Saginaw Valley State University (Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University)

The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum will digitize 815 of the artist’s project drawings to make them widely available for research and education. The museum will hire and train an intern, photograph large format drawings, scan smaller drawings, and add these images to its existing digital library. The project will give art scholars, historians, students, and artists access to the drawings for research and education, enhancing understanding of the artist’s artistic process and development. Digitization will also protect fragile artistic material from excessive handling and resulting deterioration. Staff will track the impact of the project by evaluating the number of researchers who access the collection in person and online.