Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History

This opportunity is targeted at archives of all sizes for projects that preserve and make publicly accessible collections relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history in California. This grant program is similar to previous LGBTQ-focused preservation grant programs funded in 2019 and 2021. Descriptions of projects funded in 2021 can be viewed on the California State Library website. This opportunity aims to preserve and make accessible materials demonstrating the significant role of LGBTQ+ Californians and the LGBTQ+ movement in this state. By preserving and making these resources available to others, funded projects will help provide a more comprehensive and inclusive view of California’s history.  Organizations and collections must be California-based, and projects must support the physical or digital preservation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer materials relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history within California.  Projects must include activities that focus on educating the public, researchers, and other stakeholders about and encouraging them to access the collection(s).  Projects must focus on research-value materials, including monographs, serials, manuscripts, archival materials, maps, architectural drawings, sound recordings, photographs, moving images, and newspapers. This funding is not for the preservation of works of art on paper, paintings, sculptures, or other objects.