MPLF&F is participating in the 2024 Monterey County Gives! campaign to support preservation, digitization, and interpretation of the California History room collection and Monterey’s community memory.
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The California History Room is a treasured resource for Monterey Peninsula history, encompassing and collecting stories that tell our unique story. As one of the most historic cities on the West Coast, our stories matter. The photos, documents, and books are often used by researchers, historians, authors, and the media to tell our Monterey history to local and national audiences. To protect these treasures for future generations and increase accessibility, the Library will be increasing digitization efforts to make collections available from your home. For increased visibility, the Library will add rotating displays inside the library with items from the collection. To improve access to collecting their own stories, we will also build a “Memory Lab” where we will have equipment for library members to digitize their own personal 8mm, vinyl, VHS, film, and other collections with the help of volunteers.
If you’d like to use a Donor Advised Fund or IRA contribution, please call (831) 646-5632 or email info@investinmpl.org.
MCGives! is a project of the Monterey County Weekly, the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, and the Community Foundation for Monterey County. The Monterey County Gives! campaign amplifies year-end giving by providing matching donations for the first $75,000 raised.
