Monthly Archives: March 2008

U.Va. Library Receives NEH Grant to Save Rare News Film Collection

From the archives… Preservation Services at the University of Virginia Library has won $254,600 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve and digitize unique, civil rights era film from a television news station located in Roanoke, Virginia. The … Continue reading →

University of Virginia Library Receives $1.5 Million for Preservation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

From the archives… March 2008 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of Virginia a  $1.5 million grant to create a large-scale, permanent preservation program to safeguard the  U.Va. Library’s renowned collections for current and future generations. The … Continue reading →

Saving an American Treasure: The Conservation, Digitization, and Enhanced Online Access to the Papers of John Randolph of Roanoke

From the archives… UVA LIBRARY RECEIVES $50,000 SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES GRANT TO CONSERVE PAPERS OF JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE March 2008 The University of Virginia Library announced today that it has been awarded a $50,000 Save America’s Treasures Grant from the … Continue reading →