The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to go towards its Local History Department. The project, titled "Focusing the Camera’s Lens: Assessing and Preserving Lowndes County, Mississippi’s Photographic History", allows for a professional conservator to create a preservation assessment of the archives photographic collections, along with the purchase of some preservation supplies to rehouse them. The Endowment received 102 eligible applications; the budget allowed for 45 awards.
Submitted by
Mona Vance-Ali
Archivist
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System