GRANTS IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: February 2004

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

Small Grants to Libraries

The following libraries received $450 to participate in the nationwide program Assimilating America: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Juneau Public Libraries
Juneau, AK

Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica, CA

Redwood City Public Library
Redwood City, CA

Oakland Public Library
Oakland, CA

San Jose State University Foundation
San Jose, CA

Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

Simsbury Public Library
Simsbury, CT

University of Central Florida, Orlando
Orlando, FL

Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Miami-Dade Public Library System
Miami, FL

Cohen Library
Athens, GA

University of Idaho Library
Moscow, ID

Oakton Community College
Des Plaines, IL

Carmel Clay Public Library
Carmel, IN

Bettendorf Public Library
Bettendorf, IA

Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore, MD

Shrewsbury Public Library
Shrewsbury, MA

Tisch Library, Tufts University
Medford, MA

Huntington Woods Public Library
Huntington Woods, MI

Flint Public Library
Flint, MI

St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN

Friends of the St. Paul Public Library
Saint Paul, MN

St. Louis Public Library
St. Louis, MO

Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library
St. Louis, MO

Omaha Public Library
Omaha, NE

Keene Public Library
Keene, NH

Somerset County Library System
Bridgewater, NJ

Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ

Brick Branch of the Ocean County Library
Brick, NJ

Teaneck Public Library
Teaneck, NJ

Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos County Library System
Los Alamos, NM

Lehman College Library
Bronx, NY

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

Great Neck Library
Great Neck, NY

New York Public Library
New York, NY

Chappaqua School District
Chappaqua, NY

Greenburgh Public Library
Elmsford, NY

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Hewlett, NY

Farman Free Library Association of Ellington
Ellington, NY

Sachem Public Library
Holbrook, NY

Queens College
Charlotte, NC

Cuyahoga County Public Library
Parma, OH

Tulsa City-County Library System
Tulsa, OK

Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR

Haverford Township Free Library
Havertown, PA

Bucks County Free Library
Doylestown, PA

Yardley- Makefield Branch of Bucks County Free Library
Yardley, PA

Albright College
Reading, PA

Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA

Barrington Public Library
Barrington, RI

Charleston County Public Library
Charleston, SC

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Houston Public Library
Houston, TX

Beldon Library
San Antonio, TX

El Paso Public Library
El Paso, TX

Brigham City Public Library
Brigham City, UT

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
St. Johnsbury, VT

McConnell Library, Radford University
Radford, VA

Neill Public Library
Pullman, WA

Planning Grants

The American Jewish Experience: A Comprehensive Website
Center for Jewish History
New York, NY
Award: $39,720.00
Planning for a website that would have as its focus the history of Jews in America from the original period of settlement to current events and trends.

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS

Consultation Grants

Rhythm of the Railroad
California State Railroad Museum
Sacramento, CA
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation for the planning and research for an exhibition exploring the relationship between music and railroads.

The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Interpretation Project
Star Spangled Banner Flag House Museum
Baltimore, MD
Award: $9,840.00
Consultation for planning a reinterpretation of the Flag House and new exhibitions in an adjacent museum that would situate the house and its occupants in 1813 Baltimore.

Interpretive Roundtable Workshop for Stonehurst
Robert Treat Paine Historical Trust
Waltham, MA
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation to plan a revised site interpretation for Stonehurst, a country estate designed circa 1886 for Boston real estate investor Robert Treat Paine by Henry Hobson Richardson and Frederick Law Olmstead.

1629 Alden First House
Alden Kindred of America, Inc.
Duxbury, MA
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation to plan the interpretation of a reconstruction of the house built in 1629 by John and Priscilla Alden near Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Interpretive Planning for Ruby Ellen Farm
Rex Dobson Ruby Ellen Farm Foundation
Suttons Bay, MI
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation for planning the interpretation of a working farm in the contexts of agricultural history; community, regional, and national history; and cultural heritage.

Development of a New Permanent Exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Santa Fe, NM
Award: $9,984.00
Consultation, through onsite workshops and local site visits to other cultural institutions, to develop new interpretive concepts and themes for a reinstallation of the permanent exhibition.

Interactive Online Tenement Museum Experience
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York, NY
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholarly and media experts, and user testing, to develop an interactive website exploring the urban immigrant experience on New York's Lower East Side.

Lefferts Historic House Reinterpretation
Prospect Park Alliance, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation with historians and an education specialist to develop new interpretive tours and programs for an historic house in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, emphasizing the changing environment surrounding the park.

The Golden Age of Cincinnati Advertising Poster Lithography Industry
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, OH
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation to plan a traveling exhibition with related public programs about the social history of the American circus and the growth of lithographic publishing in Cincinnati.

Linnaeus and America Exhibition Project
American Swedish Historical Foundation and Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation for planning a traveling exhibition and associated programs exploring interactions between scientist Carl Linnaeus and the New World, including his impact on the formation of American uniqueness.

A Place to Call Home: Northeastern Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad History
Center for Anti-Slavery Studies
Montrose, PA
Award: $10,000.00
Site visits and consultation with scholars to develop a traveling exhibition, online materials, and public programs interpreting Northeastern Pennsylvania's role in the Underground Railroad.

Galveston Island: Immigrant Gateway to Texas and America
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Austin, TX
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation for the research and planning for traveling exhibition and accompanying programs exploring a century of immigration at Galveston, Texas.

Buffalo Bill Museum Reinterpretation and Reinstallation
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody, WY
Award: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars, educators, and an historic building specialist to reinterpret the Buffalo Bill portion of the Center and to present Buffalo Bill as both a product of the West and a shaper of its image in popular consciousness.

Planning Grants

Guardians of the Sacred Path: Planning for a New Permanent Exhibit at Moundville Archaeological Park
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Award: $39,978.00
Planning for new interpretive exhibitions and materials designed to enhance public understanding of the prehistoric site of Moundville.

Mayanik'oy (Those Things Which Return): French Collections of California Indian Material Culture
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara, CA
Award: $39,666.00
Planning for a traveling exhibition and catalog on Chumash materials collected by 19th-century French researchers, with special focus on the early development of anthropology and on the cultural context of the materials.

From Miami to Metro: Architecture, Design & Urbanism at Mid Century
Bass Museum of Art
Miami Beach, FL
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for an exhibition and related programming to explore mid-20th-century Miami style in architecture and decorative arts.

The Lyman House Museum Island Heritage Gallery Exhibit: Sense of Place and Local Identity
Lyman House Memorial Museum
Hilo, HI
Award: $40,000.00
Planning of a permanent exhibition in the museum's Island Heritage Gallery, a small traveling exhibition, website, and related programs, curricula, and films exploring local cultural identity and a sense of place.

Sailors Speak: Life Aboard Constitution in 1812
U.S.S. Constitution Museum
Boston, MA
Award: $40,000.00
Planning of a permanent multimedia exhibition with related public and school programs about the history of the USS Constitution's company and how their service affected them, their families, and a young nation's self image.

Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories from the Bering Strait
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for a traveling exhibition, catalog, and website about the cultural context of prehistoric and historic ivory carvings of the Bering Strait region.

Traveling El Camino Real: Caminando El Camino Real
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Santa Fe, NM
Award: $39,992.00
Planning for a permanent exhibition and related public programs about the history of the road between Mexico City and Santa Fe, New Mexico, from prehistory to the present.

A Year at Isleta in the 19th Century
Pueblo of Isleta
Isleta, NM
Award: $39,963.00
Planning for a traveling exhibition about changes in local Pueblo Indian cultures and adaptation as revealed through historic photographs documenting a yearly cycle of activities at Isleta pueblo in New Mexico in the 1890s.

NatureZoneRochester: A Multi-Disciplinary Examination of the Nature of Place
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Rochester, NY
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for a major reinstallation of the museum's natural history gallery, focusing on the interactions of human beings and the natural environment.

Reinstallation of Permanent Galleries of East Asian Art
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, OH
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for the reinstallation of the museum's permanent collections of East Asian art, tracing the history of East Asian cultures from the Neolithic period to the present.

Faces of Avalokiteshvara: Buddhism and the Power of Compassion
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for a traveling exhibition, catalog, website, and public programs examining the transmission across Asia of ideas and images of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist deity who eases mortal suffering.

Interpreting Jefferson and Monticello: New Perspectives for a New Century
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for an exhibition in a new visitor center emphasizing Jefferson's public contributions to the nation as well as interpretation of Mulberry Row, a site of slave activity at Monticello.

Planning for the Reinstallation and Reinterpretation of the Chrysler's Glass Collection
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for the reinstallation of the museum's glass collection, including videos and interactive computer stations, to reflect the evolution of glass making.

Change and Survival: Exploring the Integration of Nature and Culture in Native North America
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Award: $40,000.00
Planning for a reconceptualization of the museum's North American exhibit halls, with specific attention to the galleries' introductory areas, in order to place Native American history in a more inclusive intellectual framework.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Planning Grants

Harold Arlen Centenary 2005
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago, IL
Award: $35,000.00
Planning with several institutional partners for a variety of programs on the life and times of American composer Harold Arlen.