[Ohiodig] More History Fund donations, More History Fund grants

Tue Mar 6 20:35:24 EST 2018

Congrats to all the 2018 awardees, and thank you to everyone donating to the Fund!
Alliance Historical Society<http://www.alliancehistory.org/>, Alliance
$13,240 for “Rehabilitating the Mabel Hartzell Historical Home Roof,” which will replace the deteriorated asphalt shingle roof of the house with a historically accurate standing seam metal roof. The new, period-appropriate roof will protect the structure and the society’s collections therein. Once the new roof is installed, the society will proceed with other repairs to the c. 1867 house and the conservation of artifacts damaged when the old roof leaked. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation will guide the work.
 Center for Archival Collections<https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac.html>, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
$6,700 for “Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War II.” The project will enable Bowling Green State University's Center for Archival Collections (CAC) to digitize, preserve, and publicly disseminate a collection of approximately 100 oral histories of Ohioans' experiences of World War II. The project will transfer recordings from unstable analog formats to preservation-quality digital files, as well as create descriptive metadata, disseminate files via the CAC's digital collections platform, and promote the project. The result will be easier access to a historically significant oral history collection and a greater awareness of the CAC as a steward of the region’s cultural heritage.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History<https://www.cmnh.org/>, Cleveland
$10,000 for “Investigating Ice Age Mastodon Hunters in Ohio: Test Excavation of the Jackson Farm Clovis Site.” The project will conduct preliminary archaeological excavations of the Jackson Farm Clovis site in Columbiana County. Surface collections from the site produced 13,000-year-old artifacts, including a fluted projectile point, 700 meters (about a half mile) from where the remains of a mastodon were discovered. The project will reveal if there is a connection between these two discoveries. Archaeologists from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Kent State University will conduct test excavations, determine the age of archaeological deposits, and search for skeletal remains and organic residues on stone tools. This project will share its findings with the public and professional archeological community
Historical Society of Mount Pleasant Ohio<https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalSocietyofMountPleasant/>, Mount Pleasant
$6,000 to install an HVAC system and restore windows in the Mount Pleasant’s Historical Center, and a part of the National Register’s Mount Pleasant Historic District. The project will enable the society to provide climate-controlled storage conditions for its collections, thereby allowing the organization to consolidate and organize its holdings into one environmentally stable space and make them available to researchers and the general public. The work will be governed by Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.

Museum of Ceramics Foundation<https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumOfCeramics/>, East Liverpool
$14,950 for the “East Liverpool Newspaper Project,” which will microfilm approximately 65 volumes of deteriorating newspapers from the city that exist only as physical volumes and have not been previously microfilmed. The project will rescue the information in local newspapers from destruction due to inevitable deterioration of the newsprint and will preserve the stories these papers can tell about a place that was a ceramics manufacturing center. The microfilm will be made available to researchers and will add to the body of knowledge pertaining to East Liverpool and the pottery industry.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum<https://www.rockhall.com/>, Cleveland
$9,100 for “NEO Sound: Home Movie Preservation Project.” The project will digitally preserve and provide public access to one-of-a-kind amateur film and video recordings that document Northeast Ohio’s musical heritage. The Rock Hall’s library and archives will host a “Film Preservation Day” to collect donations from community members, digitize and archive analog recordings, and create a compilation video to be shown at a “Home Movie Day.” The project will strengthen the NEO Sound collection and increase awareness of the library and archives’ role in preserving local rock and roll history. Community members will learn about home movie and sound preservation and receive digital copies of their analog media, as well as gain understanding of Ohio’s musical history and, perhaps, see their footage in future exhibitions and programs. All media acquired will be made publicly accessible at the Rock Hall’s library and archive and online.

Southeast Ohio History Center<http://athenshistory.org/>, Athens
$7,000 for “Portraits of Southeast Ohio: Digitizing and Preserving the Jon Webb Collection.” The project will digitize approximately 8,000 35mm negatives and rehouse and preserve the entire collection of more than 40,000 negatives in archival storage sleeves and boxes. These images are a beautiful portrait of Southeast Ohio taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jon Webb at the start of his career. After the negatives are digitized, the center will upload approximately 2,000 of them to Ohio Memory so that they are available to researchers, other history organizations, and the general public.

Trumbull County Historical Society<https://www.trumbullcountyhistory.org/>, Warren
$5,000 for the “Textile Collection Inventory and Rehousing Project.” The project will inventory and re-house more than 580 textile and accessory items and is one of the first steps towards accomplishing the goals of the society’s strategic plan. The grant will enable the society to hire a part-time project manager to execute the project, act on textile consultant’s recommendations for the care of the collection, and purchase collections storage materials.

Wood County Historical Society<http://www.woodcountyhistory.org/>, Bowling Green
$4,010 for the “Collections Storage Preparations” project, the first of a multiphase collections storage initiative that will prepare 9,000 objects for eventual placement in preservation-quality collections storage cabinets. Overall, the project will enable the society to provide better storage for the artifacts in its collection. In addition, the deployment of the thermohygrometers, the creation artifact mounts, and the use of museum grade vacuum to clean items - all made possible by the grant - will increase the organization’s capacity to care for its collections and will serve as model for other organizations.

From: Ohio History Connection Local History Office [mailto:localhistory=ohiohistory.org at mail49.atl91.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Ohio History Connection Local History Office
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:01 PM
To: Carleton, Janet <carleton at ohio.edu>
Subject: More History Fund donations, More History Fund grants

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History Fund Grants Announced

Hello Janet,

The Ohio History Fund announced it 2018 class of grant recipients at Statehood Day last week. Congratulations to all! See who received grants by clicking here<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=da51fc61c3&e=baef517f22>.

The grants happen because you help promote the Ohio History Fund tax check-off and because you donate. Here's how you can to help:

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  *   To donate, look for "Ohio History Fund" on your Ohio tax return (line 26d)<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=be313f88a6&e=baef517f22> and designate a dollar amount. That’s it! The average donation is about $9 - but feel free to be above average and give a little more! The more we all give this year, the more grants the Ohio History Fund makes next year.

  *   Promote the tax check-off to your networks and contacts. Go to ohiohistory.org/historyfund<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=d96bd55fe3&e=baef517f22>, where you’ll find promotional materials to distribute.
  *   NOTE: we've greatly expanded the variety of materials on the website, so check them out and spread them around
  *   We’ll also send rack cards and other “swag” for you to share. Contact Mallory Skrobot in the Ohio History Connection’s Marketing & Communications Department, mskrobot at ohiohistory.org<mailto:mskrobot at ohiohistory.org> or 614.297.2351. Just tell her how many you need and the address where to send it.
  *   Now is the time to act: most people who contribute to the Ohio History Fund file returns by April 17 (the 2018 filing deadline). Most of the money the Ohio History Fund grants comes in during this period.
Word about this year's grant recipients is spreading nationwide. Our story was picked up by the Associated Press and has appeared from Boston, MA<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=b42b1cc1b4&e=baef517f22>, to Bryan, TX<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=43dc5459e0&e=baef517f22>, to Seattle, WA<https://ohiohistory.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37ce5c8c24208a588c681edc5&id=cd659d47fc&e=baef517f22>, as well as outlets in Ohio. We still need YOUR help to spread the word (and donate).

Contact us with any questions. Thank you for your support!

Andy Verhoff | Ohio History Fund Grant Coordinator | Local History Services
p. 614.297.2341 | f. 614.297.2567  | averhoff at ohiohistory.org<mailto:averhoff at ohiohistory.org>

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