Hallie Q Brown Community Center Incorporated

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

PROCESSING, CATALOGUING, AND DIGITIZING HQBCA'S COLLECTIONS [THE HALLIE Q. BROWN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE [HQBCA] SEEKS FUNDING FOR A ONE-YEAR PROJECT TO ACQUIRE, ARRANGE, PRESERVE, DESCRIBE, DIGITIZE, AND DISSEMINATE OUR TWENTY-TWO COLLECTIONS THAT DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE RONDO NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. PAUL, MN, AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE GREAT MIGRATION. THIS PROJECT WILL: - SUPPORT HISTORICAL AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES RESEARCH BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO AND PRESERVATION OF HQBCA?S COLLECTIONS - DEEPEN OUR ONLINE PRESENCE BY CREATING DIGITAL SURROGATES OF OUR COLLECTIONS, ALLOWING US TO FULLY UTILIZE CONTENTDM WITH THE GOAL OF USERS BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT PRIMARY-RESEARCH ONLINE - IMPROVE OUR OUTREACH CAPABILITIES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHO ARE BOTH THE SOURCE OF AND PRIMARY AUDIENCE FOR OUR COLLECTIONS]