Preserving published cultural heritage in Southeast North Carolina through the purchase of supplies

FAIN: PG-292948-23

University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC 28403-3201)
Rebecca Anne Baugnon (Project Director: December 2022 to present)
Nicole Yatsonsky (Co Project Director: May 2023 to present)

The purchase of preservation supplies to rehouse bound volumes in poor condition held in the Library’s Special Collections.

Special Collections, a unit within Randall Library''s Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, seeks a follow-up Preservation Assistance Grant (PAG) to support the purchase of preservation supplies in order to implement a recommendation made in a preservation survey assessment funded by a previously successful PAG. Specifically, this project will focus on implementing a recommendation pertaining to Special Collections'' book collections in which it was suggested that staff "rehouse damaged volumes, currently in envelopes, in phase boxes or wrappers for better support." Using purchased supplies, Special Collections staff intend to focus activities on creating preservation housing for approximately 664 items in its Southeast North Carolina Collection, which contains rare, published works pertaining to the history and culture of this geographically unique region.