The following projects received funding during 2005 as a part of the We the People initiative.

CHALLENGE GRANTS

Regular Challenge Grants

The Campaign for Pilgrim Hall Museum
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA

Endowment for the construction of a new addition, installation of air-conditioning and climate control systems, and installation of an elevator, new entry portico, and ramp.

Challenge Grant for “Endowment of Library Technology”
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

Endowment for library technology, including preservation, access and outreach, and technology management.

Endowment for Professional Conservator at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK

Endowment for a full-time conservator in perpetuity thereby providing the financial stability to ensure the long-term impact of the position.

Heritage Education Initiative
Old York Historical Society, York, ME

Renovation of an historic barn to serve as a visitor center, and endowment for humanities staff and programming.

Levine Museum of the New South Endowment Campaign
Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC

Endowment for research on post-Civil War Southern history and expanded community outreach through humanities programming.

The Mark Twain House & Museum National Outreach Programs
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT

Endowment and bridge funding for teacher development programs, a writing contest for high school students, and an educational website.

NEH Challenge Grant for Endowment for the Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, Fredericksburg, VA

Endowment for staff coordinators of school and public programs, as well as website development and stipends for humanities scholars.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Faculty Humanities Workshops

The Diaspora in Segregated Louisiana: An Archival and Oral History Research Initiative
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

A project to involve faculty and students in the recovery of the cultural heritage of the African diaspora in Louisiana by locating and preserving transcripts of original interviews produced in the Federal Writers' Project and by incorporating additional interviews and other relevant resources.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans Summer Seminars
CUNY Research Foundation, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY

Two one-week summer seminars for twenty-four faculty members from area institutions, using the collections of the landmark site of the Bronx Community College Hall of Fame for Great Americans, for extensive study of American history.

Landmarks of American History

America’s Industrial Revolution
The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI

Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on America's Industrial Revolution, held at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, the Henry Ford Museum, the Benson Ford Research Center, and the Ford Rouge Factory.

Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America
Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Between Columbus and Jamestown: Spanish St. Augustine
Florida Humanities Council, St. Petersburg, FL

Four one-week workshops for 200 school teachers examining Spanish St. Augustine in the context of American colonial history.

Crafting Freedom: Thomas Day and Elizabeth Keckley, Black Artisans and Entrepreneurs
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on the history, achievements, and material evidence of black antebellum craftsmen and entrepreneurs.

Crossroads of Empire: Cultural Exchange and Imperial Rivalry at Old Fort Niagara
Niagara University, Niagara University, NY

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on the interplay between European empires, the United States, and Native Americans on the old Northwestern frontier.

Ellis Island: Public Health and Immigration, 1900-1924
Save Ellis Island, Gladstone, NJ

Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers focused on Ellis Island, an immigration gateway to America, and its role in providing a healthy workforce for America in the early 20th century.

Fort Snelling: A Contentious Ground
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers to study the early years of historic Fort Snelling as a representative military post in the context of Indian relations, economic growth, and westward expansion.

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson, and America, 1801-1861
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers held at The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home, on major themes in 19th-century American history.

Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

Three one-week workshops for 135 elementary and middle school teachers to study America's industrial revolution in Lowell, Massachusetts.

James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship
Montpelier Foundation, Montpelier Station, VA

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers examining James Madison's Constitutional thought and Montpelier as evidence of Madison's life.

Landmarks of the Underground Railroad: From Christiana to Harpers Ferry
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on the Underground Railroad and the antebellum era.

Mark Twain in the Gilded Age: The Hartford Years
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, on Twain's life and work in that city.

The Miami Beach Art Deco District: Using Buildings to Tell Stories
Florida International University, Miami, FL

Two one-week workshops for 100 art and history teachers to explore the Miami Beach Art Deco District and its significance to the history of 20th-century art and design.

Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI

Two week-long workshops for eighty school teachers to study the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that took place on December 7, 1941, interpreting local sites in their geographical, historical, and cultural contexts.

A Revolution in Government: Philadelphia, American Independence, and the Constitution, 1765-1791
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA

Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, including visits to key Philadelphia sites.

Shaping the Constitution: A View from Mount Vernon, 1783-1789
Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, VA

Three one-week summer workshops, held at Mount Vernon, for 150 school teachers, on George Washington and the genesis of the Constitution.

Silver Mining in the West: Conflict and Community on the Frontier
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on the history of the mining industry in the American West.

A Vast and Many Voiced Creation: Congress and the Capitol
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Two one-week workshops for seventy school teachers exploring how the art and architecture of the United States Capitol reveal the ideals and realities of the nation from its founding to the Civil War.

Women’s Suffrage on the Western Frontier
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers investigating women's suffrage in the West at a number of Wyoming landmarks.

Landmarks of American History for Community Colleges

Concord, Massachusetts, and American Utopian Thought in the Early 19 th Century
Community College Humanities Association, Newark, NJ

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty to study the Transcendentalists and other utopian movements and communities in the early 19th century in Concord and surrounding sites.

Encountering John Adams: Braintree and Boston
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on the life and writings of John Adams to be held at sites throughout the Boston area.

Henry Ford and the History of American Industry, Labor, and Culture
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty to study corporate, labor, and cultural history through primary sources and visits to the River Rouge Plant and nearby sites.

Mammoth Cave: People, Place, and History
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Bowling Green, KY

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty on the extensive cultural history of the Mammoth Cave region and the research methodology for defining that history.

Mounds, Earthworks, and the Pre-History of the Ohio Valley
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty on Ohio's prehistoric American Indian cultures, as well as archaeological methods and theory.

Untarnishing the Gilded Age: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and America, 1870-1901
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty held at The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio, on critical issues of the Gilded Age in America.

Working the Woods: Economies and Cultures of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1650-1950
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC

Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty to explore the relationships of the Cherokee, settlers, loggers, and scientific foresters to the natural resources and historic sites of this National Heritage Area, using archival materials and historic places.

Teaching and Learning Resources

Constitutionalism and Democracy: An American Experience
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

To support the development and testing of an undergraduate curriculum on American constitutionalism and democracy at the University of Virginia.

Expansion of “Divining America: Religion and the National Culture: on TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC

The development of additional essays on teaching the history of American religion for the "Divining America" educational website.

Exploring Landmark Supreme Court Cases: A Document Based Questions Approach
Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, VA

The development of a resource book and a website for high school teachers and students on important Supreme Court cases primarily dealing with the interpretation of the Bill of Rights.

Irish Immigration Education Materials
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, NY

The development of K-12 educational materials and web-based resources in support of the museum's new exhibition, "An Irish Family in America."

The King Digital History Project
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

The development of a website of historical materials and related teaching resources on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the modern civil rights movement.

Mapping DuBois’s “The Philadelphia Negro”: A Website
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

A two-year project to develop a website that will enable students to examine and synthesize information about the African American experience in the sixty-block area of Philadelphia that was the subject of W.E.B. DuBois's 1899 study, The Philadelphia Negro.

Neoclassicism and American Civic Ideals, 1750-1900
Center for Educational Studies, New York, NY

A two-year project to develop a website designed for high school level instruction on the influence of classical antiquity in advancing new cultural and political paradigms in North America between 1750 and 1900.

Oregon Time Web: A Digital Teaching Resource
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR

The creation of an online timeline examining Oregon and Pacific Northwest history, based on the Oregon Historical Society's primary source holdings.

Picturing United States History: An Online Resource for Teaching with Visual Evidence
CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center, New York, NY

The development of a digital teacher resource on using visual evidence for high school and undergraduate United States history and culture classes.

Tennessee Times: The History of a State, A History of a Nation
Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Nashville, TN

A website for middle school students focused on Tennessee history within the broader context of American history, using primary sources from the Tennessee State Museum, the Tennessee State Library, and universities.

PRESERVATION AND ACCESS

Assessing 18 th- and 19 th-Century New Hampshire Maps and Atlases
New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH

A conservation assessment of the state library's New Hampshire and New England map and atlas collection from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies.

Assessment, Consultation, and Training
Yellowstone County Museum, Billings, MT

Consultation and preservation training to improve the museum staff's ability to care for 20,000 artifacts, photographs, and archival holdings that document the history of southern Montana.

Audiovisual Collections Preservation Assessment and Training
National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN

A preservation assessment of 1,100 items in the museum's moving image collection created during the past 60 years and documenting the Civil Rights era in the United States.

Baton Rouge Room Archival Management Assessment
East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Baton Rouge, LA

A preservation assessment of archives, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and oral history collections related to the history of Baton Rouge and the surrounding area from the 18th through the 20th century.

Cataloging and Digitizing Television News Specials in Vanderbilt’s Television News Archive
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

The digitization and enhanced cataloging of 11,000 hours of news specials broadcast by national news networks from 1968 to 2003.

Cataloging and Selective Reformatting of the Appalshop Audio and Moving Image Archives
Appalshop, Inc, Whitesburg, KY

Cataloging archival records that document the content of the organization's multi-media collections, creating finding aids, and rehousing and the selective reformatting of audio and moving image collections.

Collection Assessment and Training
Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie, WY

Hiring a conservation consultant to conduct a preservation assessment of textiles, as well as to provide a training workshop for staff and volunteers of the museum. The staffs of area museums would be invited to participate in the training workshop.

Collections Management Plan Development
Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Consultation to plan for the storage of anti-slavery and Civil War collections dating from the 1850s to the 1890s.

Conservation Assessment for Art Gallery and Carriage Museum
Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford, NY

A consultant's preservation assessment of the art and artifact collections held by the Genesee Country Village and Museum.

Conservation Assessment of Broadside Collection
New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH

A conservation assessment of 2,500 19th-century broadsides in preparation for an exhibition.

Conservation of Collections at Penobscot Marine Museum
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME

Hiring a conservation consultant to conduct an assessment of the exposure of textiles to light levels in two historic house museums and the purchase of materials.

Costume Collection Conservation Assessment
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

Hiring a curatorial consultant and a conservator to conduct a preservation assessment of a 55-piece clothing collection that belonged to President James Monroe and his family. The consultants would develop a conservation treatment plan for each item and recommend appropriate storage and handling guidelines for the collection.

Creating a Database of American Election Returns, 1788 to 1825
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

The continued creation of a database of American electoral returns from 1788 through 1825, which would enable the study of electoral participation, democratization, and party development in the early republican era.

The Dictionary of Virginia Biography
Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Completion of volumes four and five of the "Dictionary of Virginia Biography." Each of the hardbound volumes will contain 500 entries. Volume four is scheduled for publication in 2009 and volume five for 2013.

Digitizing the Printed Volumes of the “Atlas of Historical County Boundaries”
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Digitization of 19 printed volumes of the "Atlas of Historical County Boundaries," a reference work designed to provide information about the creation and boundary changes of every county in the United States, from the 1600s to 2000. The project would create Web-based interactive maps as well as distribute the data for integration into a geographic information system (GIS).

Environmental Study of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House
Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME

Consultation and the purchase of equipment to establish an environmental monitoring program for the 1786 Wadsworth-Longfellow House, a National Historic Landmark and the boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Longfellow collection of furnishings and personal artifacts document 116 years of family life, with 97 percent of the collections on view being original to the house.

Establishing a Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program
Historic Hope Foundation, Inc, Windsor, NC

The purchase and installation of equipment to monitor environmental conditions in Historic Hope Plantation's two historic buildings, which display collections of North Carolina furniture, textiles, decorative arts, and household artifacts.

The Expanded, On-Line Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

The completion of an electronic database on transatlantic slave voyages by adding 8,000 new entries, by enhancing an additional 9,000 entries, and by creating a two-tier Web-based resource to serve scholars, students, and the general public.

General Preservation Assessment
Friends of Hildene, Inc, Manchester, VT

The purchase of monitoring equipment and consultation with a conservator to plan for improving environmental conditions, security and fire protection at Hildene, the home of Robert Todd Lincoln, which contains some 9,000 items of furniture, decorative arts, books, textiles, art, and personal ephemera belonging to four generations of the Lincoln family between the early 1860s and 1975.

General Preservation Assessment
South Kingstown Public Library, South Kingstown, RI

A general preservation assessment of archives, photographs, newspapers, and books related to Rhode Island state history.

General Preservation Assessment of Artifact Collection
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, Cedar Rapids, IA

A general preservation assessment of the museum's material culture collection, which includes 6,300 objects that enhance the understanding of Czech- and Slovak-American history and culture.

General Preservation Assessment of Lutheran Church Archives
Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN

A general preservation survey of library special collections that document the history and culture of Swedish Lutherans in the American Midwest since the 19th century.

Improving the Environment to Preserve Collections of R. Lee Hornbake Library
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

The improvement of environmental conditions to increase the longevity of special collections in the humanities housed in the university's R. Lee Hornbake Library.

Library Preservation Assessment
Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Brigham City, UT

A consultation and workshop to develop recommendations for the care of tribal documentation and artifact collections in an interpretive center that is being designed.

Long-Range Preservation Project
Oneida Nation Museum, Green Bay, WI

Consultation with a preservation professional and the preparation of a preservation plan for the museum's collection of objects, photographs, audio- and videotapes, and archival materials that focus on the art, history, and culture of the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin.

North American Imprints Program: Enhancement of the Pre-1801, 1831-1840, and Juvenile Literature Segments
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

The continued creation of a union catalog of pre-1877 North American imprints (NAIP.) In this phase, 2,000 titles published from 1831 through 1840 would be cataloged, records for 600 pre-1801 imprints and for 300 19th-century juvenile titles would be created, and 900 existing records for juvenile titles would be enhanced.

Preservation and Access Assessment for the Congressional Archives
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

A preservation and access assessment of the Carl Albert Center's Congressional Archives that date from 1850 to 2002.

Preservation Assessment
Shaker Library, New Gloucester, ME

A preservation needs assessment of books, maps and posters, scrapbooks, ephemera, photographs and slides, manuscripts, sound recordings, and videotapes related to Shaker history and culture with an emphasis on the Shakers in Maine. Based on the recommendations of the consultant, furniture and supplies would be purchased for rehousing and storing some elements of the collection.

Preservation Assessment of Archives
Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA

A general preservation assessment of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and books related to the history of a noted school for the blind, 1820s to the present.

Preservation Assessment of Archives
Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT

General preservation and archival management assessments, the purchase of supplies, and a one-day workshop for archival, manuscript, and photographic collections related to the history of Rocky Mountain College and the settlement of Montana from 1878 to the present.

Preservation and Assessment and Conservation Care
Ramsey House Plantation and Historic Home, Knoxville, TN

A conservation assessment of the collections of the Ramsey House Plantation and Historic Home and a training workshop for staff on collections care procedures.

Preservation Assessment of Local History Archives
Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, NY

A preservation assessment of the artifact collection and the local history library related to the heritage of Rockland County, New York, since the late 18th century.

Preservation Assessment of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society’s Humanities Collection
New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, Concord, NH

A preservation assessment of artifacts, art, and archives related to the history of aviation in New Hampshire.

Preservation Assessment of the Television News Film and Video Archive
Historical Society of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

A preservation assessment of a collection of two million feet of local television news coverage donated to the society by WDBO-TV that dates from 1954 through the 1970s that documents the recent history of central Florida.

Preservation Assessment of Works of Art on Paper
New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, NJ

A conservation assessment of 1,150 works of art on paper that relate to the history of New Jersey from the 18th century to the present, with an evaluation of the condition of each item and recommendations for prioritized measures for their preservation and for the purchase of supplies.

Preservation Assessment and Workshop
Emporia State University, Emporia, KA

A preservation assessment of the special collections held by the Emporia State University Libraries and Archives and a preservation training workshop for library and archival staff.

Preservation of the New York Public Library’s Collection on the United States Banking and Finance Industry
New York Public Library, New York, NY

The preservation microfilming of 4,000 deteriorating volumes on the history of banking and finance in the United States published from 1800 to 1950.

Preservation Storage Improvements
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, IN

The purchase of storage supplies and furniture to rehouse collections that document the life of General Lew Wallace (1827-1905), the author of "Ben-Hur," a major general in the Union army, governor of the New Mexico Territory, and minister to Turkey. The collections include published literary works and memorabilia from motion pictures and stage productions of "Ben-Hur," in addition to historical objects, archival materials, photographs, paintings, and sketches with documented provenance to General Wallace and his family.

Preserving Archival Collections
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, Onancock, VA

The purchase of storage furniture and preservation supplies for birth, death, marriage and other vital records, manuscripts, personal correspondence, ledgers, photographs, and records related to the history of Virginia's Eastern Shore from the 17th through the 20th century.

Preserving Collections in the Sam Rayburn House Museum
Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX

Conducting a conservation assessment to develop a long-term conservation treatment plan for textiles, furniture, and art in the Sam Rayburn House Museum.

Preserving the College’s Anthropology Collections
Beloit College, Beloit, WI

The purchase of storage furniture and rehousing of 7,672 ethnographic objects and 69,000 archaeological artifacts at the Logan Museum of Anthropology. The collections include South American, Mesoamerican, and Native American ceramics, American Indian basketry, Midwestern archaeological collections, and Paleolithic art and artifacts from France and North Africa.

Preserving and Enhancing Access to Manuscript Collections that Document Newspaper Journalism in Chicago
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

The arrangement, description, and preservation of 39 collections (comprising almost 800 cubic feet of personal papers and organizational records) documenting newspaper journalism in Chicago from the late 19th century through the 20th century.

Preserving Historic Collections of Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA

The purchase of compact shelving and storage units to preserve a collection of furniture and artifacts that document the history and culture of the Shaker community of Hancock, Massachusetts.

Preserving the History of United States Agriculture and Rural Life
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

The preservation microfilming or digitization and enhanced cataloging of 4,435 deteriorating volumes from four states and bibliographic selection by two other states of embrittled volumes on American agricultural history and rural life published between 1820 and 1945 that are held by land grant universities in those states.

Preserving Louisiana’s Archival Collections
State Library of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA

A preservation assessment and the purchase of supplies for archives, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and oral history collections related to the history of Louisiana since the 19th century.

Preserving the Sound Archive of Folk and Traditional Music
National Council for the Traditional Arts, Silver Spring, MD

The second phase of a project to digitize 4,670 hours of original analog sound recordings of folk and traditional musical arts from festivals, concerts, tours, and studio sessions from the 1960s to the present.

Processing Records Related to Colorado Mining and Steel Industries
Bessemer Historical Society, Pueblo, CO

Arrangement and description of 300 cubic feet of archival records related to the mining and steel industries, trade unions, and labor relations at a Colorado fuel and iron company from 1872 to 1993.

Processing the Records of the New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940
New York Public Library, New York, NY

Enhancing descriptive records and rehousing 1,200 linear feet of records documenting the conception, planning, realization, and operation, from 1935 through 1945, of the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Processing the St. Louis Circuit Court Records, 1866-1868
Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO

The arrangement, description, and creation of an online finding aid and a searchable index for St. Louis Court civil cases from 1866 to 1868.

Purchase Monitoring Equipment for Storage and Work Area for Rural Life Museum Collections
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC

The purchase of environmental monitoring and cleaning equipment, preservation supplies and materials, and training of staff in collections care procedures for the Southern Appalachian collection of documents, photographs, oral history audiotapes, music recordings, and other materials held by the Ramsey Center for Regional Studies of Mars Hill College.

Special Collection Book Conservation Assessment Project
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT

A conservation survey of the museum's special collection of books associated with Mark Twain, and the purchase of supplies to rehouse a portion of them.

Textile Conservation Assessment
Tudor Place Foundation, Inc, Washington, DC

Hiring a consultant to conduct a conservation assessment of 1,200 textiles, which include articles of clothing and household furnishings and linens associated with Martha Washington and her descendants, to develop a conservation treatment plan, and to assess storage needs of the collection.

Treasures from American Film Archives III: The Social-Issue Film, 1897-1930
National Film Preservation Foundation, San Francisco, CA

The production of a three-set DVD of films about American social issues that were created as 40 silent films during the initial decades of the motion picture era; a book of program notes and scholarly commentaries will accompany the set.

National Digital Newspaper Program

Illinois Newspaper Project: Microfilming
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL

The preservation microfilming of approximately 600,000 pages of newspapers published in Chicago and its surrounding areas, as part of Illinois' participation in the United States Newspaper Program.

Pennsylvania Newspaper Project: Microfilming
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus, University Park, PA

The preservation microfilming of approximately 416,600 pages of newspapers, as part of Pennsylvania's participation in the United States Newspaper Program.

 

Documenting Endangered Languages

Assiniboine Texts
Linda Cumberland, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

The project will transcribe, translate, analyze, and disseminate texts from one of the last fluent speakers of Assiniboine, a Siouan language of the northern Plains.

Navajo Language Investigations
Ellavina Perkins, Flagstaff, AZ

The project will bring together insights gleaned over the years, complemented by original research to fill in the gaps, to complete a reference grammar that focuses on Navajo sentence structure.

A Searchable Digital Archive of Western Apache Language Texts
Willem De Reuse, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

The project continues work previously funded by the National Science Foundation on a Western Apache grammar and dictionary. The goal is to create a digital audio and written documentary text record of the language.

Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response Assistance

Acadian Museum and Annex Flood Mediation
Acadian Heritage and Cultural Foundation, Inc, Erath, LA

The Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation in Erath, Louisiana, preserves and displays collections that trace the history and culture of the Prairie/Bayou region of Louisiana. Collections of historical objects, clothing and homespun textiles, photographs and family papers, and art are used in exhibitions that illustrate Acadian culture and the contributions of Cajun and Creole traditions to American life.

City of Biloxi Museums Collection Salvage and Restoration
City of Biloxi, Biloxi, MS

To support salvage of artifacts, assessment of damage, mold abatement, and conservation treatment. The grant will also be used for cleaning supplies, packing materials, and rental of climate-controlled storage for collection items. The city suffered the destruction of most of its museums and historic structures by Hurricane Katrina. Only three significant city-owned museums remain: the Old Brick House Museum, a historic house built in 1840, holding collections of period furniture, silver, and glassware; the Mardi Gras Museum, an ante-bellum hotel, housing a historical collection of costumes, photographs, and artifacts from over thirty registered local Mardi Gras krewes; and the Glenn L. Swetman House, a historic museum with furniture and decorative arts dating from 1820 to 1940.

Down South with the Dixie Press: Saving the Images of the Pre-Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Archives holds two significant photographic collections that document the South Mississippi region. The Dixie Press collection contains 1,200 photographs from 1925 to 1971, and the C. C. "Tex" Hamill Down South magazine collection includes 9,000 negatives and transparencies and 1,000 photographs from 1950 to 1980. Both of these collections depict the architecture, cuisine, ethnic diversity, music, and arts of the Gulf region.

L. Zenobia Coleman Library Sealing and Weatherproofing Project
Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS

To stabilize the L. Zenobia Coleman Library and Art Collection storage areas by sealing blown-out windows, repairing structural elements, restoring climate control power with a generator, and replacing the roof. The holdings support academic programs in the humanities with collections that include oral histories and memorabilia that document the lives and work of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as Civil Rights materials that include NAACP records, White Citizens Council literature, and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party files.

Mississippi Sound Collection Security
Mississippi Sound Historical Museum, Gulfport, MS

To support removing debris, salvaging and protecting artifacts and archival materials, and eliminating mold from collections that document and interpret the role of the Mississippi Sound and its tributaries in the history and culture of southern Mississippi between 1880 and 1950. Photographs, maps, books, artifacts, tools, sailing vessels and models, and archival materials on the railroad and shipping industries have been used in educational and public programs at the museum.

Recovering Our History: LSU Special Collections after Hurricane Katrina
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

For packing supplies, relocation supplies and services, and remedial conservation salvage measures for flood-threatened collections from multiple institutions that include the New Orleans Archdiocese Archives, the Louisiana State Museum Jazz Archives, historical records of St. Bernard Parish's only newspaper, church records from small churches that no longer physically exist in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes, and the photographic archives from the New Orleans Port Authority. The university is providing long-term climate controlled storage for these cultural heritage materials.

Recovery and Preservation of Archives
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

To help protect archival materials, such as photographic collections of 19th- and early 20th-century African American life and culture in New Orleans and Louisiana and manuscript collections, correspondence, and rare books of notable African American authors. This grant will help support removal of mold and cleaning of these collections.

Rescue and Stabilization of Archival Materials
New Orleans Notarial Archives, New Orleans, LA

To remove, store, and treat notarial records damaged by flooding and stabilize the climate in the research center. These collections date from 1734 to the present and include property sales, marriage contracts, wills, building permits, acts of incorporation, and inventories of estates and businesses. They represent the primary historical source material for the economic, legal, family, cultural, and social histories of New Orleans.

Tulane Conference - Rebirth: People, Places and Culture in New Orleans
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC

To energize the discussion about the important role arts and culture play in reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Katrina, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Tulane University will sponsor a conference in New Orleans on May 30-June 1, 2006. Approximately 200 national, state, and local decision makers, preservation specialists, and educators will attend. Participants will explore the state of the recovery from the hurricane from the standpoint of the region's rich cultural and historical heritage and consider ways to protect the New Orleans' unique cultural assets.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Humanities Projects in Media

1812: The War We Forgot
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, Buffalo, NY

To support the scripting of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the history of the War of 1812.

Changing Lives: The Peter Cooper Story
New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

To support the planning of a one-hour television documentary and website on the life and work of Peter Cooper, a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist.

Dark Genius: The Story of Jerome Robbins
Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY

To support the production of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the life and achievements of Jerome Robbins, choreographer and theater director (1918-98).

Jamestown, John Smith, and the Voyages of Discovery
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC

To support a two-hour documentary special recounting the story of the first settlement at Jamestown, including an analysis of the individuals, circumstances, and events of the colony and an exploration of the area, including the natural wonders of the Chesapeake Bay.

The Jewish Americans
GWETA, Inc, Arlington, VA

To support the production of a four-part film series about Jewish immigration to North America and about the integration of Jews into the fabric of American life.

Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton
Northcote Parkinson Fund, New York, NY

To support production of a two-hour documentary film on Alexander Hamilton focusing on critical aspects of his character and his vision for America.

Remembering the Civil War
Carnton Plantation, Franklin, TN

To support the planning of a one-hour documentary film about the legacy of the Civil War.

Robert Morris and the Sinews of War
New River Education Fund, Washington, DC

To support the planning of a two-hour documentary film on the life of Robert Morris and his role during the Revolutionary War and the early founding period (1735-1806).

Thomas Day, American
North Carolina Museum of History Associates, Raleigh, NC

To support the planning of a documentary film on antebellum North Carolina cabinetmaker Thomas Day, a free African American who lived in a slave society.

We Shall Remain
WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA

To support the production of two one-hour programs of a five-part television series and a website that will explore key events in American and Native American history.

Interpreting America’s Historic Places

Adapting the Billings Farm & Museum as a Heritage Gateway
Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, VT

Consultation to develop an updated interpretive plan for this living history site's exhibitions, website, and public programs, exploring Vermont's agricultural heritage.

Development of Audio Tour
Hancock Shaker Village, Inc, Pittsfield, MA

Consultation with scholars, audience research, and site visits to develop preliminary outlines for thematic audio tours of the site.

Exhibit Planning and Interpretation of the Ellis Island Hospitals: Phase 2, Planning
Save Ellis Island, Gladstone, NJ

Planning for a permanent exhibit on immigrant healthcare to be installed in rooms of a laundry/hospital outbuilding that include a ward, an operating room, and a morgue.

He Farmed and Walked with Us: Landmarks that Shaped the Life of Harry S. Truman
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO

Consultation to develop an interpretive plan for a website exploring how Harry S. Truman's experiences in Missouri shaped his life and political career.

Historical Interpretation of the Bronx Zoo: Birthplace of the American Wildlife Conservation Movement
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY

Consultation to plan the interpretation of the Bronx Zoo as an historic site, focusing on its role in the development of America's wildlife conservation movement at the turn of the 20th century.

Interpreting the History of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement: The Expansion of America’s Participatory Democracy
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Consultation to plan seven community driving tour guides and a statewide guidebook focusing on historic sites related to the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi.

John Greenleaf Whittier: His Life and Works
Whittier Home Association, Amesbury, MA

Consultation with scholars to develop themes that would be used to interpret Whittier's home, with special attention to how his work reflected his involvement in contemporary issues.

KHS Library and the American Woman’s League: The Liberation of Rural Women
Calvert Woman’s Club, Calvert, TX

Consultation to plan an interpretive strategy for a self-guided tour and a website about the Katy Hamman-Stricker Library in Calvert, Texas, as a case study for the story of the transition of rural women to urban life in the early 20th century.

Mending the Metropolis: Democracy and Diversity in Chicago’s Settlement Houses and Neighborhoods
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Planning educational materials, a website, and programs that would interpret Chicago's late 19th-and early 20th-century settlement houses as a set of historic sites.

The National Square: An Audio Walking Tour of Lafayette Square
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC

Planning for an audio walking tour, guidebooks, signage, and a website on the history of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.

Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Planning to develop an interactive website and DVD, audio tours, and other materials interpreting the cultural history of the Grand Canyon landscape.

An Orientation to Weeksville: Defining a Sense of Place
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History, Brooklyn, NY

Consultation with scholars and an audience evaluator to develop a permanent exhibition that introduces visitors to the history of an antebellum free black community.

Planning an Interpretive Exhibition Probing the Creative Process of Thomas Cole, Founder of the Hudson River School of Art
Greene County Historical Society, Thomas Cole Site, Waynesburg, PA

Planning for a site-wide interpretation of painter Thomas Cole's house and studio with emphasis on his art-making.

Sapelo Island Cultural Village
Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society, Inc, Sapelo Island, GA

Consultation to frame the future development of the Hog Hammock community of Sapelo Island, Georgia, as a living-history cultural village and education center focused on history, culture, and language.

Wheelock Academy: A Home at the End of the Trail
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, OK

Consultation with scholars to develop an interpretive plan for Wheelock Academy, originally founded as a mission boarding school for Native American girls.

Libraries Implementation

Early American Writing in the Library of America
Library of America, New York, NY

The publication of four volumes of textually authoritative, moderately priced works from 17 th- and 18 th -century American history and literature intended to foster greater understanding and appreciation of America's earliest literary heritage.

Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation: A Traveling Exhibition
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

An expanded tour of a traveling panel exhibition incorporating more than sixty rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves. Sixty libraries will be added to the original tour schedule of forty, extending the project into 2009.

The libraries hosting the exhibition are:

• Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens, GA
• Aurora Public Library, Aurora, CO
• Baltimore Count Public Library, Towson, MD
• Baron-Forness Library, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
• Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA
• Bethlehem Public Library, Delmar, NY
• Bladen County Public Library, Elizabethtown, NC
• Boyle County Public Library, Danville, KY
• Brennan Law Library, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI
• Brigham City Library, Brigham City, UT
• Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, IA
• Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, Columbus, MS
• Cranberry Public Library, Cranberry Township, PA
• District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC
• Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• Frankfort Public Library District, Frankfort, IL
• Freeport Public Library, Freeport, IL
• Gail Borden Public Library District, Elgin, IL
• Garland County Library, Hot Springs, AR
• Hardin County Public Library, Elizabethtown, KY
• Henderson County Public Library, Hendersonville, NC
• Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
• Keene Public Library, Keene, NH
• Knox County Public Library, Vincennes, IN
• Langston Hughes Memorial Library, Lincoln University, PA
• Lehman College Library, City University of New York, Bronx, NY
• Lexington Public Library, Lexington, KY
• Lincoln Township Public Library, Stevensville, MI
• Loudoun County Public Library, Leesburg, VA
• Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, KY
• Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
• Michigan City Public Library, Michigan City, IN
• Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
• Mineola Memorial Library, Mineola, NY
• Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN
• Missoula Public Library, Missoula, MT
• Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, Norristown, PA
• Moye Library, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC
• Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
• Muncie Public Library, Muncie, IN
• New Bern-Craven County Public Library, New Bern, NC
• New York State Library, Albany, NY
• Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ
• Oxnard Public Library, Oxnard, CA
• Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC
• Pennsylvania State Harrisburg Library, Middletown, PA
• Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA
• Poughkeepsie Public Library District, Poughkeepsie, NY
• Raymond A. Whitwer Tilden Public Library, Tilden, NE
• Reed Memorial Library, Ravenna, OH
• Rockford Public Library, Rockford, IL
• Rose State College, Midwest City, OK
• Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY
• Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA
• St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
• State Library of Ohio, Columbus, OH
• University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries, Columbia, MO
• Vermillion Parish Library, Abbeville, LA
• Verona Public Library, Verona, WI
• Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
• West Georgia Regional Library, Carrollton, GA
• Whitman County Rural Library, Colfax, WA
• Wichita State University Libraries, Wichita, KA

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Collaborative Research

Shakespeare in American Education, 1607-1934: A Conference at the Folger Shakespeare Library, March 16-17, 2007
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

A conference investigating the historical role of Shakespeare in American classrooms. Based on original, commissioned research, this conference will define a new field of investigation that draws on the expertise of Shakespeareans, Americanists, and historians of education and rhetoric.

Translating a “French Robinson Crusoe” of the Americas: The Memoir of Dumont de Montigny
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

To support preparation of an English translation of the memoir of a French soldier, Dumont de Montigny, who settled in Louisiana during the first half of the 18th century. This memoir, preserved in a manuscript, is a remarkable mixture of a colonial report, an autobiography, a picaresque narrative, a natural history, and an ethnography.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the Web of Culture: A Multi-Disciplinary Conference
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT

A conference exploring the meaning and significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin for American culture, with presentations that will ultimately be posted on the project director's website devoted to Uncle Tom's Cabin and American culture.

Fellowships for University Teachers

Atoms for Peace and Health: Tracing the Manhattan Project through Postwar Biomedicine
Angela Creager, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

A book examining the Atomic Energy Commission’s impact on postwar biomedicine both domestically and abroad, arguing that the production and promotion of radioisotopes as the “peaceful” side of the AEC shaped not only science but also politics and foreign policy.

Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 19 th-Century Feminist and Intellectual
Lori D. Ginzberg, Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus, University Park, PA

An in-depth biography of 19 th-century woman’s rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, which incorporates the literature compiled by Stanton and Susan B. Anthony concerning the suffrage movement.

Domestic Geography and Global Imagination in American Literature, 1776-1915
Jennifer Greeson, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

A book examining the development of American literature between the founding and the turn of the 20 th century with particular interest in how the United States’ conception of the South shaped the ideas and opinions of writers in a changing nation.

Essays on the Political Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois
Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

A book detailing how W.E.B. Du Bois’s understanding of the relationship between slavery and American democracy illuminates political challenges of the post-civil rights era.

The First Great American Horse Race: The Northern Horse Eclipse vs. the Southern Horse Henry, 1823
Paul E. Johnson, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

A book tracing the North-South rivalry between the Missouri Compromise by illuminating the differences between northern and southern horse breeding and racing and by documenting the contemporary definition of the race as a contest between slavery and freedom.

Law, Politics, and the Making of the Modern American Fiscal State
Ajay Mehrotra, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

A book examining how and why the late 19 th-century system of indirect taxes was eclipsed in the early decades of the 20 th century by a progressive income tax.

Sites of Rhetorical Education for African Americans in the 19 th Century
Shirley Wilson Logan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

A book investigating how African Americans acquired the skills of oratory with little or no formal rhetorical training with the use of 19 th-century autobiographies, speeches, and other primary documents that concern everyday life.

White Supremacist Propaganda and Strategy in the American South, 1945-1965
David Chappell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

A book analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of the civil rights movement with an in-depth investigation of post-World War II segregationists.

Zones of Law, Zones of Violence: Britain, America, and the Legal Geography of the Revolutionary Atlantic
Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

A book about the American Revolution’s impact on the English-speaking Atlantic, including American and British relations with indigenous groups in Africa, North America, and the West Indies; the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade; and the Revolution’s impact on Anglo-American conceptions of international law.

Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Art and Nationhood in the Age of Jefferson
Paul Staiti, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

A historical inquiry into the ways in which the visual arts became key tools in the shaping of new national identities in the formative years of the Early Republic.

Comparing Race, Ethnicity, Slavery, and Freedom in French, Spanish, and Early American Louisiana, 1719-1820
Gwendolyn Hall, Southern University System, Baton Rouge, LA

A book examining the stability of the slave family over time, including the presence of acknowledged fathers and the separation of mothers from children of various age groups during probate and sale.

A Comprehensive Thematic Catalog of the Complete Works of the American Composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Barbara Heyman, CUNY Research Foundation, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

A catalog enabling scholars, performers, conductors, and composers to engage in analytic study of Barber’s music, trace his compositional progress, gain insight into his performance intentions, and locate manuscripts of published and unpublished works.

Emily Dickinson’s Poetic Practices in 19 th-Century Contexts
Melanie Hubbard, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL

A book combining the formal analysis of Dickinson’s material texts and cultural historical analysis of practices in her time to suggest that Dickinson’s work is a profound challenge to our understanding of what reading and writing are.

An Ethnohistory of an Early Texas Place from the Caddos to the Texans
Carla Gerona, University of Texas, Dallas, TX

A book utilizing oral histories and archaeological remains to understand the contact between western and non-western cultures in early America, specifically the site of Nacogdoches, Texas, which was a crossroads for many early Americans.

The Exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright: 1894-1959
Kathryn Ann Smith, Independent Scholar, Santa Monica, CA

A book combining architectural history, biography, and cultural history to survey Wright’s architectural exhibitions and how they were perceived by the American public.

The First Generation of American Evangelical Christianity
Thomas Kidd, Baylor University, Waco, TX

A book focusing on both the first and second Great Awakenings with an in-depth look at how North American evangelicalism spread to different regions and races during the nation’s early history.

Joe Louis at the Crossroads of America
Marcy Sacks, Albion College, Albion, MI

A biography detailing the life of American boxer and civil rights activist, Joe Louis, while also highlighting the intersection of sports history, African American history, and the history of race relations in the United States.

Maria Mitchell’s Literary, Political, and Scientific Spheres
Renee Bergland, Simmons College, Boston, MA

A book on astronomer Maria Mitchell and the scientific developments of the 19 th century that lead to the separation of science from the humanities, effectively barring women from participation.

The Nationalization of American Party Organizations, 1880-1900
Daniel Klinghard, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

A book focusing on the organizational change endured by both of the major American political parties during the period 1880-1900, an age that most people associate with machine politics and with the Progressives whose reforms initiated the “decline” of strong parties.

On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Writings of Roger Williams
James Davis, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

A publication of writings by Puritan Roger Williams, with an extensive introductory essay, an interpretive framework for understanding the development of Williams’ thought, and the historical evidence for his importance to discussions of religious freedom in American history and today.

Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Critique of the Founding
Jean Yarbrough, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

A book examining how two intellectual developments, Hegelian philosophy and evolutionary biology, influenced Roosevelt’s approach to the social and economic problems of his day, as well as his views on America’s founding political principles.

The Todds: First Family of the Civil War
Stephen Berry, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC

A book investigating the members of the Todd family in order to better understand the experiences and hardships of American families divided by the Civil War.

Scholarly Editions

A Critical Edition of the James Madison Carpenter Collection
American Folklore Society, Columbus, OH

An ethnographic corpus substantially consisting of items of traditional song and drama recorded in the field in Britain and the United States between 1927 and ca. 1943.

Adams Papers Documentary Editing Project
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA

A comprehensive edition of the diaries, letters, official records, public writings, and literary miscellanies contained in the Adams Papers collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, supplemented by Adams documents in other collections and archives.

Jonathan Edwards Center and Online Archive at Yale University
Yale University, New Haven, CT

A comprehensive digital archive of the writings of America's premier religious thinker that will serve readers and researchers, support inquiry into his life, times, and legacy, and encourage critical appraisal of his historical importance and contemporary relevance.

The Mark Twain Project
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Completion of an electronic online edition of Mark Twain's letters and editorial work and XML encoding of Twain's autobiographical writings.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ongoing research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated.

The Papers of Andrew Jackson
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

A scholarly editing project to collect and make available the extant literary record of the seventh president.

Papers of Gouverneur Morris: Diaries Project
New York Historical Society, New York, NY

Ongoing publication of the papers of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), a Founding Father, major contributor to the Constitution, minister to France during the French Revolution, and U.S. Senator.

St. George Tucker Law Papers
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA

Ongoing publication of St. George Tucker's reports of legal cases in Virginia when he served as a judge of the state, and then the federal courts, during the early years of the republic.

Women of the Founding Era
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Ongoing publication of Dolley Madison's letters which have all been transcribed and await final editorial work. The second part of the application is to launch the Women of the Founding Era online project which will include not only correspondence but a variety of account books, commonplace books, invitations, prayers and other papers.

The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Ongoing publication of the works of Henry David Thoreau, 19th-century American writer, naturalist, and social commentator.

Writing of Robert Frost: The Collected Letters
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Ongoing publication that will include diplomatic transcripts of approximately 2,300 letters, 700 of which are previously uncollected and unpublished. The edition will also contain a calendar of all known letters, including those known to have been written but not yet collected. Frost’s letters reveal his thinking about poetics, politics and religion, as well as aspects of his personal and family life.

Summer Stipends

Extending the Sphere: The Original Meaning and Contemporary Implications of James Madison’s Tenth Federalist
Alan Gibson, California State University Chico Research Foundation, Chico, CA

A book analyzing Madison’s defense of an extended republic in the context of a broad historical conversation about the proper relationship of size and republicanism that took place in the early American republic.

To Fight Aloud is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War
Faith Barrett, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

A book examining the stances of the address to the nation in American Civil War poetry and considering the work of canonical male writers, unpublished soldier-poets, and women and African American poets who have often been overlooked.

Glass Half Full: Jewish American Culture in the 20 th Century
Anne Elizabeth Goldman, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

A book recasting the nature of modern Jewish American historiography, conventionally inclined toward tragedy, as well as reflecting upon the relationships art imposes upon history and memory.

James Redpath and the Promotion of Social Justice in America
Susan Williams, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

A book on the life of James Redpath, including his abolitionist work, magazine and newspapers editing, book publishing, formation of a national speakers’ bureau, and his work with Haitian emigration.

A Limited Freedom: The Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and the Cultural Invention of Religion in America
Tisa Wenger, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

A book contributing to debates in religious studies and Native American studies by showing how the politics of religious freedom, in this controversy and elsewhere, are intertwined with evolving cultural definitions of religion.

The Martyr and the Traitor: Two Stories From the American Revolution
Virginia Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

A book exploring political choice during the Revolution, the meaning of treason, and the question of historical memory by chronicling the lives of Patriot Nathan Hale and Loyalist Moses Dunbar.

Photography and the End of Segregation
Maren Stange, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

A book chronicling the years 1936-1984, a period when African Americans achieved substantial and irrevocable control over their public photographic representation.

The Reconstruction of the Plantation Household: Southern Planter Families from Slavery to Segregation
John Rodrigue, Louisiana State University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, LA

A book examining the transformation of relations within planter families in the United States South as a result of emancipation.

Remembering the Long Walk to Hwééldi: Diné (Navajo) Memorial Histories
Jeff Berglund, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

A comprehensive study of Diné (Navajo) internment at Hwééldi (Fort Sumner, NM) during the 1864-68 period, including the personal, social, public, creative and expressionistic ways American histories are recorded and made urgent and relevant again.

Right to Ride: African American Citizenship, Identity, and the Protest over Jim Crow Transportation
Blair Kelley, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

A comparative study of protest in three southern cities, New Orleans, Richmond, and Savannah, where black Americans refused to accept the segregation of trains and streetcars at the turn of the 20 th century.

Steel and Glass: Regional Industry and the Making of the Chicago Skyscraper, 1871-1934
Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

An in-depth study examining the role of Midwestern industry in the conception and construction of Chicago skyscrapers from the 1871 fire through the Great Depression.

STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

Alabama Humanities Foundation
We the People in Alabama

To support a one-week teacher institute on Alabama's Black Belt, the traveling exhibition, "Between Fences," "My United States" family reading program, speakers bureau presentations and a grant program for projects in American history and culture.

Arkansas Humanities Council
We the People Programs in Arkansas

To support the annual statewide History Day in Arkansas program, enhancement of the online component of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History, and the development of a new eighth-grade Arkansas history textbook.

Colorado Endowment for the Humanities
We the People: A Colorado Initiative 2006

To support the High Plains Chautauqua, “The Civil War: A House Divided,” Young Chautauqua and a grant program for projects in American history and culture.

Connecticut Humanities Council
Humanities in the Schools/Online Encyclopedia of Connecticut History

To support grants for summer institutes and other professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers on the defining themes and events of America's past, and to enhance the historical content and bibliographic materials for the Connecticut Humanities Council's online encyclopedia for the state of Connecticut.

Georgia Humanities Council
We the People in Georgia 2006

To support enhanced search capabilities of the online New Georgia Encyclopedia, reading and discussion programs in Georgia communities, and a grant program for projects in American history and culture.

Humanities Iowa
Exploring Ethnicity, Diversity, and National and Local Identity

To support both grants and programs conducted by Humanities Iowa that focus on the circumstances and people that have contributed to cultural, economic, and civic progress in the United States, with particular emphasis on projects that examine cultural and ethnic diversity in Iowan life and in the formation of civic identity on the local, regional and national levels.

Idaho Humanities Council
American History/American Identity

To support speakers bureau presentations, a teachers' institute, reading and discussion programs, Smithsonian exhibit programming, an initiative on American Roots Music and Idaho's folk traditions, special speaker programs, and regrants.

Illinois Humanities Council
We the People in Illinois

To develop statewide public programs on the history of American music, Westward expansion, Illinois history, and other important topics in American studies.

Indiana Humanities Council
We the People Leadership and Education Programs 2006

To support a series of readings and seminars on America's founding documents and principles to be offered in various locations throughout Indiana, and to support interactive resources for elementary and secondary students with a special focus on Abraham Lincoln and the early years of national expansion.

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
In the Cross Hairs: Louisiana’s Hurricane Experience

To engage communities in Louisiana in the exploration of Louisiana's hurricane experience through grants, reading and scholar-led discussion programs and through the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' statewide magazine, Louisiana Cultural Vistas.

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
“…Liberty and Justice for All”

To support activities exploring American history and culture including a public symposium on the United States Supreme Court, a new library-based, scholar-led reading and discussion series and a grant initiative to support local humanities programming.

Michigan Humanities Council
We Made Michigan…We the People

To support a grant program conducted by the Michigan Humanities Council that invites proposals for projects focused on important issues and events in both Michigan's and the United State's history and culture.

Missouri Humanities Council
We the People of Missouri: Learning to Tell Our Stories

To support a focus on Missouri's history and future; programs to strengthen cultural organizations; the READ from the START family reading program; and programs to explore diversity and to discover the meaning of "we" in We the People.

Montana Committee for the Humanities
We the People in Montana 2006-2007

To support a major statewide grant initiative on Montana history and culture, and a variety of American history and culture projects including the OpenBook reading and discussion program and the annual Montana Festival of the Book.

North Carolina Humanities Council
We the People of North Carolina

To support Let's Talk About It reading and discussion program, North Carolina Humanities Forum, the Teachers' Institute Program, American Indian Teacher's seminars, regional workshops and a grant program.

New Hampshire Humanities Council
We the People: The Story of America Told a Thousand Ways

To support a variety of programs and book discussion across the state that focus on important events and principles in American history and culture, and to support "Vote! Heritage and Privilege," a four-part workshop for public school teachers on the history of voting in the United States.

Ohio Humanities Council
We the People in Ohio 2006-2007

To support the 2006-2007 Chautauqua on "war and peace"; the Gateway to History website and a conference for K-12 history teachers; a teachers institute and programs on the Key Ingredients exhibit; and a cultural tourism initiative.

Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
On Common Ground: What Unites Us? What Divides Us?

To support regrants, a film series in collaboration with Rhode Island PBS and the Office of Library Information Studies, and speakers programs about civic dialogues that help us better understand the world around us by means of American history.

Humanities Council SC
We the People 2007: SC Book Festival, National History Day & Clemente

To support the Humanities Council's 2007 Book Festival, the Charleston Clemente Project, National History Day contest, and grants throughout the state on themes related to American history and culture.

South Dakota Humanities Council
Fourth Annual Festival of Books

To support the Fourth Annual Festival of Books in Sioux Falls. The theme is "Where Readers and Writers Rendezvous" and 6,000 are expected to attend.

Humanities Texas
We the People Programs in Texas

To support teacher institutes examining the United States-Mexico border in American history, a radio program highlighting historically significant Texas figures and events, traveling exhibits, and local heritage programs.

Humanities Washington
We the People in Washington State

To support project grants of up to $8,000 for locally-initiated community programs on topics related to American history and culture; traveling exhibitions and related programming associated with the national Museum on Main Street; a college-level course focused on Americans' relationships to their landscapes; and a family reading program called My United States.

West Virginia Humanities Council
Mining Our History

To support exploration of American and West Virginia historical events and examination of their impact on West Virginia citizens, with the target audiences being underserved black populations and the southern counties.