PUBLIC PROGRAMS GRANT AWARDS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: November 2000
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
Consultation Grants / Extending the Reach Initiative
Sasha McInnes Womens Studies Collection
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars in women's studies to assess a newly acquired
collection and explore ways to extend the reach of the collection to the
general public.
Small Grants to Libraries
The following libraries were awarded grants of $1,000 to participate in the scholar-led reading and discussion program "Let's Talk About It: The Next Generation." Libraries nationwide will choose from the themes "Readings for the Millennium," "Literature and Culture of African American Migration," "Children's Classics for Adults," and "Latino Literature in the U.S."
Asheville-Buncombe Library System
Asheville, NC
Durango Public Library
Durango, CO
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library & Regional Center
Fairbanks, AK
Fairport Harbor Public Library
Fairport Harbor, OH
Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City, MO
LaVergne Public Library
LaVergne, TN
McMinnville Public Library
McMinnville, OR
Morley Library
Painesville, OH
Onondaga County Public Library
Syracuse, NY
Orange County Library System
Orlando, FL
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MEDIA
Consultation Grants
They Closed Our Schools
Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation
Richmond, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation between filmmakers and humanities advisors for a two-hour
film on the closing of the public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia,
in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown Decision.
Social Gospel Movement
Film Odyssey
Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation between the filmmaker and scholars for a documentary film
on the impact of the social gospel movement in America.
A World of Gardens
Garden Conservancy
Cold Spring, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,590.00
Consultation for a public television series that looks at the way gardens
of the world express complex cultural beliefs and values.
Robert Flaherty: Father of the Documentary
Hummel Schimmer Memorial Foundation
Clifton, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars for a documentary film about the life, work,
and influence of Robert Flaherty, widely considered the father of documentary
film.
Timbuctoo
MUSE Film and Television
New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation in preparation for a documentary film exploring the history
of the ancient Saharan city of Timbuctoo.
The Padre Martinez Project
New Mexico Community Foundation
Santa Fe, NM
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation between the filmmaker and humanities scholars for a documentary
film on the life of Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, a leading figure in southwestern
U.S. history during the 19th century.
To Tell The Truth
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,967.00
Consultation for a television series on the history of non-fiction film
and its role in shaping popular understanding of history, culture, and
reality.
Hometown Consultants
Trustees of Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,972.00
Consultation between radio/television producers and humanities advisors
for development of web and television components of the "Hometown" radio
program on Terre Haute, Indiana.
Lafayette: His Life, Times, and Significance
Virginia Film Foundation
Charlottesville, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation in preparation for a documentary film examining the life
of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette, 1757-1834.
Consultation Grants / Extending the Reach Initiative
American Dialects
Artemis Media Project
Montgomery, AL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation to produce a series of radio modules and a website which
examine how expressions used in daily speech reflect a community's history,
culture, and lifestyle.
Digital Parallel Production Grants
Phase Two of a Joint Grant Program with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Woodrow Wilson: A Digital eTV Project
KCET/Community Television of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $150,000.00
Production of a DVD-ROM and interactive website to accompany the documentary
film series Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century.
Enhanced TV: A Deeper Journey Through Partners of the Heart
Saint Thomas Foundation
Nashville, TN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $150,000.00
Production of digital enhancements for the film, Partners of the Heart,
using the World Wide Web, interactive TV, and broadband telecommunications.
Supplement
Crucible of the Millennium
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00
Production and promotion of a four-hour television series exploring the
world's major civilizations in the 15th century and their impact on each
other and the Americas.
HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Consultation Grants
Rail People, Rail Places
B&O Railroad Museum
Baltimore, MD
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars and oral historians to define methods for collecting
oral histories, artifacts, and memorabilia from railroad workers and to
explore means for bringing these materials to the general public.
Global Perspectives
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,328.00
Consultation with anthropologists, classroom teachers, and museum experts
in preparation for a new children's exhibition and experience in cultural
immersion.
A Muted Heritage: African American and Native American Interactions
in the Southeast
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art
Indianapolis, IN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars in preparation for a major exhibition on historic
relations between African Americans and Native Americans in the southeastern
United States.
Delmarva Traditions and Folklife Exhibition Development
Historical Society of Talbot County
Easton, MD
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with folklore experts and musuem professionals to develop
an interpretive exhibition and supporting programming that will bring
to the public the findings of the Delmarva Folklife Initiative.
Creative Encounters: Teaching History to Youth and Family Audiences
Historic Deerfield
Deerfield, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,909.00
Consultation with scholars and travel to related museums in order to determine
how best to interpret the site to younger visitors through a new youth
center.
The Unsinkable Myth: Defining the Message of Molly Brown's Life
Historic Denver, Inc.
Denver, CO
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation by museum staff and docents with historians, audience experts,
and a web consultant to develop interpretive strategies for exhibitions,
tours, and online programs for the Molly Brown House Museum.
"A New Centre of Human Life": Interpreting Historic Rugby
Historic Rugby
Rugby, TN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
A three-day interpretive planning conference of museum professionals and
humanities scholars to develop new interpretive themes and approaches
for the utopian community of Rugby, Tennessee.
Hidden Visions: Creations of Urhobo Art, Then and Now
Museum for African Art
New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation between anthropologists, folklorists, artists, and tribal
members in preparation for a traveling exhibition about various graphic
and performance arts of the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria.
Old Town History Project
Old Town History Project
Portland, OR
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars, museum professionals and community advisors
to develop a new interdisciplinary indoor/outdoor museum and learning
center interpreting the history of Portland's "Old Town" district.
Protest in Upstate New York
Regional Council of Historical Agencies
Oneonta, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultations with scholars and representatives from collaborating historical
organizations to develop interpretive plans for a traveling exhibition
on protest in 19th and 20th century upstate New York.
Understanding Growth and Change in a Desert Southwestern Community
Tempe Historical Museum
Tempe, AZ
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,815.00
Consultation with humanities scholars to shape an interpretive plan for
the museum's exhibitions, including a new core exhibition on Tempe history.
Wildfowl Art, Waterfowling, and Environmental Change in the Bay Country,
1900 - 2000
Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $8,982.00
Consultation with historians, a folklorist, and a librarian to identify
ways to use the collections of the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art to explore
the Chesapeake Bay in public seminars and traveling exhibitions.
Of Painting and Poetry: The Art of Gunther Gerzso
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,950.00
Consultation with humanities scholars to explore the thematic content
and interpretive approaches for a traveling exhibition and catalog of
paintings by the Mexican abstract artist Gunther Gerzso.
Interpretation and Presentation: Developing a Master Plan
Shelley and Donald Rubin Cultural Trust
New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars and museum specialists to formulate an interpretive
plan that will place humanities ideas at the center of the presentation
of art from Tibet and the Himalayas.
Cultural Heritage of Utah's Native American Nations
Utah Museum of Natural History
Salt Lake City, UT
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with members of the Goshute, Navajo, Paiute, Shoshoni, and
Ute tribes in preparation for an exhibition on the cultural heritage of
these peoples.
Consultation Grants / Extending the Reach Initiative
After the Trail of Tears Exhibit
Cherokee National Historical Society
Tahlequah, OK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with museum professionals and Native American scholars to
develop an interpretive plan to present the history of the Cherokee from
1838 to the present.
Campbell House Interpretive Plan
Eastern Washington State Historical Society
Spokane, WA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with an interpretive specialist on the ways in which the
history of Campbell House can best be conveyed to visitors.
Calypso International: A Caribbean Music in the United States and
Britain
Historical Association of Southern Florida
Miami, FL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation meetings with calypso scholars to define themes and to review
resources for a traveling multimedia exhibition on the history of calypso
music.
Creative Vision Planning for Exhibits
Museum of History and Industry
Seattle, WA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars, interpretive specialists, and visitors to
help shape the focus of a new interpretive center for the general public.
Exhibits Bridging the Millennium: Reviewing, Evaluating, and Refocusing
Interpretive Exhibitions
Museum of the Great Plains
Lawton, OK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with museum professionals and a Native American scholar to
refocus and expand a comprehensive interpretive plan on recent scholarship
of the Great Plains.
Western Performers Gallery
National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
Oklahoma City, OK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars and exhibit-related travel on historicizing
the image of the cowboy in radio, movies, television, and other popular
culture.
Paso al Norte Immigration History Museum
University of Texas, El Paso
El Paso, TX
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars, interpretive planners, and community members
to shape the interpretive framework for a new museum exploring migration
across the southern border of the United States.
A Time to Remember: Conceptualizing Historical Interpretations of
Valdez, Alaska, from 1950-1967
Valdez Museum and Historical Archive
Valdez, AK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $7,240.00
Consultation among historians, interpretive specialists, and community
groups to create an exhibition and public and school programs about a
town totally destroyed by a 1964 earthquake.
Chinese Hero/Heroine Modeling
Worldways Children's Museum
St. Louis, MO
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $8,165.00
A three-day consultation workshop with Chinese literature specialists,
classroom teachers, and museum professionals in preparation for an exhibition
for children ages 4-16 on Chinese heroes and heroines.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Consultation Grants
The Role of Deaf Art in Defining Deaf Culture
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,986.00
Consultation with scholars to plan a conference and festival examining
the role of the arts in deaf culture.
Humanities and Medicine: Bridging the Gulf
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Cooperstown, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,896.00
Consultation with scholars, medical professionals, and community members
to plan public programs using literary works to examine basic human values
inherent in the communication between patient and physician.
Re-Imagining Ireland: Transformations of Identity in a Global Context
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with scholars and journalists to plan a conference and festival
on the changing notions of Irish identity and culture in Ireland, the
U.S., and elsewhere.
A Gift to Takoja
Wisdom of the Elders
Portland, OR
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with technical advisors and scholars of Native American history
to design an oral history project and video documentary on Northern Great
Plains elders.
Consultation Grants / Extending the Reach Initiative
An American Folklife Film Website
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with a team of scholars, archivists, filmmakers, and technical
experts to design a website archive of existing folklore films.
Ohio's Touring Oral History Project
Auglaize County Historical Society
St. Marys, OH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with oral history and theater consultants to develop a traveling
oral history performance that would tour Ohio during the state's bicentennial
in 2003.
Oral History of Granville, Ohio: A Community Challenged by Change
Granville Ohio Historical Society
Granville, OH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with humanities scholars and programming advisors to develop
themes and interview strategies for a community oral history project interpreting
the past fifty years in Granville.
Conservation of Culture in the Atlantic Northeast and Pacific Northwest
Northwest Folklife
Seattle, WA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with content and programming experts to plan public programs
comparing cultural resources, issues, and communities in New England and
the Pacific Northwest.
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $7,566.00
Consultation among historians, curators and archival staff to select interpretive
themes and formats to make public a unique archive on the social, cultural,
economic and medical histories of tobacco in the U.S.
Assessing Community History in JeffVanderLou
Vashon / JeffVanderLou Initiative
St. Louis, MO
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Consultation with staff members of the Missouri Historical Society and
a researcher/writer to assess the resources of a historically African
American neighborhood for public programs on its history.