315) 386-8133

St. Lawrence County Historical Assn.Silas Wright House & Museum3 East Main, P. 0. Box 8Canton, New York 13617Contact: Garrett Cook

(315) 386-8133

Strong MuseumOne Manhattan SquareRochester, New York 14607Contact: Judy E. Emerson

(716) 263-2700

SUNY al MorrisvilleCollege of Agriculture and TechnologyMorrisville, New York 13408Contact: Colleen Stella

(315) 684-6055

Thousand Island Shipyard Museum750 Mary StreetClayton, New York 13624Contact: Kurt Hasselbalch

(315) 686-4101

Troy Public Library100 Second StreetTroy, New York 12180Contact: Joanne Ginsburg

(518) 274-7071

Utica CollegeBurrstone RoadUtica, New York 13502Contact: Painan R. Wu

(315) 792-3041

Van ALsone Homestead SocietyBox 14Canajoharie, New York 13317Contact: Susan F. Watkins

(313) 429-3732

Yeshiva University

500 West 185th StreetNew York, New York 10033Contact: Pearl Berger

(212) 960-6363

Yivo Institute for Jewish Research1048 Fifth AvenueNew York, New York 10028Contact: Hen y Sapoznik

(212) 535-6700

Yonkers Public Library7 Main StreetYonkers, New York 10701Contact: Frances C. Roberts

(914) 337-1500

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Entries in the booklet are arranged by grant year in two separate sections. An index bytype of preservation activity and by type of material preserved appears below with thegrant award year.

Development of Informational Materials/Training

New York Metropolitan Reference and ResearchLibrary Agency (METRO) - 1989/90, 54

Southeastern New York Library Resources Council - 1989/90, 68

Environmental Controls

Brooklyn Hospital - 1989/90, 42Elting Memorial Library - 1988/89, 11Municipal Reference and Research Center - 1988/89, 17New York Zoological Society - 1988/89, 23, 24

Historical Records/Manuscripts

Elmira College - 1988/89, 1989/90, 10, 45Juilliard School - 1988/89, 1989/90, 13-15, 52, 53New York County Clerk - 1988/89, 22Onondaga Historical Association - 1988/89, 28Port Washington Public Library - 1988/89, 29Smithtown Historical Society - 1989/99, 67St. Bonaventure University - 1988/89, 33Thousand Island Shipyard Museum - 1988/89, 35Yeshiva University - 1988/89, 1989/90, 38, 74

Local History

Albany 'public Library - 1988/89, 1, 2Baldwinsville Public Library - 1988/89, 3Delaware County Historical Association - 1989/90, 44New Rochelle Public Library - 1989/90, 57Onondaga County Public Library - 1988/89, 27Pember Library and Museum - 1989/90, 61, 62Richmond Memorial Library - 1989/90, 65Troy Public Library - 1988/89, 36Yonkers Public Library - 1988/89, 40, 41

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Maps

Delaware County Historical Association - 1989/90, 44Hispanic Society of America - 1989/90, 51Pember Library and Museum - 1989/90, 61, 62

Photographic Materials

Brooklyn Museum - 1988189, 4, 5Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery - 1988/89, 7, 8The Field Library - 1989/90, 50Museum of American Folk Art - 1989/90, 56New Rochelle Public Librari - 1989/90, 57Putnam Valley Historical Society - 1989/90, 63, 64

Physical Treatment

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society - 1988/89, 6College of New Rochelle - 1988/89, 9Delaware County Historical Association - 1989/90, 44Fashion Institute of Technology - 1988/89, 1989/90, 12, 47-49The Juilliard School - 1989/90, 52, 53Museums at Stony Brook - 1988/89, 18-20New York Botanical Garden - 1988/89, 21New York County Clerk - 1988/89, 22Old Westbury Gardens - 1989/90, 60Pember Library and Museum - 1989/90, 61, 62Smithtown Historical Society - 1989/9C, 67Yonkers Public Library - 1988/89, 40, 41

Protective Enclosures

Hispanic Society of America - 1989/90, 51Madison County Historical Society - 1988/89, 16Museum of American Folk kit - 1989/90, 56Onondaga Historical Associatien - 1988/89, 28SUN? College at Brockport - 1988/89, 34Shaker Museum - 1988/89, 30-32Strong Museum - 1989/90, 70, 71Thousand Island Shipyard Museum - 1988/89, 35

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College of New Rochelle - 1988/89, 9New York Botanical Garden - 1988/89, 21

Reformatting Mieroforms

Albany Public Library - 1988/89, 1, 2Chemung County Historical Society - 11 39/90, 43Juil hard School - 1988/89, 13-15Elmira College - 1989/90, 45Emma Willard School - 1989/90, 46North Tonawanda Public Library - 1988/89, 25, 26Onondaga County Public Library - 1988/89, 27Port Washington Public Library - 1988/89, 29Richmond Momorial Library - 1989/90, 65State University of New York at Morrisville - 1989/90, 72Smithtown Historical Society - 1989/90, 67St. Bonaventure University - 1988/89, 33Utica College - 1988/89, 37Yivo institute - 1988/89, 39Yeshiva University - 1988/89, 1989/90, 38, 74

Reformatting Non-Mieroforms

Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery - 1988/89, 7, 8The Field Library - 1989/90, 50Yivo Institute - 1989/90, 75

Surveys

Baldwinsville Public Library - 1988/89, 3Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1989/90, 55New York Academy of Medicine - 1989/90, 58, 55New York Zoological Society - 1988/89, 23, 24Putnam Valley Historical Society - 1989/90, 63, 64Schroeppel Historical Society - 1989/90, OAState University of New York at Morristille - 1989/90, 72St. Lawrence County Historical Assfriation - 1989/90, 69Van Alstyne Homestead Society - 1989/90, 73

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ALBANY PUBLIC LIBRARY

News clippings preservelocal history

Sy Judy ShepardStaff wrtear

Barbara Snow and Dave Watson looklike victims who have just workedtheir way out of an avalanche.

They are up to their elbows innewspaper clippings overflowing atable in the Pruyn Room, AlbanyPublic Library's !mai history researchcollection. More clippings cover thechairs and others have cascaded ontothe floor.

"We're working on the biography filetoday." Snow says. glancing up from ahrittle yellow scrap of paper she hasplucked from the heap.

She and Watson will have readthrough thousands upon thousands ofold local newspaper stories by the timethey are finished with this project,which will save the clippings fromfurther deterioration by putting themon microfilm.

h. "f what Is to be saved consbtsof local newspaper stories clipped by

librarians between 1940 and 1980.One cabinet drawer yields up files

from "Albany Citizens Committee forAlbany Public Schools** to "AlbanyCrimes Legs Diamond."

James Robin, local history librarian,describes the collection as covering"any topic concerned Albanyhistory, from politics and govk rnmentand buildings to crime and snow-storms.

"I would say it's one of the mostimportant parts of the collection in thelocal history room," he Esys.

That popularity has takel Its ball onthe fragile pieces of newsprint.

"The clippings are in just such astate of overuse and deterioration that

really had to do something," Hobinsays. "This stuff is heavily used by thepublic.

"Now Is the perfect time to get Itwhole and preserve it it suf-fered total damage. Once it is gone,you can't get it back."

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The grant came from $500.000 Instate funds for preservation projectsfor everything from new air condition-ing in the collections stacks at theMuseum of Natural History to photopreservation at Schenectady CountyPublic Library.

The Albany project 1.1 a cooperativeone which will use the Albany CountyHall of Records micrographic equip-ment available for the filming.

The interns are history studentsSnow is in the graduate public historyprogram at the State University atAlbany and Watson is an undergradd-ate majoring in history and politicalscience at the College of St Rose.

Without that cooperation, Robin saysthe project could not have beenundertaken, even with the state funds,because it is too costly to have themicrofiliming done privately.

Once the microfilming is done, thelibrary and the county hall of recordswill have copies, along with a comp-terized finding list. It wili also beoffered PI ?al schools and colleges.

The 41%1: should begin this sum-mer, -t ,ey and Watson havefinishtu . -.Jibing the clips into theorder ia which they will be filmed 20file drawers, each containing any-where from 60 to 100 file folders ofclippings.

The preservation project and otterslike it hve grown out of an awarenessof the threat to written records, saysRobin.

"I think it's the cumulative effect ofthe deterioration," he says. "There wasa flurry of interest in the '70s and itwas institutionalized in the '80s. Nowthe funding is there, in addition to theinterest

The Times Union, June 9, 1988

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Guide to historic recordsto be published by C strnas

ALBANY A guide to the his-torical public recoi is of AlbanyCounty will be published beforeChristmas under the direction ofthe county's Hall of Records.

According to Robert W. ArnoldIII, the hall's executive director,research for the guide was fundedwith one off thiee grants awardedto Albany County in 1988 for his-toric purposes.

The $5,500 guide grant, entiCed"World Our Fathers Made" wasgiven by the State Commission onthe Bicentennial of the U.S. Con-stitution.

Tracy Grimm, a student fromthe College of Saint Rose. has beenworking for months to prepare thepublication, wion is "all but fin-ished," Arnold J.

When completed. the guide willenable history buffs to more easilyresearch the historic records ofthe cities of Albany and Watery-

liet; and the towns of Colonie,Guilderland, Bethlehem, NewScotland, Berne, Westerlo andRensselaerville from 1785-1815.

The grant will also pay theprinting costs.

"World of Our Fathers" isendorsed and co-sponsored by theoffice of the Albany County his-torian, the Hudson-Mohawk Insti-tute of the College of Saint Roseand the Albany County Constitu-tional Bicentennial Committee.

The hall received a secondgrant of $2,400 this year from theAfrican University ResearchFoundation of the State Universityof New York to survey the publicrecords oi Mbany County's blackcommunity during the Age ofManumission 1787-1827

Prior to the 1820s, Arnold said,the county's population averaged12-15 percent black.

"Relatively little research hasbeen done until inw into thisimportant ethnic community,"Arnold said.

A third grant of $12,500 wasawarded in 1988 to the hall fromthe State Commissioner of Educa-tion's Advisory Council on theConservation of Library Reseal chMaterials.

Two interns David Watsonfrom the College of Saint Rose andBarbara Snow from the State Uni-versity at Albany were hired toprocess and microfilm 65 drawersof newspaper clippings regardingthe region's history.

The project, done in cooperationwith the Albany Public Library,will preserve a valuable and frag-ile resource and make copies ofthe microfilm available to severalarea libraries. Arnold said.

The Record, Troy, NY, Sat. Nov. 26, 1988

BALDWINSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Conservator to workon local collections

The local history archivalcollections or both theBnlawinsvIlle PublicLibrary and the Museum attho Shacksboro Schoolhousemil be receiving profes-sional attention this year.

tinder the terms of a grantfront the NYS Con-servation IP r eservationDiscretionary Grant Pro-gram, the Institutions havelured recognized paper consserv::er Ellen RiggsTi lapaugh fromCotmerstown. TiHapaughhas reviewed the orgaliza-i.uns collections ani. apreparing a recominendedprogram for storage, use,and conservation of thematerials.

A graduate of SkidmoreCollege. Tillapaugh hasreceiNed specialized trainingin museum studies at the.Cooperstown Graduate Pro-gram. State University atBuffalo, and the StateUniversity. at Albany.Tillapaugh resides inCooperstown where she hasestablished a private conservation practice whichspccializei; In paper and tex-tiles. Her clients include

private individuals as viellos museums througnout theNortheast.

Local Items :ncludcd inTillapaugh's survey includ-ed photographs, rare localhistory books, a sketchbookby Dr. Beauchamp, andhand% ritten documentb, in-cluding a collection of earlyDldi insv die deeds and billsof sale. The materials in-eluded in the survey were alldeemed to be locally signifi-cant. Most of the items werealso unique, or one of a verylimited number of copies.

The Baldwinsville grant isone of only 47 awarded underthis program for 1938/89.The program is designed toencourage the conservationand preservation of uniquearchivat materialsthroughout the state Con-sideration is given to thesignificance of thematerials, the accessibilityof the materials to the publicand the level of the in-stitution's commitment topreservation. Baldwins-ville's applicadon.was rank-ed in the top 30% of all theapplications which werereceived.

The Baldwinsville MessengerSummer 1988

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LIB ARY FOCUSby MARGARETX AN PATTENAdult Sei ices Lan ai ian

The library will present aprogram on investing onWednesday. March 23 at 7p m David Lieberman,

itrict manager of First In-% estor's Corp. and alicdnsedbroker, will talk about newlax laws and related in-vestments.

t*National Women's History

Mouth mil he the theme of!his exhibit celebrating thewide range of women's con-tributions a ndachievements. too often0%crlookcd in the teding ofUnited States history. Theexhibit features women onthe local, slate and nationalley! I

The Baldwinsville PublicLibrary and ShacksboroMuseum have received agrant- from the New YorkSlate Education D-eart-men:. The New York StateDiscretionary Grant Pro-gram for Conservation andPreservation of LibraryResearch Materials hasawarded the library and themuseum funds to hire a pro-fessional conservationist tosurvey the collections andmake recommendations.The grant application waswritten by - Margaret VanPatten, reference/addlt ser-vices librarian and Sue EllenMcManus. museum direc-tor

The Baldwinsville Messenger March 16, 1988

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BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Preservation Projectsat The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and

Archivesby Deirdre E. 1,2wre.,ceThe Bi,..oklyn Museum

Paper presented At Metro ?Tow= on the Funglammtals ofPreservation on March 7. 1988, f n New York am

Begun as an apprentices' library in 1823. Tne BrooklynMuseum has evolved into an internationally renown artmuseum offenng two research libranes and an archive inaddition to the exhibition and interpretation of its approx-imately two million works of art. The Libranes. with hold-ings of over 177,000 volumes, are particularly strong inAmencan Painting, Sculpture. and uecorative Arts: Afn-can, Oceanic, and New World Art; Egyptian Art andArchaeology, and New York locc. history. 'The Archivescontains approximately 1500- tinear feet of correspon-dence, exhibition files, expedit. pn reports. and photo-graphs documenting the history of the Museum and itscollections. The Brooklyn Museum is a special member ofthe Research Libranes Group, and approximately one-fifth of its holdings are represented in the RLIN database

Starting in 1984, The Brooklyn Museum staff began toexamine the preservation problems facing the library andarchival materials which have been stored in a non-cli-mate-controlled environment over the years At the sametime plans were begun for interim and long range renok.a-ton to accommodate the gr_Aving collections in a con-trolled environment With a partially subsidized NEHgrant, the Museum contributed funds to underwnte an on-site consultation from a merni,er of the Northeast Docu-ment Conservation Center After the visa, NEDCC sub-mitted a substantial report that has served as a guide forpreservation of the various collections as well as planningfor proper storage The report targeted the most senouspreseivation problems facing us, and has given us guidance in deciding what kind f preservation techniquecould be employed with our valuable collections.

In 1985 a preservation program was initiated withfunds from the New York State Library f:onservation,'Preservafion Program These funds were awarded forspecific projects and included microfilming of the handwritten minutes of the Brooklyn Art Association(1860-1905) and a nineteenth century furniture catalogfrom S Karpen and Brothers In addition to the filming, wehad archival quality phase boxes made for a number ofnineteenth century periodicals, and had an importantportfolio of plates on Peruvian objects cleaned, encapsu-lated, and rehoused. The Museum is a proud owner ofapproximately ten thousand fashion and costumesketches executed between 1912 and 1950. Thesesketches have been used by students and designers overthe years and require extensive repair and cleaning. TheMuseum Library staff conducted an inventory of thesketches and reinstalled them into acid-free folders andinterleavin9 tissues purchased with the New York StatePreservati' n funds.

In retrospect, a seems that we were able to accovaplish alot with the grant funds, which were just under $7,000Four very brittle books were microfilmed; three bookswere repaired and rebound; sixteen portfolios of plateswere cleaned, repaired, and encapsulated; forty-nine vol-umes were boxed: and ten thousand sketc hes were placedinto acid-free enclosures. In addition, a very valuablenineteenth century Brooklyn Furniture -.:atalog receivedfull conservation treatment.

1986 brought us more shelves to accommodate thegrowing collection and to get the periodical collectionreshelved Unfortunately, we are once again in need ofmore shelves and have very little space for them. Fund-raising for Interim renovation is just beginning, and I hopewe can install compact shelving within the next NJ., years.

Our preservation program has been continued with asubstantial grant awarded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities' Office of Preservation in 1986. This grantwas given to preserve two very important parts of theLibrary collection. microfilming of the Museum Yearbooksclang from 1899 to the mid-1970s in ninety-nine vol-umes, and the preservation of a collection of forty carbon-gelatin photographic prints, by Alfred P. Maudslay, ofarchaeological sites in Mexico and Central Amenca takenbetween 1881 and 1894. Besides the tonal qualityafforded by the carbon Lielatin pnnting process, theseimages are extremely important because they depict stele,temples, and ruins, many of which no longer exist today.The forty oversized pnnts had been matted and adheredto acidic boards, and housed upnght in a case designed bythe Works Progress Administration staff who worked in theMuseum in the mid-thirties.

The NEH grant enabled us to hire a photograph conser-vator who examined each print and consolidated cracklingof the gelatin. The Funds have also allowed us to hire apart time library preservation assistant to coordinate thetwo projects. This staff member has been instrumental inguiding the preservation program and has assisted in theselection of more matenal for preservation, binding, andboxing, in addition to the extensive preparatory workinvolved with yearbooks and Maudslay pnnts. It is clearto me that we need to continue the position of the librarypreservation assistant in order to focus in on the majorpreservation problems facing the Lbranes and archives.We are now trying to find more funds to contnue thepreservation assistant for the next year.

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In 1987. we were lucky again to secure funds from theNew York State Conservation/Preservation Program forthe Goodyear collecfion. This collection contains approx-imately fifteen thousand lantern slides, 750 glass platenegatives, and 650 black-and-white vintageprints. Most ofthe images were taken by or for William H. Goodyear, firstcurator of fine arts, from 1899 to 1923. The images are invery fragile condifion z,rid required a new storage systemother than the space anocated under a leaking steam pipein the Museum's basement The grant funds allowed us topurchase new storage cabinets to re-house the slides in amore secure area, print the vintage glass plate negatives,and store all the images in archivally safe enclosures.

We are extremelt, grateful to the National Endowmentfor the Humani" Office of Preservation and the NewYork State Conroration/Preservation Program for theirsupport. Ihest fund; have enabled us to begin a preserva-tion program to which The Brooklyn Museum is commit-ted and will support in the coming years.

In acidition to interim renovation, our plans for the nearfuture include the establishment of a preservation center toserve the needs oi both the libraries and archives. Thiscenter would allow for the on-going care of the collectionswhich have a wide range of problems inherent in researchmatenals in fine art al td ethnographic libraries. Hopefu4with this center and a properly trained staff, we will be ableto preserve our important research collecnons tor futureusers.

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BUFFALO and ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECEIVES GRANT

The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society's Research Library

has received a $9,0S3 grant from the New York State Discretionary

Grant Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library

Research Materials.

The funds will be used to conserve 16 atlases of Buffalo, Eris

County and New York State from the late 19th and early 20th

centuries. The atlases will be removed frLm their present

bindings, cleaned, deacidified, encapsulated in mylar sleeves,

and rebound. This action will protect the atlases from further

deterioraLion, and will permit the atlases to be used more

easily.

The Historical Society is the only institution in Erie County

and one of 47 institutions state-wide to receive support in

this grant cycle. Last year, this program granted the Historical

Society funds to conserve 16 other atlases in its collection.

New York state legislation provides $500,000 annually for

library conservation projects. This year, 115 applications were

reviewed, requesting $1.4 million in assistance.# # #

Newsletter - March 16, 1988

Tha Ruffato and P;;Is Zounty Historical Spclety'lResearch Library has recewed a $9,093 grant from thestate Discretionary Grant Program for Conservationand Preservation of Library Research Materials. Thefunds will be used to conserve 16 atlases of Buffalo,Er le County and New York state dating from the late19th to early 20th centuries.

Business First of Buffalo- Week of March 28, 1988

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CANAJOHARIE LIBRARY & ART GALLERY

The Carajoharie Library & Art Gallery recently received a grant for $1500

from the New York State Discretionary 7Jrant Program for Conservation and Preser-

vation of Library Research Materials.

The state legisla*-ure provides a total of $500,00 in financial support to

libraries, historical sccieties, archives, ard similar agencies for the preserva-

tion of printed boo'c.s, manuscrilts, ohotogranhs, mans, prints, and other materials

of historical research value.

A p-oject involving the conservation and preservation of Cailsjoharie photo-

graohs has been underway at the library sirce 19e7 through the auspices of two

consecutive awards from the rev York State Discretionary Grant funding program.

The most recent 19E2-CC award has erabled Project coordinator and Historical Cura-

tor, Joanne Resch, to continue work on a oroject which ercompasses the creatnient

and cataisgin7, .)f a oortion of thc library's histo-ical chotograch collection. Cony

negatives .)f the historical photo,3raohs are heirg made, and a catalog of the items

Processed and their subject matter is being organized Ulti,lately, catalogirg of

the library's historical photograohs will be an aid to researchers of local history,

as will the copy regatives of th historical collect on through their availability

fo/ duplication fp- exhibits and educational programming. ThP puroose and goal of

this extended preservation Project is to preserve the library's collection of Photo-

graphs as valuable items that nrovide historical info-mation as well as valuabLe items

thatremesent physical artifacts of local history. The treatmert and dccailed cata-

loging of the photograph collection is an essertial ard vital oart of the library's

or-going effort to preserve local history material donated to its historical collec-

tions. Through preservation orojects such as this, unique historical collections

like that of thr Canajoharie Library 7.4 A-t Gallery, can Perpetuate and remain safely

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a'Icessible to thP public as histo-ical referanee.

The DiLcrPtiona-y 7irant Procv.am received one-hundred fifteen applications

rf?cuesting a total of $1,417,666 fo- its 19E8-89 cycle of grants. Forty-seven of

these were awarded grarts with the available $500,000.

For more information regardirg ;rants for consenration contact: Conservation/

preservation Program, Division of Library development, New York State Librarj,

10C47 Cultural Education Canter. Albany, Nc'w Yo k 12230. (518)474-6971.

News Release- Week of Jan. 3 or 9, 1989

Library receives $1,500 state grantCANAJOHARIE The Canajo-

harie Library & Art Gallery recentlyreceived a grant for $1,500 from theNew York state Discretionary GrantProgram for Conservation and F.es-e rvation of Library ResearchMaterials.

The state Legialature provides atotal of $500,000 in financial supportto libraries, historical societies, ar-chives and similar agencies for thepreservation of printed books, menu-scriPts, PhotagraPhs, mapsorintsand other materiali of historical re-search value.

A project involving the coneerva-tion and preservatior of Canajobarie

photographs has been underway atthe library since 1987 through theauspices of two consecutive awardsfrom the New York state Discretion-ary Grant funding program.

The most recent 1988-89 awardhas enabled project coordinator andHiatorical Curator Joanne Reach tocontinue work on a project, whichencompasses the treatment and cata-loging of a portion of the library'shistorical photograph ,:ollection.

Copy negatives cf the historicalphotographs are being made and acatalog of the items processed andtheir subject matter is being orga-nized. Ultimately, cataloging of the

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library's historical photographs willbe an aid to researchers of local. his-tory, as will the copy negatives of thehistorical collection through theiravailability for duplication for exhib-its and educational programming

The purpose and goal of this ex-tended preservation project is to pre-serve the library's collection of pho-tographs as valuable items thatprovide historical information as wellas valuable items that representphysical artifacts of local history.

The tzeatment and detailed cata-loging of the photograph collection isan essential and vital part of the li-brary's ongoing effort to preserve lo-cal history material donated to itahistorical collections.

Through preservation projectssuch as this, tmique historical collec-tions like that of the Canajoharis Li-brary & Art Gallery can perpetuateand remain safely accessible to thepublic as historical reference.

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COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE

Rare, histot weftto be repaired UMW$12,000 state granteypeeisistweadiStaff Wow

The Coil ,eita of New Rochelle istaking stock of acme of its mootpriceless poatessions rare leather-bound writlny ea. leth centurymartyr Thome More and religiousand historical tracts by the UrsulineOrder of Nuns.

JamesSehlelfer

During the next12 month*, thecollege will becleaning andrepairing many ofthe works, whichhave either beenstored in a vault orkept in a lockedglass case at DellLibrary.

"Some are anabsolute wreck.having been

repaired improperly in the past,"said Nelly Balloffet, a librarian andbook restorer who has beencommissioned to do the work.

"There are torn pages and splitbindings," Balloffet said. "If booksare not taken care of properly, theycannot really be read and enjoyed."

Balloffet, who lives in Ossining,will select and restore 90 of the moatdeteriorated books under a $12,000grant from the state Department ofEducation.

The college's More collectionalone comprises 170 books by theEnglish statesman whose retinal tota il,. an oath recognizing HenryVIH's aominion over the church ledto his execution in 1535. More wascanonized as saint by the RomanCatholic Church 300 years later andwas the subject of the 1966 AcademyAward-winning film, "A Man for AllSeasons."

His best known work is "Utopia,"a classic Renaissance treatise whichdescribes an ideal society embracingreligious toleration and communalownership of property.

The college's collection has a 1577edition of "Utopia," obtained in thenud-1940s by an Ursuline nun, SisterTeresa Falls, mid Jim Schleifer,library director. It also has a 1518copy written in Latin.

Balloffet said that many of More'sbooks are bound in lite leather withspecial typography and exquisiteillustrations on pages of vellum, akind of parehment made from animalskin. There also are about eightminiature volumes, each about fourinches tall.

"And a few of the early booksfrow the Ursuline collection havevelvet covers, elaborate designs andclasp locks," she said. "One has atortoise-shell cover. These are uniqueand unusual finds."

.n the Ursuline collection, many ofthe 350 books record advances ineducation made by the teaching orderin the United States. Nuns whooperated the college during the early1900s started the collection with 17thand 18th century prayer anddevotional books from all over theUnited States. Schleifer said. After

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World War I. more books were sentfrom European countries to thank thenuns for wartime assistance, he said.

Balloffet said she usea small handtools for the restoration work andplaces fragile editions in specialboxes.

She earned a master of libraryscience degree from CclumbiaUniversity in 1968. cmrking forfive years as a librarian includingwork at the Ossining Public LibrerY.the College of White Plains Libraryand the Briarcliff College Libraryshe studied conservation andrestoration of printed materials withexperts in the New York :state area.

"I feel that I am preservingknowledge and pieces of the pest".she said, "and it's a good feeling."

The Standard Star, May 2, 1988

Rare Book CollectionsWill Be Restored

Rare books from two collections at the College ofNew Rochelle which are especially valuable toresearchers will be restored through a grant fromthe New York State Discretionary Grant Programfor the Conservation and Preservation of LibraryResearch Materials.

The Ursuline Coilection documents the UrsulineSisters' early efforts toward the education of wo-men in the United States. It contains informationon the country's religious and cultural history.

Containing works in French, German, Italian,Spanish and Polish, as well as English, the collec-tion has books dating from the 17th and 18thcenturies including rare books pre-dating theFrench Revolution, a time of wide destruction ofreligious materials.

The Thomas More Colkction, one of only six inthe U.S., and the only one in New York state,contains some of the earliest editions in Latin andEnglish of More's works.

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ELMIRA COLLEGE

Co/ lege receives library grantEndre College is among 47 instituttons to

realve s gent Ike the conservation Indprasarvatios of Misery mum materialsfrom the state Ednutios Departmest.

The grant b for $3=1 and will be used fortho collages archives prosevallon project.

Ths grant programa wu authorized ar Part of1914 library lesisiatIon which was upended inises.

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ELTING MEMORIAL 'LIBRARY

Elting Library Receives$2,835 In Grants

NEWPALTZ( HVN): IreneH. Martin, Director of theHaviland-Heidgerd HistoricalCollection at Elting Mary,New Paha hu announced thatthe Collection has received twovents this year in the amount of$2,835.

The tirst. was .a preservationsant received from the StateEducation Department in Al-buy in the amount of $1200.The money will be used to put,-chase equipment to monitortemperature and humidity. The

grant also provides for trans-parent sun shades for the win-dows and sleeves kr the &moonsbulbs, both of whicb will limitdeterioration of books and doe-uments kom excess light Theseimprovements will be a majorstep forward in preserving theunique material in tbs localhistory col kction.

'The second grant was receivedfrom the Mid-Hudson LibrarySystem in the amount of$1634.1988 has been designated Ccm-munity Heritage Year in New

York State and this grant willimplement the Collection's plansfor that celebration in this com-munity. Oral History interviewswill be conducted with olderresidents, and these will betranscribed, indexed and madeavailable to researcher& Thestaff has been tape recordingmembers of the communitysince 1980, and these inter-views will also be transcribedunder the pmvisions of thegrant. A traveling exhibit isplanned which will highlight ourcortummity heritage, with specialemphasis on the informationfrom the taped interview&

Mre, Martin and her assistant,Marion Rysn were the grantMit=

The New Paltz News, Vol. 101 No. 18, Wed., May 11, 1988

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

FIT gets preservation grantfor fashion sketchesA 524.300 grant from the New YorkState Discretionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preservation ofLibrary Research Materials has beengiven to the Fashion Institute of Tech-nology Library in New York. Thesefunds will be used to pteserve 16,500original draWings from the library'sBedey Studio Sketch Collection. Theentire collection of 100.000 sketchesdrawn in pencil and sometimes hand-colored on thin tracing paper datesfrom 1919-1959. The Raley Studiowas a subscription service that pro-vided to the fashion industry sketchesof both original designs and copiesfrom the Paris fashion shows.

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jUILLIARD SCHOC L

Some Year-End NewsFrom the Library

by Jane GottliebThe Lila Acheson Wallace Library is

pleased to announce the receipt of a 1988-89 New York State Conservation/Preserva-dor, Discretionary Grant. This is the secondcormeutive year that the library has re-ceived funding &Gin this program, :inderwhich tbe state legislature provides a totalof $500,000 to libraries, historical societies,arrhives, and similar narks for tbe pre-servition oi printed books, manuscripts,photograph", maps, prints, and other mate-rials of historical research value.

This year's grant wi'l fund the microfilm-ing of the library's holograph and letter col-lect'Ain, which contains 50 autographedmanuscripts and 150 letters. Highlights ofthis valuable collection include manusaiptsof Leonard Bernstein's Brass Music,2Btahms songs (Sehnsucht, op. 49, no. 3 andim Garten am Seegestode, op. 70, no. It,Henry Cowell's Quarte Pedantic, Mil-haud's Une jounife, 2 of Persichati's cho-ral works, and Ralph Shapcy's Etclungspour violin solo, op. 21.

The group uf autographed letters includeswritings by Bag, Berlioz, Ernest Bloch,Fnrz Kitiskr, Mendelssohn, Milhaud, Ros-sini, Clara and Robert Schumann, RogerSessions, Varese, and Wagner's critique ofthe first Konigsberg performance of Belh-m's Norma. (This last document was re-cently translated in the Pans Opera's pro-gram for their November 1987 Normaproduction with the following acknowl-edgement "manuscript publite avix l'ami-

able autorisa5on de la Lila Acheson WallaceLibrary, The Juilliard School, New York.)

Tlx grant will also fund preservatico mi-crofilming of Archival documents, inchrd-ing early School catalogs and publications,special cooservaion treatment of 2 scrap-books opera production photographs, andthe purchase of archival quality folders andmylar sleeves for 4,700 photographs of op-era and dance productions. The latter winsave to properly preserve these importantdocuments of Juilliard's performance his-tory and help to make them more accessibleto researckrs.

Finally, we will again be able to employa part-tinx conservation assistant who willwork with the library and bindery staffs onupgrading in-house treamient and care ofour many valuable items.

The Juilliard Journal, May, 1988

Juilliard Library Gets New Preservation GrantThe Lila Acheson Wallace Library

of the Juilliard School has received asecond consecutive New York StateDiscretionary Grant for conser.rationand preservation of iibrary researchmaterials.

The 1988-89 gam of lust under510.000, which was awarded in Marchfor work begun in the tag few weeks.

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will be used to continue archival workbegun last year The first grant Aasfor 523.000.

The school Liszt ,uitet WM. :i-bretto collection and archival scrap-books have been made available toresearchers sine March. as a resultof restoration and preser.aiion.

One-Of-A-Kind Holo ra h and Letter Collection and Archival DocumentsUnique To.Juilliard Will Become Available To Researchers

The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace Library is a recipient of a 1988-89

New York State Discretionary Grant for the Conserv..1;ion/Preservation of Library

Research Materials. It is the second consecutive year that Juilliard's library

received funding from this program that est.fablished tho school's first archival and

preeervation program. The almost $10,000 grant will be used to conttnue archival

work already begun with the grant awarded last year. Since March 198!, Juilliard's

Liszt collection, libretto collection and archival scrapb.00ks have been available to

researchers for the first time, after restoration and preservation work was comple-

ted with funds from the previous New York State Grant. This year's funds are for

microfilming the library's holograph and letter collection, as well as valuabl,

archival documents. Funding also provides archival supplies needed to protect the

school's 4,700 photographs of opera and dance productions. P eservaticn is expected

to be completed in March 1989, at which time the documents will be available for

research.

Documents to be microfilmed are:

Juilliard's Halo ra h and Letter Collection: containing 50 autographed manu-scripts and 150 letters. Highlights of manuacripts tnclude Leonard Bernstein'sBrass Music, 2; 'Ivo son6s by Johannes Brahms, Sehnsucht, op. 49 no. 3 am.Im Garten am See estade o . 70 no. 1; Henry Cowell's Quartet Pedantic;Darius Milhaud's line iournee; Ralph Shapey's Etchings pour violin solo, op. 21and two choral works by Vincent Persichetti.

Autograph letters by Berg, Berlioz. Ernest Bloch, Fritz Kreisler, Milhaud,Hendelssohn, Rossini, Clara and Robert Schumann, Roger Sessions and Edgar Vareseare inc1udr4 in the letter collection. A critique of the first Konigsberg

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performance of Rellini's Norma by Richard Wagner is also included. The Wagner

critique was recently translated in a November 1987 program for the Paris

Opera's production of Norma.

A copy of the holograph and letter collection microfilm rill be given

to the Music Division of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.

Juilliard's Archival Documents; includes early school eataio,s, publications

and two scrapbooks of opera production photographs.

Grant funds will again enable Juilliard to employ a part-time conservation

assistant to train in-house staff in proper preservation techniques.

Juilliard again received one of the top 47 financial awards given by the New

York State program, uneer which the state legislature provides $500,000 to

libraries, historical societies and archives to be used for the preservation of

printed books, manuscripts, photographs and other materials of historical research

value.The Juilliard School News Release, June 15, 1988

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MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

State grant to helphistorical society

by KATHY HANLONDispatch Staff Writer

The Madison County Historical Society has received a $10,000 greatfrom the state Education Department.

The money will be used ibr materials to preserve historical documentsand to pay the preeent volunteer archt a salary, according to DonEko la, director of the society.

The society's reorganization, which hinged on receipt of the grant, willbegin Saturday and continue through April 6.

"We need bodies to help us lug books and documents," Ekola said.The immediate reorganization calls for the =Mims and library cur-

rently on the second floor to be moved to the first floor for better as>cessibility to the public. Those records include genealogical and local his-tory materials. The business offices will b.: -ved to the second floor.

The society is also in the midst of planni.1 an awes to the CottageHouse that will :rye as a museum, with the house to be restored to its or-iginal state.

"We need someone to build the annex for us, or the shell even. In returnwe'll put their name on the addition," Ekola said.

The society houses documents that date back to the late 18th centuryand include Civil War documents from regiments based in Madisoncounty, temperance papers from the early women's movement Inda landgrant fro m 1790 signed by then Governor Clinton.

The society also boasts one of the largest Civil War libraries in the U.S.as well as one of the largest collections of traditional crafts in this country.

An open house will be held April 6 to publicly present the newly or-ganized facility. " We won't just have punch and cookies, it will be moreVictorian and elegant," Ekola said.

Oneida Daily Dispatch, March 17, 1988

HCHS AWARDED GRANT

HCHS was one of many who applied for a library grant from New YorkState Library preservation Grant. The Department of Educationawarded HCHS a $10,000.00 grant. This grant is to pay archivistfor the project of refoldering, and proper storage of societydocuments. Part of the grant is to be applied to the purchasingof acid free storage materials for the collection. The librariesbeing moved to the main floor for security and publicassessiblity are covered by this grant. Congratulations to DaveCampo Archivist of HCHS.

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MUNCIPAL REFERENCE & RESEARCH CENTER

The Municipal Reference and Research Center of the NYC Department of

Records and Information Services recently received a grant for $3,000

from the NYS Discretionary Grant Program for the Conservation and Preservation

of Library Research Materials.

The grant will provide for the hiring of an environmental consultant

to evaluate the Center's physical environment and recommend corrections

or renovations which will provide fur maintenance of proper temperature

and humidity levels throughout the Center. Control of temperature and

humidity will increase the longevity of the Center's collections, greatly

aiding in the preservation of important historical materials about New York

history and government. The Center is a depository for all official reports

and studies published by NYC government agencies and has an extensive

collection of clippings and pamphlets on New York City matters.

The Discretionary Grant Program provides a total of $500,000 in financial

support to libraries, historical societies, archives and similar agencies

for the preservation of printed books, manuscripts, photographs, maps,

prints and other materials of historical research value. The Program received

115 applications requesting a total of $1,417,666 for Its 1988/89 cycle of

grants. Forty-seven of these were awarded grants.

The Municipal Reference and Research Center is open to the public Monday

through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about the

collections, please call 212-566-4284.

For information regarding grants for conservation, contact Conservation/

Preservation Program, Division of Library Development, New York State Library,

10C47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York 12230, (518-474-6971).

News Release. C, 1988

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MUSEUMS AT STONY BROOK

Grants. In May the Institute of Museums Services (IMS)awarded The Museums a 1988 general operatingsupport grant of $75,000, the highest award availablein this funding category. The Museums was one of 402museums in the nation to receive this important award.

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)continued multi-year operating support for $57,000 andawarded several project grants to The Museums. Thisyear's project grants were $5,200 or the CarriageReference Library, and $7,000 for Horse and Harness,a new exhibition in the Carriage Museum. UnderNYSCA's new Capital Funding Initiative Program, TheMuseums was awarded $15,000 toward renovation otthe History Museum facade.

The New York State Library Conservation andPreservation Program awarded The Museums a $20,000discretionary grant for conservation of selectedmaP.Irials in the Gerstenberg Carriage ReferenceLibrary, for archival supplies, and for photographicdocumentation of the library collection. This importantgrant was The Museums first from this funding source,and the third largest grant awarded in the state by theNew York State Library Program.

Suffolk County, under the auspices of the Office ofCultural Affairs (SCOCA), awarded The Museums $7.000for partial funding for the exhibition Shepard AlonzoMount: His Life and Art and puolication of theaccompanying exhibition catalog.

Under a grant from the New York State LibraryConservation and Preservation Program, a number ofitems from the Gerstenberg Carriage Reference Librarywere selected for conservation treatment and reformat-ting to make them more accessible for research andexhibition. The materials to be treated during the nextfiscal year include 40 tightly rolled patterns once ownedby carriage-trimmer lames March Whitehead ofRahway, NJ; 49 carriage and crest designs

bY HermanDurholz, designer and trimmer for Brewster & Co., NewYork City; 52 horse-drawn carriage, hearse andambulance designs by James Cunningham Sons &Co.of Rochester. NY, and two periodicals, The CoachPainter,Vol. 1, Nos. 1-12, 1880, and the 1902 issue ofArchitectural Review Stables and Farm Buildings.

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no MUSEUMS CARRIAGEREFERENCE TsIBRARYRECEIVES PRESERVATIONGRANT

The Museums atStony Brook hasreceived funding fromthe New York StateLibrary Conservationand PreservationProgram for initialconservation,preservation andreformatting ofselected material. inThe Museums GerstenbergCarriage ReferenceLibrary.

Among those itemsselected for treatmentare carriage andcarriage crest designsfrom the Herman Durholzarchives (Durholz was adesigned and limner forthe prestigiouz firm ofBrewster & Company, NewYork, NY for 33 years),and ink and pencilcarriage and hearsedesigns from JamesCunningham, Sons &Company of Rochester,NY.

The conservationproject is part of TheMuseums long range planto make more accessiblefor research thecollections of theCarriage ReferenceLibrary, which will. behoused in the CarriageMuseum.

The Museum islocated at 1208 Route25A, Stony Brook, NY11790.

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THE MUSEUMS CARRIAGE REFERENCE LIBRARY RECEIVES PRESERVATION GRANT

The Museums at Stony Brook has received fun6ing from the New-York

State Library Conservation and Preservation Program for initial conser-

vation, preservation and reformatting of selected material in The

Museums Gerstennerg Carriage Reference Library. Items to receive treat-

ment were chosen on the basis of research value and anticipated use of

the significant, unique but fragile materials. The treatments to be

funded include deacidification of paper stock, encapsulation in protec-

tive mylAr, and disbinding of selected books with damaged bindings in

order to preserve the contents.

Among those items selected for treatment are c?.rriage and carriage

crest design.9 from the Herman Durholz archives (Durholz was a designer

and limner for the prestigious firm of Brewster & Company, New York,

NY for 33 years), and ink and pencil carriage and hearse designs from

James Cunningham, Sons & Company of Rochester, New York.

The conservation project is part of The Museums long range plan

to make more accessible for research the collections of the Carriage

Reference Library, which will be housed in the Carriage Museum.

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Carriage Reference Library Receives GrantThe Museums at Stony Brook has received

funding from the New York State Library Conserva-tion and Preservatio Program for initial conserva-tion, preservation and reformatting of selectedmaterial in The Museums Gerstenberg CarriageReference Library. This important grant is TheMuseums first support from this funding sourceand the third largest grant awarded in the state bythe New York State Library Program. Items toreceive treatment were chosen on the basis ofresearch value and anticipated use of significant,unique but fragile materials The funded treat-ments include deacidification of paper stock,encapsulation in protective mylar, and disbinding

of selected books with damaged bindings in orderto preserve the contents.

Among those items selected for treatment arecarriage and carriage crest designs from theHerman Diirhoiz archives (Durholz was a designerand limner for the prestigious firm of Brewster &Company, New York, NY for 33 years), and ink andpencil carriage and hearse designs from JamesCunningham, Sons & Company of Rochester, NY.The conservation project is part of The Museumslong range plan to make more accessible forresearch the collections of the Carriage ReferenceLibrary, which will be housed in the CarriageMuseum.

The Museums Newsletter, Summer 1988, Vol. 17, No. 2

The Museums Reference Library Receives Preservation GrantStony Brook, New York

The Museums at Stony Brook has recewed funding from the NewYork State Library Conservation and Preservation Program forthe mitial conservation. preservation and reformatting of selectedmaterial in The Museums Cerstenberg Carnage ReferenceLthrary Items to receive treatment were chosen on the bum ofresearch value and anticipated use of the significant, unique butfragile materials. The him:meats to be funded includedeandification of paper stock.. encapsulanon in protective mylarand disbinding of ulected books %Inth damaged bindings in orderto preserv* the contents.

Among those items selected for treatment are carnage and

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carnage crest designs from the Herrman Durholz archivesDurholz was a designer and limner for the prestigious firm ofBrewster & Company, New York for 33 years), and ink and pencilcariage and hearse designs from James Cunningham, Sons &Company of Rochester. New York.

The conservanon project is part of The Museums long-rangeplan to make more accessible for research the collet-non/ of theCarnage Reference Library. which will bo housed in the Carriage'4useum.

Tho addreu of The Museums at Stony Brook is: 1208 Route25A, Stony Brook. NY 11790. (516) 751-0066.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

Restoring Archival Treasures at the GardenTwo grants from the New York StateConservation/Preservation DiscretionaryGrant Program have enabled theLibrary's conservation staff to restorevaluable works from the extensivecollections.

The first grant allowed the preservationof many of the Library's 233 cataloguedand over 100 uncatalogued fieldbotanists' notebooks. The field notebooksin the Library date back as early as 1880.and chronicle a century of expeditionaryplant collecting by scientists from aroundthe world. These notebooks offer detailedaccounts of scientists' findings andprovide a numerical system for plantidentification of their expeditions. Withthis inform-Awn, scientists can identifyplants. document their location, and labelspecimens for inclusion in a herbarium.In many cases. these notebooks are theonly documents of expeditions andspecimens collected: therefore. they havehistoric. scientific. and taxonomicsignificance.

Poor paper and binding qualityrendered many of these volumes toofragile for continued use. Deacidificationand polyester encapsulation were twoprocedures the conservation staff used tostabihze and protect these extremelyfragile chronicles. Some volumes werecleaned and rebound; others wereprotected with protective enclosures,such as wrappers or clamshell boxes. Theconservation work, under the supervision

of Susan Fraser. Deputy Librarian, anddirectorship ofIudith Reed, ConservationBinder at the Library, was conducted on-site in the Library's 1200 square-foot,fully-equipped hand bookbindery.

Currently, staff of the Garden'sconservation bindery are working torestore Les Liliacies, by Pierre JosephRedouté, with the second grant from thestate.

This beautiful and rare work, of whichonly 200 copies were published between1802 and 1816. has great taxonomic andhorticultural interest. The seven largefolio volumes of Les Liliacies contain420 plates with stipple and lineengravings that are an imporunt resourcein the study of the history of 'xtanical art.Each engraving, printed in color andfinished by hand. will receiveconservation treatment. The originalpaintings for the pieces were executed forthe Fmpress Josephine. and laterreprt duced in Les Litiacees. Ten of theoriginal paintings are on permanentrotating display in the Library's readingroom, with only three paintings exhibitedat any one time

A seventeen-minute videotape aboutThe New York Botanral Garden Libraryis available for loan to members as part ofthe circulating collection. If you wouldlike to view the VHS tape, and learnmore about the Library's collections,inquire at the Library's circulation desk.

NY Botanical Newsletter, Bummer 1988, Vol. 21, No. 2

Rare Prints Restored by Botanical Garden"Les Liliacees," a seven-volume set of rare floral prints, is being rebound with acid-free materials by the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx to prevent its decay.Judith Reed, above, conservator at the Botanical Garden, with a print of an amaryllisby Pierre-Joseph Redoute after removing it from the original binding. The prints,which are considered comparable in quality and rarity to the prints of John JamesAudubon, were published trtween 1802 and 1816.

The NY Times, Fri. , Aug. 5, 1988

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NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.171111,..1.

GRANT TO CONSERVE 1855CENSUSThe New York State Library hasawarded a grant for theconservation of the manuscriptvolumes of the 1855 State Censusfor New York County and City. Itwas made under the New YorkState Discretionary Conservation,Preservation Program. The NewYork County Clerk, the Hon.Norman Goodman, announcedthat the twentyseven volumesrepresent the only state census forManhattan for the nineteenthcentury and contain muchinformation not found in theFederal Census. Under the y.ant,Jeffrey M. Rigby, conservationbookbinder, will clean, repair,deacidify, encapsulate and rebindthe leaves in post binders.For further information, contactNew York County Clerk, 60 CentreStreet. Room 161. New York, NY10007 or phone (212) 374-4376

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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

In March the library and archives received word of a New York StateDiscretionary Preservation grant of $3429. The grant will pay for a tendrawer oversize flat filing cabinet, a hygrothermograph, and a sitesurvey by the North East Document Conservation Center.

.NY Zoological Society Newsletter,

Archlves Assists with Film

The archives supported two major in-house historical proJects during the pastyear: production of a twenty minute motionpicture depicting ninety years of wildlifeconservation activity by the New YorkZoological Society and a detailedchronology of that history. The film wasshown at the annual members meetingthe Society at Lincnln Center in February1988. The history film will eventua"y beshown as a long term exhibit in thewildlife conservation room at the newCentral Park Zoo. The archivist receivedscreen credit for partILipation in thefilm project. The chronology will be usedby the staff of Wildlife ConservationInternational to support its programs.

In March the library and archivesreceived word of a NY State DiscretionaryPreservation grant of $3,429. The grantwill pay for a ten drawer oversize flatfiling cabinet, a hygrothermograph , and asite survey by the Northeast DocumentConservation Center.

Accessions during fiscal year 1987-88included records of the late Dr. GeorgeRuggieril S.J. (1925-1987), director ofthe Osborn Labevatories of the MarineSciences and New iork Aquarium from 1972-1987.

In the final quarter of the year,planning for new quarters accelerated withthe anno:ncement that the zoo's old BirdHouse, which closed in 1972, would berenovated as office space. Preliminaryplans call for the archives and theassociated library to move toenvironmentally-controlled, above groundspace in the new building.

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Library and ArchivesStatistics suggest the scope of the year's Library ser-viczs to all divisions of the Society. More than 100new books and 800 issues of 190 journals were addedto the library's 6,100 voltunes last year. In response tostaff requests, more than 125 books and articles wereborrowed or copied from other libraries, and morethan 150 computerized literature starches were conducted. Approximately 100 students and other nonNYZS researchers used the Library by appointment.The archives log lists 50 retrievals of correspondence,slides, and artwork, including material for the histor.ical film on Wildhfe Conservation International.The archives currently house over 900 linear feet ofSociety records.

A grant from the New York State Education Depart-ment funded purchase of a hygrothermograph formonitoring temperature and humidity in the collec-tion storage rooms and flat file cabinets for architectural and other oversize archival records. The grantwill also fund a preservation survey of the facilitieshousing the library and the archival collections bythe North East Document Conservation Center.

Animal Management Services

--NEWS FROM THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES/LIBRARYThe archives and associated library at the Bronx Zoo has had

quite a year. One Sunday the librarian, Steve Johnson, wasalerted to ankle deep flooding in the archives and library,apparently due to inadequate building drainage and summer rains.Fortunately only minor losses occurred.

Soon after this event, construction crews needed to penetratethe walls of the archives. The collection had to be shifted andprotected with plastic.

The archives also supported 2 major in-house historicalprojects: production of a 20 minute motion picture depictingninety years of wildlife activity- by the New York ZoologicalSociety and a detailed chronology of that- history. Steve Johnsonreceived on screen credit for participatJ, n in the film projeit.

Last March the library and Archives ceived word of a NewYork State Discretionary Preservation gran... of $3429. Tha grantwill pay for a ten drawer oversize flat filing cabinet, ahygromhermograph, and a site survey by the North East DocumentConservation Center.

Most recently, planning for new quarters for the archives andlibrary began in earnest. The zoo's old Bird House, closed in1972, will be renovated as office space. Preliminary plans callfor the archives and the library to move to environmentallycontrolled above ground space in this new building.

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NOI:Th TONAWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY

NT library grant allows microfilming projectThe North Tonawanda Public

Library has been awarded a grantthat will enable it to microfilmtwo-part collections of Tonswandas'city directories, creating tbe onlytwo complete collections inexistence, announced librarydirector Daniel R. Killian.

Funds granted alder the :fewYork State Discretionary GrantProgram for Conservation andPreservation of Library ResearchMaterials will be used to combinethe library's and the Historical Soci-ety nf the Tonawiindas' citydirectories on film.

Brittle and decrepit volumes thuswill be preserved for long-tern.: useby patrons of each facility.

Additionally, each institution willgain a complete run of Tonawandas'city directories from 1892-1986.Right now some directories beld bythe library are not owned by thehistorical sociey ane vice-versa.Once the collections art combinedon film, if one collection were dam-aged, notes librarian JanetMcKenna, another complete set ofdirectories as well as a master setwould still exist.

City directories are valuable tools

Tonawanda News, March 29, 1988

LIBRAELLTATARDELUILLNI

for genealogists, authors, studentsand historians. They contain thenames of renidents and iiheirspouses, occupations, addresses,end telephone numbers. Businessesand names of city officials arefrequently included. They are animportant historical record of acommunity.

The library's grant is one of 47distributed to New York libraries,historical societka, museums, andother organizations for preservationof research materials.

The North Tonawanda Public Library has been awarded a grant that will enableit to microfilm two partial collections of Tonavandal city directories. creating the only twocompleto collection in existence, announced Library Director Daniel R Killian

Funds granted under the New York State Discietionary Grant Program forConservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials will be used to combine theLibrary's and the Historical Society of the Tonawandu' city directories on film.

Brittle and decrepit volumes thus will be preserved for long-term use bypatrons of each facility.

Additionally, each institution vu gain a comp!ate run of Tonavandas citydirectories from 1892-1986. Right now some directories held by the Library are not owned bythe Historical Society and vice-versa. Once the collections are combined on film. if onecollection were damaged, notes librarian Janet McKenna. another complete sat of directoriesas well as a muter set would still exist.

City directories are valuable tools for genealogists, authors. students andhistorians. They contain the ni-..4s of residents gad their spouses, occupations. addresses, andtelephone numbers. Businesses and names of city officials are frequently included. They arean important historical record of a community.

The Library's grant is one of 47 distriiwted to Nee York libraries, historicalsocieties, museums, and other organizations for prsservation of research materials.

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"The North To- manda Public Library has been awarded a grant thatwill enable it tc Licrofilm two part collections of Tonawandas' citydirectories, creating the only two complete collections in existence,announced Library Director Danitil R. Killian.

Funds granted under the New York State Discretionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials willbe used to combine the Library's and the Historical Society of theTonawanias' city directories on film.

Brittle and decrepit volumes thus will be preserved for longtermuse by patrons of each facility,

Additionally, each institution will gain a complete run of Tonaw-andas1 city directories from 1892-1986. Right now some directoriesheld by the Library are not owned by the Historiaal Society and vice-versa. Once the collections are combined on film, if one collectionwere damaged, notes librarian Janet McKenna, another complete set ofdirectories as well as a master set would still exist.

City directories are valuable tools for genealogists, authors,students and historians. They contain the names ot residents andtheir spouses, occupations, addresses, and telephone numbers. Busin-esses and names of city officials are frequently included. They arean important historical record of a community..

The Library's grant is one of 47 distributed to New York libraries,historical societies, inuseums, and other organizations for preservationof research materials."

Newsletter, May 1988

North Tonawanda Public Library has received a$9,600 grant from the State to microfilm citydirectories of the Tonawandas from 1892 through1986. In conjunction with the HistoricalSociety's collection, the project will resultin the only complete colletion of directories-,,ailable to the public.

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ONONDAGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

FRESERVATION A project to microfilm 3,000 rare and unique pamphletsGRANT TO OCPL dealing with local history subjects will be initiated by :"./..7.PL

under a state-funded preservation grant program. Themicrofilmed materials will provide researchers of :ocal history, biography, and genealrR-vwith otherwise unavailable information about individuals, organizations, institutions andgovernment, and their activities at particular moments during the past 150 years. Head ofLocal History and Special Collections Pat Finley says, "Although many of the pamphlets, atan earlier date, might have been considered ephemeral, they are now cle.rly a unique.invaluable resource." The materials will be included &n OCPL's COM catalog.OCPL was one of four -Local agencies included in the statewide discretior.ary grant distri-bution. The Onondaga Historical Association, the Solvay Public Library and theBaldwinsville Public Library were the other local recipients. Solvay's grant provides moneyfor work on the Hazard Negative Collectaon and Baldwinsville's to undertake a conservationsurvey of archival collections.Forty-seven awards were made, with the total $500,000 distributed throughout the state.No one agency received more than $25,000. OCPL's application was fully funded.

The Imprint- April 1988, Vol. 11, No. 4

ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION RECEIVES STATE GRANT FOR ARCHIVES

(Syracuse, NY March 22, 1988) The New York State Education

Department has awarded the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) 59,974

for a project to assist with the conservation and preservation of its

manuscript and archival collections The Association, which operates

a museum and research center on Montgomery Street in dontown Syracuse

ha:. an extensive archival collection with an esrimated 2 million separate

items. It has been described by New York State Council on the Arts as

"the finest regional history collection in the state".

According to Suzanne Etherington, OHA Archivist, the grant funds

are to be used for the organization ,..nd filing of manuscript and archival

material in acid-free containers and folders and For c:ollege interns

who will ,:_ssist staff with this ,..;ndertakIng.

Tony King, OHA executive dIrector notes that this special grant

will greatly assist the Associatln in its ongoing Collections Inventory

Pro3ect. This proJect began in 1)87 and is the first of its kind in

the OHA's 125 year history. It will not be completed until 1990 according

to King.

"Inventorying and properly storing our very sensitive archival

collectis is a must if we want to preserve them for future generations"

says K'..ng. "This .--ant from the State Education Department will go a

long way in helping us to preserve the rare docunents that serve as the

records of our county's rich history", he added.

For more information on this grant or the Collections Invent)ry

Project of the OHA, ontact its office at (315) 428-1862.News Releaae

PORT WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Library grant to microfilm historic papersThe library has just been se-

iected as one uf three sites un LongIsland to receive a 198811989 Con-servation/Preset %Nation Disctetioli-ary Grant from the New York StateDiscretionary Grant Program forConservation and Preservation ofLibrary Research Materials. Thegrant, in the amount of $13,693,will be adnun.stered by Elly Shy-dell, the library's oral histonan.

These highly sought-after andcompetitive awards are made on .`nebasis of applications submittei tothe State Education Department for

the preservation of historically sig-nificant archival records and matenals. As the repository for theHewlett Family rdpers, donated byMrs. Ehzabeth Hewlett Hopkins in1984, the library adds to its LongIsland Collection a treasure trove ofif I eplaceable historical documents.

The Hewlett Papers documenteight generations of this prominentfamily, whose rot, on Long Islanddate back to the lae 1600s. Com-prising account books, diaries, legaldocuments, photographs, personalcorrespondence, maps, copy books,

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postcards, and extencive financialand business records, these papersreteal, in their magnitude of morethan 25.009 pieces, a continuum ofdetelopment on Long Island that isnot duplicated elsewhere. Throughthis microfilm project, the libraryseeks to preserve the historical re-cord for future generations andmake our holdings more accessibleto scholars, researchers, students.anti the community. For further in-formation, please contact Elly Sho-dell at 883-4400, Ext. 168,

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SHAKER MUSEUM

SHAKER MUSEUM RECEIVES STATE LIBRARY GRANT

The Shaker Museum in Old Chatham has recently been awarded

$15,824 for the conservation of its ardhives from the Discretionary

Grant Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library Resource

Materials through the NY State Library.

This funding assures the continuation of a four-year effort by

the Museum to alleviate overcrowding and to properly house individual

pieces in the more than 15,500-item collection housed in the Emma B.

King Library. A portion of the funds will also allow Jerry Graat,

Assistant Director for Co'lections and Research, and Conservation

Technician Liz Stel1 to reorganize photographicfiles and perform simple

repairs on flat manuscripts.

News Release

LibraryReceives Grant

OLD CHATHAM, N.Y.The Shaker Must= in OldChatham has been awarded$L5.824 for the conservationof its z.-ctives fr.= theDiscretionary Grant Pro-gam for Conservation andPreservation of LibrarylirAource Materials throughthe State Library.

The Library's collectionnow includes approximately2,000 book.: and 2.500manuscripts, among whichare tsu thanes and journalsThere are 1.200 deeds aadlegal documents. 3.400 pam-phlets. catalogues, andephemera, 150 visions, 350

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sermons, 150 measureddrawings, 150 paper ar-tifacts, 206 maps. and 3,100photographicT e F. rn. '" 1.11.12

Library is open yearThose who wish to schedulean ap ointment to dorearch are encouraged tocall or write the museum inadvance.Begimiing May I ethibi-

thins at the Shaker Museumare open to the general public

from 10 am to 5 pm. Themuseum is located on ShakerMuseum Road, off County 13,one mile south of OldChatham.

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Shaker Museum receives state fundingThe New Yott State Disler-

etionary Grant Program forConservation and Preservationof Lebrary Resource Matena Isrecently awarded 315,824 to the&aker Museum in Old Chathamfor the conservation of in ar-chives.

The funding assures the con-tinuance of a four year effort toalleviate overcrowding and toproperly house mdivninalpieces in the more than 15.500item collection housed in theEmma &King library.

A portico of the funding will

allow assistant director for col-lections a al research , JerryGrant and cooservation techni-cian. Lai Steil to reorganizephotogreph files and repair flatmanuscripts

Canaan resdent Nancy Hallassisted Grant and Steil in thepreparatton of a prehrninaryassessment of books needing re-par and in the making of bookboxes. Her work was supportedtry the Library ConservationProgram.

Comervation efforts began in

Chatham Courier, April 21, 1988

1983 when librarian Ann Kellybegan the reorganization ofbooks and pamphlets that werethreatened by overcrowding.Until she left in 1987 ta work atthe Kinderhook Public Library,Kelly undertook a number ofother COMerrati00 jorojectswith funding from the Instituteof Museum Serteces and thestate library program.

"Since 1984. the mese= hasreceived over $33,500 from stateand federal agencies to pre-serve and cooserve the holdup,of the F.mma B. King library.This support acknowledges the

Shaker Museum getsgrant for archives workOLD CHATHAM - The Shak-

e. Museum nas recenuy beenawarded 315.324 tor the conservauon of its archives from theDtsr:etionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preserva-tion of Library ResourceMaterials through the NY StateLibrary.

funding will help the mu-seum conunue a four-yeareffort to alleviate overcrowdingand to properly house individu-al pieces in the more than15.500-item collectioo housed inthe Emma B. King Library. Aportion of the funds will also al-low Jerry Grant. Assistant Di-rector for Collections and

Research. and ConservationTechnician La Steil reorganae phoLagrephie files and perform simple repairs an flatmanuscripts.

Canaan resident Nancy Hull.with Grant and Steil 1er haveassessed the books and madebook boxes during the winter.This work was also supportedby the State Library Conserva-tion Program.

The conservation effort beganin 1983 when Ann Kelly. then theMuseuMs Librartan, started re-shelving and reorganizing booksand pamphlets that werethreatened by serious over-crowding. Until she left in 1937for the Kinderhook Public Li-brary, Kelly undertook a num-ber of other conservationprojects with funding from theInstitute of Museum Servicesatid the State Library Program.

'Since 1984. the Museum hasreceived over 333.500 from stateand federal agenctes to pre-serve and conserv: holdingsof the Emma P King Library.This support acknowledges theimportance of the collection :11

the opinion of other museumand library profess.onals. saidmuseum iiirecwr V.ki Sand.

The Library was created .n1962 when Eldress Emma B.King of the Shaker Central Mtn-istrv depositea a wealth ofbooks. diaries, journals, deeds.and other historical documentswith the Museum. The collec-non has grown to become one ofthe most important Shaker ar-chives in the United States.

It contains material datingback to the earliest years ofShakers, the library s collectionnow includes approximately 2.-000 becks and 2.500 menu-scnpts. among which are 150diaries and journals aere are1200 deeds and leol docu-ments. 1400 pamphlets. cata-logues and ephemera. 150mime. 350 sermons. 150 mea-sured drawings. 150 paperartifacts. 200 maps and 1100Phologra ph&

The Emma B. King Library isopen year-round. Those whowish to schedule an appoint-ment to do res 'arch are encour-aged to call or write theMuseum in advance

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value of the collection by othermuseum and library profession-als," said museum directorVicki Sand.

The library was created in19C when .r-d Emma B.ring of the Central Ministry de-pceited books. diaries. JOU/Dati.1,deeds, and other historical doe,uments related to Shake histo4ry with the museum forsafekeemnt The collectton hasgrown to become one of themost important Shaker ar-dives in the United States.

Unique because of it originsand because it contains meters-al dating back to the earliestyears of the Shakers. the llbrar-y's collection includes approxi-mately 2.003 books and 2,500'manuscrIpts, among wkich are150 (Hanes and journals. Thereare 1.200 deeds and legal domemeats. 3.400 pamphlets. cataol-gum and ephemera. 150 visions.350 sermoes, 150 measure;drawing.. 150 paper artifacts200 mace. and 3,100 photo-graphs-

The library is open for re-search year round. Those wish,ng to scnedule an appouianensshould call or write the museumin advance.

The exhibition season of thenuseum opens May 1.

The Register Star

Shaker Museum receiveslibrary resc,uree grantThe Shaker Museum in Old

Chatham has reeenty beenawarded S15.d24 for the conser-vation of its arehives from theDiscretionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preserva-tion of Library ResourceMaterials throueh the NY StateLibrary.

This funding assures the con-tinuation of a tour-year effortby the Museum to alleviateovercrowding aed to properlyhouse individual pieces in themore than 15.500-item collec-tion housed in :he Emma B.King Library. A portion of the

funds will also allow JerryGrant. assistant director forcollections and researth, andcomervation technician LizStell to reorganize photographicEt les and perform simple re-pairs on flat manuscript&

In preparation for tliesetasks. Canaan resident NancyHull assisted Grant and Stell forseveral months during the win-ter with a preliminary issa-meat of books needing mumand in making book boxes. :hiswork was also supported by theState Library ConservationProgram.

The conservation effort beganin 1983 when Ann Kelly, then theMuseum's librarian, started re-shelving and reorgamang booksand pamphlets that werethreatened by serious over-crowchne. Until she left in 1987for the Kinderhook Public Li-brary, K ely undertook a num-ber of other conservationprojects with funding from thelosutute of Museum. Servicesand the State Library Program.

In announcuig the greet.Shaker Museum Director VikiSand said. 'Since 1984 the Mu-seum has received over 333.500from state and federal agenciesto preserve and conserve theholliTnge of the Emma B. ringLibrary. This support acknowl-edges the unportance of the col-lecton ui the opinion of othermuseum and library profession-al&"

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The Library was created in1962 when Eldrees Emma B.King of the Shaker Central Min-istee leposited a wealth ofbeab. diaries, journals. deeds.and other historical documentswith the Museum. The collec-tion has grown to become one ofthe most important Shaker ar-chives in the United States.

Unique because of Its originsand because it coetains materi-al dating back to the earliestyears of Makers. the Lilere.e,e-scollection now includes apgoz-imately 2,000 books 1W 2,500manuscripts,. amoeg which are150 diaries and journals. Thereare 1.200 deeds and lepl docrements. 3.400 'Pamphlets, cata-logues, and ephemera. 1.50visions, 350 sermons, 150 mea-sured drawings. 150 wiperartifacts. 200 maps, and U00pho to gra phs.

The Emma B. Kiog Library isopen year round. Those whowish to schedule an appoint-ment to do research are encour-aged to call or write theMuseum in advance.

Beginning May 1 esiubitionsat the Shaker Museum are opento the general public daily from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum islocated on Shatter MuseumRead off Couo;,y 13, one mile.south of Old Chatham.

For a zomplete schedule ofpublic programs. write to theShaker Museum. Old Chatham.12138.

Chatham Courier

ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY

Library ReceivesGrant To RestoreMerton journals

The Trkdiam Memccial Library of St.Benet= Wet* rtramtli moveda X,131 gad Inn the No York StateDiateticarry Great Program fat thecoactretion and preservation fi literyreseed materialo.

Mem &wetted la Fried= Librarywill be tied la tutore microfilm and tottwo II Thom Mertes early trrsai.Honed les Um univenity arcHees inMecham Mecomial Ubtary, these Jour

a3111 Ut port ti a target collection alMete mate:risk This includes letters,Wes, drawkga and typescripts spanningum period from lato Ina to Merton'sdeath la Da

Plus II M 1141, Merton taught atthe $L Bouvet:Aura College. After lay-kg SI. Bonaventre, Merton entered thecisme life of a Tnppist monk, osly toemerge as a world reowned authcc, ;eel,aura, testator and editor.

01 all the early Merton manusenptsarced the world, the two early journalsare considered quite Important Wnttenbefore Merton entered religious life. theystand out fmai the many other web=nen alter he caned the Mercianseer

Peter Jermarm, the library's prmerva-tlim officer, submitted the successful pro-posal and will administer the project.Restorsbie work will be performed bythe Northeast Document Ca-aerationCenter in Aixiover. Mass

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Bonaventure librarygets 85.000 grant

ST. DONAVENTURE, N.Y. TheFriedsam Memorial Library of St.Donsventure Unhersity has freelv .ed a 0,150 grant from the New YorkState Discretionary Wont Programfor the Conservation and rreeerva.Uoo of Library Research Materials

The grant will be used to restore,microfilm and box two of ThomasMerton's early journals. Housed Inthe University Archives at thelibrary, the journals are part of alarger coilection of Mertonmaterials. The collection includeslettere, notes, drawings andtypescripts spanning the period fromthe late 11301 to Merton's death inMS.

Merton taught at then St. Donavenlure College from iliae to 1941. Hethen became a Trappist monk andemergea as a world renownedauthor, poet, essayist, translator andeditor.

Bradford, PA Era, March 26, 1988

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SUNY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT

BROCKPORT RZCEIVES GRANT

The State University College atBrockport recently received a grant for$3,613 from the New York StateDiscretionary Grant Program for theConservation/Preservation of LlbraryResearch Materials.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONSPRESERUATION

The library's Special Collections have beenreceiving specialized care during the pastfew mnths thanks to a grant of $3,613The award is a part of a 5500,000 from the 1988/89 New York State-Discfe-allocation from the state legislaturetionary Grant Program for the Conserva-to support the preservation of printed

books, manuscripts, photographs, don/Preservation of Library Researchmapsand other materials of historical Materials. Me money is intended to sup.research value, port the implcmentation of a preservation

program for the library's archived mdteri-The grant money will be used toimprove the storage of the Draxe als. This collection includes collage ar-Library's archival materials such as chives, local history, Brockport mastersmaps, manuscripts, photographs and theses and a variety of historical maps,leat ,rbound ledgers from the Brockport manuscripts and photographs.Collegiate Institute and the StateNormal School, predecessors of thepresent College.

The items designated for treatmentwill be housed in acid free paper andpolyester enclosures to provideprotection from environmentalconditions and sturdy support forhandling.

Judith V. Bloch, Senior AssistantLibrarian charge of SpecialCollections is project director. GrantB. Romer, photographic conservator atthe International Museum of Photographyat Geozge Eastman House is consultantfor the prcject and Marjorie Mann, fromthe School of Library and InformationScience at Buffalo is part time studentintern.

The Discretionary Grant Programreceived 115 applications requesting atotal of $1,417,666 for its 1988/89cycle of grants. Forty-seven of these

Drake Library Review

were awarde'l grants with the available State University of New York Librarians Association,$500,000. Vol. 19, No. 2, Jan. 1989Judy BlochBrockport

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THOUSAND ISLAND SHIPYARD MUSEUM

Old Boats Afloat in Museum FilesHarpoon, Monatoana Arliong Craft Being Immortalized in Clayton

By Laurie MarrTones Staff Wrtter

CLAYTON Histoncal informationon two boats that participated in thc 1938dedication of the Thousand IslandsBridge is among 10,000 antique boat filesthat will be preserved under the terms of agrant received by the Thousand Islands

Shipyard Museum.The Harpoon and the Monalocina are

featured in the "dead files" of the muse-um's Spa rkma n & Stephens yacht broker-age firm collection. The collection of mornthan 10,000 files, photographs and othcrstatistical data was acquired by the muse-um in 1979 and has since been catalogued,but is not preserved in an acid-free envi-ronment, according to museum curalOrKurt C. Hasselbalch.

The $11,900 graat received from theNew York Discretionary Grant Prograrawill enable the museum to preserve thefiles for future use

The records contained in the collectionwill be put in new acid-free files and boxesto better preserve them The project,which will be done by Museum LibrarianPhoebe Trenton, has already gun andmust be completed by May 19oi

Mr Hasselbalch said the files are his-torically important because they colitainmuch previously unknown informationabout power and sa:1 craft built from 1890through the 1950s

The Harpoon, for example, was thelead privately owned boat in an interna-tional yacht parade that commemorated

The files are historicallyimportant because theycontain much previouslyunknown informationabout power and sail craftbuilt from 1890 through the1950s.

thc dedication of the Thousand Islands13ridge in 1938 The ceremony was attend-ed by President Franklin D Roosevelt andCanadian Prime Minister MacKenzieking

The Harpoon led the parade of yachtsdowrinver, although, since the boat hadjust been outfitted with new engine., itsowners did not want to drive too fast "andwe held almost everything up," accordingto Robert 0 Cox. a summer resident ofGrindstone Island, who at the time ownedthe boat with Rudolph B (Skip) Watson,also of Grindstone Island

During the celebratory fletilla, the boatwas bedecked with flags and banners ad-vertising the upcoming World's Fair, heldin New York City in 1939. Mr Cox's moth-er was on th- 1939 World's Fair Commit-tee and had arranged the plug.

On its way to New York for the fair inSeptember 1938 Lhe Harpoon was caught

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in a hurricane, but eventual!j madc thetrip safely.

The 62-foot Harpoon was built in 1917by Herreshoff in Bristol, R.I. It was ownedfor about 10-years by Biron B. Taggart ofWatertown, who then sold it to Hutchin-son Boat Works.In 1938 It was sold to Mr.Watson, who changed the boa;.'s engine toa Chrysler. Mr. Watson took theHarpoonto Fcrt Lauderdale, Fla., in 1951 andsoldit to Helen Herman of that city in 19a5-

What, exactly the boat was doing allthat time is unknown, but Times files in-dicate it may have been gunrunning, as itwas seized by the Border Patrol in 1958.The boat turned up on the southeast coastof Florida one night, loaded with 31 Cu-ban revolutionaries and $30,000 worth ofmortars, anti-tank guns, rifles and medi-cal supplies en route to Fidel Castro.

The boat was sold after its seizure for$1,200 and the purchasers took off forPuerto Rico. Dry rot in thc boat's hull,however, made it susceptible to the windand waves, the boat's seams opened and itsank.

The Monatoana, owned by EdwardJohn Noble, acted as a "review boat" dur-ing the 1938 bridge dedication's yacht flo-tilla The Monalochui was the originalname, but the boat was subsequentlynamed L.K.R and Full Roll, after itpassed from Mr. Noble's ownership

Mr. Hasselbalch said he has no files onthe boat after 1959, and he assumes theMonatoana, like the Harpoon, is "longgone

TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Troy Public Library recently received a grant for $3628 from theNew York State Discretionary Gram Program for the Conservation/Preservation of Library Materials. The grant will be used to integratethe library's archives into the local history collection.

The state legislature provides a total of $500,000 in financial supportto libraries, historical societies, archives and similar agencies forthe preservation of printed books, manuscripts, photographs, maps,prints and other materials of historical research value.

The Discretionary Grant Program received 115 applications requesting atotal of $1,417,666 for its 1988/89 cycle of grants. Forty-seven ofthese were awarded grants with the available $500,000.

For more information regarding grants for conservation contact:Consetvation/Preservation Program, Division of Library Development, NewYork State Library, 10C47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230,(518)474-6971.

Press Re lean March 1988

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UTICA COLLEGE

UC's Gannett Librarygets $6,500 grant

Utica College's Frank E. GannettMemorial Library recently wasawarded a $6.500 grant from the NewYork Sttte Discretionary Grant Pro-gram for the Conservation/Preserva-tion of Library Research Materials.

The library will use the grant tomicrofilm the college's collection ofWelsh literature.

UC's ObserverDispatch, Fri. , July 22, 1988

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=.1YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

0111.11,

Yeshiva U. microfilms records of agencies thataided European Jews

By Bea Ga Bob

(lTA)A New York stategrant has made possible the pres-ervation on microfilm by YeshivaUniversity of archival collectionsof lute organizations that helpedJews buffeted by upheaval duringand after the two world wan.

Files of the CenUal Commiueefor the Relief of Jews SufferingThrough the War, the VaadHatzalah and Rescue Children,Inc. are being microfdmed, withcompletion expected by spring.

The proloct received $22,792from the New York State Grantprogram for the Conservation!Preservation of Library ResearchMaterials, according to PearlBerger, dean of Yeshiva Univer-sity Libraries. The grant was oneof 49, totalling $500,000,awarded by the state Discretion-ary Grant Program during the1987-88 cycle, the university re-ported.

Berger said in an interview thatthe grant provided both for themicrofilming and for the purchaseof special sleeves for storage ofphotographs in the three archivalcollections, housed in theuniversity's archives in Manhat-tan.

Jewish Exponent, May 20, 1988

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At the LibrariesHistorical materials at the YULibraries documenting the educa-tional systems, and religious andpolitical lives of Egyptian andEuropean Jvs in the late 19th andearly 20th centuries will be perma-nently preserved on microfilm, as aresult of a New York State grant. TheLibraries were awarded a $21,445New York State Conservation/Preservation Discretionary grant tomicrofilm archival collections ofJewish communities in Egypt.Eastern Europe, and France; TheJamie Lehmann Memorial CollectionRecords of the Jewish Community ofCairo (1886-1961); the Central ReliefCommittee Records (1919-1929); and;he French Archival Collection (1806-1939). Several microfilms will bemade of the collections, which arehowod i the YU Archives in the M .incentt Mende) Gottesman Library.Ihe microfilm will be kept in the

6ouesman Library; others will be;tored at various locations, makingthem available for off-campusresearch, and protecting them against'oss or damage.

Through the beneficence of the.;esselson Family Trusts. VI.; has ac-quired a number of rare materialsincluding Jewish Americana).

pubhshed a catalog of as incunabula.and, in general, made its judaicacollections more accessible to studentsand scholars.

Alumni/Review/Inside,Summer 1988

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YIVO INSTITUTE FOR SEWISI I RESEARCH

*The YIVO Institute for swish Recur& NewYork CRY, has been awarded 423,157 as part of theNew York State Libruy's Discretionary Grant Pro.gram for Conservation and Preservation of LibraryResearch Materials. As part of a one.year projectwhich began Apil 1, th.YIVO Library will micro.film 1,310 badly deteriorated Yiddish books fromits Vilna collection, all published before 1939. For15 years after its foundation 1925, YIVO main.

!h headquarters in Vilna (now Vilnius.Lithuanian S.S.R.). Its collections were ay:tamed.cally lootod or destroyed during the Nazi occupation, but some of the materials were recovered af .ter the war and brr -At to New York, where YIVOrelccatod in 1940.

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YONKERS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Restor3d maps depict Yonkers'route to economic stabilityBy Gerry GannettSoitiWntin

coimitunities were be-ginning to sprout on the empty tracts ofland on the outlying parts of the city.Getty Square was becoming a thrivingindustrial center.

Prominent landowners includedFrederic Shonnurd, Susan Dyekmanand Edward Weston Otis Elevator andMexander Simla & Sons Carpet Cu.were young, bid thriving

The place is VonLers. the tune is thelate 19th century.

People today can get a sense of thatpast through a collection of detailed.century-old maps at the Yonkers PublicLibrary. The maps, which grapbicallydepict the changes that shaped the -.Myat the turn of the century, are beingrestored to keep a pi . u i elthat period io Yonkers history

"There's al% avs so.mc kind ol taseinution with the past said t iiaSheffield. an assistant in the lib, sInfoimation Services Departm at.which is an charge ot the tone( non"People 4.. a bonding and 41$ 111,11has t IMIg I %mule, whatthe history ot that building us

The huge atlases are part of thelibrary's local histoo, collection at theGetty Square branch They inc''..aemaps from 1876, UM %119.1 to. 1901and 1911

The Iti96 and 'Hopei tv atlaseswhich the y at ousted limn theIludson m onkel. lastyear ale inns being it still'. I by \OI lloeast Documents Conser%at= Ccht..;Andover. Mass

The !nese! yahoo work includes II:-moving harmful acid residue Irum thepages, enclosing them in transparentpuiyestei sheets and binditig them

A $3,7013 state giant paid tin tnerestoration of the two atlases Differentsount.s paid for the preservation ofseveral other maps.

The atlases, some as big dS 3.feet byZ leet. would have been milieu ii tney

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had not been restored, said FrancesRoberts, acting department head. Theywere dirty and worn, some of the pageswere torn and plagued by acid residue,and the bindings were falling apart.

Muieum officials, engineers, law-y ers. genealogists and individuals fromthe National Geographic Society areamong those whn have rcflaiieu to theatlases, according to Roberts.

"It can servo a lot or purposes,"Roberts said of the collection. "Theattala :saw iieipeti prove writs."

For example, the Hudson RiverFishermen's Association, an environ-mental group, was able to trace thefilling-in during the early 19001 ofparts of the Saw Mill River, then alsoknow as the Nepperhan River.

The colorful maps identiry many.features of the city, including the largeindu ,ies, major property owners,trolley und railroad lines, streets, wa-terwins and the boundary of the for-mer village of 'tankers.

;4..1...He ....id the mans are also ofinterest to people who may Just bet urious ubout their city. street orbuildiog

Children and those who do notspeak Lnglish can also use the atlasesto understand how their neighbor-noeus have changed. Roberts said, be-cause the maps are iike pictures, withvery few worth.

"You can actually see what It waslike 100 years ago." Roberts said. "It'sa very iniereiino way to view t.:city

Yonkers PublicLibrary News

The Yookets Public Xtibrary recentlyreceived a grant for S1,7000 from theNew 'kirk State Discretionary GrantPrwani for the kite:gentian of twoYa.sproperty atlases witch arevital tresearchllnb in acollectfonuvj-que in New Yorir State.

Theta alum, dated 1898 *Ann,are ofinterest to anyone who wishes tolearn about a key period of Yonkers'industrial

The collection, found at Getty SquareInformation Services, bow includesproperty atiaseri for 1878,, 1889, 1893,1896, 1907, 1911, 1930 (four volumes),and 1954. They are neatly indexed by1864 to 1939 oity directorived and arephotopaphed and descri by ahistoric architecture survey. books,and other materials.

The collection is already in use bybusiness and industrial historians,journalists site preservastionists, en-vironmentalists, sociologists: and Viegeneral public, They represents =kg--fin graphic representation oi Yonkershistory to kW

The statelegislkture prdea a totalcif $6000,007 zmnda1 stipporg tolibraries historit 010,cletzes, tircluveserg similar rgetidts tar Vie preserva-tion of plA5:t bookA. maoustripts,pbotograPir, MOT, prigs and Obermaterials of bistorical researtt "Am.

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GRANT 11: The Yonkers PublicLibrary recently received a grant for63.700 from the :4ew York StateDiscretionary Grant Program, for thepreservation of two Yonkers propertyatlases.

The two atlases are dated 1896 aid1911. respectively. They art. part orcollection, found at the Getty SquareInformation Services, which also inch.desproperty atlases dated 1876, 1889, 1893,1907, 1930 and 1950.

Herald Statesman, July 19, 1988

1989/90

Discretionary Grant

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BROOKLYN HOSPITAL

Archive Wins Funding

The goal A building aspeciallycontrolled envi-ronment to house itsunique collection of jour-nals and artifacts is nearing

realization, following thereceipt of a much-sought-after financial supportfrom New York State, an-nounced Archive ManagerRoy Brayton.

The grant of $4,125 isdedicated to the design ofthe Archive's envi ronmen-01y-controlled library.

The design plans are being devel-oped by two nationally-recognizedexperts in environment and housingfor conserva'ion for libraries, archi-val ma tenals and museums. Paul N.

Banks and W.P. Lull will assist irt theconceptual planrling for the renova-tion design, conduct environm,mtalsurveys, and develop protectivehousing systems for the storage andpreservation of the Hospital'sunique material.

The story ofthe Hospi-tal, told inphoto-graphs ariddrawings,was as-sembled bythe Ar-f.'hiyes andput on dis-play in theHospitallobbies.

Both archivists bnng consider-able talent and expertise to the Hos-pital 's project They are consultantsin numerous projects tor archives ofwell-known universities, historicalsocieties and others.

The room surysy and the devel-opment of the plans are anticipatedthis Fall. From there, additionalfunds will be sought tor the nextstep, that of the construc ,n of theArchive's new library.

Caledonia Hospital Newsletter, Summbr 1989, Vol. 4 No. 3

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THE CHEMUNG COUNTY H1WORKAL SOCIFFY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESERVES ROSS MARVIN

ARCTIC COLLECTION

The Chemung County Historical Society has recently completed

a project to preserve and make more accessible its Ross Marvin

Arctic Collection. The project was funded by a $2,878 grant from

the NYS Library Discretionary Grant Program. The Society was one

of 62 institutions througnout thP te that was awarded such a

grant for preservation of library and archive materials.

The Society has a large collection of objects, photographs, and

manuscripts dealing with Elmira native Ross G. Marvin (1880-1909).

Marvin accompanied Admiral Robert E. Peary on his Arctic expeditions

to discover the North Pole. Young Marvin tragically died during

the successful second expedition, shortly before Peary reached

the pole.

The grant allowed the Society to conserve fragile diaries, ledgersi

and correspondence, develop preservation copies of all photos, to

photograph all objects in that collection, and then to place images

of the whole collection on microfilm. Researchers are now able to

view all the Society's Ross Marvin collection without handling the

original fragile items.

Museum research hours are mon-Fri. 9-5.

News Rekese, Feb.23,1990

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DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Grant To SaveAged Maps

A New York state discretionarygrant program for conserva-tion/preservation for $3,910 will beused by the H. Fletcher DavidsonLibrary/Archives at the DelawareCounty Historical association topreserve 17 maps now pasted onwooden boards.

The association has been notifiedof the grant which will conserve apart of the Peters' map collection.donated to the archives by Mr. andMrs. Frank M. Lyon. The Peters'collection includes manuscript mapsand field survey notes fromDelaware county, dating to the late18th and 19th centuries. The libraryhas microfilmed most of this collec .tion with funding from its 1988-89New York state chscretionary grant

The maps and other records areavailable to researchers during thelibrary's weekday houm. 10-3

The Reoitr, Wei, May 31, 1989

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ELMIRA COLLEGE

GANNETT-TRIPP LEARNING CENTER AWARDED GRANTThe GTLC has been awarded a grant of $8,964 from the New York State Discretionary Grant Program

for the Consery ation/Presen awn of Library Research Materials. The funds will be used to conuntie work begunon the Elmira College an_hives last year. Specifically, the grant will allow for the microfilming of ElmiraCollege publications from 1855 to the present as well a. several No Imes of newspaper clippings. Taken to-gether. these publications offer a fairly complete picture of the history of the College. A second copy of themicrofilms will be filed with the New York State Archives in Albany, assuring a record of the history of Elmirarniipere will he Preserved well into the future.

Elmira College Newsletter, April 20, 1989

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EMMA Wil,LARD SCHOOL

School Archives aNational Resource forWomen's Education

rchis ist Ken Brot kBarbara Wiley has e Icicl%ed a grant tromthe New York State Discretninary aProgram tor Consers anon andPresers anon of Lihrar ResearchMaterials to have Emma Willard Schoolcataloeues from 1820-1970 microfilmedfor preservation.

EWS catalogues are a wealth of detailabout 19th-centur) women's education inthat they describe courses. list texts used .talk about daily school life, and containlists of students in attendance and facultyand trustees of the School.

The catalogues are receiving more andmore use by scholars who are trying tostudy 19th-century curriculum inwomen's institutions. They are naturallyfragile volumes. so microfilming willspare the wear and tear on the originaldocuments. A duplicate microfilm will bestored at the New York State Library bothas a precaution and as a way to make theinformation available to more 2eople.

Fall/Winter 1989 Bullethi

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FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

FASHIONINGAN ERABEVERM DOL GLAs

ESIGNERS LANVItr

AT LIbRARY .01

IF BLUEPRINTS are the toundation ofan architect s structures then the pent IIdraw ings ot the tashion designer repre-sent the torm, the tabric, the threadIndeed the style trom hich tashionevolves

And the 100 000 fashion sketches inthe Fashion Institute ot Te_hnologv'sBerlev Studio Sketch Collection, nowlargely restored, tell an epic stor, aboutstyle and tashion in the earl% twentiethcentury

'Now here would ,t be possible to tindsuch a comprehensive survey of thefashions that influenced the world inthis important period," says EdwardMaeder, tashion scholar and curator otcostumes and textiles at the Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art "The quantityot intormation tor the accurate dating otsurviving examples ot dress is unparal-leled in this country"

The collection was a gift to the FashionInstitute trom Ethel Rabin, owner of theBerles Studio, which served the fashionirdustrx trom the 1,Q20s through the1q50s L nique in its time. Berley made

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tashion sketches available to designersand manutacturers through a subscrip-tion service

According to Robert Riley, tashionhistorian and author of The Fashionkfakers practically every Americanma nutacturer and design room boughtthe Berlev sketches

A harbinger of today's fashion tore-casting and rep Jrting business, the collection contains original designs createdby the Berley Studio house designers aswell as Berley sketches of Paris designercolle-tions many with colored detailand notations in French

Rabin paid the leading fashion housestor the privilege of copying their work,and the collection includes the designsof some of the most influential designersin haute couture Balenciaga, ChanelDior rt. in Paquin, Schiaparelli,Worth, and Vionnet

Because the originals are one-ut-a-kindorks of art, the drawings represent

unique research materials not accessiblein any other collection. Moreover, theyotter a wealth of detatl unavailable insecondary materials on the subject.

Most secondary materials on fashionin the 1920s and 1930s, for instance, arephotographs that contain a smallnumber of designs from the period.Rarely do they offer many views of thesame garment.

But the sketches in the Berley Collec-tion, sold to a,d in manufacturing copies,included construction details featuringse eral iews Draw ings would show adress w ith and without a jacket ds wellas VIEWS of the back and sides.

"I am continually astonished at theamazing inventiveness and the exqui-site draftsmanship of these namelessartists," says Marjorie Miller, specialcollections librarian at the institute.

The original sketches were done inpencil on thin tracing paper and laterglued six-deep to machine-made paperat Berley With time, the sheets cockledand warped, becoming detached fromtheir bindings. Some skexhes werecurled, discolored, and acidic, whileothers vere brittle and dirty

The college began presen. n he

Left Chiffon printeveninggown bv Patou "onprune.ert et ro,e 193' .AbovePrint late afternoon dre.,bu Worth 1937

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sket, hes in 1974 using its own tundsNow Miller is directing the second oftwo S24,000 projects tunded by the Nework State Program tor Conservation

and Preservation of Library ResearchMaterials to conserve the collection.

In conservation, sketches are sepa-rated from their acidic support sheets,washed and rewashed, and deacidified.Ultimately they are interleaved withacid-free blotting paper, pressed, anddried.

Says Miller. For the first time eachsketch can be studied individually with-out risk of damage. The collection istoday more accessible while at the .an-rftime its usable life has been signihcantlyextended!'

The Berley Collection is part of 200different sketch collections and otherrare materials housed at the FashionInstitute Library's Special CollectionsRoom in New York City, which is opento researchers. 2

Beverley Douglas is editorial assistant at StateUniversity _ Fashion Institute ot Technology.

Lett WM suit by Chanel:eith gold belt button.;1930 Above Black taffetaevening suit hi VionnetN35

The Library at the Fashion Institute of Tech-nology, under the direction of Mar3orie Miller,has been awarded a New York State Discretionary.7.rant of $24,836 for the preservation andconservation of materials in the Berley StudioSketch Collection. This is the third year in arow that the Library has received the NY Stategrant.

The Berley Collection WAS donated by EthelRabin, owner of the Berley Studio, a servicethat provided copies of sketches to the fashionindustry (a forerunner of today's fa'hionforecasting business). The collection containsover 100,000 penciled sketches (some withcolored detail) from 1919-1959. Many of theitems are original drawings of copies made fromParis shows which featured the works of suchfashion magnates as Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior,and Vionnet. Approximately 16,781 originaldrawings will be the focus of the conservationpro3t.ct and most of them date from 1924-1940.

ARLIS/New York News, Vol. 10: Number 3, Sept. 1989

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THE FIELD LIBRARY

Field LibraryGets $5,238 Grant

The Field Library inPeekskill received a grant for$5,238 from the New YorkState Discretionary GrantProgram for the Conserva-tion/Preservation of LibraryResearch Materials.

The state legislature pro-vides a total of $500,000 in fi-nancial support to libraries.hiqoricaI societies, archivesand similar agencies for thepreqervation of printed books,manuscripts, photographs,maps, prints and other materi-als of historical research val-ue

Money from the currentgrant is being used to pre-serve over 25,000 photo-graphic negatives taken byPeekskill Evening Stat pho-tographers from the late1930's to the early 1970's.

For more information re-garding grants for conserva-tion contact: The Conserva-tion/Preservation Program,Division of Llbraiy Develop-ment. New York State Library,10C47 Cultural EducationCenter, Albany, N.Y. 12230,(518) 474-6971,

Community Current, Wednesday, March 21, 1990

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HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The Hispanic Society of America. New York.New York. Department of Manuscripts and RareBooks hac been awarded a $24,982 grant from the1939-90 New York Discretionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preservation of Library Re-search Materials. The funds will be used for con-struction of drop-boxes for fifteen manuscript at-lases containing 81 portolan charts on vellum, andfor cleaning and repair of 12 wall charts, includingthe 1526 "Map of the World" by Juan Vespucci.The wall chart; will then be placed in custom-designed cases that can be used for both storage anddispla%

College & Research Library News Juno 1989, VoL 50, No. 6

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THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

THIRD CONSECUTIVE CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION GRANTMOM NEW YORK STATE

AWARDED TO JUILLIARD'S LILA ACHESON WALLACE LIBRftRY

Holo raph Score in the Library Collection to Receive Full Conservation Treatment

The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace Library is recipient of $20,330

grant from the New York State Conservation/Preservation Discretionary Grant

Program It is the third consecutive year that Juilliard has received funding from

this program, which provides support to libraries, historical societies and archives

for th( preservatinn of materials of historical research value.

Grant funds will be used for professional conservation treatment of 42 holograph

scores, those written in the composer's own hand, in the library collection,

including works by Leonard Bernstein, Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahns, Henry Brant,

Henry Cowell, Eric De Lamarter, Alvin Etler, Vivian Fine. Louis Gruenberg, Ernest

Hutcheson, Joseph Joachim, Franz Liszt, Gian Malapiero, Daniel Gregory Mason, Peter

Mennir, Darius Milhaud, Douglas Moore, Jacques Offenbach, Vincent Persichetti,

Wallingford Riegger, Ralph Shapey, Ernest Toch and Eugene Ysaye. Most of the 19th

-century works were gifts to the school donated since the school's founding 84 years

ago They include two manuscripts of songs by Johannes Brahms, "Sehnsucht," Op. 49,

No. 3, and "Im Gartr- am Seegestade," Op. 70, No. 1. Several of the 20th-century

works in the collection were commissioned by Juilliard in the 1950's, including

Nonard Bornstein's Brass Music, Alvin Etler's Five Pieces for Piano, and Darius

Milhaud's Une Journée for piano.

Tnis unique group of materials, along with the library's collections of 150

autograph letters, were microfilmed with New York State grant funds in 1987-88. In

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1order to provide scholars and performers wide access, Juilliard has deposited a copy

of the microfilm at the Music Division of the New York Public Library at Lincoln4

;enter.

The holograph scores were selected for special conservation treatment in order

to facilitate study of the manuscripts in their original format. The physical

attributes of a musical work, including the watermarks of the paper, it3 size,

layout, collation and binding, in addition to marked revisions and changes, may

orten have direct bearing on the understanding of a composer's creative process.

The conservation treatment, which includes tape removal, deacidification, and

disbinding for re-housing in acid-free enclosures, will be performed by the

Northeast Document Conservation Center in Boston. Work is expected to be completed

by the end of March 1990, at *aich time the manuscripts will be available for :Itudy

in the Juilliard Library.

Funding from the New York State program has helped to establish Juilliard's

first archivti and preservation programs. Other matetials preserved with grant

funds during the past three years include the library's collrJction of early Liszt

editions, thA Rare Libretto Collection, and valuable archival documents and

photographs .

Juilliard News Release, July 19, 1989

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METRO

9. Microfilm anuPreservation Programs

Goal: To provide materials needed by allusers of members libraries regardless ofthe age or format of the ongmal publica-tion.

Objective: To support member librariesin their efforts to conserve and preservematerials in their collections and to pro-mote disaster preparedness.

Accomplishments: METRO's 1988/1989 New York State Conservation/Pres-ervauon Discretionary (irant applicationwas approved for $15,000. It will be usedto produce a sourcebook for statewide in-formation about storage and housing oflibrary materials. Under the guidance ofthe Conservation/Preservation AdvisoryCouncil, the final two seminars in theFundame4tals of Preservation Serieswere presented: 1.) Microfilming and 2.)Binding/Cotlection Maintenance.METRO also sponsore4 two all dayhands-on workshops on basic book re-pairs.

Metro's Newsletter, Oct. 1989. No. 198

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THE ME1ROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

LIBRARY PRESERVATION SURVEY

The Museum has recently received agrant from the New York StateProgram for Preservation andConservation of Research Materialsin order to conduct a three-phasepreservation planning project foreight of our libraries. Thelibraries participating are TheThomas J. Watson Library, the IreneLewisohn Costume Reference L:..brary,the RobLzt Goldwater Library, theRobert Lehman Collection Library,The Cloisters Library, the UrisLibrary and Resource Center, and theEgyptian and Asian Art departmentallibraries. The project will be ofbenefit to the entire MMA librarysystem by determining the generalcondition of our art researchcollections. Such a project is afirst step in securing long-termpreservaticA of our researchclle .ons and in securing fundingto sup,vrt library conservaticAactivities.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Newsletter, The Biweekly, June 23, 1989

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MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART

COLLECTION PRESERVATIONThe Deselopment Office constantlyseeks ne s+. sources of funding for themans prolects underssay As a result.the Museur recentls izceised a grantot $5.6tX) irom the Nev. York StateProgram tor Consersation and Preser-sawn 01 L brars Research Materialstor the presersation 01 its cased pho-tographic Lollection This is the firstassard the Museum has eser receisedtrom the program. a disision ot TheState Education Department

The collection. sshich consists 01some 400 ssorks. includes daguerre-otspes. ambrotypes. and tintspes. alldating trom the mid-nineteenth enwr lmaes include folk art pk.rtraitsand paintings. indisiduals engaged inthe creation ot folk art (basketry-. pot-tery. quilting. %easing. painlingi. andportraits ot indisiduals with tolk artobjects The pieces in the collection%%ere gisen to the Museum in separategilts bs tsso donors. Dr Stanley Burnsand Gail Gomberg Propp The grant%sill allow the Museum to sursey theLondnion ot the collection and pros idean appropriate method of storage. thusensuring the presersation of these im-ages tor future exhibition and studs

Summer Issue 1989 "The Clarion"

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NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

LIBRARY EXHIBITS RESTORED PHOTOS FRuM LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION

Old New Rochelle will be on display as the New Rochelle Public

Library exhibits more than 200 restored photographs "rom its recently

expanded Local History Collection. The prints, dating frofl the early

1800s through 1950, will be on display in the Li Winter Gallery

from January 20 through February 9. Ne'arly 1,000 photographs, donated

to the Library by the Huguenot-Thomas Paine Historical Association and

Mr. Dominick Bruzzese, have been reproduced on acid-free paper with

funds provided by a Discretionary Grant from the New York State

Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research

Material. At this time nearly 500 prints have been reproduced, with

completion of the project scheduled for April 1, 1990. Upon

completion, the entire collection will be photo-copied and available

for browsing while selected prints will be available for sale.

In conjunction with the exhibit, 30 Oral History tapes and

transcripts will be available for circulation. The histories were

compiled to commemorate New Rochelle's Tricentennial and Include the

memoirs of local residents - noted personalicies and ordinary citIzens

alike. For the duration of the exhibit, the collection will be

available in the First Floor Reading Area. Thereafter, it will be

permanently housed in the Local History Collection on the second

floor.

New Rochelle Newsletter, Jan. 2, 1990

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NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

Preservation Activities atthe New York Academy of Medicine

by Elaine SchleferNew York Academy of Medicine

The New York Academy of Medicine v.as fc,undedin 1847 as a non-profit educational organizatiunwith three aims- to improve medical education andpractice, to encourage measures La improke pub-lic health, and to establish a library of medical lit-erature.

The Library is available to ell serious research-ers on a reference and reading basis witlicel; chargeIt contains 506,000 bound tolumes Anduding31,000 rare books), 182,000 cataloged pamphlets,276,000 portraits and illustrationsind .Pib,25Omanuscripts on biomedical subjects

The Library contains a number of unique itemsthe oldest known treatise on surgery; a papyrusdated 1700 B.C.; De Re Cultnarta, the oldest cook-book known to the Western world and one of onlytwo extant copies; and a collection if incunabukrelating to the practice or philosophy ot health carefrom ancient to medieval times. In addition, theLibrary houses a rnusenm collection of over twothousand items, including Pompenan ana me :l-evet! instruments, Chinese medical manikins andmedical instruments from the American Revolu-tion and the Civil War. A set of George Washing-ton's lower dentures, made by Dr. John Greenwood,16 housed in the Library, along with Washingt^n'slast natural tooth, contained in a watch fob belong-ing to Dr. Greenwood.

The Library also functions as a Regional Medi-cal Library (RML) in the National Library of Medi-cine's net% mit. The coller;tions can be accessedthrough a card catalog, printed Author, Subject,Biography, Illustration, and Portrait catalogs thein-house LS/2000 system; and OCLC.

In 1982, the Library received a three-to onematching grant from the Neional Endowment forthe Humanities to establish a preservation program. The Malan Poundation helped tLe Acad-emy to match the NEH funds, and the preserva-tion program was instituts...cl:n 1985. At present,the staff of the Preservation Department consistsof Paine Schlefer, Preservation Administrator/Con-servator; Susan Martin, Conservator; and PamelaBarrios, Preservation Assistant. The PreservationDepartment is responsible for all aspects of pres-ervation in the Library, including coqections main-tenance, overseeing of commercial binding, exhi-

bitions, and cooperative preservation actwities. Thedepartment maintains a preservation reference col-lection for RML members and offers consultationswith members on preservation topics. Emphasis inthe department is placed on productivity, creativ-ity, and responsiveness to the needs of the Academyas a whole.

The Preservation Department has a conservationlaboratory that contain4 equipment for book andpaper conservation. Conservation activities includedry-cleaning, washing, deacidification, mending,rebinding, rebacking, pamphlet binding, post bind-ing, ultrasonic encapsulation, matting, paper repair,and construction of drop-spine boxes. The staff hasdesigned a number ,Sstructures to solve particularproblems of the collections. Designs include a dryingrack for paper that folds flat against the wall whennot in use (see AIC Preprults, 1988) and a storagebox for non-book items that incorprates an exhibitmount, minimizing the number of times such itemsneed to be handled Other innovative structures area folded ultrasonically welded polyester mat forencapsulating papyrus, wrappers with magneticclosures (descnbed in The Abbey Newsletter, Octo-ber 1986), and a fast, sturdy pamphlet binding thatprovides a spine area for labeling.

In 1987, the Library received a grant from the NewYork State Library to treat 2,001 sixteenth-co-nine-teenth century Italian broadsides dea"-g withplague. The documents were tested for pH andwater-solubility, washed and deacidified, mended,and ultrasonically encapswated. Portfolios incor-porating wrappers were con3tructed for them. One,c the problems en:Juntered during this project wasthe encapsulation of multi-folio documents that hadnever been sewn The staff developed a method forPncapsulating and binding these documents in oneoperation, without sewing an article about thistechnique is currently in press for The Abbey News-letter)

The Preservation Department monitors the tem-perature and relative humidity in the Rare BookRoom and :n selected areas of the Library Staffmembers frola oth,r (iepartments are instructed in

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the proper procedures for shelving, handliiig, andphotocopying of Library matenals. The Preserva-tion Department has an ongoing program of main-tenance for rare and valuable items. In 1988, thestaff padded the tables and 000k stands in the RareBook Room, w-..ote a disaster preparedness plan andrules for the use of materials in the Rare Book andHistory of Medicine collections, and arranged forthe installation of ultraviolet filters on lights in theRare Book stacks and exhibit cases. Prints, docu-ments, photographs, and diplomas in public and of-fice areas of the Library are being systematicallyremoved, given appropnate conservation treatment,rematted using acid-free materials, and reframed.

A contract was signed with a commercial librarybinder in 1987, and the Preservation Departmentmonitors the performance of the bindery.

The Preservation Department also participatesin cooperative preservation projects. One ongoingprogram is the National Library of Mediene's projectto nrrduce archival microfilm copies of complete runsof important biomedical serials titles (see CAN No.34, page 3). The Preservation Department is coop-erating with NLM in this program.

Under contract to NLM, the Library drew up aPreservation Needs Assessment and distributed itto over eight hundred libraries with holdings inbiomedical literature. The assessment was designedto determine the extent of preservation/conserva-tion activity presently underway and levels ofexpertise, to identify resources available, to assessthe medical library community's ability to partici-pate in national cooperative preservation efforts, andto evaluate basic preservation information andtraining needs. 111i2 data was analyzed and re-turned to NLM v,th recommendations for futureprograms.

The Preservation staff provides necessary con-servation treatments of objects selected for exhibi-tion, constructs book cradles and other supports, setsup and maintains exhibit cases, and provides ad-vice for curators on safe exhibition policies. Pres-ervation staff :leaned and restored a number ofwooden and leather boxes for the current exhibi-tion of historic surgical instruments in the MainReading Room of the Library.

Projects for 1989 include condition surveys of theRare Book and Pcrtrait collections, rehousing thePortrait collection, and preparing a treatment re>ord database.

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OLD WESTBURY GARDENS111111. ,..7IMIIIIMM

Old Westbury Gardens AwardedNew York State Grant

Old Westbury Gardenshas received a grant forS6,976,00 from the NewYork State DiscretionaryGrant Program for the Con-servation/ Preservation ofLibrary Research Materials.

1 hc state legislature pro-vides a total ol S500.000 inImancial support to librar-ies, historical societies.archives and similar agenciesI or the preservation ofprinted hooks, manuscripts,photographs, maps. printsand other materials ol his-torical anil research v alue.

Old Westbury Gardens,the lormer home of John S.Phipps. will use the grantl ands to preserve 15 originalarchitectural documentswhich illustrate the develop-ment ol Westbury Houseand us grounds lite docu-ments, which date from ca.1904-1917 include a number01 watercolor renderings P^1architecwr 0 details byGeorge Cra', y (the archi-tect ol Westbury House andits gardens), several lari,cplans ol the estate and die-vatiors of hoth the Entranceand South Alice gates. Thedocuments have hcen sent tothe North Last DocumentConservation Cr nter atAndover. Massachusetts.l'hey will be cleaned,roounted, matted dndframed.

The Discretionary GrantProgram received 88 appli-cations requesting a total of$1,037,438 for its 1989/90cycle of grants. Sixty of these

were awarded grants withthe availab!e $500,000.

For more informat,inregarding grants for conser-vation contact: The Conser-vation/ Preservation Pro-gram, Division of LibraryDevelopment, New YorkState Library. I0C47 Cultu-ral Education Center,Albany, NY 12230.(518) 474-6971.

Old Westbury Gardens islisted on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places andis considered to be one otthe finest attractions of itskind in the United States.The gardens have been opento the public for the past 30years and are located on OldWestbury Road between theLong Island Expresswayand Jericho Turnpike. Thegardens will reopen for the1990 season on Saturday.April 28, 1990. For furtherinformation call (516) 333-°048

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.Paper money

Old Westbury Gardens,the former home ofJohnS. Phipps, has received agrant of$0,976 from theNew York State Discre-tionary Grant Program forthe Conservation-Preser-vation of Library Re-search Materials.

The grant will be used i.f)preserve 15 original ar-chitectural documentsthat illustrate the devel-opment of WestburyHouse and its grounds.

Daily News, Dec. 18, 1989

PEMBER LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Pember restores 1853 county mapGranville's Pember Library and

Museum recently restored an 1853map f": Washington County througha $650 discretionary grant Icom theNew York State Program for Conser-vation and Preservation of LibraryResearch Materials.

The map is 42" by 58" in size andgives a historically significant repre-sentation of Washington County as itwas in 1853. It contains all normalgeographic features plus all politicalsubdivisions, businesses, churches,and schools.

Because of it's age, the mapmakes up an unusually completepicture c -*he historical developmentof a rural area. It is a relevant tool forloc ustoric and genealogic re-sean. It also may serve as an aid forWashington County developingolanning boards.

It is the hope of library officialsthat funds will be generated locally tophotograph the map in various sizesand them make the pictures availablefor purchase by area schools, histori-cal societies and similar organiza-tions.The map is currently on displayat thc Pember Library-Museum forpublic use.

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Ihs4 ton'c WashingtonCounty map restoredBy Jnnifer McHughCorrespondent

GRANVILLE An ancient-looking, dust-encrusted object wastound on the top of a PemberLibrary shelf. After cobwebs werewhisked away, it was found to bean 1853 map of WashingtonCounty."I. was neglected, faded,

cracked, rolled up and dirty. It wasa wreck," said Ivi..t.y King, thelibrary's director.

With the aid of a discretionarygrant from the stateConservation/PreservationProgram of Library ResearchMaterials, the Pember Library sentthe historic map t) be restored bythe Northeast DocumentsConservation Center of Andover,Mass.

The 42-by-58--Inch map nowhangs on the library's west wall. Itretains its historic look, althoughcrack! and du-t have vanished, andcolors lave been -estored.

The map is a permanent additionto the library, said Ms. King. Itmust be displayed on an interiorwall and can not be rolled up fortransportation, because it is too

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fragile, she said.The library is "trying to End a

way to reduce the map to acan-yable size so it can be used inschools, but reduction probablywon't work because the print onthe map is alrcady too small, Ms.King said.

She said she hopes schoohistorical societies and researchersin the county will visit the libraryto view the map, if it can't cometo them.

The map "makes an unusuallycomplete picture of the historicaldevelopment of a rural area. It isrelevant to local histvric andgenealogical research," statedAnne Labate and Phyllis Miller,Pember Library board memberswho .vrote the grant proposal.

Family farms, town residencesand geological features throughoutthe county are listed on the map invery small pnnt. Other statisticsInclude the number ofPresbyterians, 12,880, Methodists.9.855, and Baptists, 7,425, inWashington County in 1853.

The map even gives the totalnumber of library books thatexisted in the county 173 yearsago, 33,012

THE PUTNAM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETYanaWl........

The Putnam Valley Historical Society recently received a grant for

$1575 from the New Y(...* State Discretionary Grant Program for the

Conservation/Preservation of Library Research Materials.

The state legislature provides a total at $500,000 in financial

support to libraries, historical societies, archives and similaragencies for th., preser,ration of printed books, manuscripts,

photographs, maps, prints an,. other materials of hiscoricalresearch value.

The Historical Society obtained f Inds to restore two daguerreotype

images and six i irly photos of the town and its people. Honey was

also received for a conservation survey which provided specific

recommendations for improving the environment in which the

society's paper collection is stored.

The Discretionary Grailt Program received eighty-eigh:' applications

requesting a total of $1,037,438 for its 1989/90 cycle of grants.

Sixty of these were awarded grants with the available $5.4000.

For more information regarding grants for conservation contact:The Conservation/Preservation Program, Wvision of Library

Development, New York State Library, 10C47 Cultural Education

Center, Albany, NY 12230.

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1989 Conservation Grant

We recently received a grant for $1,575 from the NYS Discre-

tionary Grant Program for the Conservation/Preservation ofLibrary Research Materials, The state legislature provided a

total of 6500,000 in financial support to libraries, historical

societies, archives and similar agencies for the preservation

of printed books, manuscripts, photographs, maps. prints andother materials of historical researlh value.

Eighty-eight organizations applied for a total .11' 61,037,438.We wbre one of sixty recipients. We obtained money to restc, e

two dagu..rrnotype images and 3ix .larly local photos. We also

received funds for u conservation survey which provided spe-cific advice for improving our building's. environment. We

applied for 1990 funds to ih,plement some recommendations.

Potpourri, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Spring 1989

More Grants and Isn't It Wonderful!

In early April we received word from the NYS Library that we

were awa(&(1 a Conservation/Preservation Discretionary Grant

foi $1575 to he used for a general (onservatiun survey of ourbuilding and for photo conservatbui work on Walbumen printsand two ambrutypes. Our contribution is about anothet$450 and1,111 I inv.

Potpourri, Vol. 6, Issue 3, Summei 1989

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RICHMOND MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Library grantpreserves pastBy Dirk HoffmrDaily Nowa Staff Wallet

Preserving key pieces of thepast is the focus of a RichnmndMemorial Librao proiect thathas reemed Matt.' QI dill unding

The Batavia libra:, has beenawarded $5,557 from the Discre-tionary Grant Program through'the state education department.

The funds are being used forthe conservation and nrewrvatwo of library rest .11( Ii naicriiI hy iiirI ii ii iig itt.ins ()I

local historical t aloe. act:m(111:gto Adult Services LilirarianKathleen Facer.

A.mong the items being micro-almed are Batavia telephone di-rectories from Ow 1430s to thepresent and Batavia cut, ditt.t toriec dating back to the 19(1Ik

-This procedure will ensurthat a permanent copy of theserecords will be preserved for fu-ture use," Miss Facer said. "Dueto the poor quality paper usedwhen these items were produced. the original (locum( niswill not surtive much Ionize!

Many of the older directoi lesare so brittle, they are likely tofall apart if touched, she said

Other documents being micro-filmed are the Indexes to the1860. 1870 and 1880 federal censusschedules of Genesee ( num%which list everyone lit iii in ihtcounty on those dates. cind a pal.tial Index of the Republican Ad.vocate. a local newspaper fromthe early 1800s.

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The recn"ds of the Grand ViewCemetery from 1908 to 1951 willako he microfiltned

ary olL 's worked torabout a month make sure allthe materials to be microfilmedwere as complete as possible,Miss Facer said.

The items were sent to BiersMicrofilm of Buffalo in June andthe mierofihn reels should arriveal IN. Idn Sty 6

rh rev copies are being madeot each item," Miss Facer said.A master cop viii be stored ina vault in Buffalo.

"Of the other two,copies, onewill always stay in the library,"she said -Toe other will be

i iI,ihl to interlibrarylodos

The library at 19 Ross St. hasfour microfilm readers, one ofwhich is capable of makingphotocopies.

The new Items on microfilmwill be of interest to people re-searching genealogies and thoseinlet ested in local history. MissFacer said

The library's grant applicationwas one of 88 received for the1989-90 year. totaling $1,037.438in requeited money

The state had MO ono to at; ardand it Iunded 60 01 the proposedprole( Is

This year marks the first timeRichmond Memoria' Library hasreceived a grant under theprogram.

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The Schroeppel HistoricalSociety recently received a 1989-90 grant for $699 from the NYSDiscretionary Grant Program forthe Conservation/Preservation ofLibrary Materials.

The state legis/ature provides atotal of $500,000 in financialsupport to libraries, historicalsocieties, archives and similaragencies for the preservation ofprinted books, manuscripts,photographs, maps, prints andother materials of historicalresearch value.

The historical society grant wentfor a site visit by a conservationconsultant. Ellen Riggs Tillwoughof Cooperstown can-led out ageneral survey on Aag. 14, 1989and subsequently submitted adetailed written report incorporat-ing the findings and recommenda-tions of the site visit

This report will be a guide fordirections and actions in

enhancing the care of the archivalcollection for now and in thefuture. Initial steps have alreadybeen taken.

The Discretionary GrantProgram received 88 applicationsrequesting a total of $1,037,438 forits 1989.90 cycle of grants, with 60of these awarded grants with theavailable $500,000.

For more information regardinggrants for conservation contactThe Conservation/PreservationProgram, Division of LibraryDevelopment, NYS Library, 10c47Cultural Education Center,Albany, N.Y. 12230, or call 518-474-6971.

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SMITHTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

In 1989, acting as lead agency, the Smithtown HistoricalSociety received its third grant award from the New YorkState Library. The grant of $5,884.00 was given for thepurpose of funding professional treatment for some ofSmithtown's most important historical records. Among theitems in the Town's collection are the 1677 Andros Patentwhich confirmed Richard Smith's title to the land ofSmithtown. Volumes conserved include Records of the Over-seer of the Poor and the Assessment Rolls of 1853 and 1854.

Documents from the Handley Collection of the SmithtownLibrary include the Account Book and the Inventory ofPhiletus Smith (1730-1800), a great-grandson of the Patentee.

The Society's collection includes the Order Bookof Frederick Rhinelander for the period of May 1774 toMarch 1775 which shows accounts of William Arthur ofSmithtown.

All of the individual documents and volumesconserved by the Northeast Document Conservation Centerhave also been microfilmed for use by researchers atthe State Library in Albany, as well as at our threelocal facilities.

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SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK LIBRARY RESOURCES COUNCIL

rhe Southeastern New York Library Resources Council recently

received a grant for $10,700 from the New York State Discretionary

Grant Program for the Conservation/Preservation of Library

Research Materials.

The grant to Southeastern is being used to provide a series of six

training workshops designed for librarians, archivists, museum

curators and employees of similar institutions. Thc focus of

these workshops will be the proper techniques, planning and admin-

istration of programs for the preservation of library and printed

materials. These workshops will teach the staff of area librar-

ies, museums and historical sc.cieties about what they can do to

conserve deteriorating collections and to help pre,ent the prob-

lems of deterioration in the future.

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ST. Li tWRENCE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Group Saves a Bit of NNY HistoryGrants Will Help Historical Associatioi, Preseive Artifacts, RecordsBy Stew. Webb

,es odnier

ci ANTON The St Lawrence CountyAssociation has received

two grants that will fund studies to helpt he assoi !anon preserve its artifacts andit hi% al retords

ords and artifacts are kept in inhal ed Ike structure behind the histor-

t. .;ocietY museum Th c. storage barnr ii shortcomings, including poor

himidit ontral and a lack of adaquate-t ige ice and the surveys will focuson how. to Improve storing th,- associa-t hi Ming.; in the existing are

we know about the 1. leniswith the building, the purpose of thugrants isn t to renovate. The surveys willrecommend how to better use and storet he archi: es." said Garrett W Cook. direc-tor of Ow historical association.

The first grant. awarded by the NewYr1c Statt Program for the Consen- anonand Preservation of Library Research Ma-terial, will provide $3,150 to help the as-

, cation better preserve the archivalction About half of the money will fund

the suney, the rest will be uset: to carry,ut some of the study's recommendations,

Daniel Clement Of Clement Art Con-ser:at ion, Inc Ithaca, will conduct theurvey

lie will spend two days going throughour collection and determining whichpwces are in need of conservation workand see how the material can be betterhandled. Mr. Cook said. He might saysome parts of the collection shouldn't bekept in their original form. some thingsmight be transferred to microfilm or 'xe-ioxed' onto acid-free paper

fhe second grant, awarded by the NewYork State Cciiservation Consultancy,will fund a similar study to determine how

Improve the storage of the association'smany artifacts. including textiles, glass-% ale. woodenware, tools and furnitureMr Cook said the association has not yetlearned the dollar amount of the secondgrant

The director noted that the ass(Aation

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has begun concentrating on collection-related care after focusing for several yearon upgrading the museum and its pro-grams. He said the association plans ir.the ne:ct three or four years to conce.tratton improving long-term storage capabili-ties.

Mr Cook said te t wo grants will mak(it easier for the association to receive other grants in the future.

'It's the betwing of a process. Once wihave recommendations we can apply foimore grants," he said. "The two) grant:should result in increased levels ofoutsidtfunding in future year's

Mr. Cook said improving or replacinithe storage building in w the archive:and artifacts are kept will be a subject odiscussion furc..r down the road.

"There are two things we could do t,im pt e the situation enlarge the presen'building or find somewhere else to storithe things temporanly until a new build-ing is built. That's not possible withoutmajor fund-raising dnve. Right now we r:trying to improve the situation for a yeamor two." he said.

STRONG MUSEUM

GRANT FUNDS PROPER STORAGEFOR PAPER TOY COLLECTIONThe Ness York State Program foi Consolation andPresersation ot 1 !bran Rescareh Matoials has hillsfunded Stnmg Museum's proiN nal to improse thestorage ot its collection of paper toss

The S8304 grant, awarded April 5. will pa forthe part tin.e scrims Of Vieks Pagan, solunteer whohas worked with the p is %A t. tit o +am( I 9 5 , andtor protective enehisures th.,t should alle hue euneunabout how these fragile artibets ale ein r ink stored.

According to Lc, tiq kid.% I niersm, the eolleenon includes sis thou ard ut paper dulls, oneut paperdoll sheets, two dinwnsumal puppets, 'A !muses, onmestrips, Christmas ornaments, masks, theaters, and ton-struction sets for (It Idings, furniture, and historic. seenesIt is thdught to bc one of the largest eulkenons in amuseum and, bee 311sl it Its t...;. ui rails gotid eunditiun, aprime candidate for a short term pruteet that will insureits :lame saferv

"Several subcolleelons of paper st g id out ashas ing problems that shouli he addres,ed munediatels

says paper Limier\ ator Elizabeth Morse, who has workedwith Emerson and Pagan rn prcner handling of thecollection "The paper tos eollecnon was onc of them

:le colic don has not been used or handled extensivelyand did not have much surfaie dirt, and most of itsproblems were easily addressed.'

The problews that do eonfrom thc paper toycollection arose mostl) from the neccssirt to find storagefor it whcn Margarct Strong's c.ollcetions were mos edfrom her Pittsford home to the doss ntow n Roehestermuseum building m 1982 Margaret Whitton, then themuseum's doll curator, asked Pagan to transfcr fromworking on the seemingly inexhaustible miniaturecollection to paper toys in 1985.

"Margaret Whitton gave me some mylar andsomc tiles and told mc where thc paper dolls were,"Pagan recalls. "I had to :ut the mylar from sheets to

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make pockets for each to and seal three of the sides withscotch tape. I also cataloged those that hadn't alreadybeen cataloged and created a location gulch. for all thepaper toys."

Those original pockets with their scotch tapcseals will now be replaced by mylar pockets scaled onthrcc sidcs by a sonic welding process. Somc of these

pockets, custom made kir the pi )ject by the Taylor M&cieCompany of Lima, Pennsylvania, will have from two tofour pockets for clothing and accessones accompanyingmany of thc paper dolls. The enclosures allow researchersto look at the objccts without handling, flexing, ordisturbing them.

"Scotch tape is a sillain as as paper is con-cerned," Morse sas. "The adhesive layer of the tapeadhcrc to paper, and as it ages and loses its tack, thc oackof the tape floats off, and the adhesive bpines itself in thcinterstices of the paper. It can discolor thc paper andeven turn it translucent. So far most of the paper toyshasen't been affected by thc use of scotch tapc on theirm)lar sleeves, but each handling still encourages thccontents of each enclosure to `creep' toward the ape. Ifwe catch it now, wc can prevent any damagc fromoccurring."

Pagan will reslceve ail thc teys in their newenclosures and store them as they have beenin acid-freeboxes and in drawersuntil new cabinets to house thecollection can bc budgeted. Morsc is examining thccabinets dentists usc to storc small tools and matenals;their narrow drawers do not allow objects to be stackcd,tihich will eliminate thc pressure of weight from thcpaper toy collection.

According to Emerson, the consolation protectwas also planned to improse the ability of researchers touse the collection.

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Pagan began work to resleeve the paper toycollection in early Junc and expeets to compkte it bs theend of October. S!., will also ,ompile a 'scope state-ment," a sort of index that hsts the number ot objects ina collection, tne range of dates it encompasses, the

^nterials used to make thc artifacts, and other fliforniation that allo.vs one to comprehend the collection easily.

"I volunteered for this job because I have beenworking so long with the paper doll: and I wanted toknow how they should be handled a id to see that theywere taken care of properly," Pagan, a retired elementaryschool teacher, says. "When I start a job, I like to finishit. But Judy's got morc laid out for vric She wants ascope statement on all the paper tov and on ones madeby individual manufacturers like McLoughlin and Ra-phael Tuck. I said to hcr, 'When do you expect mc toget this donc?' and shc said, 'I expect you to be hereforever

"When wc were working on this grant, we

thought about hiring someone from the outside,"Emerson adds. "But it was nice to know that Vicky wasstill interested in the project, even after she had don, allthe work to store the collection initially. She knowsmore about the paper toy collection than anyone in thebuilding."

Thc paper toy conservation grant is the thirdgranted to the Strong Museum by the Ncw York StateEducation Department's Discretionary Grant Programfor Conservation and Preservation of Library ResearchMaterials. The museum's large collection of scrapbookswas inventoried and rehoused with grant funds awardedin November 1986, and the papers of the furnituremanufacturing firm A. H. Davenport and Company werecleaned and properly boxcd with a grant madc to thcmuseum in March 1988.The Inkwell

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The Strong Museum. Rochester. NY has received a grant in theamount of S8.304.45 from the New Ye t State Discretionary GrantProgram for the Consemation and Preservation of Library Researchmaterials to conserve the museum's collection of paper toys. TheStrong Museum paper toy collection includes mora than &ONexamples of paper dolls, puppets. comic strips. miniature theaters.masks. dollhouses. Christmas ornaments, and construction sets otbuildings. furniture and historic scenes. Paper toys are an importantaspect of leisnre and recreation, a major theme in the Museum'sinterpretation of American domestic life.

MAAM Courier July 8, 1989

SUNY AT MORRISVILLE

Morrisville College LibraryWins Preservation Grant

MORRISVILLEThe Mor-risville College Library has re-ceived $3,550 from the NewYork State Discretionary GrantProgram for 'he Conservation/

PreservationofLibraryResearchMaterials.

The funds will aid in the pres-ervation of the college's year-book, the An4dian, which hasbeen published each year since1916. The Arcadian, along withearlier publicznions dating to thecollege's first graduating classof 1912, is the single-mostcomprehensive source for col-lege and local history, genea-logical information and infor-mation on early agriculturaleducation.

Colleen Stella, director of h-brary services at MorrisvilleCollege., said the money will beused to record the 80-volume

Arcadian collection on micro-film. The college received addi-tional funds to conduct a preser-vation survey flan its materials,

which include more than 85,000books, 540 periodical titles, 25newspapers, and 3,000 govern-

ment pamphlets, governmentdocuments and rzwspaper andmagazine anicics.

The Discretionary Grant Pro-grain, created by the state Legis-

lature, supports libraries andhistorical societies and otherarchival groups in the preserva-tion of printed books and peri-odicals, manuscripts, photo-graphs, maps, prints, and otheritems of historical significance.The Morrisville College Librarywas one of 60 such agencies out

of 88 applicants that shared inthe state's $500,000 fillo...at;onin 1989.

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VAN ALSTYNE HOMESTEAD SOCIETY

VANALSTYNE HOMESTEAD RECEIVES GRANTFOR CONSERVATION OF DOCUMENTS

The VanAlstyne Homestead Society has been awarded a grant for3,811 from the New Nbrk state Discretionary Grant Program for

. the Conservation/Preservation of Library Research Material.

The State Legislature provides a total of $500,000 in financialsupport to libraries, historical societies, archives aneagencies for the preservation of printed books, manuscr,jts,photographs, maps, prints and other laterials of historical re-search value.

The Grant was divided Into two parts, $1500 was given for a gen-eral preservation survey. This is the first year that a generalpreservation survey has been part of the Discretionary Grant Pro-gram. The survey is an overall assessment of the collection oflibrary/archival research materals in our collection and theenvironmental conditions in which they ar, .-Itored. The purposeis to broadly identify potential threats Lo the collections, toidentify tne extent of preservation problems and areas of acuteneed, and to assist in the development of a long range preser-vation plEn. Mr. C. R. Jones of the N, Y. S. Historical Assoc-iation, Cooperstown, has been engaged to conduct and completethe survey as well as the conservation and preservation of thedocuments.

The remaining $2,311 has been used for conservation/preservationof 15 historic documents and Grider paintings, among them theGcorge Washington letter, Oath of Allegiance to King q,eorge III,Grider Record Book, subscription lists End indenture. Thesedocuments have survived two fires, water damage, improper storageand care for many years.

The Discretionary Grant'Program received 98 applications request-ing $1,037438 for its 1989/90 cycle of grants. Sixty of tnesewere awafded grants with the available $500,000.

For more information regarding grants for conservation contact:The Conservation/Preservation Prog.am, Division of Library Pevelop-ment, New York Sta'..e Library, 10C47 Cultural Educa*ton Center,Albany, N.Y. 12230, (518)474-6971.

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Yespija University to preserve rare Jewish booksNE RK UTA) Some 400 that the N... State Discretonary

rare manuscripts will be mico- Grant Program has given a grant tofilmed for preservanon with a the universrty.t25.000 grant recently awarded to The manuscripts intended forYeshiva University by the state of microfilming come from the Li-New York. brary 5 rale book room manuscript

This is the fourth year in a row collection. They date from this 1.5th

American Jewish World, Aug. 11, 1989

TO PRESERVE RAREJEWISH BOOKS

NEW YORK (ITA) Some 400 rare manuscripts will be micro-filmed for preservation wit!' a 325.000 grant recently awarded toIfsthiva.Uni :rshy by the State of New Yak.This is the fourth year in a row that the N.Y. State Discretiorray Grant

Program has gwen a grant to the university.The manuscripts intended fcc microfilming come from the library's

are book rcom manuscript collection. They date from tbe 15th through20th centuries, and consist of commentanes on Bible and Talmud.Halachah, homiletics, Musar (morals). philosophy, Kabalah (mysti-cism) and rabbinic correspondence.

Among the. manuscripts is a 15th century manuscript of the SeMak,tt-. Safer Mitzvot Katan (Small Book of Precepts) by the I- nhrioiitit,saac trai Joseph of corbed, written on vellum with foto- smau pen_and..ink diawings.

Dayton Jewish Chronicle, Aug. 10, 1989

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through 20th centuries, and consistof commentaries on Bible and Tal-mud, halacha, homiletics, musar(morals), philosophy, kabbalamysticism) and rabbinic °one-spondence.

c Another preservation projectinvolves ancrotilninur raremanuscripts. New York State. tbrthe fourth straight year. ki.saW ar hell the Libraries a grant of$25.000 through us DiscretionaryGrant Program. which will fundmicrofilming of some 400 raremanuscripts. Bcoks to be filmed.dating from the 15th through 20thcenturies. come from tae RareBook Room Manuscript Collec-tion. and consist of connnentarieson Bible and Talmud. halakhah.homiletics. Mussar Inuwals). phi-lomphy. Kabbalah. and rabbiniccorrvspaulenee.

The Lferaries 1989

Ylv0 INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH."0071

Preservation: Yiddish RadioYIVO will preser% e Yiddish

radio broadcasts that have notheard for a half century. thanks to a$22,000 discreuonary grant from theNew York State Pr gram for theConservation ant! ?reser% anon ofLibrary Research Materials. Theseprograms, originally heard in Nev..York on stations NVBD, WHN,WBBC and WMCA, were recordedlive on vinyl, acetate and glass discsfor studio use. Usually discardedwithin a year of their broaucast,these 452 disc sides were saved byNew York television personality JoeFranklin and donated to YIVO in1988.

"These recordings provide richinsight into the development ofYiddish popular culture inAmerica," explains Henry Sapoznik,the director of YIVO's M2X andFrieda Weinstein Archive of SoundRecordings. 'They are of interest to

performers and ethno.nusit.ologistsas well as historians, literaryscholars and cultural anthropologistS, as they include muskpiogramming, news, inter% lc A s,literary readings, Lumnleicials, eendramatized biographies Of imporurJevis personalities. This is byfar the Angle largest Lullection ofAmerici.n Jewish radioprogramming available anywhere.

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int.luding the Library of Congress."Following a remastering and

rerecording of the discs, YIVO willdocument the contents of theseradio broadca4s, and the Institutehopes Lc) produce a recording ofexcerpted materials for distribution.Access to the complete collectionwill be made available to visitors tothe Institute as well.

Yivo News, No. 175, Spring 1990

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U.S. Dept. of Education

Office of EducationResearch and

Improvement (OERI)

ERIC

Date Filmed

March 29, 1991

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