HUMANITIES


DIVISION OF PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
 APPLICATION COVER SHEET


OMB No. 3136-0134
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 Sinoividual applicant or project director
 a. Name and mailing address:

Demas Samuel G
(last) (first) (initial)
Albert R. Mann Library
 (street)
Cornell University

Ithaca NY 14853
(city) (state) (zip code)
b. Form of address: Mr.

c. Telephone numbers
Office: 607 / 255-6919 Home: 607 /277-5479
 (area code) (area code)

FAX: 607 /255-0318 E-Mail: sgdl@cornell.edu
 (area code)
 d. Major field of applicant or project director: H3
 (code)
 e. Citizenship: U.S.
 i Other:


SType of applicant
a. O by an individual b. M through an organ./institution
 If a, indicate an institutional affiliation, if applicable, on line 11a.
 If b, complete block 11. below and indicate here:
 c. Type research library
 d. Statusunit of state government


0 Type of application
a. [ new b. F supplement
 If b, indicate previous grant number


j Program to which application is being made
 Division of Preservation and Access


- Requested grant period
 From: July 1998 To: June 2000


SrProject running
a. Outright funds
b. Federal match
c. Total from NEH
d. Cost sharing


$ 995,362
$ 0
$ 995,362
S 98,443
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 (country) (specify monthyear) It. I total project costs .J ,"".
 Field of project W Descriptive title of project
 H3 Preserving the History of U.S. Agriculture and Rural Life--
 (code) Phase 2
 &A Description of project (do not exceed space provided)
Cell University, on behalfof the United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN), and in cooperation with ten other land
grant university libraries, seeks $995,363 in supportfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities for a two-year, phase 2 project to
continue a program to preserve the most significant published materials on the history of state and local agriculture and rural life. The
project wil utilize a model developed for the National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature which partners scholars and
librarians to identify and preserve the most significant agricultural literature of a state. The plan for administration, coordination and
management is based on established models for cooperative preservation projects used by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation
and the Research Libraries Group Great Collection projects.
During phase 2, preservation of materials selected in California, Florida, Nebraska, and Texas will be completed. In addition, the
preservation of the history of American agriculture will be extended by the identification and selection of materials in Arizona, Arkansas,
Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana. Funds are also requested to permit the preservation of selected materials in Hawaii and
Montana.
Funding is requested to preserve the top 25% of titles judged important for humanities research as selected by scholars. This 25%, in
combination with the 1 l-20% of the relevant literature previously preserved in most states, will result in preservation of approximately
35-45% of the relevant historical record in each state.
 SWill this proposal be submitted to another government agency or private entity for funding? (If yes, indicate where and when):
 NO
 SInstitutional data
 a. Institution or organization: d. Name and mailing address of institutional grant administrator:
 Cornell liniversityvname, Henderson-Harr Amy
 Ithaca NY (last) (irs) (.fntal)
 (cty) (state) 120 Day Hall, Cornell University
 b. Employer identification number: 15-6002250-A1lha
 Ithaca NY 14853
 c. Name of authorizing official: (city) (state) (zip code)
 Lowe Jack W Telephone: 607 /255-5014 Form of address: MS.
 (last) (first) (initial)
 (area code)
 Director of Sponsored Programs FAX: 6,7 /255-5058 E-Mail: ah30@cornell.edu
 (title) (area code)
 a Certification. By signing and submitting this application, the individual or the authorizing official of the applicant institution (block 11c) is providing the
 pplicable certifications regarding the nondiscrimination statutes and implementing regulations, federal debt status, debarment and suspension, a drug-free
 workplace, and lobbying activities as set forth in the appendix to these guidelines.

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For NEH use only
Date received


Application #


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