Grants Projects

The Washington University Libraries have received several grants that provide unique opportunities to pursue projects that enhance our collections and contributions to the university community, library profession, and scholars around the world.
Active Grants

New Grant to Construct the History of Asian Americans in St. Louis
Missouri Humanities

Korea Foundation Grant to Support East Asian Studies
Korea Foundation

New Grant to Digitize the Sounds of China’s Cultural Revolution
McDonnell International Scholars Academy

Eric P Newman Numismatic Portal
Eric P Newman Numismatic Education Society

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis
The Mellon Foundation, as part of the Center for the Humanities “Divided Cities Initiative.”
Completed Grants

Japanese Teaching Materials Purchase Grant
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Level Playing Field: Digitizing and Disseminating William Miles’s Black Champions Interviews
National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Washington University Librarian Awarded Grant by Korea Foundation
Korea Foundation (KF)

Echoes of Voices Past: Preserving the Public Lectures from Washington University’s Assembly Series
Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR)

Film & Media Archive Receives Grant to Preserve Film National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)

Interviews from Eyes on the Prize II Now Digitized
National Endowment for the Humanities

The Maid of McMillan Preservation and Digitization
National Film Preservation Foundation

Preservation of Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
National Film Preservation Foundation

Book Purchase for Art & Architecture
Community Foundation of the Ozarks


Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation
Institute of Museum and Library Services

Support for Korean Studies-Resources
Korea Foundation

Liberating the Spoken Word: Poetry Readings and Literary Performances in St. Louis, 1969-2005
National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Book Arts Mentoring Program
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Preservation of Won by a Sweet
National Film Preservation Foundation

IASSIST Data Curation Workshop
International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology

Documenting the Now: Supporting Scholarly Use and Preservation of Social Media Content
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Revealing Visual Culture: Digitizing Modern Illustrated Periodical Tear Sheets from the Walt Reed Illustration Archive
Council on Library and Information Resources

Eyes on the Prize Interview Digitization and Reassembly Project
National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Preservation of The Streets of Greenwood
National Film Preservation Foundation

Preservation of Code Blue
National Film Preservation Foundation