The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site is an historic house museum administered by the US National Park Service in Washington, D.C. It was the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women, and served as the Washington, D.C. home of Mary McLeod Bethune—an educator, businesswoman, national civil rights activist, minority affairs advisor to President Roosevelt, and founder of the NCNW. They are now seeking a contractor to undertake a museum collections plan for the site.
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE COUNCIL HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT PLAN
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site is an historic house museum administered by the US National Park Service. Located at 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., MAMC was the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), and served as the Washington, D.C. home of Mary McLeod Bethune—an educator, businesswoman, national civil rights activist, minority affairs advisor to President Roosevelt, and founder of the NCNW.
The site preserves an unmatched assemblage of cultural resources associated with African American women and the Civil Rights movement. The majority of these resources are the National Archives for Black Women’s History (NABWH), consisting of 67 collections.
The museum collection contains documents and manuscripts, audio-visual media, photographs, digital material of many types and formats, artifacts, and objects representing the history of the site and of African American Women and their work in civil rights. The museum collection totals approximately nine hundred thirty-three (933) cataloged items (including Archival manuscript collections, audio-visual media, books, furnishings, paintings, and other artifacts). The National Archives for Black Women’s History (including permanent Resource Management Records) contains approximately 500 linear feet of material. There is also an ongoing program to digitize the archives both for preservation, expansion of access, and eventual publication. Long-term preservation, management of, and controlled accessibility to these digital records is a major issue.
This purpose of the contract is to produce a document Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: Museum Collection Management Plan (MCMP). The MCMP is the primary planning document for a park museum collection and is mandated by NPS policy. A MCMP is a site-specific, working document intended to provide programmatic guidance to park staff for a limited period of time, generally five to ten years. The Plan results from information gathered on-site by team members who meet with park employees. The MCMP is to be reviewed every five years and updated. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site has never had a MCMP prepared.
Interested contractors should download contract documents at this link.
Deadline for the receipt of completed tenders: 7 September 2018
Contact:
National Park Service, Regional Contracting
Acquisition Management Division
1100 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242
for the attention of: Anale Young
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