Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (Lincoln University, PA 19352-9141)
Sophia Sotilleo (Project Director: May 2016 to March 2021)
PY-253084-17
Common Heritage
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$12,000 (approved)
$8,341 (awarded)
Grant period:
1/1/2017 – 6/30/2019
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Preserving the History of Lincoln University Village
A digitization day to help chronicle the history
of Lincoln University, the first university for African Americans, and of
Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, the town founded by free Blacks where it
resides. Many of the university’s alumni
were involved in important historical moments, such as the Civil War and the Philadelphia
trolley boycott. Lincoln University would
work with the Chester County Historical Society to hold the “Heritage Day.” All digitized content would be made available
to the public through the University’s website.
Public events would include walking tours of the campus, lectures by
notable historians such as Henry Louis Gates, a community-wide reading campaign,
and a culminating exhibit to showcase the digitized content.
This proposal addresses the
critical need to document the personal, professional, and civic experiences of
the people whose lives contributed to the founding of Lincoln University, PA.
Descendants of residents of Hinsonville, an early settlement of free African
American landowners and farmers, now Lincoln University, will be invited to
bring family memorabilia—including photos, funeral programs, articles, Bibles
and other family documents—to be digitized and catalogued. This "Heritage
Day" will be open to the public and held in the Langston Hughes Memorial
Library. It will provide participants with free digitized copies of family
memorabilia and of oral interviews conducted by program consultants and
students trained in oral history interview procedures. Heritage Day will be
integrated with a series of genealogy and oral interview workshops, a Heritage
Speakers Series, Heritage Walking tours of Lincoln University's campus and
surrounding areas, and a community wide reading campaign.
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Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (Lincoln University, PA 19352-9141)
Sophia Sotilleo (Project Director: May 2014 to November 2016)
PG-52529-15
Preservation Assistance Grants
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$5,893 (approved)
$5,893 (awarded)
Grant period:
1/1/2015 – 6/30/2016
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Preservation Plan for the Lincoln University Special Collection and Archives
The purchase of preservation supplies to hold materials from the university’s Rare Books Room, including the historical Langston Hughes Collection; and the purchase of environmental monitors and a light meter to help regulate temperature, humidity, and lighting in the library. The project would focus on preserving the university’s African American special collections: rare books, periodicals, unclassified government reports, serials, pamphlets, recordings, photographs, and paintings. Highlights include materials on Kwame Nkrumah, a 1939 Lincoln University graduate who was the first president of Ghana, and personal papers of other notable alumni such as Thurgood Marshall and Langston Hughes. The consultant who provided a recent preservation assessment of the collection would return to conduct a workshop on basic preservation issues for university staff.
The Lincoln University (LU) requests funds to purchase preservation supplies and environmental monitoring equipment to begin the process of preserving and organizing the University’s Special Collections and Archives department. LU’s Special Collections and Archives department holds several significant collections of extreme importance for understanding African American history and culture, as well as the relationship between LU, the nation, and the African continent. Within these collections are numerous rare books, unbound periodicals, video and music recordings, and other items dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. These collections have been used for a wide variety of educational activities and exhibitions. A consultant has conducted a preservation site survey to assess the condition of the building, collection and storage area, and recommended preservation policies and procedures. Our request for funds is based on the consultant’s final report submitted March 2014.
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Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (Lincoln University, PA 19352-9141)
Sophia Sotilleo (Project Director: May 2013 to October 2015)
PG-52272-14
Preservation Assistance Grants
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$6,000 (approved)
$6,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
1/1/2014 – 6/30/2015
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Preservation Plan for The Lincoln University Special Collections and Archives
A preservation assessment and development of a preservation plan for the special collections and archives of Lincoln University, the oldest historically black university in the United States. The university's rare books, periodicals, government documents, pamphlets, video and music recordings, photographs, paintings, and other materials document African American and United States history. Examples include a significant Pan-Africanism collection of 7,742 books, 5 musical scores, 18 serials, and numerous photographs and audiovisual materials on efforts to unite African peoples throughout the diaspora, as well as archives of prominent Lincoln alumni, such as a collection of over 4,000 items on the poet Langston Hughes.
The Lincoln University requests funds to hire Thomas F.R. Clareson as a consultant to develop a preservation plan for the University's Special Collections and Archives, which hold several significant collections of extreme importance for understanding African American history and culture as well as the relationship between Lincoln, the nation, and the African continent. Within these collections are numerous rare books, unbound periodicals, unclassed government reports, serials, pamphlets, video and music recordings, photographs, paintings, and other items dating from the mid-nineteenth century through present day. These collections have been used for a wide variety of research, scholarship, educational activities, and exhibitions. Mr. Clareson will conduct a preservation site survey to assess the building condition, review the condition of the collection and storage, and consult on preservation policies and procedures for the collection.
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Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (Lincoln University, PA 19352-9141)
Susan Pevar (Project Director: May 2006 to August 2008)
PG-50144-07
Preservation Assistance Grants
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$1,600 (approved)
$1,600 (awarded)
Grant period:
1/1/2007 – 6/30/2008
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General Survey and Pilot Project--Lincoln University Audiotape Collection
A preservation survey of a collection of 200 audiotapes that document the Civil Rights Movement and other activities from the 1950s through the 1980s at Pennsylvania's only historically black university, founded in 1854.
This project will be the first step in preserving and broadening access to Lincoln University's collection of audiotapes of campus events housed in Special Collections of the Langston Hughes Memorial Library. Lincoln University of Pennsylvania was founded by whites in the mid-nineteenth century, before emancipation, to educate free black men. During its first century Lincoln University was the alma mater of poet Langston Hughes, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and African leaders Kwame Nkrumah and Nnamdi Azikiwe, among others. It shifted to coeducational in the mid-twentieth century, in the wake of national desegregation. The audiotapes complement materials in the Lincoln University archives such as print publications and manuscripts.
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