Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Processing, Digitizing, and Increasing Access to the Collection: Mahone Bay's Shipbuilding History, Local Families, and Town History Research

Agreement Number:

1920-0858

Agreement Value:

$18,547.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 10, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020

Description:

The Mahone Bay Foundation Society aims to digitize, preserve, and increase access to approximately 125 cm of selected documents and 486 original photographs (including 71 glass negatives and 40 tintypes) from their collection of unprocessed and inadequately stored archival materials relating to the town of Mahone Bay's general history, shipbuilding history, and local families history. In total, this includes 5 new archival collections and 2 accruals to existing collections.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Expected results for this project include the arrangement, description and storage of approximately 125 cm of documents and 486 photographs. In addition, improvements will be made in the areas of: access to the collection, long-term preservation, offsite access (online), capacity for digitization, search ability, oral history content; and awareness of new archival acquisitions promoted at open house event, archival exhibit, and through descriptions on website, MemoryNS database and the Library and Archives Canada database. The Mahone Bay Museum expects that 6,000 visitors will view the exhibit featuring new archival acquisitions in 2020 and 3,000 visitors will visit the website and associated Pinterest and Facebook sites, for a total of approximately 9,000 visits.

Location:

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, CA B0J 2E0

Reference Number:

129-2019-2020-Q1-00026

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Mahone Bay Founders Society

Program:

Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Program Purpose:

The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to and promote local documentary heritage.