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9 Washington Preservation Initiative <br /> 2005 Grant Application <br /> 1. Briefly describe the desired outcome that would result from the <br /> implementation of this proposal. <br /> Consider the following items in developing the response: <br /> • What will be preserved? <br /> • Who will benefit? <br /> • How will Washington's cultural heritage be enhanced? <br /> �o- � •�1'���Y�}- '' �s #t'�',r�•� � � �,���e Get'y'y` ''' ' <br /> 3 '+ T <br /> L . sem' a z '4 <br /> The Everett Public Library seeks to preserve rare manuscript items in its Northwest Room <br /> Collection through Preservation Microfilming. Materials to be microfilmed include an <br /> Everett Herald Index 1970 to 1991; Everett Theater business records 1904-1906; Snohomish <br /> County WPA Writer's Project manuscripts;two manuscripts relating to the 1916 Everett <br /> Massacre; and an 1897 Census of Everett. Specific microfilm products will include an <br /> archive master,a print master and two service copies of each. The microfilm archive masters <br /> will be stored with OCLC. <br /> All the materials have been chosen as important to a study of Washington State's cultural and <br /> historic past; all are significant materials with public demand; and all are at risk,having either <br /> limited access or their survival threatened by daily use. Having these manuscripts on <br /> microfilm will allow for interlibrary loans or the purchase of reels by other libraries. Each <br /> manuscript has its own audience. The Herald index and the 1897 Census will be valuable to <br /> regional and family historians; the Everett Massacre miscellany will appeal to labor history <br /> researchers and biographers; the WPA writings will most likely be used by local historians <br /> and women's history researchers; and the Everett Theater records will be used by theater <br /> historians and biographers researching the careers of particular performers. In each case,a <br /> microfilm copy will provide greater access,while protecting the fragile original document. <br /> 8 of 25 4 t) <br />