Film History: Eastman House Gets $100k NEH Grant To Help With Online Archive
The George Eastman House has received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an interactive online archive.
The grant will allow the Eastman House to digitally archive 60,000 artifacts from the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation from 1915 to 1955. In collaboration with the Smithsonian, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Eastman House will make the collection of photographs, documentation and equipment available online for the first time.
The project begins in May with a projected completion date in November of 2017.
See Also: Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) Announces $100,000 Grant for Eastman House
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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