The following projects received funding during 2007 as a part of the We the People initiative.

CHALLENGE GRANTS

Regular Challenge Grants

Fayetteville Public Library Humanities Endowment
Fayetteville Public Library Foundation, Fayetteville, AR

Endowment for a humanities coordinator, humanities programming, and related collection development.

Bayou Bend Visitor and Education Center
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Construction of a new Visitor and Education Center for the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.

Endowment for the Center for Public Humanities
Messiah College, Grantham, PA

Endowment to support, at this comprehensive university, public humanities outreach, special programs for school teachers in the humanities, and a director's salary.

Historic Cherry Hill:  Initiative to Strengthen Public Access to the Humanities
Historic Cherry Hill, Albany, NY

Restoration of a 1787 house, endowment for the Curatorial and Research Department, and fund-raising expenses.

Maine Historical Society Research Library Renovation & Expansion
Maine Historical Society, Portland, MA

Renovation and expansion of the Maine Historical Society Research Library.

Southern Appalachian Archives at Mars Hill College
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC

Endowment for the position of director/archivist and for programming in Southern Appalachian History and Culture.

Special Initiatives

Center for the Study of American Democracy
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Endowment for the director's salary, fellowships and other programming at a new Center for the Study of American Democracy.

C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
Washington College, Chestertown, MD

Purchase and renovation of an historic house for use as a fellows' residence, and endowment for a program of research and writing fellowships on the Founding Era and its legacy.

Expand Humanities Programs at Stenton
Stenton, NSCDA, Philadelphia, PA

Endowment for humanities programs; partial funding for a project coordinator; and scholarships and transportation costs for underserved students.

The American Republic Initiative at Harvard University
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Endowment and bridge funding for a visiting faculty position in American Political Thought and Institutions, graduate student fellowships, and an annual summer institute for high school teachers.

To Form a More Perfect Union: African American History at Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

Endowment for staffing, programming, and digital technology acquisitions in a program focused on the role of African Americans in the founding era of the republic.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Digital Humanities Workshops

Summer Seminar in Digital History Teaching
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, NY

A four-day workshop for thirty school teachers focused on digital resources on the American Revolution and the Civil War.

Humanities Initiatives for Faculty

Freedom, Economics and Religion: Race and African American Experience in the Atlantic World: The Case of Petersburg, VA
Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA

Four workshops on the history of Petersburg, aimed at developing a model for teaching local history in a global context.

Richard Wright:  A Mississippi Writer
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS

A project on Richard Wright and his works, to include workshops and the development of teaching materials, for faculty and school teachers from the Mississippi Delta.

Faculty Humanities Workshops

American Cities and Public Spaces
Community College Humanities Association, Newark, NJ

A residential program at the Library of Congress for ten community college humanities faculty members, during which the latter would undertake guided research and participate in lecture/discussion sessions around the topic of American cities and public spaces.

Baltimore: Portal to the American Identity
Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore, MD

A series of six full-day workshops for forty elementary and secondary school history teachers on Baltimore's history from colonial times through the twentieth century.

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

            Three one-day workshops for fifty Florida K-12 teachers on historic St. Augustine and the Spanish colonial experience in America.

Emily Dickinson: Person, Poetry, and Place
Amherst College, Amherst, MA

A Faculty Humanities Workshop series for twenty-four local K-12 teachers on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson.

The Gilded Age Through the Lens of Vermont
Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT

A workshop series for twenty middle and high school teachers on Vermont's historical, literary, and artistic legacy during the Gilded Age.

Heartland Passage: Teaching the Erie Canal in American History
City Lore:  New York Center for Urban Folk Culture, NYC, NY

A four-day workshop for fifty teachers in grades 4-8 on the history of the Erie Canal from its groundbreaking in 1817 to the present day.

Of Migration(s) and Renaissance(s):  Harlem and Chicago, 1915- 1975
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA

Six one-day workshops for fifteen community college faculty and secondary school teachers on African American cultural expression in Harlem, New York, and Chicago's South Side following the Great Migration.

Landmarks of American History for College Faculty

African-American History & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah and The Coastal Islands, 1750 - 1950
Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, GA

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty members on African American life in rural and urban communities in the Georgia Lowcountry.

Concord Massachusetts: A Center of Transcendentalism and Social Reform in the 19th Century
Community College Humanities Association, Newark, NJ

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty on the Transcendentalists and 19th-century reform movements in Concord and its vicinity.

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

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty to study corporate, labor, and cultural history through primary sources and visits to the River Rouge Plant and other  important landmarks.

Illustrating the Gilded Age: American Politics and Culture, 1877-1901
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty, to be held at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Ohio, exploring how political cartoons and illustrations helped shape American politics and culture in this period.

Landmarks of American Democracy: From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty anchored in landmarks central to Freedom Summer and the Sanitation Workers' Strike, important episodes in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

The Power of Place: Teaching American History and Culture through Philadelphia's Historic Sites
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Philadelphia, PA

Two one-week workshops for 50 community college faculty members linking important themes in early American history to key sites in Philadelphia.

Landmarks of American History for School Teachers

Abraham Lincoln and the Forging of Modern America
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on Abraham Lincoln and his role in American history, using sites in and near Springfield, Illinois.

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

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers on Benjamin Franklin's life and contributions to American civic character, with visits to relevant Philadelphia sites.

Building America:  Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization, and the Creation of a World Power
Minnesota Humanities Center

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers to explore the role of Minnesota's Iron Range in American history.

Crossroads of Conflict: Contested Visions of Freedom and the Missouri-Kansas Border Wars
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on conflicts in Kansas and Missouri over conflicting visions of freedom during the Civil War era.

Ellis Island and Immigration to America, 1892-1924
Save Ellis Island, Mt. Olive, NJ

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers on the history of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century immigration at Ellis Island.

Eudora Welty's Secret Sharer:  The Outside World and the Writer's Imagination
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers to study landmarks and archival collections associated with Eudora Welty in their historical context.

FDR and the World Crisis, 1933-1945: Understanding Roosevelt's World through the Prism of Hyde Park
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park, NY

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers to examine the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at his residence in Hyde Park.

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

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers held at The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home, on major themes in nineteenth-century American history.

Identity and Adaptation: Immigration, Ethnicity, Religion, and Culture in the Lower East Side of New York City
Eldridge Street Project, New York, NY

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on the development and interaction of Jewish, African American, Italian, Irish, and Chinese communities in the Lower East Side of New York City.

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

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

James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship
Montpelier Foundation, Orange, VA

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on James Madison's role in the creation of the U.S. Constitution, held at Montpelier, Madison's home.

Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her Eatonville Roots
Florida Humanities Council, St. Petersburg, FL

Three one-week workshops for 80 school teachers to explore Zora Neale Hurston's life and work in the context of her hometown, Eatonville, Florida.

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

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers to examine the Underground Railroad in antebellum America.

Not Just a Scenic Road: The Blue Ridge Parkway and its History
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers to explore the first 75 years of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a case study of important themes in early 20th century U.S. history.

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

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers to study the history and commemoration of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Problem of the Color Line: Atlanta Landmarks and Civil Rights History
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers on southern segregation and the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.

Race and Place: An Examination of African Americans in Washington, DC from 1800-1954
National Trust for Historic Preservation

Two one-week workshops for 100 school teachers on slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and segregation in Washington, D. C.

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

Two one-week workshops for 80 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

Two one-week workshops, held at Mount Vernon, for 100 school teachers, on George Washington and the genesis of the United States Constitution.

Women's Suffrage on the Western Frontier
Wyoming Humanities Council, Laramie, WY

Two one-week workshops for 80 school teachers investigating women's suffrage in the West at a number of Wyoming landmarks.

Seminars & Institutes for College and University Teachers

African American Civil Rights Struggles in the Twentieth Century
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

A four-week institute for twenty-five college and university teachers on the Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth-century United States. 

Regional Study and the Liberal Arts: Appalachia Up-Close
Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA

A four-week institute for twenty-five college and university teachers on Appalachian history and culture.

Seminars & Institutes for Elementary & Secondary School Teachers

Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad in Upstate New York
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

A three-week institute for twenty-five middle and high school teachers on abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, using upstate New York as a case study.

The Abolitionist Movement: Fighting Against Slavery and Racial Injustice from the American Revolution to the Civil War
Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

A four-week seminar for fifteen school teachers on the American abolitionist movement from the Revolutionary War era to the Civil War.

The Great Plains from Texas to Saskatchewan:  Place, Memory, Identity
North Dakota State University-Main Campus, Fargo, ND

A five-week summer seminar for fifteen school teachers on the history and culture of the American Great Plains.

Political and Constitutional Theory for Citizens
Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA

A three-week institute for twenty-five school teachers on American political and constitutional thought.

The President vs. Congress: Constitutional Principles and Practices That Have Shaped Our Understanding of the War Powers
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

A two-week seminar for fifteen high school teachers to study the origins and development of the Constitution's allocation of the war powers.

Roots 2008: Teaching the African Dimensions of the History and Culture of the Americas through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, VA

A five-week summer seminar for fifteen school teachers on the African context of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Thomas Jefferson:  Personality, Character and Public Life
Boston University, Boston, MA

A four-week institute for thirty school teachers on the personality, character, and public life of Thomas Jefferson, to be held in Boston and Charlottesville.

Voices Across Time: Teaching American History Through Song
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

A five-week institute for twenty-five school teachers that would explore topics in American history, including American values and attitudes, through the lens of music.

Teaching and Learning Resources

The Crafting Freedom Project:  Nineteenth Century African American Entrepreneurs, Artisans, and Abolitionists
Apprend Foundation, Durham, NC

The creation of lesson plans and supporting materials for elementary and middle schools on African American entrepreneurs, artisans, and abolitionists in the 19th century.

Helen Keller in Her Times
Keene State College, Keene, NH

The development of five website modules on the life of Helen Keller in the social and cultural context of her era.

Making the Revolution: America, 1763-1790
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC

The creation of an online collection of historical documents, literary texts, and works of art on the Revolutionary period of American history.

The Mississippi Valley in the Nineteenth Century: A Materials Development Project
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

The creation of ten online lesson plans and accompanying materials exploring the society and culture of the nineteenth-century Mississippi River Valley.

Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism Online Resource Center
Witherspoon Institute, Princeton, NJ

The creation of an online resource center on the concepts of natural law and natural rights and their relationship to the American founding and American constitutionalism.

Time Traveler Trunks:  Hands-On Humanities Activities for Classrooms
Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Nashville, TN

The creation of forty-nine activity and artifact trunks corresponding to nine historical eras in Tennessee for teachers to use in their classrooms in conjunction with a state history website.

PRESERVATION AND ACCESS

Preserve and Create Access

Access to Uncataloged Early American Imprints in the Library Company Collections
Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Cataloging and conserving 2,884 pre-1820 pamphlets, broadsides, bound books, and other imprints published in America from the Michael Zinman Collection.

Arranging, Describing, and Digitizing the Records of the New York Chamber of Commerce
Columbia University, New York, NY

Arrangement, description, preservation, and selected digitization of the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry records, comprising 399 linear feet and 560 architectural drawings.

The North American Imprints Program, 1801 to 1820:  Creation of a Union Catalog
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

The continued creation of a union catalog of all books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed before 1877 in the United States and Canada.  This project would enhance 7,150 records and create 500 new records for imprints from the period 1801 through 1820.

Preserving and Creating Access to the Southwest Museum’s California Indian Collections
Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA

Digital imaging and cataloging of 15,000 California Indian ethnographic objects, archaeological artifacts, and sound recordings from the collections of the Southwest Museum.

Preserving and Providing Access to the Maynard L. Parker Photographic and Manuscript Collection
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

Arrangement and description of 90 linear feet of archives, including 80,000 photographs, correspondence, and business records created by Maynard L. Parker (1900-96), noted photographer of American architecture and landscapes. The project would also digitize a selection of 5,000 photographs for mounting on the Internet.

Preserving the Charles "Teenie" Harris African American Image Collection, Phase II
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

The cataloging, conservation, creation of finding aids, and mounting on the Internet of 26,963 images that document African American history and culture in Pittsburgh from 1935 to 1975.

Processing and Preserving the Chew Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Arranging, describing, conserving, and rehousing 400 linear feet of records of the Chew family of Philadelphia.  The documents consist of diaries, correspondence, account books, land papers, building plans, household accounts, wills, news clippings, maps, financial records, and genealogies covering the period from 1760 to the present.

San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Preservation Project
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Arrangement, description, and preservation of some 180,000 photographs, including 30,000 glass plate negatives, from the archives of the "San Francisco Examiner," 1919 to 1998. The project would also create Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids and digitize 2,000 of the most significant and fragile photographs for mounting on the Internet.

Preservation Assistance Grants

Antiquarian and Landmarks Society Environmental Monitoring Program
Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc., Hartford, CT

Environmental monitoring at eight historic house museums, which house and display nearly 10,000 historical and decorative objects and 400 linear feet of archival materials that document four centuries of domestic architecture and family life in Connecticut.

Arizona Historical Foundation Preservation Assessment
Arizona Historical Foundation, Tempe, AZ

A preservation assessment of 300 manuscript collections, 12,000 photographs, 8,000 books, audio and video collections, microfilms, and other materials related to Senator Barry Goldwater, and politics, the law, and the business, social, and cultural history of Arizona.

Assessment of the Environmental Conditions of the Dutch and Amstel Houses
New Castle Historical Society, New Castle, DE

An assessment of environmental conditions and development of a plan to preserve collections and archives stored and displayed in the historical society's Dutch House (c.1692-1701) and Amstel House (1738). Visitors to these historic house museums learn about the colonial history of New Castle, Delaware, and the surrounding area.

Collection Storage Upgrade Project
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, Peaks Island, ME

The purchase of shelving and supplies for the storage of Civil War holdings and materials that document the history of Peaks Island from the mid-1700s to the present. Three recently acquired collections of photographs, uniforms, weapons, equipment, household artifacts, and archival materials will be rehoused in a newly created storage room.

East Texas Research Center Preservation Survey
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

A preservation assessment of the collections housed at the university's East Texas Research Center, which include 9,600 linear feet of manuscripts, 1,082 maps, and 22,205 volumes related to the history and culture of East Texas.  The materials document rural life under Spanish and Mexican rule, the Texas Republic period, and the annexation to the United States.

Emergency Preparedness Plan
Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA

Hiring a consultant to assist in developing and implementing an emergency preparedness plan.  The consultant will meet with staff, volunteers, and board members of the society and will be available via telephone for continued consultation as the emergency preparedness plan is written and implemented. 

Environmental Condition Improvement for Historic Houses
Historic House Trust of New York City, New York City, NY

Consultation with a preservation expert who will review environmental monitoring data and recommend actions to improve conditions in four of the Trust's historic house museums: the Alice Austen House Museum (1690), the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (1784), Lefferts Historic House (18th century), and Merchant's House Museum (1832).

Environmental Monitoring and Collections Housekeeping at the New Hampshire Political Library and Franklin Pierce Manse
Library and Archives of New Hampshire’s Political Tradition, Concord, NH

Purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and consultation with a conservator to study conditions in the New Hampshire Political Library and the Franklin Pierce Manse (built ca. 1838), where Pierce and his family lived from 1842 to 1848.

Environmental Monitoring Device Acquisition and Implementation
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ

The purchase of temperature and humidity, light, and insect monitoring equipment and staff training in their use to improve storage conditions for the museum's collections of American fine and folk art and its collection of the folk art of southern New Jersey.

General Preservation Assessment of Paper-Based Collections
Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, Malone, NY

Preservation assessment of archival records, daybooks, ledgers, scrapbooks, registers, maps, and other materials related to the cultural, political, agricultural, and business history of Franklin County, New York, from the 1820s to the 1970s.

Idaho State Historical Society Preservation Assessment
Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, ID

A preservation assessment of 50,000 cubic feet of manuscripts and archival records, 30,000 rolls of microfilm, 500,000 photographs, 5,000 films and videotapes, 3,100 oral histories, 32,000 maps, and 25,000 books and periodicals related to the state's political, cultural, and social history from the mid-19th century to the 1990s.

Implementing Preservation Assessment Recommendations
Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT

The purchase of storage units and supplies for manuscripts, records, photographs, and other materials that document the settlement of and education in central and eastern Montana during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Implementing Recommendations for Preserving Humanities Collections
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment for the university's general and special collections in the humanities and the training of staff in collections care procedures.  Among the special materials housed at the library are Confederate imprints and Virginiana, including maps, 19th-century newspapers, and ephemera.

Improvements to Collections Storage at South Coast Railroad Museum
South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, CA

The purchase of storage furniture and dataloggers for collections at the historic Goleta Depot, constructed in 1901 during the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Route linking San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Map Conservation Assessment
Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT

A preservation assessment of a collection of maps of Montana dating from 1864 to the 1940s, documenting the development of towns and the growth of mining, railroads, and cattle ranching.

The Mark Twain House and Museum Furniture Conservation Assessment Project
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT

A conservation assessment of 95 pieces of 19th- and early 20th-century furniture, most of which are displayed in the Mark Twain House where Samuel Clemens and his family lived from 1874 until 1891.

Multnomah County Archives Special Format Preservation Project
Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR

Purchase of preservation supplies to rehouse 84,000 photographs and 440 volumes of court journals, coroner's reports, general ledgers, budget reports and other records related to the history of Multnomah County, Oregon, from 1854 to 1990.

Photograph Image Preservation Project
Kitsap County Historical Society, Bremerton, WA

A general preservation assessment of six collections comprising 86,000 photographs and negatives that document the history and culture of western Washington State from 1913 to the mid-1980s.

Preservation Assessment and Training Workshop
St. Gregory’s University, Shawnee, OK

A preservation assessment of a special collection of circa 4,000 books, maps, and other materials related to the institution's beginning as an Indian school, the history of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma, and Indian languages and cultures.

Preservation Assessment of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

A preservation assessment of the library's collections with particular focus on special and archival collections, including an extensive collection of books, newspapers, pamphlets, and manuscripts related to the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) and literary manuscripts and papers of poets such as Edwin Markham and William Stafford.

Preservation Assessment of Library Archival Collections
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

A preservation assessment of the library's archives and special collections and the purchase of preservation supplies.  The collections include records related to the history of the Methodist Church in Oklahoma and materials that document state politics and Oklahoma City history.

Preservation Assessment of Library's Special Collections
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

A preservation assessment of the library's special collections, which include papers and works by poet Robinson Jeffers, writer Upton Sinclair, and artist Gordon Newall. The library also houses the Risdon Collection on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War and a collection of first-person narratives by explorers and settlers of the American West.

Preservation Assessment of Moving Image Collections
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Hiring a moving image consultant to survey 350 collections comprising 1.75 million feet of local television stations' film and video collections, created in a variety of formats, that document the history and culture of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast from 1949 to 1991.

Preservation Assessment of the Rare Books and New Jersey Documents Collections
New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ

A preservation assessment of some 4,000 books and 4,000 linear feet of broadsides, maps, atlases, newspapers, and other materials related to New Jersey history, politics, and law from the mid-17th century to the early 1900s.

Preservation Assessment of Special Collections of Reeves Library
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

A preservation assessment survey of archival and special collections that document the history of the Moravian church in America, its early educational efforts, and the settlement of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  The collections include materials in multiple formats, dating from the early 1700s to the present.

Preservation Assistance
National Museum of American Jewish History

The purchase of storage cabinets and archival supplies to rehouse oversized artifacts, such as posters, newspapers, prints, and drawings, that document American Jewish history and culture.

Preservation Assistance Grant for Montana State University - Billings Library
Montana State University, Billings, MT

Attendance of a special collections librarian at three one-week workshops at the Preservation Management Institute in New Jersey. Based on the workshop training, the librarian would perform a preservation assessment and create a disaster management plan for the institution.

Preservation Needs Assessment
University of Akron, Main Campus, Akron, OH

A preservation assessment of the university's archives, including collections on the creation of Ohio's canal system, the early history of flight in America, and the history of American psychology.

Preservation of Native American Objects at the South Dakota Art Museum
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

The purchase of supplies and rehousing of American Indian artifacts including leatherwork, pottery, textiles, carvings, jewelry, basketry, and apparel.  The collection dates from the late 19th century to the present and represents the material culture of Plains Indians, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Chippewa tribes.

Preservation Plan for Textile Collection Storage Area Renovation and Rehousing Project
Skagit County Historical Society, La Conner, WA

Hiring a consultant to develop a plan to rehouse the museum's 19th-century textile and clothing collections.  The consultant will also assist staff with the purchase of storage cabinets and racks, environmental monitoring equipment, and acid-free storage materials. 

Preservation Survey for the Congregational Library
American Congregational Association, Boston, MA

A general preservation assessment and development of long-term preservation plans for archival records from 206 churches as well as 1200 periodicals, 550 linear feet of sermons, 160 hymn and tune books, and an array of other materials related to the history of the Congregational Church in America from the 18th century to the 1980s.

Rehousing the Permanent Collection at Fraunces Tavern Museum
Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc., New York, NY

Hiring a consultant and purchasing archival supplies to rehouse collections at Fraunces Tavern Museum, which focuses on the history of the tavern and Lower Manhattan during the Revolutionary War period.

Rehousing Women's History Collections at the Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA 

The purchase of archival boxes and other preservation containers and supplies to rehouse 75 linear feet of manuscripts related to women's history in Virginia and the American South from the mid-19th century to the 1990s.

Richards Free Library Historical Collection Preservation Project
Richards Free Library, Newport, NH

A preservation assessment of 18th- and 19th-century books, periodicals, maps, newspapers, glass lantern slides, negatives, correspondence, and ephemera documenting the history of New Hampshire.

Textile Storage Survey for the Schenectady County Historical Society
Schenectady County Historical Society, Schenectady, NY

Hiring a consultant to assess the storage needs of the society's textile collection and to conduct an on-site workshop to train staff and volunteers in the proper handling, cleaning, and rehousing of the textiles. 

Documenting Endangered Languages (Preservation)

Berkeley Indigenous Language Resources:  Access, Archiving, and Documentation
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Enhanced description of and access to linguistic materials, including fieldwork notes, manuscripts, and audio recordings that document over 130 endangered American Indian languages.

Klallam Dictionary and Electronic Text Archive
University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Preparation of a dictionary of Klallam, an endangered Salishan language spoken in Washington state and Vancouver Island, and the archiving of Klallam texts and audio video materials.

National Digital Newspaper Program

California Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase Two
University of California, Riverside, CA

Digitization of 100,000 pages of California newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the state's participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Illinois Newspaper Project: Final Phase Cataloging and Microfilming
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

To support  the cataloging completion of state newspapers and the preservation filming of approximately 350,000 pages of newsprint, as part of the participation of Ilinois in the United States Newspaper Program (USNP).

Kentucky Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase Two
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY

The digitization of 100,000 pages of Kentucky newspapers dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase One
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Minnesota newspapers dating from 1880 to 1910 as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase One
University of Nebraska, Board of Regents, Lincoln, NE

Digitizing 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspaper titles, 1880 to 1910, scanned from 150 reels of microfilm created by the United States Newspaper Project that document the history and culture of Nebraska.

New York State Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase Two
New York Public Library, New York, NY

Digitization of 100,000 pages of New York newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Texas Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase One
University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Texas newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Utah Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase Two
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Utah newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Virginia Digital Newspaper Project:  Phase Two
Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Virginia newspapers, dating from 1880 to 1910, as part of the state's participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Stabilization Grants

Bancroft Pictorial Collection Stabilization Project
University of California, Berkeley, CA

The purchase and installation of a climate control system, storage furniture, and cold and sub-zero storage for photograph collections and related materials on the American West.

Museum Security Upgrade Project
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI

Technological upgrades to the society's security system to preserve 200,000 artifacts reflecting history of Detroit. 

Recovery and Conservation of the Peabody Collection, Georgetown Neighborhood Library
District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC

Emergency aid for the Georgetown Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C., which experienced a fire in April 2007.  The grant would assist with the recovery and conservation of local history materials contained in the Peabody Collection and lead to the preparation of a disaster plan.

Relocating and Rehousing the Museum's Ethnographic Collection
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

The purchase of storage furniture and the relocation of the museum's 6,882-item regional ethnographic collection to a new repository.

Return of Louisiana State Museum's Collections to Enhanced Storage in Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans
Louisiana Museum Foundation, New Orleans, LA

Relocating the collections of the Louisiana State Museum impacted by Hurricane Katrina to the Old Mint Building in New Orleans and the installation of enhanced storage capacity. 

Stabilizing and Rehousing Material Culture Collections
Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Santa Fe, NM

The purchase and installation of compact storage furniture and supplies to rehouse and relocate 10,735 artifacts previously stored at the Palace of Governors building to the newly constructed New Mexico Museum of History.

Reference Materials

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries:  Digital [ACB]
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Completion of the "Digital Atlas of Historical County Boundaries," illustrating all changes in the boundaries, names, organization, and attachment of every United States county from 1619 to 2000.

The Bracero History Archive: Collaborative Documentation in the Digital Age
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

The development of a collaborative, bilingual, online archive documenting the Bracero Program, which brought Mexican guest workers to the United States between 1942 and 1964.

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

The completion 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.

Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

The compilation of the fifth and sixth volumes of the "Dictionary of American Regional English" (DARE), which documents geographical differences in the vocabulary, pronunciation, and morphology of American English.

Studying Spatial Growth and Urban Development in an Eighteenth Century Town
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

The creation of a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software tool that will enable users to construct complex multi-layered and time-based queries to analyze the growth and development of Colonial Williamsburg.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Chairman’s Special Award-Museum Implementation

Action/Abstraction: Abstract Expressionism and Postwar America
Jewish Museum, New York, NY

Implementation of a major traveling exhibition examining the emergence of abstract art in postwar America and the political and social context in which it emerged.

Interpreting Jefferson and Monticello in the 21st Century
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc., Charlottesville, VA

Implementation of a permanent exhibition in a new visitor's center, including a film, a model of the plantation, a web site, publications, and four copies of a smaller panel exhibition, exploring how Jefferson applied Enlightenment ideas at Monticello.

Interpreting America’s Historic Places

The Civil War Home Front in Vermont
Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, VT

Planning for a website and statewide educational and public programs to interpret approximately 100 locations significant to Vermont's participation in the Civil War.

Community-Wide Charles Goodnight Interpretive Plan
Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway, Pueblo, CO

Planning to develop an interpretive plan, partners, and educational and public programs at the site owned by Charles Goodnight, who developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail that moved cattle from Texas to Wyoming.

Continuity and Change: African American Life and Culture on a Barrier Island of Georgia, 1760-1980
Ossabaw Island Foundation, Savannah, GA

Consultation with scholars and interpretive experts to examine the history of African American life on Ossabaw Island and in the Georgia Lowcountry.

Creating Holyoke: Immigrants' and Migrants' Search for Community
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA

Planning for three coordinated exhibits in Holyoke, Massachusetts, that approach urban history through the experiences of immigrant groups.

From Subjects to Citizens: Williamsburg and the American Revolution
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

Implementation of a web site about Williamsburg during the American Revolution and about our rights and responsibilities as citizens of the experimental democratic republic founded at that time.

The Home the Model T Built: Enhancing Interpretation and Programming at the Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn, Michigan
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Consultation to plan historic site tours and public programs about the role of the inexpensive, mass-produced Model T Ford in transforming American life and the relationship of Henry and Clara Ford to significant reform movements of their time.

Implementation of New Interpretive Program Elements at the National Historic Landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue
Eldridge Street Project, New York, NY

Implementation of new interpretive exhibits, publications, and tours examining the architectural, religious, and cultural history of a historic synagogue and community in New York's Lower East Side.

Interpreting the Contributions of African-Americans in Antebellum New York at Eight Historic House Sites in New York City
Historic House Trust of New York City, New York, NY

Consultation with scholars and museum professionals to develop an interpretive plan for eight historic sites that tells collectively the story of African American life in antebellum New York.

Interpreting Munroe Tavern as the "Museum of the British" in Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA

Consultation for a reinterpretation of Munroe Tavern that would tell the story of the British military and soldiers during the American Revolution.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA

Consultation with scholars and site visits to develop an interpretive plan for a significant archaeological site and a living history village in western Pennsylvania.

Melville in Context
Berkshire County Historical Society, Pittsfield, MA

Consultation with scholars to develop a new interpretation of Arrowhead, the home of Herman Melville, placing the author's life and work in the context of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, history.

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

Implementation of an interactive web site and a DVD, audio tours, and other materials interpreting the natural and cultural history of the Grand Canyon landscape.

A New Interpretation for the Old State House
Bostonian Society, Boston, MA

Consultation that would lead to new interpretive directions for the Old State House, with special attention to the era of the Revolutionary War and the founding of the country.

Permanent Interpretive Exhibition at the Home and Studio of Thomas Cole, Founder of the Hudson River School of Art
Greene County Historical Society, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY

Implementation of a permanent interpretation of Thomas Cole's studio, including a film, docent tours, a web site, multimedia stations, publications, and public and educational programs exploring how Cole worked and his contribution to American art.

Preparing an Interpretive Plan for the Bethlehem Steel Site
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Planning for a symposium and collaboration with scholars to create an interpretive master plan for the abandoned Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, examining local industrial history.

Telling River Stories
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Planning of site tours, exhibits, a website, and signage along the Mississippi riverfront in the Twin Cities to interpret the influence of the river on life in several historic, urban neighborhoods.

Libraries Implementation

Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World--A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries
American Library Association, Chicago, IL

Implementation of a traveling panel exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States, to circulate to 30 sites nationwide.

The libraries hosting the exhibition are: 

Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
Cameron Village Regional Library, Raleigh, NC
Cedar City Public Library, Cedar City, UT
Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Denton Public Library, South Branch, Denton, TX
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Geauga County Public Library, Middlefield, OH
Georgetown County Library, Georgetown, SC
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Glendale Public Library, Glendale, AZ
Laramie County Library System, Cheyenne, WY
Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County, Hattiesburg, MS
Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown, NY
Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, WI
Niles Public Library District, Niles, IL
Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH
Oxnard Public Library, Oxnard, CA
Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library, St. Joseph, MO
Yakima Valley Regional Library, Yakima, WA

Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country: A Traveling Exhibition
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Implementation of a photo-panel exhibition, based on the Newberry Library's larger      exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps of   Discovery, 1804-06, to travel to 23 sites throughout the U.S.

The libraries hosting the exhibition are:

Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, Augusta, GA
Bay Mills Community College, Brimley, MI
Boone County Public Library, Union, KY
Brigham City Library, Brigham City, UT
Chadron State College, Chadron, NE
Clewiston Library, Clewiston, FL
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
Ocean County Library, Tom’s River, NJ
Petoskey Public Library, Petoskey, MI
Poughkeepsie Public Library District, Poughkeepsie, NY
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Sioux City, IA
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
St. Mary Parish Library, Franklin, LA
University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Wayne County Public Library, Wooster, OH
Wichita State University Libraries, Wichita, KS

Libraries Planning

Rumors of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: The Life and Work of Mark Twain
National Book Foundation, New York, NY

Planning of reading and discussion and other programs to be held at 100 library or other community sites around the nation along with a traveling exhibition and an extensive website about Twain and his lasting cultural influence.

Vaulting Ambition: The Guastavino Family and America's Great Public Spaces
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

Planning of a gallery exhibition and a traveling panel exhibition with related public programs about how a family of first-generation immigrants created a business that helped to design and construct many of America's iconic public buildings between 1895 and 1962.

Media TV Planning

Heartland Passage: The Erie Canal in American History
City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture, New York, NY

            Planning for a television documentary on the Erie Canal from 1825 to 1995.

Media TV Production

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

Production of a two-hour television documentary on the War of 1812 that would explore the war from divergent points of view, including Canadian, Native American, and British perspectives, as well as the American perspective.

Dolley Madison
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc., St. Paul, MN

Production of a 90-minute television documentary and web site on the life and career of Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.

Icebound
New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

Production of a 90-minute documentary film about the attempt to save the icebound community of Nome, Alaska, from a diphtheria epidemic in 1925.

Media TV Scripting

John Muir in the New World
International Cultural Programming, New York, NY

Scripting of a two-hour documentary film about naturalist John Muir (1838-1914).

Theodore Dreiser: Marching Alone
New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film exploring the life and writings of Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945).

Museums Consultation

Interpretive Planning for the Historic Reeder Citrus Ranch: National Images and Changing Realities of Southern California
George C. & Hazel H. Reeder Heritage Foundation, Montclair, CA

Consultation and site visits for the interpretation of a citrus ranch in Southern California.

Planning the Interpretation of the Rear Yard of 97 Orchard Street
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, NY

Consultation to plan an exhibit about sanitation and the water system in the backyard of a 19th-century tenement building that would explore issues of urban sanitation, immigrant life, the state of medical knowledge about public health, and housing reform pressures in the period 1864 to 1905.

Museums Implementation

The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture
 Trigg C.M. Russell Foundation, Inc., Great Falls, MT

Implementation of a permanent exhibition with a web site and public and school programs about the history of humans' interaction with bison and how the bison became a symbol of Native American culture, the American West, and our national identity.

Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX

Implementation of a large traveling exhibition, a smaller format traveling version, and educational and public programs exploring immigration through the port of Galveston, Texas from 1845 to 1924.

Isletan Images: A Photographic History of the Pueblo in the 19th Century
Pueblo of Isleta, Isleta, NM

Implementation of a traveling exhibition and a publication on traditional life and change at Isleta, using early photographs to show how outsiders saw the pueblo and how historical information can be gleaned from the photographs.

Old Stories, New Voices Intercultural Youth Program Expansion
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO

Implementation of a three-year program of weeklong summer camps to be held in Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Nebraska for at-risk youth, exploring the United States and the Civil War history.

Our Lives, Our Stories: Minnesota's Greatest Generation
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

Implementation of a permanent exhibition, a traveling exhibition, publications, a web site, and other public and educational programs exploring the collective experience of the generation that fought World War II and matured in the postwar decades.

Sailors Speak: Life Aboard Constitution in 1812
U.S.S. Constitution Museum, Boston, MA

Implementation of a permanent exhibition about the lives of crew members and how their service during the War of 1812 affected them and helped to create an American national symbol.

Museums Planning

American Art and the East
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY

Planning for a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and related public and educational programs exploring the influence of Asian art on American art, 1900-present.

The American Revolution in the West
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO

Planning for a traveling exhibition, publications, and a website examining the American Revolution as experienced in the trans-Appalachian U.S. and the changing values that came with it.

If These Walls Could Talk: The Native American Plains Tipi
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Planning for a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and supporting educational and public programs examining the Native American tipi as a center of Plains Indian culture.

NEH on the Road 

Heroes of the Sky:  Adventures in Early Flight, 1903-1939
Traveling exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of flight through stories of fliers, businessmen, and inventors from the first forty years of aviation.  Host sites funded:

Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, Thermopolis, WY

Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission, College Park, MD

Going Places
Traveling exhibition exploring the culture, evolution, and eventual demise of horse-drawn transportation, from the early nineteenth century, through the industrial revolution, and into the 1900s and the dawn of the automobile age. Host sites funded:

Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation, Fort Morgan, CO

Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
Traveling exhibition exploring how political, economic, and cultural roots influence families today, both on and off the farm, with a focus on farming’s social and cultural context.  Host sites funded:

Eastland County Museum, Eastland, TX

South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Old Independence Regional Museum, Batesville, AR

Asian Games: The Art of Contest
Traveling exhibition exploring the role of games as social and cultural activities in the diverse societies of pre-modern Asia and their transmission to the West into such familiar games as chess, backgammon, Parcheesi, and playing cards.  Host sites funded:

Joliet Area Historical Museum, Joliet, IL

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
Traveling exhibition that bridges two continents, exploring the art and symbolism of kente cloth in the cultures of Africa and its expression of identity in African American communities.  Host sites funded:

McCurtain County Art Club, Idabel, OK

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
Norwich Free Academy Foundation, Inc., Norwich, CT

Radio

Music from Migrants, Exiles, Travelers, and Wanderers
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Production of ten two-hour programs exploring the traveler as an iconic image in American narrative, songs, and stories.

Special Projects Implementation & Libraries Implementation

John Adams Unbound: The Library of a President
Boston Public Library Trustees, Boston, MA

Implementation of a traveling panel exhibition with public programs to go to 20 libraries nationwide about how Adams's passion for reading shaped his life and his actions as a national leader.

Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua
Nebraska Humanities Council, Lincoln, NE

Implementation of a series of public programs in 12 rural communities in Kansas and Nebraska over three years exploring critical changes in American cultural and political life in the 1930s through the lives of five historical figures.

Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience
American Library Association, Chicago, IL

Implementation of a traveling exhibition that would tour to 20 libraries, examining African Americans' participation in organized baseball from the Civil War to the present.

Prime Time Family Reading: Bilingual National Outreach
Prime Time Family Reading, New Orleans, LA

Implementation of 20 bilingual family reading and discussion programs, four programs each in five states.

Reveal the Real: Kids Uncover the Secrets of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Information and Culture, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

Implementation of a three-year after-school program that engages middle and high school students in conducting historical research and producing videos for public distribution about Brooklyn's past.

Soul of a People: Voices from the Federal Writers' Project--Library Outreach Programs
American Library Association, Chicago, IL

Implementation of a series of reading and film discussion programs at 30 public libraries, with a companion web site, that would occur simultaneously with the broadcasting of the NEH-supported documentary film Soul of a People: Voices from the Federal Writers' Project.

Special Projects Planning

The Shadows of Oakland
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Planning for interpretive tours of the historic Oakland Cemetery using "augmented reality" technology designed for use on smart phones and personal digital assistants.

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Research

The Correspondence of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, 1753-1787
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

Preparation of an annotated English translation of the correspondence of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787), the patriarch of American Lutheranism and an important figure in early Pennsylvania history.

New Netherland Project: Translating and Editing of New Netherland Archives
University of the State of New York, Albany, NY

Transcription, translation, and annotation of 17th-century Dutch records of the colonial government of New Netherland.

Documenting Endangered Languages

Community-Based Language Documentation: Mohave and Beyond
Susan Penfield, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Application of the scholar’s studies with Mohave language to a broader range of Indigenous  communities and to those who work with them, by defining the basic principles and practices needed for community-based language documentation projects.

Navajo Language Investigations
Ellavina Perkins, Flagstaff, AZ

Completion of a reference grammar that focuses on Navajo sentence structure. 

Faculty Research Awards

African American Pilots in the Southern Maritime Trade
Maurice Kaye Melton, Albany State University, Albany, NY

A book relating the story of African Americans who worked as maritime pilots on the southern coasts from the 1600s to the end of the Civil War.  

Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

American Romanticism and the Civil War
Randall Fuller, Drury University, Springfield, MO

A book that traces the Civil War writing of canonical figures such as Emerson, Hawthorne, Dickinson, Whitman, and Melville, in the context of residual and emergent strains of literary Romanticism and realism evident in periodicals, journals, diaries, and newspapers of the time.

A Biography of Flannery O'Connor
Brad D. Gooch, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

A literary biography of  twentieth-century author Flannery O’Connor, who wrote two novels as well as two collections of short stories considered masterpieces of the form.

The Churches and Meetinghouses of Early America: An Architectural History
Carl Reavis Lounsbury, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

A book examining the architectural history of early American churches and meetinghouses, covering nearly all the major denominations and sects from Maine to Georgia from 1607 to 1820.

Cultural Exchange: Immigrants in the Performing Arts and 20th-Century America
Joseph I. Horowitz, Unaffiliated Independent Scholar, New York City, NY

A book exploring the fate and influence of immigrants in the performing arts who arrived in the U.S. between the two world wars.

Extending the Sphere: On the Significance and Meaning of Madison's Argument in Federalist No. 10
Alan R. Gibson, California State University, Chico Foundation, Chico, CA

A book analyzing James Madison's revolutionary defense of an extended republic.

Mark Twain Among the Indians
Kerry Driscoll, St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, IN

A book that examines Twain’s evolving views of native peoples during the latter half of the 19th century, as reflected in a broad array of fiction, essays, journalistic sketches, and speeches.

Nationalism's Nature:  Continental Conceptions and the Emergence of the United States
James David Drake, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO

A book that examines how views of the continental division of the earth evolved in the Anglo-American colonies and became intertwined with an emerging and uniquely American national identity.   

Photographers and Farm Workers in California, 1850-2005
Richard Steven Street, Unaffiliated Independent Scholar, San Anselmo, CA

A study of how photographers have interacted with farmworkers in California since 1850.

Scrapbooks Remake 19th-Century Print Culture
Ellen Gruber Garvey, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

An examination of how scrapbooks demonstrate the manner in which readers used the 19th-century mass-circulated press.

Slavery and Freedom in Concord, Massachusetts, 1740-1822 Elise Virginia Lemire, SUNY Research Foundation, Purchase, NY

A book on the lived experiences of Africans, African descendants, and whites in Concord, from the inception of slavery there through the immediate aftermath of its demise. 

Fellowships for University Teachers

African American Education and Identity in Antebellum New York City
Anna Marie Duane, University of Connecticut, Milford, CT

An analysis of the performances put on by students during the 1820's at the New York African Free School (NYAFS), seeking to understand how the education of young African Americans affected the way they imagined their role as freedpeople.

Black and Latino Civil Rights Strategies in World War II Texas and the Southwest, 1940-1965
Neil Foley, University of Texas, Austin

A book-length study examining the complicated relationship between African Americans and Latinos (mostly Mexican Americans) in Texas and other states of the Southwest from World War II to 1965, when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act and the Immigration Act (ending quotas based on national origin) and a year after it ended the Bracero "guest worker" program (1942-64) with Mexico.

Black Rights and the Failure of Democracy in Civil War-Era Washington
Kate Masur, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

A social history of public life in the national capital during the Civil War and Reconstruction, which investgates everyday struggles to determine which people would hold which rights and illuminates the national significance of African Americans’ political activism, the mobilization of anti-democratic politics in the name of progress, and the importance of ideas about public and private space in redefining American democracy following the Civil War.

Challenging the State:  American Indians and the “Empire of Liberty,” 1800-2000
Frederick Hoxie, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

A history of American Indians and their engagement with the political institutions of the United States. 

Chance, Skepticism, and Belief in American Literature, 1820-1870
Maurice Sherwood Lee, Boston University, Boston, MA

A book showing how the changing conceptions of chance shape literary encounters with skepticism in the writings of Poe, Thoreau, Douglass, Melville, and Dickinson. 

Critical Biography of American Poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
Robert Ely Bagg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

A critical biography of Richard Wilbur’s life and work.

The Ingalls-Wilder Family Songbook:  A Scholarly Edition
Dale Cockrell, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

A book that locates, collects, organizes, and edits the 125 extant songs and tunes that constitute The Ingalls-Wilder Family Songbook, to be published in a scholarly edition as a number in the "Music of the United States of America" (MUSA) series.

Mark Twain:  The Mysterious Stranger [a biography]
Jerome M. Loving, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Arguing that Twain's humor was ultimately serious and tragic, Loving seeks to explain not only the enduring quality of his work but also the perceived pessimism of his final phase. This biography will synthesize the latest and most reliable information on the life and works of America's most famous writer.

A Narrative History of the Ratification of the Federal Constitution, 1787-1790
Pauline R. Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 

Completion and revision of a narrative history of the ratification of the federal Constitution for both scholarly and public audiences.

San Francisco's Musical Life, 1906-45
Leta Ellen Miller, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

A book on San Francisco's musical life from the 1906 earthquake to the end of World War II. This period saw a changing aesthetic--from the emulation of East Coast culture to a more distinctive regional style that featured experimentation with diverse traditions, particularly those of Asia.

Scholarly Editions

The Ah Quin Diaries
California State University, San Marcos, CA

Preparation for publication of the diary of Ah Quin, a nineteenth-century Chinese immigrant to the West Coast of the United States.

Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791
George Washington University, Washington, DC

Preparation for publication of Volumes 18-22 of the Correspondence Series of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress and work on digital conversion for online publication. 

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Adoption of the Bill of Rights
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Final preparation for publication of two volumes of state debates about the ratification of the Constitution, research on a third, and work to place all previously published volumes and supplementary documents online.

The Papers of George Catlett Marshall
George C. Marshall Research Foundation, Lexington, VA

Completion of volume 6 and preliminary work on volume 7 of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project
George Washington University, Washington, DC

Completion and publication of Volume 2, completion of Volume 3, and editorial work on Volume 4 of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.

Freedmen and Southern Society Project
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

The continuing preparation of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the American South, 1861-1867.

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL

The digitization of Lincoln-related documents found in many different repositories, preparatory to making the documents available on a freely accessible website.

The Papers of George Washington
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Editorial work on volumes 18-22 of the Revolutionary War series and volumes 14-20 of the Presidential series of the multi-volume print edition of the Papers of George Washington.

The Papers of James Madison
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Editorial work on The Papers of James Madison, to include final preparation for publication of Volume 6 in the Presidential series, preliminary work on Volume 7 of the Presidential series, continuing work on Volume 9 in the Secretary of State series, and continuing work on Volumes 1 and 2 of the Retirement series.

The Papers of Thomas A. Edison
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Completion of Volume 7 and editorial work on Volumes 8 and 9 of the Papers of Thomas A. Edison.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Scholarly work on volumes 34-39 of the multi-volume edition of the Thomas Jefferson papers.

The Samuel Gompers Papers
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Final preparation for publication of volume 11 and completion of editorial work on volume 12 of a twelve-volume edition of the papers of Samuel Gompers.

Summer Stipends

"Churches for Today": Modernism and Suburban Expansion in Post-World War II America
Gretchen Buggeln, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

A study to investigate the emerging religious culture of postwar, suburban American churches primarily through the lens of architecture and material culture.

Converso: The Religious Life of the Sephardim of Colonial Newport
Laura Leibman, Reed College, Portland, OR

An investigation of the Sephardic community living in Newport, Rhode Island during the eighteenth century. 

Deluxe Jim Crow: Racial and Regional Equalization in Health Policy from New Deal to Civil Rights Movement
Karen Thomas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

A book that examines the pre-1954 Brown efforts to equalize health services, facilities, and professional training for blacks. Equalization was more successful in health care than education due to significant federal and state funding.

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and American Identity: Contesting National Culture in the Early Republic
Charlene Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879) was a celebrated woman at a time when much remained unsettled in America. The War for Independence had succeeded but Americans still argued over how aristocratic or democratic their society should become. Bonaparte’s imperial connections and her scandalous behavior made her a central figure in this debate.

Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right
Jennifer Burns, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Support to complete a book manuscript, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, which underscores the importance of Rand’s libertarian ideas to the conservative movement, and suggests new ways to think about the relationship between capitalism and Christianity in America.

The Old Puritan and a New Nation: Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic
Mark Hall, George Fox University, Newberg, OR

A book that gives a critical account of the political and legal philosophy of Roger Sherman, an underappreciated and yet tremendously significant political and theological thinker of the founding era.

The Prisoners of New York: Captivity and Memory in the American Revolution
Edwin Burrows, CUNY Research Foundation, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

A study of the Americans who lost their lives in the prisons and prison ships of New York City during the  Revolutionary War.  Nearly twice as many died in prisons as died in combat.

The Selected Letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Denise Knight, SUNY Research Foundation, College at Cortland, NY

Completion of an edition of the selected letters of American author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which date from 1872, when Gilman was 12, to 1935, just days before her suicide at the age of 75. 

The Text of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems
Christopher Beyers, Assumption College, Worcester, MA

A critical text of Stevens’s Collected Poems.

Writing for the Street, Writing in the Garret: Melville, Dickinson, and Private Publication
Michael Kearns, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN

Drafting a final chapter of Writing for the Street, Writing in the Garret and gathering information for another chapter regarding the material conditions under which Melville and Dickinson wrote. 

STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

Alabama Humanities Foundation
We the People in Alabama

To support speakers’ bureau presentations on Alabama history and culture, a teacher institute on Alabama's Black Belt, the "New Harmonies" traveling exhibition, and a special We The People grant initiative.

Alaska Humanities Forum
We the People: The March to Alaska Statehood

To support radio programming, institutes for teachers, and grants for local projects, all related to important themes and topics in Alaska's history in anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of Alaska's statehood.

Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
The History of American Somoa

To support the archival collection and subsequent development of a book about Amerika Samoa’s history, pre-publication reading and discussion programs, and a teacher institute for secondary school history teachers.

Arizona Humanities Council
We the People

To support cultural heritage tourism projects, planning for a tour in 2009 of the traveling exhibit, "New Harmonies" on American roots music, keynote speakers for the annual book festival and the annual humanities lecture, and issues forums on important topics in the humanities in election year 2008.

Arkansas Humanities Council
We the People Programs in Arkansas

To support the annual statewide History Day in Arkansas, and to expand the program of grants, training, and technical assistance to local groups working to preserve, document and interpret African American cemeteries throughout the state of Arkansas.

California Council for the Humanities
California Stories: How I See It

To support humanities programs that examine and reveal contemporary issues and experiences of concern to California youth, families, and others.

Colorado Endowment for the Humanities
We the People: A Colorado Initiative 2007

To support Chautauquason "The American Spirit: Colonials and Revolutionaries," and "1776,” speakers bureau programs, a teachers institute on Arapaho history and traditions; and program and research grants for community projects, with particular encouragement for projects on the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the New Deal.

Connecticut Humanities Council
The Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online (ECHO)

To support the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online (ECHO), an online resource for authoritative information about Connecticut's history and heritage, for use by the public, students, educators, researchers and journalists.

Florida Humanities Council
Florida and the Caribbean: Historic Ties and Cultural Connections

To support projects exploring the relationship between Florida and the Caribbean including speakers bureau programs, a grants initiative and a teachers seminar.

Fundacion Puertorriquena de las Humanidades
Broaden theInformation Usefulness of the Puerto Rico On-line Encyclopedia

To support continued development of the Puerto Rico Online Encyclopedia.

Guam Humanities Council
The U.S. Territory of Guam, "Where America's Day Begins"

To supprt the research and content development on the early American (1898-1941) and post-World War II periods in Guam for the online encyclopedia, Guampedia.

Georgia Humanities Council
We the People in Georgia 2007

To support reading and discussion programs in Georgia communities, the development of resource and training materials to accompany the tour of the exhibition, "Key Ingredients: America By Food," and additional content for the "New Georgia Encyclopedia."

Hawaii Council for the Humanities
We the People: American History, Literature and Cultural Traditions

To support teacher workshops on American and local history, programs to commemorate the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, discussion groups on literature and medicine, and History Day.

Idaho Humanities Council
American History/American Identity II

To support speaker's bureaus, summer institutes for teachers, reading and discussion programs, traveling exhibit programs, American Roots Music and Idaho folk music programs, and a We the People regrant program.

Illinois Humanities Council
We the People in Illinois

To support a musical heritage initiative focused on the "New Harmonies" traveling exhibition and the Illinois Music Heritage initiative, speakers bureau programs, and a grant program to support We The People themes.

Indiana Humanities Council
We the People Leadership and Education Programs 2007-2008

To support a series of conversations on topics in American history and culture in order to strengthen civic engagement, and to create web-based resources for teachers that correspond to high school history standards on the topics of the Development of the Industrial United States, the Emergence of the Modern United States, the Modern United States in Prosperity and Depression, and the United States and World War II.

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

To support grants and programs that focus on the heritage and contemporary concerns of Iowans, especially in rural areas, with particular emphasis on projects that explore how cultural and ethnic diversity informs and challenges collective ideas of identity as Americans and Iowans.

Kansas Humanities Council
Kansans Tell Their Stories

To support projects initiated by Kansas communities to create exhibits, oral histories and heritage tourism activities about what it means to be a resident of Kansas.  A new digital shorts component will allow Kansans to tell a visual story.  In addition, a special Kansans Tell Their Stories traveling exhibition will be created.

Kentucky Humanities Council
Prime Time Family Reading, Chautauqua, Magazine

To support the Prime Time Family Reading Time family literacy program, Chautauqua presentations in Kentucky's schools, and a special fall 2008 edition of Kentucky Humanities magazine on Abraham Lincoln in observance of the Lincoln Bicentennial.

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Roots to Roots: America and Louisiana's Shared History

To support reading and discussion programs for adults, Cultural Vistas magazine, and grants to Louisiana's educational and cultural institutions, all related to the theme, "Roots to Roots: America & Louisiana's Shared History."

Maine Humanities Council
Faces of Freedom

To support the initiative, "Faces of Freedom" which includes a conference on a classic text of American literature, a symposium on the place of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in American history, and reading and discussion programs for adult beginning readers.

Maryland Humanities Council
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Remembrance and Reconciliation

To support a special initiative on Martin Luther King, Jr. that will emphasize the issue of race through Chautauqua programming, a speakers bureau, grant program, and Maryland History Day.

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Liberty and Justice for All, II

To support the initiative "Liberty and Justice for All” which includes a re-grant program for public humanities projects and a symposium on the role of the media in American democracy.

Michigan Humanities Council
The Great Michigan Read

To support "The Great Michigan Read," a statewide literature and literacy initiative focused on Ernest Hemingway's short-stories collection The Nick Adams Stories. Activities include reading and discussion groups, exhibits, a Hemingway film festival, and a Michigan author homecoming.

Minnesota Humanities Center
Remembering, Preserving, and Preparing: Minnesota’s Indigenous Communities at 150 Years of Statehood

To support conferences on the impact of statehood on the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples and the contributions of native people to Minnesota and American history, targeted grants to help develop reference and curriculum guides for native language courses, and a content-rich website that will collect Dakota and Ojibwe materials and resources.

Mississippi Humanities Center
We the People: Learning Who We Are

To support Mississippi Moments segments on public radio, the Mississippi Online Timeline and a teacher workshop on Mississippi writers.

Missouri Humanities Council
We the People of Missouri:  Connecting People & Communities

To support consultancy and training programs for Missouri museums and libraries, outreach to new Americans and underserved populations through the READ from the START family reading program and 2008 Chautauqua, That's Entertainment!

Montana Committee for the Humanities
We The People in Montana, 2007-2008

To support regrants, the speakers bureau, the OpenBook reading and discussion program, and the Montana Festival of the Book. The funded programs will employ a variety of media, lectures, conferences, reading and discussion, teacher institutes, and website and print publications.

Nebraska Humanities Council
We The People--Nebraska

To support a new Chautauqua, with scholars portraying FDR, Huey Long, Aimee Semple McPherson, Zora Neale Hurston, and Will Rogers; the Chautauqua is presented in partnership with the Kansas Humanities Council. NHC will also collaborate with the Smithsonian to bring the “Between Fences” traveling exhibit to six communities; present speakers and catalog for the Humanities Resource Center, and in collaboration with the Nebraska Library Commission and the Nebraska Center for the Book, sponsorship of the 2007 Nebraska Book Festival

Nevada Humanities Council
Civic Engagement and Online Nevada Encyclopedia

To support continued development of the Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE) and a grant initiative to develop humanities-based civic dialogue programs.

New Hampshire Humanities Council
We The People: Community Conversations on American Culture

To support a statewide speakers bureau program, grants for community projects on topics in American history and culture with special emphasis on World War II and the homefront, and a special initiative, "Shifting Ground:  Religion and Civic Life in America."

New Jersey Council for the Humanities
A Democratic Vision: Forming a More Perfect Union

To support a two-semester Clemente study course for low-income adults in Camden, two teacher seminars for New Jersey teachers, and a series of two-day teacher workshops in Newark throughout the fall and spring semesters.

New Mexico Humanities Council
What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?

Planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of Statehood in 2012.

New York Council for the Humanities
Together--Book Talk for Kids & Parents

To support "Together -- Book Talk for Kids & Parents," the Council's intergenerational family reading and discussion program focused on themes drawn from We the People bookshelves.

North Carolina Humanities Council
We the People - North Carolina

To support on-going programming, including a summer teachers' institute that will explore southern plantation culture, statewide regional conferences that address themes in American history and culture, and the new publication, "Engage Your World."

North Dakota Humanities Council
Lincoln, Land, and Liberty: North Dakota's Legacy

To support "North Dakota Reads," the Council's reading and discussion program, by adding new nonfiction titles including readings related to President Abraham Lincoln and the impact of the Homestead Act of 1862, grants for scholars to lead reading and discussion programs, and presentations by North Dakota-born historian James McPherson in the fall of 2008.

Northern Mariana Islands for the Humanities
From Many, One: Exploring Democracy in a Multicultural Commonwealth

To support “Democracy Considered”, a series of text-based community discussions, public lectures on the fundamentals of democracy and a series of activities that explores the diverse cultural traditions present in the Commonwealth.

Ohio Humanities Council
We the People in Ohio 2007-2008

To support Chautauquas on "World War II," and "Inventors and Innovators" that will be held in 2007 and 2008, summer teacher institutes, the Gateway to History website, and local media projects associated with the fall 2007 broadcast of Ken Burns' documentary, "The War."

Oklahoma Humanities Council
Oklahoma We the People 2007-2009

To support a grant initiative for public humanities projects that focus on themes and events in American history.

Oregon Council for the Humanities
Boarders and Boundaries

To support the program initiative, "Borders and Boundaries" which will explore American history, the principles of democracy through lectures, a special issue of Oregon Humanities magazine and teacher institutes.

Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Our Stories, Our Future

To support the expansion of "Our Stories, Our Future," a statewide project, by awarding grants, supporting speakers and book groups, all focused on stories from America's past that have importance for today and the future in Pennsylvania.

Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
On the Road to Freedom

To support the commemoration of the bicentennial of the abolition of slavery. The commemoration will employ lectures, live and rebroadcast panel discussions, a documentary film series of Rhode Island Public Broadcasting, and targeted speakers bureau presentations for community organizations, and grants.

Humanities Council SC
We The People 2008 in South Carolina

To support the 12th Annual South Carolina Book Festival, the Clemente Course, National History Day, a tour of the exhibition, "Key Ingredients: America By Food," and the South Carolina Institute for Community Scholars.

South Dakota Humanities Council
Fifth Annual Festival of Books

To support the annual South Dakota Festival of Books and the complementary programming. The Festival of Books will explore significant events in South Dakota and American history with over 50 authors and an audience in Deadwood, SD, estimated to be over 6,000.

Humanities Tennessee
Incorporating the Themes of "We the People" into the Programming of Humanities Tennessee

To support sessions devoted to American history and culture at the Southern Festival of Books; strengthen the six small museums and cultural organizations hosting the "New Harmonies" exhibit; and make grants, including one to support a teacher institute on the civil rights movement in Tennessee.

Humanities Texas
We the People Varied Initiatives

To support two summer teachers' institutes entitled "The West and the Shaping of America," traveling exhibits, a re-grant program, and the development of a program encouraging communities to explore local traditions related to themes in U.S. history and culture.

Utah Humanities Council
We the People Utah

To support grants for community projects exploring significant historical themes and events, speakers bureaus, historians for the Great Salt Lake Book Festival, the statewide History Day, an oral history initiative, weekly public radio programs, and a statewide initiative for interpretive exhibits at museums.

Vermont Humanities Council
Sharing Our Past, Shaping Our Future

To support talks, living history presentations, lectures, and reading and discussions series for both the general public and low-literacy groups; summer humanities camps for at-risk middle school youth; and grants to increase knowledge and understanding of American and Vermont history.

Virgin Islands Humanities Council
Virgin Islands Voices: A Spoken Word Celebration

To support "Virgin Islands Voices:  A Spoken Word Celebration,"  a series of activities in collaboration with several partners to conduct writing and poetry workshops, to produce a humanities festival focused on the spoken word, and to organize a book festival to highlight both the oral and written traditions of the Virgin Islands.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
We the People in Virginia

To support the study and public dissemination of Virginia history and culture by means of media and the Center for the Book, especially of those peoples whose contributions have not been sufficiently recognized. Support includes an award of a residential fellowship in Virginia history.

Humanities Washington
We the People 2007 Across Washington State

To support a tour of the exhibition, "Key Ingredients," training in the"My United States" literacy curriculum and a new program of civic reflection discussion groups.

Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Becoming a Washingtonian: What it means to be American in the Nation's Capital

To support public programs during DC Emancipation Week in April 2008, a week-long institute for 40 high school students, three television programs, reading and discussion programs for young people; the DC Community Heritage Preservation Project, and archival resources related to the programs of the Humanities Council of Washington, DC.

West Virginia Humanities Council
Sharing Our History

To support grants for community history projects and for professional development for historical administrators; for the annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities; for the development of a traveling exhibit on the legend of John Henry, and for two lectures on historical topics.

Wisconsin Humanities Council
Finding Home: Wisconsin's People and the Land

To support humanities-based conferences, lectures, K-12 curriculum development, web discussions, newspaper articles, and sessions at the 2008 Wisconsin Book Festival on the theme of the state's conservation heritage.

Wyoming Humanities Council
American Journeys: History, Culture and Counterculture

To support a film series, book discussion series, speakers forum and grant initiative on changing visions of America from the Civil War of the 1860s through the 1960s counterculture.  Themes for public discussion include changing concepts of justice and equality, the New West, challenges to class structure and post-war shifts in traditional American values and morals.

MISCELLANEOUS HUMANITIES PROJECTS

Advancing Knowledge:  IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership

PhilaPlace: A Neighborhood History and Culture Project
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

To support development of PhilaPlace, an interactive Web resource on the history, culture, and architecture of Philadelphia's neighborhoods.  The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Department of Records, and the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design would work with neighborhood organizations to develop a prototype Web site focused initially on two neighborhood clusters. In addition to historical records, maps, and photographs, the site will include an in-depth Geographic Information System (GIS) model of Southwark, a neighborhood with a 300-year history as a center of industry, transportation, and immigration.

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

Come Back to the Fair
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

The development of a recreation of the 1964-1965 World's Fair as a three-dimensional archive.

Hawaii Island Digital Collaboratory
Kohala Center, Kamuela, HI

Planning for a "digital collaboratory" engaging humanities scholars, scientists, technology specialists, and native Hawaiian culture experts in the development of a geospatially-referenced database of the island of Hawaii.

Living in the Valley of the Shadow: The Creation of a Web-Based, Role-Playing Simulation on the Civil War
Hope College, Holland, MI

Development of a web-based simulation based on the online Valley of the Shadow archive.

Tories, Timid, or True Blue?
Old North Foundation of Boston, Inc. Boston, MA.

An on-line and on-site program at Old North Church, using primary documents to portray the diversity within the congregation in 1775 and the choices people faced on the eve of the American Revolution.