GRANTS IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: July 2005

Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives

Consultation Grants

Becoming American: The Literature and Film of Immigration
National Book Foundation
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars, representatives from national organizations, and educational programmers about the changing patterns of immigration to the United States.

American Voices, from the Writers' Project
Educational Film Center
Annandale, VA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars, librarians, and other programmers to design viewing and discussion programs with a companion website about the themes found in an NEH-supported film currently at the scripting phase, "American Voices, from the Writers' Project."

Implementation Grant

Prime Time Family Reading Time: National Outreach
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
New Orleans, LA
Award: Outright; $268,000
Implementation of 20 scholar-led reading and discussion programs for adult new readers and their families based on selected children's literature at libraries in five states.

Our Common Wealth: The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy
Friends of the Commonwealth Museum
Boston, MA
Award: Outright; $200,000 Match; $100,000
Implementation of a permanent exhibition of founding documents from the Massachusetts Archives about the development of basic democratic freedoms in the colony and state from 1620 to the 20th century and how they influenced the nation.

Jazz Legacy: An American Art Form
National Video Resources
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $250,000
Implementation of a six-part series of film viewing and discussion programs and website about the history and interpretation of jazz at 50 venues throughout the U.S.

Humanities Projects in Media

Consultation Grants

The Man with Six Heads: The Life and Times of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars to develop Part One of a two-part television documentary chronicling the life and times of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1832).

Shaping the 20th Century: The Lives and Work of Charles and Ray Eames
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with filmmakers and scholars for a television documentary on American industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames and their impact on visual vernacular culture in 20th-century America.

The Unending Dream: The Tale of Genji in the World
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation on a one-hour television documentary about the 1,000-year-old Japanese novel, "The Tale of Genji," and artists who use the novel as a source for current work.

Documentary Film Daniel Burnham
Archimedia Workshop NFP
Chicago, IL
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars on a two-hour television documentary on the life and work of American architect Daniel Burnham (1846-1912).

The Last Soviet Children: Russia's Pepsi Generation
Filmmakers Collaborative
Waltham, MA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation for a one-hour television documentary that would examine how Russians experienced the social, political, and economic changes that accompanied the fall of communism in the 1980s.

In the Shadow of Little Rock: The Life of Daisy Bates
The Faith Project, Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars on a one-hour film chronicling the life and contributions of civil rights activist Daisy Bates, 1914-99.

Discovering Frankenstein
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation on a two-hour film examining Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818) and the evolution of the Frankenstein story in popular culture.

Development Grants

Science and the Search for Meaning in the 21st Century
SoundVision Productions
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $60,000
Development of four program treatments and a companion website for a ten-hour documentary radio series exploring how thinking in the sciences has challenged and also been challenged by thinking in fields of the humanities regarding human nature and the human condition.

An Imperfect Revolution
Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $60,000
Development of a one-hour radio documentary and companion website and production of a pilot segment examining efforts to desegregate schools in six American cities in the 1970s.

Production Grants

American Routes: Routes to Genius
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Award: Outright; $150,000
Production of eight two-hour topical programs and 12 documentary features as elements of an ongoing radio program that presents and interprets American vernacular music as an expression of America's varied cultures and their histories.

Speaking of Faith: Biographical Series
American Public Media
St. Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $150,000
Production of a series of four one-hour programs, together with companion websites, profiling influential figures in American cultural and religious history for the radio series "Speaking of Faith."

Afropop Worldwide
World Music Productions
Brooklyn, NY
Award: Outright; $150,000
Production of 26 original programs for a weekly radio program that explores the music cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Consultation Grants

Civil War Sesquicentennial Project
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, IL
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation to develop collaborative museum interpretations, traveling exhibitions, educational programs, a website, and publications about the legacy of the Civil War.

Weathering the Years: A History of Winter in the Northern Rockies
Museum of the Rockies
Bozeman, MT
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation to develop an interpretive exhibition, with school and public programs, to observe the museum's 50th anniversary by exploring how winter shapes a sense of place in the region.

Rose Hill Interpretive Planning
Geneva Historical Society
Geneva, NY
Award: Outright; $8,284
Consultation to plan a revised site interpretation covering two 19th-century houses in Geneva, New York, to emphasize agricultural and social history.

Iconoclasm in Africa
Museum for African Art
Long Island City, NY
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars and interpretive specialists to develop a traveling exhibition and catalog about the reasons that some African art forms are designed to be ephemeral or are intentionally destroyed.

Rochester: A Place of Innovation
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Rochester, NY
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation with scholars and an exhibit developer to define the interpretive outline of an exhibition on the history of invention and innovation in Rochester.

The Nez Perce in Indian Territory
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, OK
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation for an exhibition and publication on the history of the exiled Nez Perce and their allies in Kansas and Oklahoma from 1877 to 1885.

York: Crossroads of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
York County Heritage Trust
York, PA
Award: Outright; $8,274
Consultation with scholars to plan for a reinterpretation of a colonial complex in York, Pennsylvania, with special focus on the changes that occurred in the area as a result of the American Revolution.

Reinterpretation of Collection and Exhibits
Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society
Edsito Island, SC
Award: Outright; $9,956
Consultation to develop a new interpretive framework, collection plan, and preliminary reinstallation design about the history and culture of Edisto Island, South Carolina.

Site Interpretation for Tipton-Haynes
Tipton-Haynes Historic Site
Johnson City, TN
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation to plan a permanent exhibition about the history of an East Tennessee farm complex from prehistory through Reconstruction.

Grant/Lee Exhibition
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultant to develop two complementary traveling exhibitions, one concerning Lee, the other focusing on Grant, and accompanying publications and public and school programs.

The Artist Behind the Work: A New Installation of NW Coast Native Art from the Seattle Art Museum's Permanent Collection
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation to plan a reinstallation of the museum's permanent exhibition of Northwest Coast Native art.

The Lightkeepers: Illuminating History at the North Point Lighthouse
North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
Award: Outright; $10,000
Consultation to plan a revised historic site tour plus exhibits and public programs about the lighthouse that guided generations of immigrants into the port of Milwaukee between 1855 and 1930.

Identifying Themes for the Yellowstone National Park Segment of the Nez Perce National Historical Trail
Yellowstone Park Foundation
Mammoth Hot Springs, WY
Award: Outright; $9,989
Consultation for interpretive stations and signage about the route of the Nez Perce through the park in 1877, as well as general information about their prior presence in and use of the area.

Implementation Grants

Cultural Encounters: Fowler Museum Collections in Global Perspective
University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $264,000
Reinstallation of a portion of the museum's permanent collection to highlight the artistic accomplishments of the makers of the objects as well as the objects' importance in their respective cultures.

Daughter of Re: Hatshepsut, King of Egypt
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Award: Outright; $164,000 Match; $100,000
Implementation of a traveling exhibition and related educational and public programs on the female pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Implementation of Exhibits and Interpretation at the Lincoln Cottage in Washington, DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $260,000
Implementation of an exhibition and guided tours at the cottage that Abraham Lincoln used as a seasonal retreat from 1862 to 1864.

Kona Historic Ranch and Store
Kona Historical Society
Capt. Cook, HI
Award: Outright; $266,500
Implementation of a living history interpretation, exhibitions, a website, a publication, and public programs interpreting the 19th-century Greenwell General Store and ranch on the island of Hawaii.

The Indiana History Train
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
Award: Outright; $228,700
Implementation of two exhibitions mounted in railroad cars, with related public programs, about images of Abraham Lincoln and Indiana's role in the Civil War, scheduled to travel to over 20 sites in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois.

The Role of Vacations in the Formation of an American Jewish Identity
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Award: Outright; $86,500 Match; $30,000
Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, and public and educational programs interpreting the history and cultural meanings of Jewish vacationing in America.

Uncle Sam Worked Here
Minnesota Landmarks
Saint Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $288,400
Interpretation of the Landmark Center, a 1902 building in St. Paul, from the standpoint of the federal government agencies that were housed there and the significant national historical events with which they were involved.

Future in Balance: Immigration, Public Health, and the Ellis Island Hospitals
Save Ellis Island
Gladstone, NJ
Award: Outright; $194,000 Match; $70,000
Implementation of an exhibition on the history of the health inspection and treatment of immigrants in the hospital complex on Ellis Island.

World Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Award: Outright; $256,500
Implementation of a new permanent exhibition, website, and public programs that explore the diverse cultures of Brooklyn, New York.

Transcendent Traditions: Baskets of Two Continents
Museum for African Art
Long Island City, NY
Award: Outright; $266,500
Implementation of a traveling exhibition, public programs, and website on the heritage of coiled baskets in South Carolina's Low Country and on how they reflect local history and changing and artistic traditions.

Treasures of the Liao (907-1125): China's Forgotten Nomad Dynasty
Asia Society
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $264,000
Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, symposium, and related programs concerning the Liao, a nomad dynasty ruling much of China from 907 to 1125 C.E.

Resistance: A Special Exhibition about Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust
Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $266,500
Implementation of a multimedia traveling exhibition about the range of Jewish responses to each stage of Nazi oppression from 1933 to 1945.

Centennial Exploration Exhibition at the New Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall
Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Award: Outright; $189,000 Match; $100,000
Implementation of an exhibition interpreting Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition, to be installed in a new museum building.

Special Projects

Planning Grants

One Valley, Many Histories: The San Pedro Ethnohistory Internet Project
Center for Desert Archaeology
Tucson, AZ
Award: Outright; $40,000
Planning for a website that would explore the prehistory and history of Arizona's San Pedro Valley from the perspectives of archaeologists and the four Indian tribes who live there.

Implementation Grants

The Meaning of Service: A Reading and Discussion Program for Youth in Volunteer Service
Illinois Humanities Council
Chicago, IL
Award: Outright; $195,400
Implementation of a national reading and discussion program for youth service workers on fundamental questions about public service through philosophical examination of diverse historical and literary texts.

Humanities at Work in the Heart of Health Care: A National Project
Maine Humanities Council
Portland, ME
Award: Outright; $270,000
Implementation of an expanded reading and discussion program for health care providers in their work settings using a variety of literary materials to examine the relationship between the patient and the health care professional.

Crossroads of War: The Civil War and the Homefront in the Mid-Atlantic Border Region
Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD
Award: Outright; $61,600 Match; $75,000
Implementation of a website, conference, publications, guided tours, lecture series, and educational materials exploring the Civil War in the interior Mid-Atlantic region.

Examining a New Narrative Model for Old Age in Literature and Film
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Boston, MA
Award: Outright; $96,600
Implementation of informal courses to be offered through Lifelong Learning Institutes in 14 states examining old age in literature and film.

Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Award: Outright; $268,200
Implementation of an online exhibition about the human struggle for survival under the Soviet system of coercive labor camps and forced internal exile known as the Gulag.