Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and MuseumsMellon—NEW YORK1655. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $143,000, 2007. 2.25-yeargrant. To support pilot project to train graduate students to processspecial collections.1656. University of California, Berkeley, CA. $110,000, 2008. For continuedsupport for Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profitinitiative partnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around theglobe to build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1657. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $23,400, 2007. To supportworkshop that explores technological, research, and cultural heritageissues affecting digital cuneiform studies.1658. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $6,000, 2008. Forprofessional development for fellows in Getty Archaeological andEthnographic Conservation Program.1659. University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. $957,000, 2006.2-year grant. For Managing Archival Collections - Phase II.1660. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $348,000, 2008.3.50-year grant. For Archives and Public Culture research and seniorfellows.1661. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $210,000, 2007.3-year grant. Toward preservation and publication of works relating toBleek and Lloyd collection, archive of anthropological and ethnographicinformation related to various African tribes (usually Bushmen) and theirlanguages.1662. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $10,000, 2005. Forefforts to create comprehensive catalog of archived materials of BlackSash organization.1663. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $700,000, 2008. 2-year grant. ForPreservation of the Persepolis Fortification Archive II, digitization ofprimary source documents from ancient Near Eastern civilizations for thepurposes of preservation and scholarly access.1664. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $617,000, 2006. 3.25-year grant.For Processing Chicago Area Archives.1665. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $526,000, 2006. 2-year grant. ForPreservation of Persepolis Fortification Archive.1666. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $473,000, 2005. For BiblioVault.1667. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $49,000, 2006. For Surveys ofArchival Collections.1668. University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. $1,250,000,2008. 3-year grant. For College and University Art Museum Program(CUAM) award to increase endowment to strengthen the academic roleof museum’s collections and programs.1669. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. $250,000, 2005. 2-year grant.For African National Congress Archives.1670. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $281,100, 2007. 3-year grant. Tosupport preservation of significant photographic collections held byhistorically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).1671. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $95,000, 2006. For PhotographConservation Digital Media Workshop.1672. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $10,000, 2005. For recoveryefforts by Art Conservation Department, focused on disaster recoveryworkshops and staff training at affected sites in Biloxi, Mississippi.1673. University of Delaware, Department of Art Conservation, Newark, DE.$469,000, 2005. 5.50-year grant. For Collaborative Workshops.1674. University of Delaware, Winterhur/University of Delaware Program in ArtConservation, Newark, DE. $403,000, 2005. To provide sustainedrecovery and conservation assistance to cultural institutions on theMississippi Gulf Coast.1675. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $750,000, 2005.4-year grant. For Retrospective Conservation.1676. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $244,000, 2008.For Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiativepartnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around the globeto build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1677. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $139,000, 2006.2-year grant. For Latin American Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1678. University of Florence, Museo di Storia Naturale, Florence, Italy.$49,000, 2006. 2-year grant. For African Plants Initiative as part ofAluka.1679. University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. $100,000, 2007. 2.50-yeargrant. To support strengthening of library collections and resources inhumanities and social sciences.1680. University of Fribourg, Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Fribourg, Switzerland.$985,000, 2007. 2-year grant. To support further development ofscholarly resources documenting material and intellectual culture ofCarolingian monastic society.1681. University of Graz, Graz, Austria. $54,000, 2008. For continued supportfor Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiativepartnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around the globeto build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1682. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. $140,000, 2006. 2-yeargrant. For African Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1683. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. $134,000, 2008. 2-yeargrant. For African and Latin American Plants Initiative using JSTOR,building coordinated digital database of images and information on LatinAmerican plants.1684. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $604,000,2006. 3.25-year grant. For Rare Book Cataloging.1685. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $100,000,2008. 3-year grant. For Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration todevelop open-source software in association with Project Archon.1686. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $23,300, 2008.For Developing a Test for Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE),development of prototype computer applications that would test thecoherence and utility of an emerging protocol for the reuse and exchangeof digital objects.1687. University of London, London, England. $92,000, 2006. 2-year grant.For Warburg Institute’s correspondence of Aby Warburg.1688. University of London, Institute for Historical Research, London, England.$900,000, 2006. 2.25-year grant. For Institute of Historical Research/British History Online II.1689. University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD. $35,000, 2007.To support development of plans for implementing automated auditingtechnologies in two digital preservation archives.1690. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. $50,000, 2007. 1.25-year grant.To support planning for International Cultural Heritage Law Bibliography.1691. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $329,000, 2005. 2.25-yeargrant. For Metrics for Use in Special Collections.1692. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $152,000, 2008. For continuedsupport for Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profitinitiative partnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around theglobe to build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1693. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $84,000, 2006. 2-year grant. ForLatin American Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1694. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $29,600, 2006. 1.50-year grant.For Digital Archival Record Strategies.1695. University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. $502,000, 2007. 3-year grant.To support improving access to Goldin collection in Marr Sound Archives,sound recordings reflecting American experience as reflected in recordedsound, with comprehensive holdings in jazz as well as classical andoperatic recordings.1696. University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO. $50,000, 2007. 1.25-yeargrant. To plan for census of 18th Century British periodicals.1697. University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO. $50,000, 2008. For planningfor 18th-Century British Periodicals Census - Part II.1698. University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. $123,000, 2008. Forcontinued support for African and Latin American Plants Initiative usingALUKA (not-for-profit initiative partnering with key libraries, museums,and archives around the globe to build sustainable digital library ofcollections from and about the developing world, focusing, to begin with,on Africa) building coordinated digital database of images andinformation on African and Latin American plants.1699. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $937,000, 2007. 3-yeargrant. To support collaboration between University of North Carolina andUniversity of North Carolina Press to publish The Long Civil RightsMovement.1700. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $363,000, 2005.2.25-year grant. For Andre Savine Collection: Special Collections.© 2009 by the Foundation CenterPublished by the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center45
NEW YORK—MellonFoundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums1701. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $218,000, 2007.2.75-year grant. For Phase II of work to catalog special Serials Collection,materials relating to post-1917 Russian diaspora in Andre SavineCollection.1702. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $216,000, 2006.2.25-year grant. For Southern Historical Collection Archive.1703. University of North Carolina, Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, NC.$1,250,000, 2008. 11.25-year grant. For College and University ArtMuseum Program (CUAM) award to establish endowment to strengthenacademic role of museum’s collections and programs.1704. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. $450,000, 2008.2.25-year grant. For Cataloging Lea Library’s special collections thatdocument early modern church history.1705. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. $69,500, 2007. To supportplanning for systematic collection and preservation of Web content.1706. University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. $35,000, 2006. 3-year grant.For Latin American Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1707. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. $305,000, 2007.3-year grant. To support development of content for Internet MissionPhotography Archive.1708. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. $15,000, 2007. Tosupport meeting to plan design competition focused on usability featuresof large-scale, interactive digital library.1709. University of Texas, Austin, TX. $49,000, 2008. For Latin AmericanPlants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiative partnering with keylibraries, museums, and archives around the globe to build sustainabledigital library of collections from and about the developing world,focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinated digital databaseof images and information on Latin American plants.1710. University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin,TX. $312,000, 2007. 3.25-year grant. To support conservation andpreservation of photographic prints held the Center.1711. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.$600,000, 2008. 4.50-year grant. For South African Rock Art DigitalArchive (SARADA).1712. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. $25,000,2005. For South African Rock Art Digital Archive.1713. University of the Witwatersrand, Rock Art Research Institute,Johannesburg, South Africa. $45,000, 2007. 2-year grant. For SouthAfrican Rock Art Digital Archive (SARADA).1714. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. $1,194,000, 2008. 2-yeargrant. For development and user testing of Project Decapod, a low cost,easy-to-use hardware and software rig for small-scale digitizationprojects, in association with the University of Kaiserslautern/DeutschesForschungszentrum.1715. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. $1,500,000, 2008. 3-yeargrant. To establish library preservation system.1716. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. $50,000, 2008.1.50-year grant. For Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration todevelop open-source software associated with Project Greenstone.1717. University of Warwick, Coventry, England. $6,800, 2008. For planningmeeting for study of Venetian Renaissance Bronzes.1718. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. $67,000, 2008. For LatinAmerican Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiative partneringwith key libraries, museums, and archives around the globe to buildsustainable digital library of collections from and about the developingworld, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinated digitaldatabase of images and information on Latin American plants.1719. University of York, York, England. $29,000, 2005. 1.25-year grant. ForScholarly Assessment of Special Collections.1720. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.$1,200,000, 2008. 4-year grant. For College and University Art MuseumProgram (CUAM) award to establish endowment to strengthen theacademic role of museum’s collections and programs.1721. Villanova University, Villanova, PA. $50,000, 2008. For Mellon Awardfor Technology Collaboration to develop open-source softwareassociated with Project VuFind.1722. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Charlottesville,VA. $327,000, 2008. For Developing Prototype Online ProsopographicalDatabase of the American Founding Era.1723. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA. $288,000, 2007. 3-yeargrant. Toward improving access to Society’s unprocessed manuscriptcollections.1724. W G B H Educational Foundation, Boston, MA. $386,000, 2006.1.50-year grant. For Audio and Moving Image Archive Assessment -Special Collections.1725. Wageningen University, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen,Netherlands. $518,000, 2008. 2-year grant. For continued support forAfrican and Latin American Plants Initiative using JSTOR, buildingcoordinated digital database of images and information on African andLatin American plants.1726. Walters Art Gallery Endowment Foundation, Baltimore, MD.$2,060,000, 2008. 3-year grant. For Curatorial Fellowships Endowment.1727. Williams College, Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA. $1,270,000,2008. 3-year grant. For College and University Art Museum Program(CUAM) award to increase endowment to strengthen academic role ofmuseum’s collections and programs.1728. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA. $225,000, 2007. 3-year grant.For continued support for position of Conservator-Scientist.1729. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $789,000, 2005. 3.50-year grant. ForCataloging Historical Audio Collections, collaborative project with NewYork Public Library and Stanford University - Special Collections.1730. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $296,000, 2008. For The ConservatorsTool-Kit, community-based design process leading to the potentialdevelopment of conservation documentation software, in collaborationwith the British Museum, The National Gallery - London, and theMetropolitan Museum of Art.1731. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $294,000, 2008. 2-year grant. Toincorporate Oral History of American Music project into the YaleUniversity Library.1732. Zamorano, Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Fairfax, VA. $20,000,2008. For support for African and Latin American Plants Initiative usingALUKA (not-for-profit initiative partnering with key libraries, museums,and archives around the globe to build sustainable digital library ofcollections from and about the developing world, focusing, to begin with,on Africa) building coordinated digital database of images andinformation on African and Latin American plants.The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Foundation(formerly The Robert and Joyce Menschel Foundation)Limitations: Giving on a national basis. No <strong>grants</strong> to individuals.1733. Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington,DC. $10,000, 2006.Mercury Foundation of New York, Inc.(formerly Amy and Larry Robbins Foundation, Inc.)Limitations: Giving primarily in NY. No <strong>grants</strong> to individuals.1734. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. $12,000, 2007. Foracquisitions of art, guardianship and maintenance of the museum andits collection.1735. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. $10,000, 2006. Foracquisitions of art, guardianship and maintenance of Museum and artcollection.Mertz Gilmore Foundation(formerly Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation)Limitations: Giving on a national basis for Human Rights; also giving in theNortheast and New York City for Climate Change Solutions, and in NewYork City for Dance and Communities programs. No support for sectarianreligious concerns. No <strong>grants</strong> to individuals, or for endowments, annualfund appeals, fundraising events, conferences, workshops, publications,film or media projects, scholarships, research, fellowships, or travel.1736. New York Public Library, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,New York, NY. $70,000, 2005. For preserving the records of America’sDance Boom.The Ambrose Monell FoundationLimitations: Giving primarily in NY. No <strong>grants</strong> to individuals.1737. Bedford Hills Historical Museum, Bedford Hills, NY. $15,000, 2007.For Jaap Ketting Document Preservation Fund.Nash Family FoundationLimitations: Giving primarily in New York, NY and Israel. No support for politicalorganizations. No <strong>grants</strong> to individuals or for conferences.46 © 2009 by the Foundation CenterPublished by the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center
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