Managing Records: Using Records: Model Projects

Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) Grant Awards, 1988-1999
Arranged by Year and then Alphabetically by Repository Name

Albany Institute of History and Art (88-12)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (88-40)

• $11,911
• Arrangement and Description, Western New York Labor and Business Records

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos/Hunter College (88-8)

• $17,725
• Documentation, Puerto Rican Community in New York City - Part 1 of 3

Chautauqua Institution (88-33)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment

Historic Cherry Hill (88-25)

• $6,000
• Development of Teaching Packet on the 1827 Cherry Hill Murder

The Juilliard School (88-22)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment

Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies (88-38)

• $12,000
• Arrangement and Description, Collections from Five Hudson Valley Repositories

Montefiore Medical Center (88-36)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment

New-York Historical Society (88-34)

• $6,355
• Arrangement and Description, Henry O'Reilly Papers

New York Public Library (88-19)

• $3,267
• Documentation, Statewide Environmental and Ecological Organizations

New York State Council for Social Studies (88-7)

• $6,000
• Report on Services Needed to Guide Teachers in the Use of Historical Records

New York University/Wagner Labor Archives (88-13)

• $13,600
• Arrangement and Description, Jewish Labor Committee collection

Onondaga Historical Association (88-23)

• $8,000
• Arrangement and Description, Selected Holdings

The Shaker Museum (88-35)

• $5,642
• Needs Assessment

University at Albany/SUNY (88-2)

• $7,000
• Documentation, Statewide Organizations that Influence Public Policy

1990-1991

Albany Institute of History and Art (90-36)

• $10,273
• Documentation, Twentieth-Century Visual Arts Activity in the Albany Region

Canisius College/Western New York Heritage Institute in concert with the Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society and the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (90-08)

• $11,000
• Arrangement and Description, Hare Photograph Collection

Capital District Council for the Social Studies in conjunction with the New York State Council for the Social Studies and the New York State Historical Association (90-34)

• $21,600
• Summer Teachers Institute

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos/Hunter College (90-54)

• $6,052
• Documentation, Puerto Rican Community of New York City - Part 2 of 3

Cheektowaga Public Library (90-32)

• $10,000
• Arrangement and Description, Reinstein Family Collection - Part 1 of 2

City Lore/New York Center for Urban Folk Culture (90-18)

• $4,500
• Production of a Slide Presentation: "Urban Traditions: Folk Culture in New York City"

Cornell University (90-49)

• $16,650
• Arrangement and Description, Human Sexuality Collection

Daughters of Charity Archives (90-28)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment of Audio-visual Collection

Delaware County Historical Society (90-13)

• $5,000
• Arrangement and Description, Photo Collections

Emma Willard School (90-05)

• $500
• Arrangement and Description, Emma Willard Papers

Fordham University (90-46)

• $10,000
• Arrangement and Description, Xavier Institute of Labor Management Relations Records and the Papers of Philip A. Carey, S.J.

Health Science Center at Brooklyn/SUNY (90-14)

• $8,600
• Arrangement and Description, Kings County Health Institutions Records, 1870-1920

Historical Society of Rockland County (90-40)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment

Huntington Memorial Library (90-10)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment

LaGuardia Archives/LaGuardia Community College/CUNY (90-16)

• $10,000
• Production of a Teaching Packet

Long Island Library Resources Council (90-03)

• $20,000
• Circuit-rider Archivist

Monroe County Historian's Office/SUNY Brockport (90-42)

• $6,982
• Documentation, African-American Community of Monroe County

Museums at Stony Brook (90-29)

• $2,000
• Needs Assessment

New York Botanical Garden (90-37)

• $1,295
• Archives Automation

New York Folklore Society (90-22)

• $14,760
• Folklore Archives Project - Part 1 of 6

New York Public Library (90-59)

• $4,000
• Arrangement and Description, Bertha Kalich and Joseph Buloff Yiddish Theatre Collections

New York Public Library/Dance Collection (90-11)

• $2,546
• Arrangement and Description, Mura Dehn Papers

New York University/Tamiment Library (90-04)

• $6,000
• Arrangement and Description, Poster Collection

Northside Center for Child Development, Inc. (90-02)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment by Consultant

Orange County Historical Society (90-07)

• $10,000
• Arrangement and Description, Orange County Agricultural Records

Roberson Center for Arts and Sciences (90-50)

• $3,517
• Needs Assessment

Sloatsburg Public Library (90-19)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment

University at Albany/SUNY (90-1)

• $6,135
• Documentation, African-American Community in the Capital District - Part 1 of 2

1991-1992 (These projects actually were carried out in 1992-1993.)
Capital District Council for the Social Studies (91-17)

• $21,750
• Summer Teachers Institute

Cheektowaga Public Library (91-03)

• $5,000
• Arrangement and Description, Reinstein Family Collection - Part 2 of 2

Chemung County Historical Society (91-35)

• $1,250
• Upgrading Descriptive Procedures

City University of New York (CUNY) (91-16)

• $17,269
• Arrangement and Description, Central Administration Records, 1945-1979

Cornell University (91-42)

• $25,000
• Historical Documents Inventory (HDI) Project

Crandall Library (91-20)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment

Daughters of Charity Archives (91-05)

• $625
• Instruction in Arrangement and Description for Automation

Delaware County Historical Society (91-10)

• $4,600
• Arrangement and Description, Manuscript Collections

Ellenville Public Library (91-22)

• $1,500
• Needs Assessment

Geneva Historical Society (91-04)

• $1,389
• Needs Assessment

Historical Society of Saratoga Springs (91-25)

• $10,000
• Arrangement and Description, George S. Bolster Collection

Medgar Evers College of CUNY (91-30)

• $1,500
• Jazz Heritage Project

Monroe County Historian's Office/SUNY College at Brockport (91-23)

• $5,000
• Documentation, African-American Community of Monroe County - Part 2 of 2

New York Botanical Garden (91-13)

• $6,456
• Arrangement and Description, Institutional Records

New York Folklore Society (91-36)

• $15,822
• Folklore Archives Project - Part 2 of 6

New York Nurses Association (91-11)

• $5,157
• Automating Description of Archival Records

New York Public Library (91-40)

• $8,859
• Needs Assessment

St. Lawrence County Historical Association (91-34)

• $3,250
• Needs Assessment

New York University/Wagner Labor Archives (91-14)

• $24,313
• Documentation, 20th-century New York City Social History - Part 1 of 2

Schoharie County Historical Society (91-24)

• $2,605
• Appraisal and Needs Assessment of the SCHS Archives

South Street Seaport Museum (91-26)

• $11,000
• Arrangement and Description, Seamen's Bank for Savings Archives

SUNY/Buffalo (91-32)

• $7,500
• Needs Assessment, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Records

SUNY Plattsburgh (91-02)

• $8,748
• Arrangement and Description, McLellan Collection

Teachers College/Columbia University (91-29)

• $7,815
• Arrangement and Description, United Parents Association Records

University at Albany/SUNY (91-18)

• $11,442
• Documentation, African-American Community in the Capital District - Part 2 of 2

Yeshiva University (91-41)

• $10,550
• Arrangement and Description, Central Relief Committee Collection, 1930-1950

1993-1994

Adirondack Museum (93-14)

• $23,506
• Documentation, Ethnic Groups in the Adirondacks - Part 1 of 2

Burke Library, Union Theological Seminary (93-16)

• $1,365
• Needs Assessment

Delaware County Historical Association (93-11)

• $15,544
• Documentation, Ethnic Resorts of the Catskills

Fenton Historical Society (93-17)

• $1,500
• Arrangement and Description, Local Industrial Records

Fort Plain Museum (93-19)

• $2,500
• Arrangement and Description, Selected Holdings

Hofstra University Archives (93-20)

• $5,116
• Arrangement and Description, Harvey J. Levin Papers

Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (93-21)

• $7,164
• Automation of Manuscript Collection Records

Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums (93-07)

• $7,340
• Everybody's Talking: Oral History Collections as an Archival Model for Regional Multicultural Documentation

New York Public Library/Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (93-08)

• $13,497
• Documentation,Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean New Yorkers

New York University/Wagner Labor Archives (in conjunction with Tamiment Library, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society and New York Historical Society) (93-18)

• $9,926
• Automation of Description of Labor Records

Onondaga County Public Library - Beauchamp Branch Library (93-09)

• $17,723
• Documentation, African-American Community in Beauchamp Branch Library Neighborhood

Saratoga Springs Public Library (93-24)

• $6,601
• Documentation, Businesses in Saratoga Springs - Part 1 of 2

Schoharie County Historical Society (93-10)

• $2,240
• Arrangement and Description, Agricultural Records

1994-1995

Adirondack Museum (94-18)

• $17,000
• Documentation, Ethnic Groups in the Adirondacks - Part 2 of 2

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (94-24)

• $7,090
• Arrangement and Description, Three Polish-American Archival Collections

Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery (94-02)

• $3,030
• Arrangement and Description, Beech-Nut Packing Company Records

Chemung County Historical Society (94-11)

• $1,931
• Arrangement and Description, Commercial and Industrial Documents of Chemung County

Commandment Keepers Congregation (94-20)

• $2,000
• Documentation, Hebrew Israelites (Black Jews)

Crandall Public Library (94-07)

• $10,698
• Documentation, Warren County Tourism: Amusements, Summer Camps and Dude Ranches

DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County (94-25)

• $3,200
• Documentation, 20th-Century African-American Records and Photographs in Tompkins County

East Side Historical Association (94-22)

• $2,500
• Documentation, Polish-Americans in Buffalo

LEAP Center of Queens Community College (94-17)

• $24,793
• Documentation, Greek-Americans in New York City Area

New York Folklore Society (94-23)

• $15,768
• Folk Archives Project - Part 3 of 6

New York University/Wagner Labor Archives (94-19)

• $5,000
• Documentation, 20th-century Social History of New York City

Regional Council of Historical Agencies (94-03)

• $2,500
• Documentation Seminars, Agricultural Records of the 20th Century

Saratoga Springs Public Library (94-08)

• $4,542
• Documentation, Saratoga Springs Economic Records - Part 2 of 2

1995-1996

Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives (95-18)

• $9,408
• Automation, Health Care Archival Records

Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery (95-15)

• $1,650
• Arrangement and Description, Beech-Nut Photograph Collection

Chemung County Historical Society (95-40)

• $3,250
• Documentation, African-American Community in Elmira

Crandall Public Library (95-27)

• $8,198
• Documentation, Warren County Tourism - Part 2 of 2

Historical Society of Rockland County (95-30)

• $11,432
• Documentation, Latino Communities of Rockland County - Part 1 of 2

Korean American Small Business Service Center of New York (95-07)

• $4,863
• Documentation, Records of Korean Trade Organizations

Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (95-08)

• $7,000
• Arrangement and Description, Thirty Collections

New York Folklore Society (95-41)

• $9,234
• Folk Archives Project - Part 4 of 6

New York University/Tamiment Library (95-16)

• $6,750
• Documentation, Journalism and Publishing Industries in New York City

New York University/Wagner Labor Archives (95-26)

• $9,990
• Documentation, Women's Health-related Organizations

Queens Historical Society (95-23)

• $2,700
• Documentation, Korean Community of Queens County

RCCA: The Arts Center (95-37) - Part 1 of 2

• $4,708
• Documentation, Hispanic Community in Montgomery County

Rensselaer County Historical Society (95-24)

• $6,665
• Documentation, Business and Industry in Troy and Rensselaer

Schoharie County Historical Society (95-19)

• $3,153
• Arrangement and Description, Harold Toles Photograph Collection

Seneca Falls Historical Society (95-35)

• $7,553
• Arrangement and Description, Gould Pumps Records

Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (95-10)

• $2,000
• Documentation, Ukrainian-American Community of New York City

Ukrainian Research and Documentation Center of the Ukrainian Institute of America (95-14)

• $2,000
• Documentation, Ukrainian-American Community in New York City

1996-1997

Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery (96-32)

• $1,445
• Arrangement and Description, Canajoharie Banking Records

Chemung County Historical Society (96-14)

• $4,531
• Documentation, Chemung Valley Auto Racing

Historical Society of Rockland County (96-38)

• $11,336
• Documentation, Latino Communities of Rockland County - Part 2 of 2

LaGuardia Wagner Archives (96-30)

• $5,373
• Arrangement and Description, Queens Settlement House Records

Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (96-20)

• $3,692
• Arrangement and Description, Records of 300 Organizations

Middletown Thrall Library (96-24)

• $3,869
• Documentation, Black-dirt Farmers of Orange County - Part 1 of 2

New York Folklore Society (96-08)

• $9,884
• Folk Archives Project - Part 5 of 6

New York University Division of Libraries (96-28)

• $1,592
• Development of Guidelines for the Arrangement and Description of Ephemera and Realia

New York University Division of Libraries (96-36)

• $10,092
• Arrangement and Description of Four Collections

New York University/Tamiment Library (96-23)

• $13,092
• Arrangement and Description, Records of Five Women's Health Advocacy Organizations

RCCA: The Arts Center (in collaboration with Centro Civico of Amsterdam) (96-31)

• $5,205
• Documentation, Latino Community of Amsterdam - Part 2 of 2

Rockville Centre Public Library (96-11)

• $1,612
• Needs Assessment/Long-Range Planning

Sackets Harbor Historical Society (96-09)

• $4,620
• Documentation, Sackets Harbor History

Schoharie County Arts Council (96-15)

• $6,890
• Documentation, Jewish Resort Businesses of Sharon Springs

Seneca Falls Historical Society (96-17)

• $1,544
• Needs Assessment/Long-Range Planning

Susan B. Anthony House (96-22)

• $3,465
• Arrangement and Description, Records Related to the Susan B. Anthony House

Women's City Club of New York (96-25)

• $1,104
• Arrangement and Description, Women's City Club Archives

YIVO (96-34)

• $10,235
• Documentation, Jewish Community of Sullivan County

1997-1998

Amherst Museum (97-02)

• $2,057
• Arrangement and Description, Records of Seven Community Organizations (1930-1993)

Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives (97-10)

• $8,195
• Arrangement and Description, Western New York Healthcare Archives

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth (97-06)

• $4,636
• Arrangement and Description, Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Archives

Bronx County Historical Society (97-26)

• $13,950
• Arrangement and Description, Bronx Board of Trade (1928-1959)

Brooklyn Public Library/Brooklyn Collection (97-28)

• $2,893
• Arrangement and Description, Brooklyn Council for Social Planning Records (ca. 1933-1957)

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (97-18)

• $4,068
• Arrangement and Description, Buffalo Red Cross Records (1917-1991)

Buffalo Seminary (97-09)

• $1,728
• Needs Assessment

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos/Hunter College (97-15)

• $12,591
• Documentation, Puerto Rican Community in New York City - Part 3 of 3

Delaware Free Library (97-07)

• $1,581
• Documentation, Agriculture and Agribusiness in Sullivan County

Ethnic Folk Arts Center (97-27)

• $6,053
• Appraisal/Arrangement and Description, Ethnic Folk Arts Center Records

Foundation for Human Ecology/Lutheran Medical Center (Norwegian American Collection)(97-16)

• $1,593
• Documentation, Norwegian-American Community in New York City

Little Red School House (97-29)

• $3,461
• Arrangement and Description, Elisabeth Irwin Papers, Little Red School House Records and Elisabeth Irwin High School Records (1922-1960)

Middletown Thrall Library (97-03)

• $5,235
• Documentation, Black-dirt Farmers of Orange County - Part 2 of 2

New York Folklore Society (97-21)

• $15,257
• Folk Archives Project - Part 6 of 6

New York University/Wagner Archives (97-38)

• $4,629
• Arrangement and Description, Eleven Collections Documenting Post-World War II Union Reform Activities

Penfield Foundation (97-25)

• $1,320
• Needs Assessment/Documentation, Ironworking Industry in Ironville and the Penfield Family

Rensselaer County Historical Society (97-33)

• $6,019
• Documentation, Agriculture in Rensselaer County Towns

Rockville Centre Public Library (97-04)

• $3,318
• Arrangement and Description, Manuscript Collections

Rome Historical Society (97-30)

• $3,674
• Arrangement and Description, Rome Turney Radiator Records (1905-1939)

Seneca Falls Historical Society (97-22)

• $3,179
• Arrangement and Description, Manuscript Collections

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum (97-23)

• $2,354
• Arrangement and Description, Long Island Motor Parkway Records (1904-1939)

Three Village Historical Society (97-31)

• $2,799
• Arrangement and Description, Ward Melville Papers

1998-1999

Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Assoc.

• $5,125
• documentation

Buffalo Seminary

• $6,347
• arrangement & description

Chautauqua Institution

• $4,385
• documentation

Chemung County Historical Society

• $1,159
• arrangement & description

Fashion Institute of Technology

• $4,955
• arrangement & description

Hispanic Women's League

• $1,526
• documentation

New York Botanical Garden

• $2,795
• arrangement & description

NYU/Wagner Labor Archives

• $13,973
• arrangement & description

Prospect Park Alliance

• $1,345
• needs assessment

Queens Borough Public Library

• $2,595
• documentation

SUNY Delhi

• $3,659
• documentation

YIVO

• $5,282
• documentation