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G r a n t s  &  A c q u i s i t i o n sAnn-Christe Galloway

Ed. note: Send your grants and acquisitions  to Ann-
Christe Galloway, production editor, C&RL News, at email: 
agalloway@ala.org.

Saint John’s University’s Hill Museum &  
Manuscript Library (HMML) has received a 
$5 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable 
fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. 
This is Arcadia’s third grant to HMML and 
the single-largest gift to HMML in its 56-
year history. This five-year grant focuses on 
digitization, archiving, and cataloging of 
endangered manuscript collections outside 
of Europe. These digitized materials will be 
freely available to worldwide users through 
HMML’s online Reading Room. This lat-
est grant includes “future-proofing” the 
digital images 
by establish-
ing a fund 
for perpetual 
archiving of 
each terabyte 
of data cre-
ated in the 
project. The 
new grant 
ensures that 
H M M L 
will be able 
to respond 
quickly to 
urgent needs 
t h r o u g h o u t 
the world for 
the preserva-
tion of endangered handwritten culture, 
complementing support from individuals 
and foundations for the many facets of HM-
ML’s work digitally preserving manuscripts. 
While HMML began its mission with proj-
ects photographing primarily Latin manu-
scripts in Western Europe, in the past two 

decades its scope has expanded, now cross-
ing multiple cultural, religious, and linguis-
tic boundaries. HMML is currently working 
with preservation partners in Africa, Asia, 
Europe, and the Middle East.  

Indian tribes and organizations that primar-
ily serve and represent Native Hawaiians have 
received 26 grants totaling $2,264,639 from 
the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 
IMLS received 34 applications through the Na-
tive American/Native Hawaiian Museum Servic-
es program requesting more than $3 million in 

funds. Follow-
ing are exam-
ples of the proj-
ects that will be 
funded. The 
Suquamish In-
dian Tribe will 
update an oral 
history proj-
ect conducted 
from 1981 to 
1983 that has 
guided the 
d e v e l o p m e n t 
of the Suqua-
mish Museum 
for more than 
30 years. Pa-
pahana Kuaola 

will strengthen the connection between kanaka 
(people) and aina (land, that which feeds us) 
by developing and presenting community-based 
education programs focusing on the knowledge, 
use, and growth of Hawaiian food and medicinal 
plants. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 
Indians will create an exhibit plan in its efforts 
to retain traditional culture and share its history 
with the local community and others. The tribe 
will work with a museum consulting firm and 
conduct a community survey to develop a draft 
plan for exhibit configuration.  

Image from the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.

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