State Sen. Andy Dinniman announced recently that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) approved more than $36,000 in grants for four historical and cultural organizations in Chester County.
The PHMC grants are as follows: $17,441 for the Chester County Historical Society, $4,000 for Historic Sugartown, $9,720 for Historic Yellow Springs and $4,490 for the Wharton Esherick Museum.
The funding comes through the PHMC Cultural and Historical Support Grant Program, which provides support for resources and operating expenses to museum and historical organizations according to a formula based on their size and operating budgets.
The Chester County Historical Society also received a $6,692 Historical & Archival Records Care (HARC) grant for the processing and rehousing of the Schramm Inc. photograph collection. The grant project will focus on the housing, arrangement and description of photographs from Schramm Inc. through its history - from making parts for the World War II U.S. Army Signal Corps to working on a variety of mining and construction equipment.
Schramm Inc. was founded in 1900 with an original focus on the manufacturing of engine-driven machinery and portable air compressors. In 2010, it supplied equipment that was used in the rescue of 33 Chilean miners, which Schramm Inc. calls its highest accomplishment. The rescue mission took almost 70 days, and Schramm's equipment played an important role in saving the miners.
In November 2019, Schramm Inc. was sold, following a June filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Schramm II Inc. completed the purchase, with GenNx360 Capital Partners, a private equity firm, owning Schramm II.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For more information, readers may visit https://phmc.pa.gov or http://www.facebook.com/PATrailsofHistory.
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