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Modern Endangered Archives Programme (MEAP)

The Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) is a UCLA Library granting program funded by The Arcadia Fund. We aim to digitize and make accessible endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st Centuries, including print, photographic, film, audio, ephemeral, and born digital objects.

MEAP is dedicated to:

  • Providing open access to cultural and historical materials from around the world as a challenge to politicized and nationalized historical narratives that minimize or silence multiple voices and perspectives.
  • Enabling digital preservation of at-risk cultural heritage from parts of the world with limited resources for archival preservation.

  • Expanding the capacity for digital preservation around the world and building a culture of open access that can continue after the period of the grant.


Modern Endangered Archives Program was formerly Documenting Global Voices. All funds will be distributed under Modern Endangered Archives Program.

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Modern Endangered Archives Programme (MEAP) Projects

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Labor, Livelihood, and Immigration in a Brazilian Plantation: the Archives of Ibicaba Farm (1890-1970)

As of the 1840s, plantations in southwestern Brazil started to experiment with European immigrant labor co-existing with the enslaved black population. The Ibicaba farm was a …

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Exploring Regional Engagement with Film in India through a Collection of Celluloid Ephemera

As traditional cinema in India transitioned to an era of digital film, physical reels grew out of fashion and were often abandoned and left to deteriorate. The Shabistan Film …

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El gran film del Uruguay - Colección Carlos Alonso / The Great Film of Uruguay - Carlos Alonso Collection

A compilation of nitrate film shot in a documentary style, known as the Alonso Collection, captures a rich visualization of Uruguay's historic countryside. The Universidad Cat…

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Documenting Barbadian Voices from Emancipation to Independence

Throughout the 1800s to the 2000s, Barbadian life was captured and documented by a plethora of written publications and ephemera housed by the Barbados Department of Archives.…

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Digitizing the Justino Valentim Collection of Vaihoho Sung-Poems, Lautem, Timor-Leste

The Vaihoho sung-stories of the native Fataluku people of Timor-Leste are considered as the group’s most valued repertoire. A significant amount of these stories were document…

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Digitization and Preservation of Audio Recordings of Music and Oral Traditions in the Collections of Rupayan Sansthan, India

Musical and oral traditions of desert populations in western Rajasthan are sacred to the local community, but are slowly disappearing from existence. To preserve these traditi…

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Captain Zuzinha's Band: Digitization of Manuscripts Scores of Frevo from the Early 20th Century as World Heritage

Frevo music has been an significant piece of Brazilian culture for decades. Throughout the twentieth century, frevo band Military Police (later named “Captain Zuzinha Frevo Ba…

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Argentinean Human Rights Digital Library of Periodical and Non-periodical Publications

Memoria Abierta, a collective group of Argentinean human rights organizations (HROs), focuses on remembering rights violations during the country's most violent dictatorship a…

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