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Portsmouth groups form nonprofit to create shared archives center; council hears update
Summary
Four Portsmouth cultural institutions and the city have formed a nonprofit to create a shared archival facility; staff and partners told the City Council the nonprofit incorporation is filed and a 501(c)(3) application will follow.
Portsmouth cultural groups told the City Council on Sept. 24 that they have formalized a joint nonprofit to build a shared archives facility and are moving toward fundraising and federal tax-exempt status.
The plan, presented by members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Portsmouth History Archives and participating organizations, would consolidate collections now held separately by the Portsmouth Atheneum, Strawberry Bank Museum, Portsmouth Historical Society and the City of Portsmouth into a single center operated by a new nonprofit, Portsmouth Archive Center…
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