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Three RI institutions awarded preservation grants
By Donna DiMichele | March 24, 2011
Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 54 awards totaling $152,112 for American Heritage Preservation grants. IMLS received 146 applications requesting $412,952 in funds.
“We are proud to be partners with the Bank of America Foundation in making these awards. American Heritage Preservation Grants enrich communities’ sense of place and identity,” said Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director. “These projects help libraries and museums care for collections that tell powerful stories about life in the U.S.”
For more information about this grant including program guidelines and contacts.
Newport Art Museum and Art Association – Newport, RI
Award Amount: $2,465
Contact: Ms. Nancy Grinnell
(401)848-8200×111
ngrinnell@newpoertartmuseum.com
The Newport Art Museum will conserve an oil portrait of its founder, Maud Howe Elliott, painted in 1937 by Mabel Norman Cerio. In connection with the museum’s centennial in 2012, staff will focus attention on both the artist and the sitter, beginning with an exhibition entitled “Remembering the Ladies: Women and the Art Association of Newport” in 2011.
North Scituate Public Library Association – North Scituate, RI
Award Amount: $2,900
Contact: Mr. Nicholas Beams
Reference Librarian
(401)647-5133
beams2004@yahoo.com
The North Scituate Public Library Association will use grant funds to treat a nineteenth-century oil-on-canvas portrait of Jonah Titus, who resided in Scituate, Rhode Island, and served as lawyer, town moderator, justice of the peace, representative in the General Assembly, and candidate for attorney general for the Suffrage Party.
City of Warwick – Warwick, RI
Award Amount: $3,000
Contact: Marie Ahlert
City Clerk
(401)738-2000×6212
marie.t.bennett@warwickri.com
The City of Warwick will conserve military discharge records recorded by the city. There are 20 volumes that begin in 1945 and extend to present day, with discharges for veterans who served in conflicts from World War II through Kuwait. These records will be valuable to veterans and families in efforts to understand more about and secure documentation relevant to programs, assistance, benefits, burial in veterans’ cemeteries, and tax exemptions.
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