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Colleagues,
Following restructuring at the British Library the administration of the
National Manuscripts Conservation Trust will now be undertaken by the
British Library Co-operation and Partnership Programme on behalf of the
Trustees.
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust (NMCT) was set up in 1990 by the
British Library and the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, with
funding from the then Office of Arts and Libraries (now DCMS) and from
private benefactors, to provide financial assistance to owners and
custodians in the United Kingdom in preserving the nation's written
heritage. Between 1999 and April 2002 the awards were administered by the
National Preservation Office (NPO).
Papyri, parchment rolls, bound volumes, paper files, maps, plans and letters
and many other types of manuscripts and archives in a variety of formats can
be preserved with the assistance of the National Manuscripts Conservation
Trust. The Trust offers grants for 50% of the conservation costs of small to
medium-sized projects (the minimum project cost is £1,000 and the largest
recent grant has been £33,000). To date the trust has awarded grants of
almost 1 and a quarter million pounds towards the conservation of manuscript
material held in repositories all around the UK.
For full details of how to apply, the types of award that can be made, and
information regarding current projects please see
http://www.bl.uk/concord/nmct-about.html or contact Anna Grundy, the
administrator, at:
Anna Grundy
The Administrator
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust
The British Library
Co-operation & Partnership Programme
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
tel: 020 7412 7052
fax: 020 7412 7155
email: [log in to unmask]
The next closing date for applications to NMCT is 1 October 2002
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