ENHLD Summary
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Mission/Goals
To create a digital, cutting-edge, user-friendly framework for access to information on the 6,015 contributing properties in the Butte-Anaconda-Walkerville National Historic Landmark District for researchers, students, and the general public. The interface would incorporate Google Earth style technology, as well as ultimately WikiMedia interactivity. Long-term goal (Phase 2) is to have this project serve as both a model and a central repository for similar information provided by all NHLs and NHLDs in the nation.
Organizational Structure
(All personnel listed here will be paid, except the Advisory Board. All labor will be contracted, i.e., no benefits to pay. Butte CPR would be the grantee and would pay these contractors.)
Project Director – Dick Gibson
Coordinates interactions among collaborators, oversees project integration, assists Grant Administrator, maintains overall philosophy and approach, interacts with Advisory Board, is lead author on project-end “white paper” required by grant. Also provides expertise in historical research, photography, and web design to technical teams as needed.
Historians-Researchers-Writers
Duties: To discover, integrate, and synthesize information on and photographs of the properties, including first-person accounts, historical photos, modern photos, architectural data, archival newspaper articles, etc.; to write user-friendly summaries of this information and suggest directions for interlinking; to draft outlines for lesson plans incorporating the NHLD history. Although the grant specifically addresses NHLD properties, a few important additional topics will be included for context (e.g., Columbia Gardens, Meaderville and other neighborhoods, Berkeley Pit).
Suggested personnel
- Cindi Shaw
- Irene Scheidecker
- Nicole von Gaza
- Dick Gibson (unwriten)
Computer Technology Implementation
Duties: To interface with the existing BSB Archives database of information on the properties and its existing connection with BSB GIS-cadastral map data; to provide the formatting for the Google Earth interface; to support when necessary html formatting of the work of historians; to design and maintain the web site(s) involved with input from other team members; create wiki for internal preparations and review of content for web site(s).
Suggested personnel
Grant Administration
Maintains documentation and compliance records, work time, required quarterly reports, etc. Also researches additional funding possibilities for matching and sustainability. Also works with CPR Treasurer to insure proper management of grant funds. The grant will be applied for in the name of Butte CPR; the Grant Administrator will be Josh Yarrington.
Advisory Board
We propose that the Board of Directors of the Butte CPR serve as an advisory board to this Project. The CPR Board might add others to this Project’s Advisory Board.
Implementation
Although the project will be accessible from any Internet connection, we propose to provide dedicated information kiosks at strategic public locations around Butte, such as the Archives, Library of Butte High, Butte Public Library, Mai Wah, Montana Tech Library, Mining Museum, Airport, maybe also MT Historical Soc. in Helena, maybe the depot of the Anaconda tourist train in Anaconda; Bozeman airport, etc. The hosts would pay for the connection as part of their collaboration.
Collaborators
Collaboration is vital to the project, and to the success of the grant application. Following are proposed collaborators (* indicates individuals who have expressed willingness to be involved):
- Ellen Crain*, BSB Archives
- Bill Macgregor*, PTC Department, Montana Tech
- Mark Reavis*, BSB HPO
- BSB Historic Preservation Commission*
- Steve Luft, Historic Preservation Program, COT
- Jim Griffin*, Dori Skrukrud, Mai Wah Society
- Butte Public Library
- Montana Tech Library (Ann St. Clair*)
- Montana Historical Society* / SHPO* (Brian Shovers, Rolene Schliesman, Mark Baumler, Richard Sims)
- School of Architecture, Montana State Univ - (Maire O’Neill)
- Renewable Technologies, Inc., Butte*
Time Frame
Grant application (IMLS/NEH) due March 27, 2007. Awards announced Sept. 2007. Grant period is 2 years. Renewals or Phase 2 grants possible. Pre-application consultation from NEH available.
Budget
Please see Total Budget for the updated budget plan.
References
- NEH Grant description: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Digital_Partnership.html
- NCPTT: http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/default.aspx?m=36
- Teaching with Historic Places: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
- Virtual Historic Savannah (SLOW: 10-15 min. on broadband to access): http://vsav.scad.edu/
- Average rates for programming, web development, etc. - http://www.brennerbooks.com/sellsoftware.html
What is Google Earth?
To see what Max is talking about regarding Google Earth, enable the layer “featured content”. If you zoom in on Basin, Montana (and many other places) you will see the yellow National Geographic rectangle that links to enhanced content – this is the style of what we envision (thanks to Max!). The two attached screen shots show (1) the National Geographic yellow rectangles near Basin; and (2) what you get when you click on one of them (external link here). The latter is essentially a free-standing web page that links out of Google Earth into expanded content on National Geographic’s web site.
Call to Action
What we need to do:
- By mid-February or sooner, create a draft proposal that we can send to the NEH for informal preliminary review. Before that: decide on values for dollar rates and time estimates.
- Applying organization (CPR) needs to have a DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet (free & easy).
- Grants Committee members have assigned sections to draft for the <25-page narrative for the application.
- CPR Board input to this outline, especially but not limited to the budget items, is sought by the Grants Committee (Gibson, Detjens, Yarrington, Stierle).
