We wanted to pass on the following press release from IMLS and to
encourage its circulation to museums in the areas listed below.
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General Operating Support Application Deadline
Extended for Museums in
Disaster Areas
For immediate release: January 21, 1998
Contact: Mamie Bittner
(202) 606-4648
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Washington, DC Diane Frankel, director of the Institute
of Museum and Library Services announced today that
the deadline for General Operating Support applications
would be extended to February 6, 1998 in Federally
declared disaster areas.
Applications from museums in the following counties will
be accepted until February 6, 1998 (postmark deadline).
Florida
Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Osceola,
Pasco, Polk, Sumter
New York
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence
Tennessee
Carter, Cumberland, Jackson, Johnson
Maine
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock,
Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot,
Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington,
York
New Hampshire
Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough,
Merrimack, Strafford, Sullivan
North Carolina
Avery, Mitchell
Vermont
Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Orange,
Windsor
About the IMLS -- IMLS was created by the Museum
and Library Service Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208. IMLS
is an independent federal grantmaking agency serving the
public by strengthening museums and libraries. IMLS
consists of an Office of the Director, Office Of Museum
Services, Office of Library Services and Office of
Research and Technology. For more information,
including guidelines contact: Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20506, http://www.imls.fed.us/
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