Preservation of Documents in the Sierra Leone Public Archives

$59.7K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Sierra Leone
Start Date	Sep 03, 2008
End Date	May 03, 2011
Duration	972 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77210-48`

Grant Description

To preserve birth and death registers, liberated African registers, Arabic letter books, and other important historical documents dating from late 18th to the early 20th centuries.

The project involves conservation treatment, improvements to the storage environment, inventory, and the digitization of documents for preservation and public access.