LIBRARY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANTS AWARDS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: July 1999

CALIFORNIA

San Diego, Community College Humanities Association/San Diego Mesa College $40,651
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Colleen O'Connor, (619) 627-2968
TITLE: Faces of America: Photographs and Memory, The American Past in the Present
DESCRIPTION: Planning for a national project on family history involving community colleges, and cultural and civic organizations.

San Marino, Huntington Library $202,134
PROJECT DIRECTOR: David C. Zeidberg, (626) 405-2176
MATCHING FUNDS $35,000
TITLE: The Great Experiment! George Washington and the American Republic
DESCRIPTION: A traveling exhibition at 40 libraries about George Washington and the people of the new American republic with supporting curriculum guides, an interpretive catalog, and brochures.

KENTUCKY

Whitesburg, Appalshop, Inc. $100,977
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Dudley D. Cocke, (606) 633-0108
MATCHING FUNDS $200,000
TITLE: Voices From Home: Appalachian Tales/America's Story
DESCRIPTION: A series of nine eight-day residencies in different parts of the country and a culminating workshop in Appalachia to explore links between the life and culture of Appalachia with other regions and cultural groups in the country.

LOUISIANA

New Orleans, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities $233,934
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Kathryn Mettelka, (504) 523-4352
TITLE: PRIME TIME: National Reading Project
DESCRIPTION: Scholar-led reading and discussion programs for adult new readers and their families at 20 libraries throughout the country.

MAINE

Portland, Maine Humanities Council $250,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Victoria B. Bonebakker, (207) 773- 5051
TITLE: Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care
DESCRIPTION: A reading and discussion program for healthcare providers and policymakers at 30 hospitals in Maine, using literary and historical texts to examine the relationship between the patient and the medical professional.

MASSACHUSETTS

Consultation
Brookline, Jewish Women's Archive $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jayne K. Guberman, (617) 232-2258
TITLE: Project 2004: Oral Histories of Jewish Women Across North America
DESCRIPTION: Consultation on the collection and preservation of oral narratives of Jewish women, culminating in an interactive website and local, community- based exhibitions in diverse regions.

Conway, Straight Ahead Pictures, Inc. $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Laurie Block, (413) 369-4372
TITLE: The Changing Relations Between Able and Disabled Americans, 1820-1990
DESCRIPTION: Consultation on the changing ideas of "independence" and the historical experience of the disabled for an inaugural electronic exhibition as part of an online Disability History Museum and Learning Resource Center.

Watertown, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities $50,591
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Ellen K. Rothman, (617) 923-1678
TITLE: Planning for “Bringing History Home:” A New Museum- based website
DESCRIPTION: Planning for a content-based website on the theme "Growing Up in Changing Times,” using interactive historical narrative and the resources of three Massachusetts history museums.

NEW YORK

New York, CUNY Research Foundation/Medgar Evers College $75,740
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Elizabeth A. Nunez, (718) 270-5049
TITLE: Fifth National Black Writers Conference
DESCRIPTION: A national conference of writers, critics, and scholars to engage public audiences in discussions on the impact of black writing on society.

New York, National Foundation for Jewish Culture $28,240
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jerome Chabes, (212) 629-0500
TITLE: Image and Imagination: Jewish Self- Representation
DESCRIPTION: Planning for a series of public programs examining representations of Jewish ethnic identity over the past 40 years.

New York, National Video Resources $282,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Sally Mason-Robinson, (212) 274-8080
TITLE: From Rosie to Roosevelt: A Film History of Americans in World War II
DESCRIPTION: Film discussion programs at 45 sites throughout the United States using films as text for the study of American culture during World War II and the post- war years until 1960.

RHODE ISLAND

Providence, Brown University $250,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Susan W. Graseck, (401) 863-3155
TITLE: Choices for the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION: Scholar-led reading and discussion programs at public libraries in 18 states to engage citizens in discussion about selected public-policy issues in historical and philosophical perspective.

NOTE: Where “Matching Funds” are indicated, the grantee receives outright the amount listed on the first line. However, NEH will award additional funding up to the designated “Matching Funds” amount on a dollar for dollar match basis if the grantee raises an equivalent amount. NEH matching funds help grantees raise additional funding for their projects by enabling them to offer potential donors the incentive of a doubling of their contributions by federal funds.