Nineteen projects were funded this year through 4Culture’s Heritage Collections Care program, providing $52,500 for countywide projects for the third year in a row. The program was inaugurated in 2008 to address critical needs for preservation of local heritage collections. Priority is given to basic collections issues, and support for needs assessments and implementation of resulting recommendations.
Redmond Historical Society was awarded funding to address it photograph and manuscript collections needs, while Fall City Historical Society is planning on enlarging its digital collection catalogue. Several projects address increased access to collection information via the Internet, which is good news for researchers and the general public. Funded projects will leverage over $75,000 for local heritage collections and public access to heritage resources in the upcoming year.
Heritage Special Projects funding awards for 2010 are:
| Applicant | Project Title | Award |
| Ballard Historical Society | Preserving Ballard History Through Improved Archival Practices | $1,325 |
| Center for Wooden Boats | Complete CWBs Collection Catalogue | $2,000 |
| Eastside Heritage Center | Preserving the Voices of Our Past | $2,134 |
| Fall City Historical Society | Building on Strength | $1,500 |
| Highline Historical Society | Appropriate Storage Media | $3,000 |
| Historical Society of Federal Way | Historical Society of Federal Way Needs Assessment for Facilities & Collection Management | $1,950 |
| Issaquah Historical Society | Increasing Collections Information & Accessibility (cont’d) | $3,550 |
| Jack Straw Productions | Seattle History: The Student Perspective | $1,765 |
| Kenmore Historical Society | Collections care and management | $3,971 |
| Museum of History and Industry | Restoration of a WPA Mural by Kenneth Callahan | $4,000 |
| Nordic Heritage Museum | Collections Records Digitization Project | $3,770 |
| Northwest Railway Museum | Recording heat and hygro today for a better collection tomorrow | $3,010 |
| Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society | Ship Plans Preservation Project | $4,000 |
| Redmond Historical Society | Historical Records Preservation | $2,400 |
| Renton Historical Society | Cataloging and Digitizing the Renton History Museums Oversize Photograph Collection | $3,375 |
| Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association | VMIHA Collection Standards Initiative: Upgrade Photograph Storage | $2,000 |
| Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center | King County Holocaust Heritage Artifacts Cataloging Project | $3,000 |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Society | Professional Maintenance of the Jewish Historical Society Artifacts Collection | $2,000 |
| White River Valley Museum | Improvements in Textile Storage | $3,750 |
For more information on Heritage 4Culture’s Collections Care program, contact Eric Taylor, 206-296-8688.
Image: © 2009, Courtesy of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society
