Save
America's Treasures Grant
In October, 2004, Stanford University Libraries was awarded
a federal Save America's Treasures grant to support
the digital reformatting of significant portions of the audio
and video holdings of the Fuller Archive. This project was
intended to prolong the lifespan of these recordings by remastering
at-risk magnetic materials into digital format for use and
preservation. Approximately 300 hours of audio and 80 hours
have been remastered and preserved. This content can be accessed
in streaming form via the Collections.stanford.edu
website:
http://collections.stanford.edu/bucky/
Save America's Treasures grants "assist in
the preservation and protection of nationally significant
intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures
and sites that convey our nation's rich heritage to future
generations of Americans."* Grants are jointly administered
by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National Park Service, the Institute
of Museum and Library Services and the President's Committee
on the Arts and the Humanities.
This project provides easy access to and important body of
historical recordings which, due to their age and the obsolescence
of various recording formats and playback equipment, have
been in many cases inacessible to researchers for several
decades. As such, it enhances public access to rare archival
materials and also complements the paper-based portions of
the Fuller Archive.
Hsiao-Yun Chu, Project Manager
*see <http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/index.htm> |
