Historical Society Of Western Pennsylvania

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

HEINZ HISTORY CENTER ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION

THE HEINZ HISTORY CENTER WILL PROCESS, REHOUSE, AND DIGITIZE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS HELD IN THEIR LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES. THESE COLLECTIONS DOCUMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGION. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE HIRING AN ARCHIVIST WHO WILL WORK WITH THE CENTER’S STAFF TO UNDERTAKE THE PROCESSING OF THE COLLECTION, IMPROVE THE PRESERVATION OF THE COLLECTION BY REHOUSING THEM IN ACID-FREE CONTAINERS, AND DIGITIZE AND CREATE METADATA TO MAKE THE COLLECTIONS FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ON HISTORICPITTSBURGH.ORG. IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING THE PRESERVATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE COLLECTION, THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES THAT UTILIZE THE COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING FINDING AIDS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS, AS WELL AS THE CREATION OF SIX SMITHSONIAN DIGITAL LEARNING LAB COLLECTIONS.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

INCREASING ACCESS TO THE RECORDS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

PROCESSING PROJECT

COASTERS, CULTURE, AND CHANGE: PROCESSING AND DIGITIZING THE KENNYWOOD PARK RECORDS

THE ITALIAN DIASPORA ARCHIVE MAP (IDARM) PROJECT [THE SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR A FOUNDATIONS-LEVEL PROJECT TO MAKE VISIBLE, SEARCHABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE WEALTH OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE ITALIAN DIASPORIC EXPERIENCE IN THE PA-WV-OH TRI-STATE REGION. THIS REGION OF THE UNITED STATES IS HOME TO A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF AMERICANS OF ITALIAN DESCENT WHOSE ANCESTORS IMMIGRATED DURING THE GREAT IMMIGRATION AND POST-WWII PERIODS TO WORK IN THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, EXTENSIVE MATERIAL CULTURE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTO A VARIETY OF REPOSITORIES AND ARCHIVES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. AN INFORMAL NETWORK HAS EXISTED FOR FIVE YEARS AMONG ARCHIVISTS AND LIBRARIANS AS WELL AS RESEARCHERS AND ACADEMICS WORKING IN ITALIAN AND ITALIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, BUT NO OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK HAS EXISTED TO CAPTURE THE FULL BREADTH OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT.]

CIVICS AND AMERICA 101 AT THE HEINZ HISTORY CENTER [TO COMMEMORATE AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, THE SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER IS PLANNING UPGRADES TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SECTION OF OUR PERMANENT EXHIBITION AND A TEMPORARY AMERICAN REVOLUTION ON THE FRONTIER EXHIBITION AT THE FORT PITT MUSEUM. BOTH OF THESE EXHIBITIONS WILL SPOTLIGHT LESSER KNOWN, BUT IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE NATION'S FOUNDING CONFLICT. VISITORS WILL SEE RARE 18TH CENTURY WEAPONS, PERIOD IMAGES, AND MORE.]

PRIORITIZING, PLANNING, PRESERVING: MANAGING PROBLEMATIC STORAGE FOR OVERSIZED COLLECTIONS

CONSERVATION PROGRAM