Hidden Collections Registry - Dev

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• Aerospace History Project: An Undiscovered Archival Resource

  At the present time, we hold 12 unprocessed aerospace history collections, including about 300,000 photographs. These consist of two kinds of materials. The first consists of the personal papers and photographs of aerospace personnel at all levels, ranging from executives to shop floor workers, and primarily concerning their occupation in the industry, the effect of their work on their families and the social lives the close-knit workers shared, and daily work activities. These include the papers of Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the founder of Lockheed's Skunkworks; Harvey Christen, one of Lockheed's first employees; and Tex Thornton, founder of Litton Industries. The second consists of corporate aerospace archives donated by aerospace companies (and which have been vetted for classified or sensitive material), documenting the respective companies' work in the field. These include memos, correspondence, internal newsletters, very extensive photographic collections, and other materials in the archival spectrum. The materials range in date from approximately 1930 (beginning with a variety of unpublished photographs of Amelia Earhart on the Lockheed shop floor, where she helped to test the Lockheed aircraft she would use for many of her flights and speed records), and ending in the 1990s. Geographically, the materials focus primarily on Southern California and the aerospace efforts that employed more than 280,000 people across the region at its height during World War II.

• Cataloging La MaMa’s Pushcart Years: A Unique History of the Off-Off Broadway Theatre Movement

  The La MaMa Archive is a valuable educational and historic resource that chronicles the evolution of La MaMa from a basement theatre to a world-renowned arts organization. The La MaMa Archive chronicles an important American legacy--the artists, companies, and historic productions that found a home at La MaMa and have had a lasting influence on the performing arts landscape in this country. Of particular importance are the early years of the organization--headed by Ellen Stewart--and its unique vision for an alternative performance venue open to experimentation. Ellen Stewart's mentor, a Lower East Side fabric vendor, once told her that everyone needed to have a “pushcart,” something that defines their purpose in life. Ellen always said that when she established La MaMa, she found her pushcart. Her devotion to this institution and to the artists who have performed here over our 52-year history is reflected in this singular collection, which contains upwards of 10,000 unique items including photographs, posters, maps and plans, films, costumes, press clippings, original scripts with playwright's notes, costumes, masks, musical instruments from around the world, musical scores, as well as institutional correspondence covering the early years (1962-1985) of La MaMa's 52-year history. To date, 150,000 artists from more than 70 nations and over 3,500 productions have been presented at La MaMa.
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  Post-War Industry and Development of the Southwest Metroplex

  Over the past 50 years the DFW Metroplex has experienced explosive growth. Collections included in this proposal relate to urban planning, politics, industry, industrial education and major infrastructure projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area of North Texas. Topics included in these collections are especially relevant today--affordable housing, urban design, transportation (highway expansion, mass transit), crime, education and employment issues are central to these collections. The papers of Texas Representative Lanny Hall document his constituent's concerns during years of massive growth in Fort Worth and Arlington as well as political redistricting taking place on the state level (1979-1984). The planning and creation of DFW International Airport are well documented in the archive of Texas Metro magazine and in the papers of Dr. John T. Thompson (1966-1975). Also included in the Texas Metro magazine archive are approximately 20 linear feet of photographs. Collections reveal how implementation of the federal Model Cities program (1966-1974) and the Community Development Block Grant programs of the 1970’s affected North Texas. These files contain detailed documents and maps submitted by municipalities across four counties. Site proposals for the Superconducting Super Collider contain extensive documentation of the North Texas site chosen for the project in 1987.

• Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Papers

  Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch (1884-1976) was a New York businessman who collected arms and armor from 1914 until his death. In 1963, Princeton University Library published a catalogue of the art collection. Following a decades-long relationship with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in 1977 he bequeathed his entire collection (along with its library and archive) to the Museum where it was installed in a series of specially built galleries. The Kienbusch papers provide documentation of the collection and biographical information. Correspondence and materials document his interactions with dealers, collectors, museums, and distinguished scholars. It includes an estate appraisal, copies of his will, inventories, receipts and invoices, drafts of articles, articles by others on the Collection, annotated auction catalogues, and genealogical files on the Kienbusch family. There is a large quantity of photographic material (over 40% of the collection): prints of objects in the collection and objects in other collections; glass and film negatives and photographs from Kienbusch's European travels; and lantern slides to accompany lectures. Personal papers include appointment books, travel diaries, autobiographies, a family history, photographs, tickets, receipts, and ephemera. The travel diaries and scrapbooks with photographs document collecting and study trips to Europe. Finally, the collection includes loose photographs of Kienbusch and his family.
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  Canal Society of New York State Collection

  The CSNYS began in 1956, the first such group dedicated to canal heritage in the nation. It soon amassed manuscripts, books, prints and other artworks and artifacts when appreciation of this legacy was young. The collection includes primary resources on other transportation modes as well. The Welland Canal in Canada and the Saint Lawrence Seaway are essential linkages and are reflected in the collection. The collection captures an unprecedented view of historic landscapes. The canals date to the 18th-century and still function as a commercial waterway and as an icon of our national development. The Erie and its laterals reached corners of the State, from the Hudson to Lake Erie. Views of the Erie chart the growth of cities such as New York, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Its success inspired others beyond the State's borders. The collection's greatest strength is its photographs. There are glass and film negatives (3,500), historic prints and postcards (10,500), color transparencies (4,000), early color aerial images, and family collections by those who worked the canal. These are preliminary estimates. The most sought after portion includes those of more recent vintage, documenting the condition of historic structures and current operations. Perhaps the most untapped content remains with members of the CSNYS and other historians waiting for a more accessible depository to place their materials. The online access will provide a portal to gather those materials.
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  Using a Team Approach to Expose Yellowstone’s Hidden Collections

  The Yellowstone National Park Archives document the history and science of the world’s first national park, now a United Nations Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site. The manuscripts, photos, maps, films, oral histories, administrative records, and scientific data document the natural and cultural resources and how their management has evolved. With a long history of data collection in the park, the archives supports research in climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem dynamics. The records are rich in topics ranging from geophysics, geology, and ecology to archeology, tourism, and history. Ideas of wilderness, conservation, and resource stewardship are woven throughout the documentary record and include materials by Horace Albright and significant events as the 1988 fires, returning bears to natural feeding habits, and the eradication and eventual reintroduction of wolves. An affiliated archive of the National Archives, the archives houses a unique record of physical and administrative development beginning with early civilian superintendents and pioneer entrepreneurs, through the turn-of-the-century military era, to the founding and development of the National Park Service. Because the collections are unorganized and poorly described, many researchers do not realize the depth and breadth of our documentation. This proposed project will expose our hidden resources by making collections usable and understandable to a wide and diverse research audience.

• Women's Military History Archive and Research Resource

  This project will support the archival processing and creating of EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids for documenting a newly defined field of study, women's military history. The Division of Armed Forces History at the Smithsonian Institution has for 25+ years concentrated on collecting documents and biographical material as historical evidence of the roles of women in military service over all time. We have accumulated a singular collection of archival documentation; personal papers, exhibition scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts, oral histories, biographies and autobiographies, and a wide range of ephemera. Some of the material is related to the division's outstanding accessioned women's uniform collection but the majority is without access points, much of it simply collected as reference material. Additionally, this project entails surveying collections in other Smithsonian units and in outside military history organizations for relevant unrecognized and undocumented material that informs the roles of women in military history.
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  Grass Roots Activism and the American Wilderness: Pioneers in the Twentieth Century Adirondack Park Conservation Movement

  The Apperson and Schaefer papers reflect grass roots political activism to conserve the Adirondack Forest Preserve and to expand the Adirondack Park from 1899 to 1996 (Apperson 1899-1963 44 cu.ft, Schaefer 1930-1996 166 cu.ft). The collections include documentation of their efforts to stop development of private or public land in the forest preserve, advocate for the expansion of conservation practices and promote the use of the land for recreation. Their correspondence reflect their influence on national figures such as Robert Marshall, founder of the Wilderness Society; Howard Zahniser, author of the 1964 Wilderness Act; as well as Louis Marshall, who drafted the legislation which protected as “forever wild” the state lands in the Adirondacks; Robert Moses, a pioneer in urban and recreational park design; and Governors Al Smith and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The collections, spanning 100 years, comprise photographs, lantern slides and video taken to engage and persuade people to protect the Adirondacks. They also include correspondence, pamphlets, maps, meeting minutes, financial records and newsletters, slide sets, photographs, and videotape of some 20 advocacy groups formed for specific projects.

• Finding Freedom: Documenting the Legacy of Slavery and African American History through the Collections of the Maryland State Archives

  The Friends of the Maryland State Archives have chosen two unprocessed series from the Archives' collections: QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Miscellaneous Court Papers) 1815-1905 MSA T3273 This is a trial court with a jury that hears large, serious civil and criminal cases as well as juvenile and family cases and appeals from the District Court. The jurisdiction is very broad and includes full common law and equity powers. The court is also responsible for overseeing licenses, land records, juvenile cases, and legal document recordation. BALTIMORE CITY (Miscellaneous Administrative Records) 1811-1923 BRG41-3 These documents represent the finances of the municipal government's transactions including bills, vouchers, checks and payrolls. In a random sampling, the documents record the business of Baltimore city including a wide variety of items and services such as printing, paving, animal control, fire suppression, wharves, equipment and supplies, quarantines, jurors, street cleaners, lamplighters, janitors, improvements to the Baltimore harbor and fortifications/city defense during wartime. These two collections have been selected because they cover a long timespan, two different regions of Maryland (Eastern and Western shores). Sampling indicates that these collections will provide documentary evidence for many varied topics of study, but particularly African American history where a dearth of evidence exists, particularly for slaves and free blacks.

• Finding P.T. Barnum: Cataloging The Barnum Museum's Cornerstone Collection

  The Core Collection contains artifacts pertaining to the life and times of P.T. Barnum who, in addition to his career as a showman and museum proprietor, was also a newspaper editor, entrepreneur, Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, legislator, urban developer, community benefactor, philanthropist, abolitionist, lecturer, and author. The materials include manuscripts, photographs, business documents, promotional materials, handbills and broadsides, ephemera, circus route books, lithographs, paintings, furniture, clothing, rare newspapers, a mummy, and other artifacts documenting the personal life, careers, and legacies of P. T. Barnum and associated individuals. This initiative will concentrate on materials from Barnum's lifespan (1810-1891) and slightly beyond, and include people and business endeavors such as “Tom Thumb” (Charles Stratton), Lavinia Warren and other little people; Swedish singer Jenny Lind; Jumbo the Elephant; the American Museum; Hippodrome; the Barnum & Bailey circus, and other “attractions.” Research inquiries come from around the world. Access requests come from academics, authors, museum curators, journalists, filmmakers, teachers, and students. Currently, inquiries must be researched manually as the Core Collection has no finding aids, and only a tiny fraction of the material is entered in a database. Intellectual access is thus limited, which hinders the Museum's mission to make its collections available.
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  The David Sarnoff Collection Processing Project

  The David Sarnoff Collection, approximately 2,800 linear feet covering the years between 1912 and 1986, is the most significant collection on the 20th-century rise of American commercial broadcasting, telecommunications, and military and civilian electronics in existence. The collection came to Hagley in 2009 due to the closure of the David Sarnoff Library of Princeton, NJ. David Sarnoff (1891-1971) was a pioneer in the creation of 20th-century American radio and television broadcasting as well as the development of the American electronics industry. Included in the collection are Sarnoff’s voluminous personal correspondence, films, negatives, photographs, recordings, interviews, and scrapbooks. These materials document his long career, beginning with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, spanning his construction of a media empire based on the Radio Corporation of American (RCA) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and involving his development of postwar telecommunications and consumer electronics, and battles with regulatory agencies. A comprehensive set of the notebooks, technical reports, and scientists’ writings from RCA’s laboratories document technological innovations including the development of FM radio, transistors, color television, videodisks, computers, and satellites. The collection also includes strategic corporate communications for RCA and NBC, as well as extensive marketing literature and correspondence.
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  Documenting Their Films: Hidden Collections of Four Independent Filmmakers

  The project focuses on four manuscript collections that are housed in the Motion Picture Department Stills, Posters and Paper Collections. The materials cover the period 1895 through 1991, with a geographic scope including North America, Europe and Israel. Each was a part of a larger donation that included films made by these independent filmmakers: Leo Hurwitz, Lothar Wolff, Douglass Crockwell, and James Reese. Though their films have been well documented and cataloged, the accompanying paper collections have gone largely unprocessed and uncataloged for years, and in some cases, decades. The collections vary in size (from 1 box to 101 boxes) and include a wide range of materials such as correspondence, notes, scripts, financial records, photographs, photo albums, drawings, patents, audio tapes, flip books, mutoscope reels, plaques and awards, newspaper clippings, and other personal effects. Each of these collections compliments and enhances the film collections and will help scholars, researchers and students more fully understand the films and the people who made them.

• Access to Alexander Agassiz's Expedition Images

  The Alexander Agassiz collection of about 1,000 gelatin dry plates, film negatives and prints dating from the late 1890s to the early- 20th century is important because it uniquely adds to Agassiz scholarship, providing access to many unpublished images from expeditions. Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) was a pioneer in oceanographic research, zoological investigation, & mining engineering, devoting four decades to expanding & developing the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. He was best known as a naturalist & for his expeditions, conducting deep-sea investigations, & studying coral islands & reefs. The material is primarily glass negatives with some film negatives & print photographs that chronicle Agassiz's voyages on the Albatross, Challenger, Croydon, Yaralla and other ships between 1890 & 1909. There are also some domestic scenes from Agassiz's Rhode Island home. The collection includes images of expedition sites, primarily, but also some research materials.

• Access to Twentieth Century Shipbuilding in Los Angeles Harbor : California Shipbuilding Corporation, 1941-1945.

  “Access to Twentieth-Century Shipbuilding in Los Angeles Harbor” will connect two important collections from California Shipbuilding Corporation on World War II era merchant shipbuilding. The collections provide visual material unique to the Kaiser company's shipbuilding enterprise at a local installation on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor. The larger collection contains 9000 images of vessel launchings, sponsors, workers, ship construction, ships underway, yard activities, events, Calship property and structures, advertising posters, celebrities in a variety of formats: photographic albums, loose prints, negatives, and large format prints, a box glass slides. The documents are contained in ten boxes of news clippings, personnel records, corporate history, incorporation agreements, ship's progress report, legal documents, testimonials, correspondence, etc., guestbooks, and vessel construction reports. There are 4 film recordings of personalities and launchings; and approximately 400 - 4” x 6” index cards organized alphabetically by subject name and an alpha-numeric code. The smaller collection was created by an engineer and focuses on his work. It includes photographic images, typescripts, training manuals, issues of Calship Log, eight books on marine engineering, and ephemera. Both collections contain several artifacts.

• Mariners Muster: Cataloguing Mariner Manuscripts

  The Museum identified relevant materials in 20 separate manuscript collections of Penobscot Bay sea captain's papers and ship owner's business records, two artificially created collections of family papers and vessel records and three small folder size collections of seamen's licenses and crew papers. The artificial collections compile small collections or individual documents related either to specific Penobscot Bay families or vessels respectively. The 20 collections contain records of individual mariners serving aboard merchant marine, fishing and naval vessels. The vessels on which these mariners served were built and/or owned by Penobscot Bay and River interests, made ports of call in the Penobscot Bay or fished it waters. Although the documents share Maine roots, they document merchant mariners sailing on the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific trade routes where the Maine connection signified a standard of excellence. The mariners range from local Mainers who signed aboard at the vessel's homeport to foreign crew hired while the vessel traded abroad. The bulk of the material dates from 1806-1920, some date as early as 1734 and as late as 1999. The collections document the rise, dominance and fall of Maine and East Coast interests in the global trade by sail and later steam and the harsh treatment of mariners by their officers. In addition to the mariners' papers, the collections include correspondence, financial accounts of port visits and vessel information.

• Archives and Resource Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center/ Our Melting Past: Accessing the Hidden History of Climate Change

  These collections are a resource for people studying Earth's frozen regions, the history of science, or past climate related to the Earth's frozen regions. Included are materials from early expeditions to Alaska, the Alps, South and Central America, and Greenland. These materials include thousands of maps, photographic prints, glass plate negatives, color slides, ice charts, and 38 cu ft of manuscript materials. Some examples include the field notebooks, manuscript collection, maps, and glass plate negatives and prints of Harry Fielding Reid (1859-1944), considered to be America's first geophysicist. These field notebooks contain not only scientific data but also personal accounts of daily life on the expedition, detailed sketches of glaciers and records of each photograph taken during the trip. Also included are the records of William S. Cooper (1884-1978), who chaired a committee of the Ecological Society of America, which was instrumental in the creation of Glacier Bay National Monument (now a National Park); the field notebooks and photographs of Lawrence Martin (1880-1955), who spent time in the early 1900s on expeditions to Alaska and from 1924-1946 served as Chief of the Division of Maps at the Library of Congress; nearly 500 photographs donated by Bradford Washburn, pioneering mountain photographer and cartographer; National Park Service glacier survey reports covering 7 parks over 56 years; historic films of hikes to Arapahoe Glacier and Long's Peak.

• Tibetan Performing Arts Audio-Visual Collections at Trace Foundation’s Latse Library

  The AV collection at Latse Library--the most comprehensive, publicly accessible, and largest of its kind—encompasses recordings of music videos, cultural programs, events, drama, opera, and other theater. Music recordings range from folk and classical to religious and dance, as well as popular and contemporary, some belonging to uniquely Tibetan genres and some influenced by Western music. Our holdings are the result of nearly two decades of intensive acquisitions in Tibetan areas of China, other Himalayan kingdoms and regions, and from among the Tibetan diaspora in India and beyond. When Tibet came under direct Chinese governance in the 1950s, Tibetan society and culture began experiencing rapid change. The advent of tape recorders in the early 1980s and, more recently, of digital technology, have allowed professionals and amateurs alike to record and distribute recordings as never before. The past four decades have seen the revival of traditional genres, the evolution of older styles, and the generation of new uniquely Tibetan musical genres. Social issues, ethnic identity, respect for tradition, and the promotion of Tibetan language have become popular topics in song and performance. As such, performing arts recordings have become important documents in representing the various social and historical phenomena occurring across the Tibetan Plateau, and scholars and researchers are more frequently turning to AV materials as resources.
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  Discovering Modern China: University of Washington & University of British Columbia Collections

  Among the top East Asian collections in North America, UW & UBC hold a wealth of hidden Chinese collections including pre-modern classical texts & source materials from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) through the early years of the People’s Republic of China (1949-). The pre-modern texts, in a literary form of the Chinese language, are printed in traditional complex characters and bound with string. The 20th century materials include thousands of imprints from the Republic Period (1911-1949). Materials cover subjects in social sciences, literature, humanities & traditional medicine. UW titles are largely from the early 20th century, although some date from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) through the 1970s. The collection includes 373 wooden fish books (i.e., rare and important Cantonese song lyric books), 120 scrolls of Chinese paintings, Republic Period texts and the papers of Wu Xianzi (1881-1959), an activist in the Chinese Constitutional Movement. UBC Library holds rare Chinese materials in pre-modern and contemporary formats from a dozen world-renowned collections, including the Puban, Pang Jingtang and Jing Yizhai collections. The hidden classical items include books, manuscripts, rubbings, maps and letter albums of key figures also from the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic and imprints of the Ming. The 20th century publications include unique or rare items: traditional Chinese medicine, fine art, textbooks and lineage association publications.

• Viva West Florida! Discovering the Hidden Collections Documenting America's Southern Frontier

  From 1973 to 1981, UWF Professor of History William S. Coker combed through hundreds of libraries and archives in the U.S., Spain, France, England, Scotland, Mexico, and Canada in search of materials concerning Panton, Leslie & Company. While the materials specifically pertaining to Coker's research were cataloged, he also gathered a multitude of materials relating to the West Florida region. This hidden collection consists of individual manuscripts as well as groups and series gathered from national and international archives in an attempt to collect all Coker could about the region in his “pass this way once” approach. The importance of these materials is intertwined with the history of Panton, Leslie & Company, an established Indian trading empire operating in the late 18th Century that covered most of present-day Mississippi, Alabama, western Georgia, and the West Florida region, with additional posts in Tennessee, Havana, the Bahamas and London. This company operated under the Spanish, British, and American regimes, with landholdings exceeding one million acres in the infant United States, thereby holding an effective monopoly on Indian trading in the Southeastern region of North America and rivaling the Hudson Bay Company in the North. The remaining materials, called the Panton, Leslie Research Support Collection, concern themselves with these regions, and are a vital part of the history of the United States.

• Documenting Social and Political Activism of the Sixties and Seventies: Hidden Collections at the University of California Santa Cruz

  Both collections recently acquired by UC Santa Cruz focus heavily on social and political activism in California during the 1960s and 70s, but the geographic scope, like the issues themselves, extends beyond state and national borders. Internationally acclaimed writer Karen Tei Yamashita's archive includes manuscripts, drafts, subject interviews, correspondence, notes, extensive research materials including primary documents, audiotapes, photographs, posters, and alternative press materials. Also included are hundreds of interviews and lectures given by Yamashita as well as copies of all her works both in the original language of publication and in translation. Multiple prizes for the novel I Hotel have intensified publicity and research interest in her work including a proposed digital annotated edition, making the processing of this archive a top institutional priority. Likewise, the John Thorne Papers, which richly document a wide range of legal and activist issues from the local to the international level, speak to increasing research and curricular interest in social movements of this period. Correspondence, interviews, research materials, speeches, ephemeral publications and legal documents include such subjects as the George Jackson and Angela Davis trials, prison writing and prison reform, California Democratic Party, Wounded Knee consolidated cases, Iranian Students Association and the International War Crimes Tribunal.

• Segregated Japanese American Military Units of World War II: A Collaborative Cataloging Project of Oral Histories, Photographs and Documents

  GFBNEC's oral history collection includes 1,185 interviews from across the U.S., making it the largest collection of its kind in the country. Significant effort was invested in locating Nisei veterans whose wartime experiences were unique or significant, such as Medal of Honor awardees, those who fought in significant battles, the three JA soldiers who served as translators onboard the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered. GFBNEC uses studio-quality equipment, and clips from this collection have been used by the Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, Museum of Tolerance, and other museum and independent filmmakers. The four Nisei Veteran Related Organizations (NVRO: JA WWII veterans groups and related organizations) have a total of 192 oral histories, primarily of veterans from their community. Some of the earliest are audiotaped interviews. GFBNEC's photo and documents collection includes photos from the era (from early childhood, photos taken during the war in Europe and the Pacific Theatre, post-war family life and career), letters home from the battlefront, personal journals, monthly action reports of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team from June 1944-June 1946, newspaper articles from Hawaii and Los Angeles area, and other related documents. The NVRO's photos and document collections are of similar content and vintage for the veterans in their community. We propose to catalog 5,000 items from GFBNEC and 2,500 from NVRO collections.

• Kentucky School for the Deaf: History of Student Life

  We want to work with the following related materials: Ledgers: Two large ledgers dating from January 1888 to October 1944, document basic student enrollment information, including age, home, date of enrollment. These ledgers also list the relationship of the parents to each other, cause of deafness and any deaf relatives. Student and staff cards: Student cards exist for almost all of the students who enrolled from 1823 to the present. The student cards list years at school and post-graduation life events. Staff cards record information about all hearing and deaf employees who did not attend the school. Student and staff cards are available in two formats: the original paper card and a digital .tiff file. Photographs: Photographs date from the 1860s to 1944 and represent all aspects of residential, academic, and vocational life. Some are dated, most are not. Some individuals and groups are identified, many are not. Geographic scope: Although the majority of materials relate to Kentucky and Kentuckians, there is information on students and staff from all over the country, including US territories well into the 20th century. After 1944 school enrollment, with a few exceptions, was restricted to residents of Kentucky. Time Span - Ending in 1944: The school underwent major changes and closed for nine months after 1944; the last ledger entry was in 1944; and we have concerns about the privacy of living alumni.

• Accessing South Carolina Studio Photography Collections

  The hidden collections targeted in this proposal are an important part of a significant and growing visual resource within SCL. They are intact collections from local photographic studios that were fixtures within their communities. They consist of: 1. The Carolina Studio in Dillon, SC. Opened at the end of WWII and a family business for 42 years, its owner also did full time work for the Dillon Herald newspaper. Collection includes photographs and negatives (mainly acetate base) of weddings, school annuals, portraits, town events, civic and religious organizations, and the building of South of the Border, one of the first highway tourist sites in the U.S. The only studio in Dillon, they had an integrated clientele and recorded events in both the black and white communities. (59 boxes) 2. The Nichols Studio in Newberry, SC opened in 1933. The collection is mostly negatives (mainly acetate base) with some prints. Sports, scouts, businesses, weddings, school annuals, portraits, town events, religious and civic organizations. Collection contains notable images of the black community especially schools before integration. (103 boxes) 3. The Alt-Lee Studio in Columbia, SC opened at the end of WWII and operated until 2010. In addition to a comprehensive collection of negatives and prints it is notable for acquired portions of two older studios with glass plate negatives of portraits and panoramic views of the early 20th century. (230 boxes)

• Perspectives on the HGP: Discovering hidden personal collections documenting the origins and development of the Human Genome Project in the U.S.

  This project involves 27 personal collections, comprising some 185 lf of physical material and ~15GB of electronic material related to HGP. Among the individuals who created these collections are the developers of many methods/devices that were critical to the HGP; key leaders of the HGP; those instrumental in formulating genome policy and disseminating knowledge about the HGP; and specialists in the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genome research. The creators of the collections are life scientists: Norman G. Anderson, David Botstein, Patrick O. Brown, Charles Cantor, George Church, Helen Donis-Keller, Russell Doolittle, Dick McCombie, David L. Nelson, Harry Noller, Maynard Olson, Gerry Rubin, David C. Schwartz, Jim Sikela, Lloyd Smith, Ignacio Tinoco, and James Weber; computer scientists David Haussler and Jim Kent; and government administrators: Elbert Branscomb, Charles DeLisi, and Ari Patrinos; ELSI specialists: Reid Adler and Thomas Murray; and authors/journalists: Daniel Kevles and Nicholas Wade. The materials include: correspondence about the HGP, such as letters, memos, and emails; meeting materials, such as presentations, notes, and hand-outs; workshop materials, such as research materials, notes, and transcripts; scientific research materials, such as lab notebooks, raw data, and grant applications; public relations material, such as press releases and videos; and book materials, such as notes from interviews.

• Hidden Cinema Heritage at Anthology Film Archives

  Five collections proposed for this project--the Stan Brakhage Collection, the Hollis Frampton Collection, the Gretchen Berg Collection, the Collective for Living Cinema Archive, and Anthology's collection of publications--vary in size and contain original manuscripts, notes, photographs, slides, etchings, drawings, illustrations, correspondence, published books and reviews. Filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) is considered to be one of the most important figures in experimental cinema and 20th century art. The Stan Brakhage Collection contains original material related to the artist, including unique correspondence and other writings. Filmmaker Hollis Frampton (1936-1984) remains one of the guiding figures of avant-garde cinema. His collection contains unique documentation of pioneering work with film, video, computer art and digital production from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Photographer Gretchen Berg (b. 1940) documented the New York art scene in the early 1960s, as well as the opening of Anthology Film Archives in 1970. The Collective for Living Cinema (1973-1993) emerged in the 1980s as an important New York venue with the intention to "overcome the economic, social and political burdens of an art in chains." Anthology's collection of periodicals serve as records of quotidian and international events from unique individual and community perspectives.