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The Barnes Foundation Archives Receives Grants from Two Sources
Press Release
August 20, 2002
MERION, PA (August 20, 2002) - The Archives of The Barnes Foundation has recently received funding from two sources. In April, the
Archives received a Conservation Project Support Grant for $27,227 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The
grant will allow The Barnes Foundation to purchase new storage materials and supplies, as well as hire skilled assistance, to
re-house The Foundation's collection of photographic prints, film negatives, lantern slides, and glass plate negatives. The project
began in May, and will continue through April 2003. IMLS is a federal grantmaking agency located in Washington, D.C. that fosters
leadership, innovation and a lifetime of learning by supporting museums and libraries.
The Archives has also received an Access and Preservation Grant for $14,167 from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
(PHMC). The grant will allow The Foundation to purchase supplies and hire a processing assistant to arrange and describe
approximately 150 linear feet of correspondence from 1920-1951, including the personal and professional correspondence of
Dr. Albert C. Barnes. The project will begin in October 2002 and run through September 2003.
The Barnes Foundation Archives is a newly-established department of The Foundation which seeks to document the activities of The
Foundation and its community. The Archives also documents the personal and professional lives of its founders, Dr. Albert C. Barnes
and Laura Leggett Barnes.
In September 2001, as part of The Barnes Foundation's ongoing Collections Assessment Project, The Foundation hired its first
professional Archivist with funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The archival collections include approximately
2,000 linear feet of correspondence, financial records, ephemera, photographs, publications, and other records since before the
founding of the organization to the present day. The Archives provides the history and provenance for much of the art collection.
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