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July 2001
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN
LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
CONSULTATION GRANTS
Beverly Public Library; Beverly, MA
Newberry Library; Chicago, IL
PLANNING GRANTS
New York Public Library; New York, NY
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS
American Library Association; Chicago, IL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00 †Prime Time Family Reading Time: National Expansion Scholar-led reading and discussion programs for adult new readers and their families based on selected children's literature in libraries at 20 sites throughout the nation. Mercantile Library; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $260,000.00 Bard of the People: The Life and Times of John Steinbeck Implementation of a traveling and several single-venue exhibitions, a website, curricular materials, book and film discussion series, historic site tours, lectures, and other programs about the life and works of John Steinbeck (1902-68). Newberry Library; Chicago, IL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $300,000.00 Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend An exhibition at the Newberry Library with associated public programs, website, curricular materials, and planning for and development of a subsequent traveling panel exhibition at libraries throughout the U.S. SMALL GRANTS TO LIBRARIES The following libraries were awarded grants of $1,000 to participate in the scholar-led viewing, reading, and discussion program Presidents, Politics, and Power. Libraries nationwide will enjoy programs about six twentieth-century U.S. presidents and their influence on American history. Bruce T. Halle Library, Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI Cameron Village Regional Library Raleigh, NC Capital Area District Library Lansing, MI College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA
Dekalb County Public Library Fairfax, VA Galesburg Public Library Galesburg, IL Housatonic Valley Regional High School Falls Village, CT Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA † Mabee Learning Center, Oklahoma Baptist University Shanee, OK Monmouth County Public Library Manalapan, NJ † North Dakota State University Library Fargo, ND † Ouachita Parish Library Monroe, LA Pennsylvania State University Libraries University Park, PA Poughkeepsie Public Library Poughkeepsie, NY † South County Regional Library Estero, FL Tempe Public Library Tempe, AZ † Teton County Library Jackson, WY † Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Toledo, OH West Georgia Regional Library Carrollton, GA
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MEDIA
CONSULTATION GRANTS OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 You and Your Blonde-Haired Self: The Story of Busing in a Georgia Town Consultation with humanities scholars on a two-hour television documentary about the impact of school busing in the 1970s on a group of students in Columbus, GA. Center for Independent Documentary; Waban, MA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land Consultation with humanities scholars and filmmakers for a television documentary on the life and work of Woody Guthrie. City Lore: New York Center for Urban Folk Culture; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Soul on Soul: The Story of Mary Lou Williams Consultation on a 90-minute documentary film on the life and times of Mary Lou Williams, a jazz musician, composer, and arranger. Film Arts Foundation; San Francisco, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Stories from the Field: Indians and Anthropologists 1880-2001 Consultation between humanities advisers and the film team on a documentary television series on the relationship between anthropologists who have gone out into the field to document other cultures and the indigenous people they studied. Film Odyssey; Washington, DC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Golden Age of Magazines Consultation for a documentary film examining the role and influence of the large format and general interest picture magazines in America between 1930 and 1970. Jack Straw Productions; Seattle, WA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 †Hidden Treasures Radio Project Consultation for a series of twenty-six short segments for radio exploring the history and significance of museum objects that are not on public display. LogTV, Ltd.; Spencer, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Unknown Journey Consultation for a documentary film on the history and experiences of the Polish Jews deported to the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1946. North Texas Public Broadcasting; Dallas, TX OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 †The Storm that Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution Consultation with humanities scholars to identify content and discuss form and structure for a film on the Mexican Revolution (1910) and its influence on international relations from then until the present. San Diego State University Foundation; San Diego, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Good Citizen: The History and Transformation of American Elections Consultation with historians and filmmakers on a documentary series on the history and transformation of the concept of citizenship and the electoral process in America from colonial days to the present. Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc.; Washington, DC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Rescue: The 1943 Rescue of the Danish Jews Consultation for a television documentary on how the Danish Jewish community w as saved from annihilation in 1943. Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research; Los Angeles, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Free Speech Movement of 1920s Los Angeles Consultation for a documentary film on the Supreme Court "Red Flag Case" that set a precedent in the legal battle for the right of free speech. PLANNING GRANTS ETV Endowment of South Carolina; Spartanburg, SC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00 Shared History Planning of a one-hour documentary film on the shared experiences and relationships of the black and white descendants of Woodlands Plantation and the Simms family of South Carolina. History Institute for Education and Media; Charlotte, VT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00 Catching the Shadow: Women and 19th-Century Photography Planning of a one-hour documentary film on the early years of photography in the United States (1886-1900), focusing on the experiences of women photographers. Nebraskans for Public Television; Lincoln, NE OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00 Willa Cather Planning for a 60-minute documentary film biography of the American writer Willa Cather. SCRIPTING GRANTS Educational Broadcasting Corporation/WNET; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00 The Supreme Court Project Scripting of the second episode in a proposed four-part documentary film series exploring the history of the United States Supreme Court. Educational Broadcasting Corporation/WNET; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $50,000.00 Henry Luce and the Making of the American Century Scripting of a 90-minute interpretive and analytical documentary film on Henry Luce. Community Television of Southern California/KCET; Los Angeles, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00 California: A Thematic History Scripting of a four-hour documentary film series exploring major themes in the history of the state of California. New York Foundation for the Arts; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00 Carville: Secret World, Silent People Scripting for a 60-minute documentary film on the history of the Carville, Louisiana, leprosy hospital, its patients, their loss of civil liberties, and the efforts to control the spread of leprosy in the United States. Pacific Street Film Projects; Hastings-on-Hudson, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00 High Flight Scripting of a four-part documentary film series on the ways in which air flight has transformed people's visions of the world. PRODUCTION GRANTS Clarity Educational Productions; Berkeley, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $450,000.00 Have You Heard of Johannesburg? Production of Part One of a three-part, six-hour documentary film series and website on the history of the international movement protesting apartheid in South Africa from 1946 to 1990. Educational Broadcasting Corporation/WNET; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $570,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $150,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $720,000.00 The American Novel Production of three two-hour programs as part of a six-part, 12-hour documentary television series examining how past and present American novelists have explored and helped shape our national identity. Educational Broadcasting Corporation/WNET; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $450,000.00 Broadway: The American Musical Production of a one-hour pilot program for an eight-hour documentary film series chronicling the evolution of the Broadway musical (1866 to the present); the pilot, Episode Three in the series, covers the period from 1930 to 1941. Filmmakers Collaborative; Waltham, MA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $450,000.00 Tupperware: Historical Insights into American Consumer Culture Production of a one-hour documentary film that explores American culture after World War II through the story of Earl Tupper, Brownie Wise, and their invention, Tupperware. Nebraskans for Public Television; Lincoln, NE OUTRIGHT AWARD: $500,000.00 Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman Production of a 90-minute documentary television film on the life and career of early 20th-century radical Emma Goldman (1869-1940). New York Foundation for the Arts; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00 American Roots Music Production of a four-part documentary film series that explores the social history of the blues, country, bluegrass, gospel, Cajun, Tejano, Native American pow-wow, and other musical genres in America during the 20th century. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute; San Francisco, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $550,000.00 Breaking the Maya Code Production of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the efforts to decipher the hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya. Rattlesnake Productions; Bozeman, MT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $400,000.00 †The Richest Hill on Earth: The Saga of an American Mining Town Production of a 60-minute documentary film exploring Butte, Montana, and its mining industry as an urban industrial area in the American West. University of New Orleans Foundation; New Orleans, LA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00 †American Routes: Songs and Stories from Downhome to Uptown Production of 32 original programs for a two-hour weekly public radio series that presents and interprets American music within a metaphor of traveling America's "routes" that span cultural and political borders. University of Texas, Institute of Texan Cultures; San Antonio, TX OUTRIGHT AWARD: $100,000.00 †Honky Tonks, Hymns, and the Blues Production of a series of two one-hour radio programs and 18 short radio modules on the evolution of Southern rural music in American culture. Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association; Washington, DC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $500,000.00 Reporting America At War Production of a three-hour documentary film series examining American press coverage of major military conflicts in the 20th century. WGBH Educational Foundation; Boston, MA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $600,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $150,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $750,000.00 American Experience: Reconstruction Production of a two-part, four-hour documentary television series on Reconstruction, from 1863 to 1877, which tells the story of the aftermath of the destruction of slavery and the defeat of the Confederacy after the Civil War. Women Make Movies; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $100,000.00 Cabinet of Spells: Cinderella Production of a pilot segment for a planned two-hour documentary film exploring the significance and historical development of the story of Cinderella around the world. SUPPLEMENT New Images Productions; Berkeley, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00 Indivisible Man: The Life and Legacy of Ralph Ellison, American Writer Completion of a 90-minute documentary film on Ralph Ellison and his notable novel, Invisible Man.
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MUSEUMS AND
HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS
CONSULTATION GRANTS OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Conference for the Arab American National Museum and Cultural Center Consultation with scholars and museum professionals to develop a vision for the new Arab American National Museum and Cultural Center and a plan for its permanent collections, public exhibitions, and public programming. Brooklyn Children's Museum; Brooklyn, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Interpretive Plan for a New Core Cultural Exhibition Area Consultation with humanities scholars, educators and museum experts to define interpretive goals and strategies for a new core exhibition exploring themes in cultural anthropology. Cornell University Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; Ithaca, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony Consultation with scholars and museum professionals to create an exhibition on the people and products of Byrdcliffe, an American Arts and Crafts colony. El Paso Museum of History; El Paso, TX OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 †Interpretive Planning for a New El Paso Museum of History Consultation with focus groups and museum professionals to develop an interpretive framework and goals for visitor experiences at a new museum facility. Kona Historical Society; Captain Cook, HI OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Kona Historic Ranch and Store Project Consultation for exhibits, living history demonstrations, and interpretive panels to interpret a Kona mercantile store and ranch as representative of the confluence of international influences in Hawaii. Mattatuck Museum; Waterbury, CT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,456.00 Brass Roots: Future Exhibit Planning Consultation with scholars of community history to shape a re-interpretation of the museum's core exhibition, incorporating recent scholarship and new oral history collections. National Japanese American Historical Society; San Francisco, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Guilty Until Proven Innocent: International Implications of the Treatment of Alien Americans During WWII Consultation with scholars and experts on the stories and history of internees in the U.S. during WWII, focusing partly on Japanese Americans, but with special attention also given to the treatment of Italian Americans and German Americans. New Jersey Historical Society; Newark, NJ OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Riots/Civil Disorders: The Summers of the 1960s Consultation with scholars on the causes of the major riots of 1968 in Newark, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, and on the varying perceptions of them by different racial and ethnic groups. New-York Historical Society; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Transatlantic Slave Trade Panel Consultation for an exhibition to complement a traveling exhibition and to develop curriculum resources, a summer institute, educational walking tours, a youth-based docent program, and a web site. Perquimans County Restoration Association; Hertford, NC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 A Colloquium for the Interpretation of the Newbold-White House A 3-day colloquium with humanities scholars and museum consultants focused on interpreting the Newbold-White House in the context of 18th-century social and cultural history. Pueblo of Isleta; Isleta, NM OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 The Pueblo of Isleta in the 19th Century Consultation with tribal members, humanities scholars, museum professionals, and archivists to develop a traveling exhibition of 19th-century photographs of the Pueblo of Isleta. Saint Augustine's College; Raleigh, NC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 St. Agnes Hospital Historical Health Care Exhibitions Consultation to plan permanent, traveling, and online exhibitions and a video about St. Agnes Hospital and Training School for Colored Nurses from 1896 to 1961. Tredegar National Civil War Center Foundation; Richmond, VA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Interpreting the Civil War: Exhibit and Program Development Consultation for an interpretive exhibition on the Civil War, with emphasis on thematic issues, format design, and outreach programs. PLANNING GRANTS American Federation of Arts; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,400.00 God Goes in Procession: Chola Bronzes from South India Planning of a traveling exhibition with a website, catalog, and public programs placing the bronze Hindu statuary of the Chola dynasty (circa 850 to 1300 C.E.) in its social and cultural contexts. Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,000.00 The Hero, The Hawk, The Open Hand: Mythic Art of Ancient North America Planning for a traveling exhibition, catalog, and programs on the prehistoric cultures of the Southeastern U.S., with special emphasis on the role of art in communicating shared cultural messages. Cincinnati Art Museum; Cincinnati, OH OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,500.00 †Urban Growth and Cultural Identity: Queen of the West Planning for a permanent installation in the new wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum. National Building Museum; Washington, DC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $39,600.00 Building America Planning for a new permanent core exhibition, website, and public programs on the past and present built environment in America. Northern Forest Center, Inc.; Concord, NH OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,500.00 Northern Forest Heritage Exhibition Planning for a traveling exhibition and related public and school programs interpreting the history and cultures of the Northern Forest region in northern New England and New York. Oneida Community Mansion House; Oneida, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,400.00 Interpretation and Exhibit Planning Planning for reinterpretation of the Oneida Community Mansion House, the residence of an important 19th-century religious utopian community. TDX Foundation; Anchorage, AK OUTRIGHT AWARD: $41,000.00 †Tanax Amaix: Interpretive Exhibit Development for the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Planning for a local exhibition, traveling exhibition, and a website on the history and heritage of the Aleuts of Saint Paul, in the Pribiloff Islands. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Philadelphia, PA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,400.00 Cycles of Existence: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt Planning for a reinstallation of the museum's Egyptian galleries, with themes focusing on cycles within the local environment, the Egyptian concepts of the heavens and afterlife, and transformation of rulers. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center; Zuni, NM OUTRIGHT AWARD: $125,761.00 Hawikku: Echoes From Our Past Implementation of a long-term exhibition featuring archaeological materials from the site of Hawikku that would encompass the history of the Zuni from prehistory through the present. Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum; Chicago, IL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $250,000.00 Bringing the Heavens to Earth: Cultural Astronomies Around the World Implementation of a permanent exhibition and programs on the differing cultural perceptions and interpretations of celestial events and objects around the world, in both the past and the present. Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD OUTRIGHT AWARD: $156,126.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $206,126.00 Painted Prints: Northern Renaissance and Baroque Hand-Colored Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, public programs, video, and website on the commissioning, creating, marketing, and subjects of Renaissance and Baroque prints. Children's Museum, Boston; Boston, MA MATCHING AWARD: $250,000.00 Boston Black Implementation of a permanent, interactive exhibition for children exploring the historical and geographic diversity of Boston's black communities. Chippewa Valley Museum; Eau Claire, WI OUTRIGHT AWARD: $175,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $225,000.00 Country Places: Making a Way of Life Implementation of a permanent exhibition, poster exhibition, plans for replication of the exhibition at other museums, catalog, object theater, and educational and public programs, based on new scholarship regarding farm life in the U.S. Denver Art Museum; Denver, CO OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00 Dutch Intimacy and Opulence: The Art of Home and Private Life, 1640-1700 A traveling exhibition, catalog, and educational and public programs on the role of Dutch art between 1640 and 1700 in shaping the Dutch ideal of domesticity. Japanese American National Museum; Los Angeles, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00 Boyle Heights: Neighborhood Sites and Insights Implementation of a traveling exhibition, video, catalog, and educational and public programs exploring community building, culture, and identity in Los Angeles in a multiethnic context. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $150,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $100,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $250,000.00 The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, website, and programs exploring the artistic and cultural achievements of the Il-Khanids, who ruled parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Iraq during the 13th and 14th centuries. Mariners' Museum; Newport News, VA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,500.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $250,500.00 The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog and publications, and website and virtual tour, as well as public programs, on the slave trade and its impact on American society today. Minnesota Historical Society; St. Paul, MN OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $250,000.00 Mill City Museum Exhibit A permanent exhibition, including media presentations, interactives, and learning centers within the exhibition, on the urban, industrial, commercial, and environmental history of the Upper Midwest, to be mounted in a new museum. Plimoth Plantation; Plymouth, MA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $175,500.00 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving Implementation of a main exhibition, catalog, two traveling exhibitions, website, children's publications, public programs, and teacher workshops on the changing perceptions of the 1621 harvest feast over time. University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History; Los Angeles, CA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00 Passport to Paradise: Sufi Arts of Senegal and Beyond Implementation of one large and one small traveling exhibition, catalog, and public programs on the life and impact of Amadu Bamba, a sacred figure for Mouride Muslims in Senegal and elsewhere in the world. University of Minnesota, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; Minneapolis, MN OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00 On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th-Century American Art Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, website, and public and educational programs on art inspired by the visual culture of American entertainment from 1890 to 1930. Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History; New Haven, CT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $250,000.00 Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas Implementation of a traveling exhibition, public programs, and a publication on new scholarly interpretations of the history of Machu Picchu and its place within Inca society. Yale University Art Gallery; New Haven, CT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $98,000.00, MATCHING AWARD: $150,000.00 TOTAL AWARD: $248,000 Myer Myers (1723-1795): Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York Implementation of a major traveling exhibition, publication, website, and educational programs on the 18th-century silversmith Myer Myers, examining broad themes in cultural, religious, family, and craft history.
SPECIAL PROJECTS Auburn University; Auburn, AL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,990.00 †Transforming America: Alabama and the Modern Civil Rights Movement Consultation to plan a public conference with related reading and film discussions, traveling exhibitions, and curricular materials commemorating civil rights events of the 1950s and 60s. University of Texas, Austin; Austin, TX OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 †Austin Women's Commemorative Project Consultation with historians and community representatives to plan two public commemorations of women in Austin's history. Wright State University; Dayton, OH OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 †Living and Working in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929 Consultation with scholars and a web expert to develop ideas for an interactive exhibition examining everyday life and industrial change in the Miami Valley. PLANNING GRANTS Missouri Humanities Council; St. Louis, MO OUTRIGHT AWARD: $38,361.00 †Lewis and Clark Special Planning Project Planning of a touring panel exhibition, Chautauqua programs, book discussion series, teachers' institutes, and speakers' bureau programs about the Lewis and Clark expedition, aimed at underserved rural audiences. University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.; Lawrence, KS OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,500.00 Speaking of Rivers: Taking Poetry to the People Planning for a series of programs focusing on the poetry of Langston Hughes to take place in 2002 in commemoration of the centennial of his birth. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS City Lore: New York Center for Urban Folk Culture; New York, NY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00 Place Matters: The Role of Place in Public Life Implementation of a website, a pilot community documentation project, and a national meeting for disseminating the Place Matters methodology of involving citizens in exploring the significance of place. Heritage Preservation; Washington, DC OUTRIGHT AWARD: $298,000.00 Preserving Memory: Americans and Our National Collection of Outdoor Sculpture Traveling panel exhibitions with accompanying educational and public programs, including a website for use by classrooms and scout troops, focused on public sculpture in its social and historical context. Image Film & Video Center; Atlanta, GA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $50,500.00 Folkstreams.net: An Interactive Web Site Planning and development of an online archive of existing folklife documentary films and videos with related study guides and contextual material. Maine Humanities Council; Portland, ME OUTRIGHT AWARD: $283,925.00 Humanities at the Heart of Health Care: Across New England and Beyond Expansion of a reading and discussion program for health care providers and policymakers that uses literary materials to examine the relationship between the patient and the health care professional.
MODEL HUMANITIES PROJECTS
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute; Birmingham, AL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,975.00 The Upper Missouri Frontier: An Introspective Look at the Fisk Expedition of 1864 An exhibition and traveling public history program interpreting Fort Dilts, site of a conflict between the Sioux and a wagon train, incorporating Native American perspectives. Bozeman Public Library; Bozeman, MT OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Civic Discourse in Public Libraries Publication of a study guide, creation of a website, and public meetings around the state to examine the broad role of the public library's place in democracy and civic discourse. Diaspora Connections Unlimited; St. Louis, MO OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Arrow Rock Missouri's African-American History: From Enslavement to Community in the Boonslick A collaboration of two community cultural organizations to research, study, document, and interpret African American heritage in rural Missouri through an interpretive exhibition, first-person reenactments, and related public programs. Idaho State Historical Society; Boise, ID OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Cultural Roots: Exploring Folk Culture in Your Community A traveling exhibition, a series of lectures by historians and folklorists, and two workshops for teachers and the public that will encourage rural Idaho communities to explore their cultural diversity. Jefferson Education Foundation; Chimacom, WA OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Jefferson County Clemente Course in the Humanities A semester-long, accredited, college-level humanities course for economically disadvantaged adults in rural Jefferson County, Washington. Nevada Library Association; Carson City, NV OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Young Chautauquan Outreach to Rural Nevada The implementation and dissemination of statewide Young Chautauqua programs, with special emphasis on rural communities. Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums; Columbus, OH OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Remembering, Understanding, and Preserving the Past: A Training Institute for Community-Based Oral History Projects Two annual institutes offering training in the theory and practice of oral history for staff and volunteers of local historical organizations, libraries and civic groups, teachers, and college and university professors. Oklahoma Library Association; Norman, OK OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Oklahoma Connections: Humanities-Based Reading and Discussion Programs for Adults Learning to Read Continued outreach, theme development, scholar recruitment and training, and services for the statewide Oklahoma Connections literacy program for adults. Texas Association of Developing Colleges; Dallas, TX OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Parallel and Crossover Lives: Texas Before and After Desegregation A community-based oral history project examining Texas history and culture through a focus on the experiences of black Texans in the periods prior to, during, and after public school desegregation. University of South Florida; Tampa, FL OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Institutionalizing the Clemente Course in the Humanities in the Florida State University System Implementation of a one-semester interdisciplinary humanities course for economically disadvantaged young adults at the Tampa YMCA and establishment of a permanent humanities course within the Florida state university system. Wyoming Health Resources Network, Inc.; Cheyenne, WY OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 To Your Health: A Reading and Discussion Series on Values, Health and Community A reading and discussion series in five rural Wyoming communities that engages participants from civic, cultural, and educational groups in humanities-centered discussion about what makes a healthy community and a good society. Yupiit School District; Akiachak, AK OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00 Yaaveskaniryaraq/Clemente Course on the Humanities An interdisciplinary college-level course integrating the humanities and Y/Cup'ik culture and philosophy, offered in three rural Alaskan villages. † Projects marked with a † are located in an Extending the Reach state or territory (AL, AK, FL, ID, LA, MO, MT, NV, ND, OH, OK, PR, TX, WA, WY) |