2014-2015 Washington Rural Heritage grants awarded

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Harry Sutherland, pole vaulting at Eastsound, WA, May, 1915. From the Orcas Island Historical Museum, James T. Geoghegan Collection.[/caption] From the desk of Evan Robb Congratulations to the latest group of Washington libraries and museum receiving 2014-2015 LSTA grant awards through the Washington Rural Heritage initiative! A total of 16 Washington institutions (including eight public libraries administering the sub-grants) will collaborate to digitize historically significant primary sources over the next year. Those institutions are:

• Columbia County Rural Library District, in partnership with the Blue Mountain Heritage Society and the Dayton Historic Depot.
• Deming Library (Whatcom County Library System), in partnership with the Nesset Family Trust.
• Kettle Falls Public Library (Libraries of Stevens County), in partnership with Colville National Forest.
• Medical Lake Library (Spokane County Library District), in partnership with the Medical Lake Historical Society.
• Orcas Island Public Library, in partnership with the Orcas Island Historical Museum.
• Puyallup Public Library.
• Roslyn Public Library, in partnership with the Roslyn Museum.
• Whitman County Library, in partnership with the Staley Museum.

Click here to learn more about each specific grant award and digitization project. Libraries currently participating in grant-funded digitization projects this year (FY 2013) are busy wrapping up their new collections as of this writing. Look for announcements here as new projects come online. Funds for Washington Rural Heritage are made available by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. For more information, contact Evan Robb, Project Manager, (360) 704-5228.