NEH APPLICATION COVER SHEET


OMB No. 3136-0111
Expires: 3/31/96


1. Individual applicant or project director
a. Name and mailing address


Name Demas


Samuel
 (first)


(initial)


Address Albert H. Mann Library
 Cornell University

 Ithaca NY 14853
 (city) (state) (ip code)

 b. Form of address: Mr.

 c. Telephone number
 office: 607 / 255-6919Home:607 /387-6884
 (area cod) (area code)

 d. Major field of applicant
 or project director Library Science H3
 (code)

 e. Citizenship: XX U.S.
 Other
 (spedly)


2. Type of applicant y
a. by an individual b. through an org./institution
If a, indicate an institutional affiliation, if applicable, on line 1 la.
If b, complete block 11 below and indicate here:
c. Type University
d. Status

3. Type of application
a. XX new b. supplement

4. Program to which application is being made

Division of Preservation and Access
Endowment Initiatives:
 (code)

 5. Requested rant period
 From: July 1996 To: June 1998


6. Project Funding
a. Outright funds
b. Federal match
c. Total from NEH
d. Cost sharing
e. Total project costs


$
$


7. Field of project A3 8. Descriptive title of project
 (code)

9. Description of project (do not exceed space provided)
 As part of the National Preservation Proram for Aaricultural Literature. Comell University, on behalf of USAIN, and in cooperation
 with eight other land grant university libraries, seeks support to preserve publications on the history of state and local agriculture
 and rural life in nine states. The proposed project will result in the systematic identification of the universe of relevant literature in
 each participating state, not just the titles held in the participating libraries. In each state a panel of scholars and librarians will
 then rank the resulting lists in terms of the importance of individual titles for research in social, cultural, and economic history.
 Each state will microfilm the brittle titles judged by the panel to be most important for humanities research.


Funding is requested to preserve approximately 25% of the universe in each state, focusing on those titles ranked as highest
priority for preservation. This 25%, in combination with the 10 20% of the relevant literature typically already filmed in most
states, will result in preservation of approximately 35-45% of the relevant published historical record in each state. Approximately
9,185 titles in 16,628 volumes published between 1820 and 1945 will be preserved. The plan for project administration is based on
established models used by RLG and CIC; this project will adapt and extend these models for cooperative preservation to
coordinate a discipline-based approach to preservation.


10. Will this proposal be submitted to another government agency or private entity for funding? (if yes, Indicate
where and when): No


11. Institutional data
a. Institution or organization:
Cornell University


(name)
Ithaca, NY
(city)

b. Employer identification number: 15-6002250-Al


c. Name of authorizing official:
TLowe


(last) (first)
Director, Office of Sponsored Progr


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d. Name and mailing address of institutional grant administrator:
Henderson-Harr Amy
(last) (first) (initial)
Office of Sponsored Programs

120 Day Hall, Cornell University

Ithaca NY 14853
(city) (state) (zip code)


 (inii Telephone:607 1255-5014
a1S (area code)


 Form of address s.
Form of address 


(fitf l

12. Certification
By signing and submitting this application, the applicant or the authorizing official of the applicant institution (block 11c) is providing the applicable
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.


Jack


(printed nare)


W. Lowe /


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