Town of Rockingham (Rockingham Free Public Library)

Vermont’s Rockingham Free Public Library will use grant funds to re-house its “Cataloged Photograph Collection,” which was organized in 1976 as part of the local observance of the United States Bicentennial. The library’s most frequently consulted historical resource, this photograph collection documents the area’s rich history as a railroad hub, dairy center, vacation destination, and Native American gathering place. Treatment will remove the photographs from their current acidic construction-paper backing and provide them with new preservation-quality enclosures, helping to ensure that these important documents will be around for the nation’s Tricentennial.