PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOCUSES ON LINCOLN'S RETURN TO CAMPAIGNING

[Anita]

(01-08-2023 03:44 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  I agree with Roger. Thanks for posting, Anita.

Does anyone have any idea what will happen to the originals after the material is digitized? Given the intrinsic historical value, I hope they will not be destroyed.

Best
Rob

While it doesn't say here that the source documents are returned, they surely are on loan and must be returned to the owners. Quite a cataloging/record keeping responsibility.

This is from a 2014 blog post. "About PAL"https://www.zeutschel.de/en/the-papers-of-abraham-lincoln-preserving-the-history-of-an-iconic-american-leader/

"Materials come mainly from repositories such as college libraries, museums, historical societies, the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Private collectors and governments around the world provide additional sources.

Since the advent of the project, PAL agents have gathered thousands of materials from 47 states and from foreign countries such as Japan, Australia, Portugal and Switzerland. Daniel W. Stowell, director and editor of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, notes that despite the passage of almost 150 years, “We are still finding materials hand over fist.”

About the Project
The PAL conversion project began at the Springfield, Ill. headquarters, but soon moved to NARA in College Park, Md., which held many project-relative images. In 2011, PAL migrated from Maryland to the NARA location in Washington, D.C. Funding for the project is three-sided: 40% comes from the State of Illinois through the ALPL and the University of Illinois Springfield; 25-30% is provided by federal funding; and 30-35% is generated from private funding through non-profit organizations, charitable trusts and individuals.