Country Music Foundation Inc

TO SUPPORT MUSIC ROW EXPERIENCE PROJECT

PRESERVATION AND ACCESS: DIGITIZING RARE AND FRAGILE COMPONENTS OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION ARCHIVE

COUNTRY MUSIC COLLECTIONS AND INTERPRETATION REMOTE ACCESS PROJECT

NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE: MUSIC CITY RHYTHM & BLUES 1945-1970 ONLINE EXHIBIT [THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM WILL CREATE AND LAUNCH AN ONLINE VERSION OF ITS AWARD-WINNING PAST EXHIBITION NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE: MUSIC CITY RHYTHM & BLUES 1945-1970, A MAJOR EXHIBIT FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT OF BLACK MUSICIAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO NASHVILLE BECOMING KNOWN AS 'MUSIC CITY.' THOUGH LARGELY OBSCURED, NASHVILLE'S VIBRANT, PIONEERING R&B ACTIVITY IN THE DECADES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BUILDING NASHVILLE'S WORLDWIDE REPUTATION AS A MAJOR MUSIC AND CREATIVE HUB. THIS ONLINE EXHIBIT WILL ALLOW THE MUSEUM TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN ITS MISSION AND REACH LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF FREE, ENGAGING DIGITAL CONTENT.] [PURPOSE: SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS THAT WILL ENABLE THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME TO CREATE A NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RESEARCH, WRITING, DESIGN, TESTING, AND PROMOTION OF A NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: CREATION OF AN ONLINE EXHIBITION FOCUSING ON BLACK MUSICIANS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO NASHVILLE MUSIC FROM 1945 TO 1970.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: COUNTRY MUSIC FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.   SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

CONSERVING AND DIGITIZING RARE TRANSCRIPTION DISCS IN THE BOB PINSON RECORDED SOUND COLLECTION

THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM WILL PRESERVE AND PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC ONLINE ACCESS TO APPROXIMATELY 10,000 RARE, FRAGILE, AND ORIGINAL POSTERS IN ITS HATCH SHOW PRINT (HSP) COLLECTION. THE HSP COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 70,000 ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING POSTERS, RELATED PRINTS, DOCUMENTS, PROOFS, TRACINGS, TYPE, BLOCKS AND PHOTOBLOCKS, THAT CHRONICLE 138 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH HSP'S POSTER DESIGN AND PRINTING. A NEWLY HIRED PRINT COLLECTIONS DIGITIZATION AND METADATA SPECIALIST WILL COORDINATE REHOUSING, DIGITIZING, AND CATALOGING OF THE POSTERS. DIGITIZATION WILL ALLOW FOR EASY PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND DISSEMINATION OF THIS MATERIAL, REACHING A WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS. THE METADATA AND FINDING AIDS CREATED DURING THE PROCESS WILL ENABLE COMPARATIVE AND CONTENT-BASED ORIGINAL RESEARCH.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM'S WORDS & MUSIC OUTREACH SONGWRITING PROGRAM.

THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM WILL PRESERVE AND DIGITIZE ITS COLLECTION OF 16MM FILM NEGATIVES FROM THE 1950S MUSIC TELEVISION PROGRAM, EDDY ARNOLD TIME. MUSEUM STAFF WILL WORK WITH A MOTION PICTURE FILM LAB TO CONSERVE AND DIGITIZE FORTY ACETATE FILMS, UPLOAD THE WORKS TO THE MUSEUM’S DIGITAL ARCHIVE, AND PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COLLECTION TO ARCHIVE USERS. ONCE DIGITIZED AND MADE ACCESSIBLE, THE FILMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND RESEARCH, BENEFITTING COUNTRY MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS, DOCUMENTARIANS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, AND SCHOLARS.

TO SUPPORT WORDS & MUSIC OUTREACH.

TO SUPPORT A SONGWRITING PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS IN THIRD TO TWELFTH GRADE IN NASHVILLE, KNOXVILLE, AND CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

TO SUPPORT THE WORDS & MUSIC SONGWRITING OUTREACH PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WORDS & MUSIC SONGWRITING OUTREACH PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WORDS & MUSIC SONGWRITING OUTREACH PROGRAM OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SONGWRITING EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES AND ARTIST FEES FOR THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUMS OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME SONGWRITING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO SUPPORT THE WORDS & MUSIC SONGWRITING PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT WORDS & MUSIC, A PROGRAM TO TEACH STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12 TO WRITE ORIGINAL SONGS WITH A PROFESSIONAL SONGWRITER.

DISCRETIONARY

AUDIO TAPE COLLECTION PRESERVATION AND DIGITIZATION PROJECT [THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM (CMHFM) SEEKS SUPPORT THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES? HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS AND REFERENCE RESOURCES PROGRAM TO ASSESS THE CONTENTS OF ITS QUARTER-INCH AUDIO TAPE COLLECTION, AND TO DIGITIZE AND MAKE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE 4,500 HOURS OF RARE, FRAGILE, AND VALUABLE RECORDINGS FROM THIS COLLECTION. THIS AUDIO TAPE DIGITIZATION PROJECT BUILDS ON THE MUSEUM'S SUCCESSFUL DIGITIZATION OF ACETATE TRANSCRIPTION DISCS, COMPLEMENTING THAT COLLECTION WITH NEW COMMERCIAL, DEMO, BROADCAST, AND PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS THAT TRACE THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF COUNTRY AND AMERICAN VERNACULAR MUSIC. THIS PILOT PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE FULL AUDIO TAPE COLLECTION OF 21,632 QUARTER-INCH REELS AND DIGITIZE NEARLY 10% OF THE COLLECTION FOR PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY-UNAVAILABLE RECORDINGS ACCESSIBLE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH THROUGH DIGITAL ACCESS AND CATALOGING AND FINDING AIDS.]