2018-11-12T10:37:35-08:00 2017-12-31 450606931 Gray Salt & Associates LLP 201 W 4th St Ste 100 - PO Box 2018 Claremont CA 917118018 990 2017-01-01 352253653 Early Manuscripts Electronic Library EARL 9098965900 904 Silver Spur Road Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274 Michael B Phelps President 2018-11-09 true Brewster A Gray CPA CGMA P00388792 9096266462 X 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Michael B Phelps 306 Bayoak Drive Cary NC 27513 384854 false false X N/A Use digital technologies to preserve and provide access to historical source materials, especially ancient and medieval manuscripts and rare books. 6 5 3 0 367632 379204 4500 5618 10 32 0 372142 384854 0 0 64383 81676 0 0 300656 281627 365039 363303 7103 21551 145623 166368 46953 46147 98670 120221 Use digital technologies to preserve and provide access to historical source materials, especially ancient and medieval manuscripts and rare books. false false 335506 EMEL pursued its core mission in projects that used scientific imaging technologies to recover illegible texts in ancient and medieval manuscripts and to digitally photograph an endangered manuscript library for preservation and access. Worked with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to bring the results of the Sinai Palimpsests Project, EMELs five-year collaboration with St. Catherines Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt, to publication. The project used multi-spectral imaging to recover illegible texts from ancient and medieval manuscripts in the monastery library. Images and descriptive information are now available online. Undertook planning, preparations, and equipment installation for a new project with St. Catherines Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt, to digitally photograph its extensive manuscript library, beginning with its Arabic and Syriac manuscripts. The Monastery holds the worlds oldest continually operating library, and it is endangered due to the presence of ISIS on the Sinai Peninsula. Undertook project at the Ambrosiana Library of Milan, Italy, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, that used multi-spectral imaging to recover ancient texts that were erased and written over 1,000 years ago. They included a 5th century copy of the Book of Jubilees, the only surviving copy of the Testament of Moses (both ancient Jewish texts) and the only surviving copy of an ancient Christian commentary on the Gospel of Luke. Undertook a project for the Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma City, to use multi-spectral imaging to recover erased ancient texts of the Bible and ancient Greek classics that were erased and overwritten in the 9th century. Negotiated new projects for 2018, including the multi-spectral imaging of illegible historical manuscripts at the Austrian National Library and Cambridge University Library. Gave educational presentations of the work of EMEL at churches and to scholars and students at conferences. 335506 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false CA X Michael B Phelps 9098965900 306 Bayoak Drive Cary NC 27513 Michael B Phelps Chairman 40.00 0.00 X X 58800 0 0 Claudia Rapp Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Randy Merritt Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dimitri Antsos Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James A Sanders Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matt McGovern Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 58800 0 false false false 0 379204 379204 Image Distribution Income 2180 2180 Imaging & Processing 3438 3438 5618 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 384854 5650 X 0 0 0 0 58800 58800 0 16200 16200 0 0 6676 6676 0 0 0 0 0 0 185779 185779 0 1184 1184 0 0 204 204 0 0 11896 11896 0 0 18646 18646 1614 1614 Project Develop & Imaging 18236 18236 Image Processing 17430 17430 Data Management 12077 12077 Cataloguing 8141 8141 6420 4501 1919 363303 335506 27797 0 65891 19947 8538 93555 0 0 0 0 318 0 0 413714 361166 71194 52548 0 0 0 0 0 145623 166368 11342 10536 35611 35611 46953 46147 X 98670 120221 98670 120221 145623 166368 21551 X false false false X 401209 472252 145745 367632 379204 1766042 0 0 0 0 401209 472252 145745 367632 379204 1766042 0 117542 225168 68582 411292 117542 225168 68582 411292 1354750 141 96 73 10 32 352 0 141 96 73 10 32 352 0 0 401350 472348 145818 367642 379236 1766394 0.76700 0.81210 0.00020 0.00030 X 293714 270195 23519 120000 90971 29029 52548 Middle East 0 1 Research and Digitization Digital imaging 0 1 1 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is reviewed by Chairman and provided to other board members for comment. 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