Rehousing of the Public Relations Photograph Collection

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$988
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Service League of the Hennepin County Medical Center
Start Date
February 2010
End Date
August 2010
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

In 2008, the Hennepin Medical History Center receivedapproximately 1,700 prints and negatives from the Hennepin County Medical Center's public relations department. Since their transfer, the images have been housed in standard file folders, photo lab envelopes, and banker boxes that rest on the floor of a workroom.

With the grant, the History Center purchased 2mil polyethylene sleeves, unbuffered, reinforced full-tab folders, archival quality barrier board boxes, polypropylene 3-ring binder boxes, polyethylene negative preservers, and polypropylene slide preservers  in order to properly house the images in accordance with collections care best practices.

The overall goal of the project is to organize and preserve the collection. This is defined by the museum as being a situation where each image is numbered, is catalogued and scanned into PastPerfect, is housed in an individual sleeve, is then housed in a folder with no more than two additional images, and the folder is then stored in a carton that is easily accessible. The funds will provide for proper storage and as information concerning these images becomes more readily available they will become a great resource for the museum, hospital, researchers, and public at large.

Project Details
To properly preserve approximately 1,700 prints and negatives documenting medical history
Legal Citation / Subdivision
LAWS of MINNESOTA for 2009 Ch. 172, Art. 1, Subd. 4 (b), Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
Appropriation Language

(b) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants. (i) $2,250,000 in 2010 and $4,500,000 in 2011 are appropriated for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional or other historical or cultural organizations; or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grants process. The Minnesota Historical Society shall administer these funds using established grants mechanisms, and with assistance from the advisory committee created herein.

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$988
Project Manager
Salutation
Ms.
First Name
Theresa
Last Name
Norman
Street Address
701 Park Ave.
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55415
Administered By
Administered by
Location

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651-259-3000