The
Stephen B. Luce Library, Archives, and Special Collections is pleased to
announce the award of a New York State Education Department Conservation
Preservation Discretionary Grant in the amount of $4,200.00. The award will be used for a comprehensive
assessment and preservation survey of the repository area including long range
planning for the Institutional Archives and Special Collections of the Stephen
B. Luce Library and Maritime College. Under the review of a representative from the
Northeast Document Conservation Center, the Archives will undergo a thorough
review with attention paid to the conservation needs of some of the most rare
and unique of our collections. With
these recommendations in mind for a long range, collection preservation and maintenance
plan, we will seek to implement priorities for the ongoing conservation of
archival collections as a whole and also address any specific items identified
for additional conservation or restoration.
The
Archival Collections held by the Stephen B. Luce Library includes records
related to the Sailors’ Snug Harbor Institution, Marine Society of the City of
New York, W.R. Grace Shipping Line, MORRO CASTLE Disaster, Moore-McCormack
Shipping Line, Farnell Shipping Line, Sandy Hook Pilot Logs, and the
Institutional History of Maritime College since 1874. Through the Library’s institutional and
special collections, partnerships have already evolved with other maritime
institutions such as the Sailors’ Snug Harbor Museum, Noble Society, Marine
Society of the City of New York, Propeller Club, Sandy Hook Pilots Association,
and the Seamen’s Church Institute.
