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THE EARLY MANUSCRIPTS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY: Form 990EZ, tax year 2015

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Organization
THE EARLY MANUSCRIPTS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (EIN 35-2253653)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-11-14
IRS object ID
201643199349204329
Schema version
2015v2.0
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Primary Exempt PurposeUse digital technologies to preserve and provide access to historical source materials, especially ancient and medieval manuscripts and rare books.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

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Description Program Srvc AccomContinued major five-year project at St. Catherines Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt, to use multi-spectral imaging to recover illegible texts from ancient and medieval manuscripts in the monastery library. Specific activities included: onsite spectral imaging of illegible manuscripts; processing raw spectral data in the U.S. to render the manuscripts legible; coordinating an international team of scholars to catalog the recovered texts; and working with the University of California Los Angeles to archive project results and publish them online. Completed a pilot project at the National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi, Georgia, to use multi-spectral imaging to recover illegible text from medieval manuscripts. In collaboration with the Lazarus Project and the University of Mississippi, undertook a project at the Municipal Library of Chartres, France, to use scientific imaging technologies to recover illegible text from medieval manuscripts damaged by fire and water in World War II. In collaboration with the Lazarus Project, completed a pilot project at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, to use multi-spectral imaging to recover illegible text from medieval manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library. Provided public lectures and conference presentations about our projects in Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Oxford, U.K.; Alexandria, Egypt; and Tbilisi, Georgia.DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
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Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

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Michael B Phelps
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Claudia Rapp
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Randy Merritt
Treasurer1.00$0
Dimitri Antsos
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James A Sanders
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Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (16 entries)

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Other Expenses.1002Office Expenses $906
Other Expenses.1007Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $1242
Other Expenses.1009Depreciation $24597
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