GRANTS IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Division of Public Programs
Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives
Small Grants to Libraries
The following libraries received $1,000 to participate in the nationwide program Jazz Legacy: An American Art Form.
University of Alaska, Department of Music
Anchorage, AK
Phoenix Public Library
Phoenix, AZ
Central Arkansas Library System
Little Rock, AR
Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley, CA
Sacramento Public Library
Sacramento, CA
San Diego Public Library
San Diego, CA
Jazz89 KUVO
Denver, CO
New Haven Free Public Library
New Haven, CT
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Jacksonville Public Libraries
Jacksonville, FL
Orange County Library System
Orlando, FL
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Albany State University Library
Albany, GA
Athens-Clarke County Library
Athens, GA
University of Idaho Library
Moscow, ID
Bloomington Public Library
Bloomington, IL
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, IL
Allen County Public Library
Fort Wayne, IN
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids, IA
University of Kansas Libraries
Lawrence, KS
Wichita State University Libraries
Wichita, KS
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Baton Rouge, LA
New Orleans Public Library
New Orleans, LA
Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University
Towson, MD
Detroit Public Library
Detroit, MI
Grand Rapids Community Media Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN
Minneapolis Public Library
Minneapolis, MN
St. Louis Public Library
St. Louis, MO
University of New Hampshire Library
Durham, NH
Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ
Northern Onondaga Public Library
Cicero, NY
Queens Library
Jamaica, NY
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
New York, NY
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
Kent State University Libraries and Media Services
Kent, OH
Carlson Library, The University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Lincoln Univ., PA
Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Brown University Library
Providence, RI
Charleston County Public Library
Charleston, SC
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Texas Music Museum
Austin, TX
Dallas Public Library
Dallas, TX
Williamsburg Regional Library
Williamsburg, VA
Bellingham Public Library
Bellingham, WA
Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee, WI
Natrona County Public Library
Casper, WY
Humanities Projects in Media
Supplement
American Routes: Routes to Genius Supplement
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Award: Outright; $15,000
Planning Grants
The Man with Six Heads
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning for a two-part, two-hour documentary film chronicling the life and career of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1754-1838.
James McNeill Whistler
Film Odyssey, Inc.
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning of a one-hour television documentary on artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).
Jamestown, John Smith, and the Voyages of Discovery
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning for a two-hour documentary special recounting the story of the first settlement at Jamestown, including an analysis of the individuals, circumstances, and events of the colony and an exploration of the area, including the natural wonders of the Chesapeake Bay.
Robert Morris and the Sinews of War
New River Education Fund
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning of a two-hour documentary film on the life of Robert Morris and his role during the Revolutionary War and the early founding period (1735-1806).
Johnny Cash
Filmmaker's Collaborative
Lexington, MA
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning of a 90-minute television documentary that explores the life and music of American music legend, Johnny Cash.
Mysticism and Monotheism
Center for Independent Documentary
Sharon, MA
Award: Outright; $29,975
Planning of a multi-part television documentary on the role of mysticism in the monotheistic religions.
Changing Lives: The Peter Cooper Story
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $29,972
Planning of a one-hour television documentary and website on the life and work of Peter Cooper, a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist.
Theodore Dresier: Marching Alone
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $30,000
Planning of a 90-minute film biography of Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945).
Thomas Day, American
North Carolina Museum of History Associates
Raleigh, NC
Award: Outright; $24,800
Planning of a documentary film on antebellum North Carolina cabinetmaker Thomas Day, a free African American who lived in a slave society.
Remembering the Civil War
Carnton Plantation
Franklin, TN
Award: Outright; $29,700
Planning of a one-hour documentary film about the legacy of the Civil War.
Scripting Grants
The Architect and the Painter: The Creative Lives of Charles and Ray Eames
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $67,379
Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film on designers Charles and Ray Eames and their impact on visual vernacular culture in 20th-century America.
Convivencia: The Age of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $75,000
Scripting of a two-hour historical television documentary that examines the complex period of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence in medieval Spain.
Standing Bear: Long Road Home Public Television Documentary
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
Lincoln, NE
Award: Outright; $60,000
Scripting of a 60-minute documentary film about Standing Bear (ca. 1829-1908), a Ponca Indian chief who, in 1879, successfully sued the United States government to be recognized as a person under the U.S. Constitution.
1812: The War We Forgot
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
Buffalo, NY
Award: Outright; $75,000
Scripting of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the history of the War of 1812.
No Job For a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report World War II
Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $60,000
Scripting of a one-hour documentary film about the women journalists of World War II.
Beautiful Dreamers: Pioneers of American Music
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $75,000
Scripting of a documentary film series on the development of American music over the course of the 19th century.
Paris, the Luminous Years: The Making of the Modern
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $75,000
Scripting of a two-part, two-hour film series on art and culture in Paris between 1905 and 1930.
Production Grants
In the Name of God and King: The Spanish Empire
KCET-TV
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $550,000 Match; $50,000
Production of a three-hour documentary film series chronicling the rise and fall of Spain's global empire from the reign of Isabel and Ferdinand through the reign of Philip II (1475-1598).
The Jewish Americans
GWETA, Inc.
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $400,000 Match; $150,000
Production of a four-part film series about Jewish immigration to North America and about the integration of Jews into the fabric of American life.
We Shall Remain
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Award: Outright; $550,000 Match; $100,000
Production of two one-hour programs of a five-part television series and a website that will explore key events in American and Native American history.
Time Warp Trio: Season 2
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Award: Outright; $650,000
Production of 13 new episodes of The Time Warp Trio, an animated history-based television series for six- to 12-year olds.
The People vs. Leo Frank
Filmmakers Collaborative
Waltham, MA
Award: Outright; $725,000
Production of a 90-minute television documentary that examines the 1913 Leo Frank murder case in Georgia as one of the pivotal events in the modern history of the American South.
Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton
Northcote Parkinson Fund
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $725,000
To support production of a two-hour documentary film on Alexander Hamilton focusing on critical aspects of his character and his vision for America.
Dark Genius: The Story of Jerome Robbins
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $550,000 Match; $50,000
Production of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the life and achievements of Jerome Robbins, choreographer and theater director (1918-98).
An Absurd Undertaking: Voices from the Writers' Project
Educational Film Center
Annandale, VA
Award: Outright; $550,000
Production of a 90-minute documentary film about the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) and its place in American culture.