The Huntington Photographic Archive receives NEH grant

November 2, 2011

The Huntington Photographic Archive receives NEH grant

Art piece depicting Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of wisdom in Mahayana Buddhism

The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (Preservation and Access Division) for $175,000 to complete digitizing the color slides taken by John and Susan Huntington over the course of their field research in Asia. Approximately 120,000 new images will be added to the Archive's online collection by the completion of the grant period. The NEH received 235 applications for this program, and only 21 were funded.

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