Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will improve preservation of and access to eleven collections that document sports history in the Philadelphia area spanning more than 150 years. The collections include photographs, financial records, correspondence, and memorabilia that document a range of sports, including tennis, rowing, cycling, cricket, and gymnastics. Project staff will perform conservation treatments on selected items, rehouse the collections in archival-quality boxes, folders, and other enclosures, and ensure that each collection is arranged in a manner that facilitates research use. Projected project outcomes include supporting scholarship, enhancing displays and publications, facilitating digitization of collection materials and improving the public visibility of the museum's sports history collections as a whole.