PUBLIC PROGRAMS GRANT AWARDS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: July 2002

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

CONSULTATION GRANTS

Columbia University; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,991.00
Interpreting Oral History Narratives and Memories of 9/11/2001

Consultation with scholars in preparation for the review, interpretation, and dissemination of interviews conducted as part of the Oral History Narrative and Memory Project.

PLANNING GRANTS

Newberry Library; Chicago, IL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,000.00
Lewis and Clark in Indian Country

Planning for a major exhibition, a panel exhibition traveling to 40 libraries, a website, and published resource guides on the relationship between the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Indian people whose lands it traversed.

IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS

American Library Association (ALA); Chicago, IL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $255,000.00
Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

The fabrication and 40-site tour of a freestanding panel exhibition, CD-ROM, website, and ancillary educational programs about the life, reign, and legacy of Queen Elizabeth I.

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery; San Marino, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $260,000.00
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation

A traveling panel exhibition that incorporates more than 60 rare documents and drawings and the latest scholarship on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.

Human Pursuits: Western Humanities Concern; Salt Lake City, UT
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $245,000.00
Family Portraits: Bilingual Reading and Discussion Programs

A series of bilingual reading and discussion programs at libraries in ten states that focus on the complex subject of family as it is represented in Hispanic and American Literature.

National Video Resources; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00
The Sixties: America's Decade of Crisis and Change

A six-week film and reading discussion series about the 1960s, an extraordinary decade of social, political, and cultural ferment in U.S. history.

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MEDIA

CONSULTATION GRANTS

Educational Film Center; Annandale, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
The First Basket

Consultation with scholars on a documentary film exploring the role of basketball in the acculturation of Jewish immigrants and the contribution of Jews to the early development of basketball from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Foundation for the Future; Bellevue, WA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
The Next Thousand Years

Consultation for an eight-part documentary television series examining the historical and philosophical issues surrounding scientific and technological advances.

Juno Films, Inc.; Princeton, NJ
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Science, Myth, and the Quest for Knowledge in the 21st Century

Consultation with scholars for a documentary film that would examine the connections between contemporary science and ancient myths about human origins.

Mary Pickford Educational Foundation; Los Angeles, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Consultation for a one-hour documentary film about the evolution of Uncle Tom's Cabin in literature, theatre, and film.

Madison D. Lacy; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
At the Gates of the Walled City: The Life and Work of Theodore Dreiser

Consultation for a documentary film about American writer Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945).

Public Communications; Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
The Max Perkins Story

Consultation with humanities scholars and archival research to develop a 90-minute film on the life and work of editor Maxwell Perkins, who brought the work of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe to the American public.

State University of New York (SUNY), Albany; Albany, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Capital Voices, Capital Soundscapes: Aural Histories of the Capital Region of New York

Consultation to develop a radio documentary series on the history of New York's Albany region and to produce a pilot program on the Cold War era.

Teddy Bear Films; San Francisco, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Balancing Ying and Yang: Human Rights in China

Consultation with scholars about a documentary film exploring the perspectives of the Americans and the Chinese on human rights in China.

PLANNING GRANTS

Film and Video Arts, Inc.; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00
Annie Oakley: Little Miss Sure Shot

Planning of a 90-minute documentary film examining the life and times of Phoebe Ann Mosey, the sharpshooter known as Annie Oakley (1860-1926).

Minnesota Public Radio; St. Paul, MN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00
Remembering Korea

Scripting of a two-hour radio documentary series and additional short segments exploring the Korean War and its impact on American politics and culture.

North Texas Public Broadcasting (KERA-TV); Dallas, TX
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00
The Storm that Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution

Planning for a three-hour documentary film about the Mexican Revolution, a conflict that changed the course of Mexican history and influenced U.S. and European foreign policy.

Power Productions; Ann Arbor, MI
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $30,000.00
Gilbert and Sullivan

Planning of a two-hour historical documentary film exploring the lives, work, and legacy of the 19th-century British composers William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan.

SCRIPTING GRANTS

Center for Independent Documentary; Sharon, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land

Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film on the life and work of folk singer Woody Guthrie.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (WNET); New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
Hard Time in America

Scripting of a two-hour documentary film exploring the history of the prison in the United States from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Film Video Arts; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $59,260.00
Walt Whitman: America's Boisterous Voice

Scripting of a two-hour documentary film about the life and work of Walt Whitman and his America.

Filmmakers Collaborative; Waltham, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $50,000.00
Living in the Coops

Scripting of a one-hour television documentary about the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a utopian housing cooperative in the Bronx built by Jewish immigrant workers in the 1920s.

Isaac in America Foundation; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
They Came for Good: A History of Jews in the U.S.

Scripting of Episode Three in a proposed four-part documentary television series about the 350-year history of the Jews in the United States.

Lumiere Productions; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $70,000.00
To Tell The Truth

Scripting of a six-hour documentary series on the history of non-fiction film.

New England Foundation for the Arts; Boston, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
Slam Dunk: A Basketball History of the 20th Century

Scripting of one episode in a proposed six-part documentary television series about the social history of the 20th century as seen through the lens of basketball.

Paradigm Productions; Berkeley, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
Orozco: Man of Fire

Scripting of a one-hour documentary film about the life and work of muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949).

WGBH Educational Foundation; Boston, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $60,000.00
The Percy Julian Biography Project

Scripting of a two-hour television documentary on Percy Julian, a prominent chemist, entrepreneur, Civil Rights activist, and the first African American elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

PRODUCTION GRANTS

Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council; Austin, TX
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00
Do You Speak American?

Production of a website and web-enhanced DVD for the television program Do You Speak American?, which examines the history and continuing development of American English.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (WNET); New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $529,540.00
MATCHING AWARD: $100,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $629,540.00
Henry Luce and the Making of the American Century

Production of a 90-minute documentary film presenting an interpretive and analytical biography of Henry Luce, the co-founder and leader of Time, Inc., from 1923-64.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (WNET); New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $624,540.00
Broadway: The American Musical

Production of Episode One of a six-part, six-hour documentary film series chronicling the evolution of the Broadway musical (1904 to the present); Episode One covers the period 1904-27.

Filmmakers Collaborative; Waltham, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $675,000.00
Mary Pickford

Production of a 90-minute documentary film and interactive website on the life and art of Mary Pickford, silent screen actress and Hollywood movie mogul.

Filmmakers Collaborative; Waltham, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $449,162.00
Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health

Production of a 60-minute television documentary on the history of public health in the United States, focusing on the landmark case of Mary Mallon, the first person known to be a healthy carrier of typhoid.

Nebraskans for Public Television; Lincoln, NE
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $500,000.00
Willa Cather: Beyond the Frontier

Production of a 90-minute documentary film presenting a literary biography of the American writer Willa Cather.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA); New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $500,000.00
Carville: Secret World, Silent People

Production of a one-hour television documentary about Carville, a run-down plantation that became a facility for research on leprosy, patients with the disease, and the effort to control it.

Social Media Productions; Brooklyn, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $600,000.00
Fight of the Century

Production of a two-hour documentary film interweaving the stories of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, whose 1938 fight was one of the most important and passionately watched sporting events in American history.

Ways of Knowing; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $700,000.00
The Writing Project

Production of a two-hour documentary film exploring the origins, history, and nature of writing.

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS

CONSULTATION GRANTS

American Antiquarian Society; Worcester, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Visualizing American History: Pictorial Representations and Historical Understanding

Consultation with scholars to develop an exhibition examining how popular prints depicting events in U.S. history have shaped people's understanding of the past.

Bass Museum of Art; Miami Beach, FL
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Miami Mid-20th-Century Modern Architecture, Urban Planning and Popular Culture

Consultation with scholars to develop an exhibition and related programs exploring the historical development and uniqueness of mid-20th-century Miami architecture.

Connecticut Historical Society; Hartford, CT
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Connecticut and the Development of the American Comic Book

Consultation with scholars to develop an exhibition, publications, and other programs exploring Connecticut's important role in the development of the comic book.

Friends of the Goethe Institut; Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Adolf Cluss from Germany to America: Shaping a Capital City Worthy of a Republic

Consultation with scholars to develop a traveling and permanent exhibition exploring the German immigrant architect Adolf Cluss, who was influential in shaping public spaces in Washington, D.C., from the 1860s to the 1890s.

Friends of the New Jersey State Museum; Trenton, NJ
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,863.00
A Bonaparte in America

Consultation with scholars and museum curators to define the themes of a traveling exhibition about Joseph Bonaparte's influence on 19th-century American culture.

Geneva Historical Society; Geneva, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Finger Lakes Tourism

Two consultation meetings to plan a traveling exhibition on the history of tourism in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Historical Society of Washington D.C.; Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,970.00
The Bonus Army

Consultation with scholars to develop a traveling exhibition and related programs exploring the Bonus Army march of World War I veterans on Washington, D.C. in 1932.

Mark Twain Memorial; Hartford, CT
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,646.00
Reinterpreting Mark Twain's House

Consultation to plan a new orientation exhibition and revised interpretive tours at Samuel Clemens' home in Hartford, Connecticut.

Rhode Island Historical Society; Providence, RI
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Rhode Island History Exhibition

Consultation with scholars and museum professionals to develop a permanent exhibition interpreting the history of Rhode Island since the 17th century.

University of Texas at Austin, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art; Austin, TX
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $10,000.00
Explorations in Interpretation: Planning for Future Enhancement

Consultation by the Blanton museum staff with colleagues at various U.S. museums to explore interpretive plans for a new facility scheduled to open in 2005.

PLANNING GRANTS

Asia Society; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,332.00
The Art of Strategy: Asian Games from 3000 B.C.E. to the Nineteenth Century

Planning of a traveling exhibition on Asian games from 3,000 B.C.E. to the modern era.

Historic St. Mary's City; St. Mary's City, MD
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $39,075.00
Planning for a Permanent Interpretive Exhibit at the Van Sweringen Site

Planning for reinterpretation of the sites tied to entrepreneur Garett Van Sweringen, who operated a tavern, coffee house, ordinary, and brew house at various times between about 1670 and 1698.

Minnesota Historical Society; St. Paul, MN
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,847.00
History House

Planning for a permanent exhibition and related programming interpreting a specific house successively occupied by Germans, Italians, African Americans, and now Southeast Asians.

New Jersey Historical Society; Newark, NJ
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,000.00
Changed Lives, Contested Memories: American Urban Unrest in the 1960s

Planning for a traveling exhibition that would examine different perceptions of the causes of the civil disturbances in Newark, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Detroit in the late 1960s.

Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,956.00
Crafting a Regional Modernism: The Architecture of Antonin and Noemi Raymond

Planning for an international traveling exhibition and accompanying programs examining the artistic careers and impact of architect Antonin Raymond and interior designer Noemi Raymond.

Rokeby Museum; Ferrisburgh, VT
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $34,496.00
Underground Railroad Exhibit

Planning for a permanent exhibition presenting new research on the Underground Railroad in Vermont and northern New England.

University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,238.00
Humanity's Cutting Edge: The Legacy of Stone Tool Technology

Planning for a traveling exhibition and catalog on the fabrication and uses of prehistoric stone tools and the lessons they offer about the cultures of their makers.

IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS

American Federation of Arts; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $211,263.00
MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $261,263.00
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India

Implementation of a traveling multimedia exhibition with a catalog, website, public programs, and curricular materials about Hindu temple statuary of the Chola Dynasty.

Chippewa Valley Museum; Eau Claire, WI
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $112,000.00
Multiplying Country Places

Dissemination of the exhibition Country Places, a new interpretation of rural life in America, to museums and historical organizations, including detailed exhibition plans, a small panel exhibition, and a conference for museum professionals.

Cincinnati Art Museum; Cincinnati, OH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $231,500.00
The Cincinnati Wing -- Urban Growth and Cultural Identity: Queen of the West

Implementation of a permanent exhibition in the museum's new Cincinnati Wing examining the city's pivotal role in the history of American art.

Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art; Hanover, NH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $149,952.00
MATCHING AWARD: $100,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $249,952.00
Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past

A traveling exhibition, website, and related public programs examining the roles of children in ancient Greek society.

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Dearborn, MI
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $210,000.00
MATCHING AWARD: $80,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $290,000.00
Early Flight in American Culture, 1903 - 1939

Implementation of a permanent exhibition, traveling exhibition for non-traditional venues, website, library programming, and related educational and public programming concerning the development of flight in American culture.

Maymont Foundation; Richmond, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $242,470.00
MATCHING AWARD: $25,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $267,470.00
In Service and Beyond: Domestic Work and Life in a Gilded Age Mansion

Implementation of a permanent exhibition, publications, traveling panel exhibition, and associated public and educational programming interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.

Museum of International Folk Art; Santa Fe, NM
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $232,552.00
Ceramica y Cultura: The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayolica

Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, symposium, website, and other educational and public programs interpreting the history and use of mayolica pottery in Mexico and Spain.

Northern Forest Center, Inc.; Concord, NH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $300,000.00
Ways of the Woods: People and the Land in the Northern Forest

Implementation of a mobile exhibition and accompanying public programs interpreting the history and cultures of the Northern Forest in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.

Oakland Museum of California; Oakland, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $225,000.00
MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $275,000.00
Next Stop Vietnam: California and the Nation Transformed

A traveling exhibition, audio guide in four languages, symposium, panel discussion, lectures, workshops, and educational programs interpreting the impact of the Vietnam conflict on the nation.

Oklahoma Historical Society; Oklahoma City, OK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $270,812.00
We Are Who We Were

A permanent exhibition, educational materials, website, and small traveling exhibition on the history and cultures of Oklahoma's 39 recognized tribes.

Pratt Museum; Homer, AK
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $76,720.00
MATCHING AWARD: $225,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $301,720.00
Kachemak Bay, Alaska: An Exploration of People and Place

Reinstallation of the Pratt Museum's main exhibitions, a catalog, and a traveling exhibition, all based on an examination of the relationships between people and place in the region.

University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History; Los Angeles, CA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,702.00
MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $300,702.00
The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia

A traveling exhibition, catalog, dedicated website, educational materials, and programming on the art and cultural context of rice cultivation in Asia.

Walters Art Museum; Baltimore, MD
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $228,630.00
MATCHING AWARD: $50,000.00
TOTAL AWARD: $278,630.00
Telling the Tales of Kings: A Medieval Picture Bible from the Morgan Library

Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog, audio tour, kiosk, and educational and public programs interpreting a rare 13th-century illuminated Bible.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

CONSULTATION GRANTS

Gallaudet University; Washington, DC
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $9,760.00
Deaf Literature DVD Project

Consultation with humanities scholars and a technical expert to plan a series of DVDs that would explore language arts and literary works indigenous to deaf culture.

PLANNING GRANTS

Rubin Museum of Art; New York, NY
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,376.00
Listening to Art: Exploring Life Through Himalayan Paintings

The development of an interactive website featuring Himalayan art and culture.

Wright State University; Dayton, OH
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $40,471.00
Making Progress: Living and Working in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929

Planning for an interactive web-based exhibition and related public programming exploring experiences of change and progress during the Progressive Era in Ohio's Miami Valley.

IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS

Maine Humanities Council; Portland, ME
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00
Thoughtful Giving: Philanthropy as Civic Engagement

Implementation of pilot reading and discussion programs in Maine, Utah, and Georgia to examine the relationship between civil society and the American tradition of giving.

Oasis Institute; St. Louis, MO
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $250,000.00
Lewis and Clark: A Journey Across American Space and Time

An 11-week reading and discussion series at centers for older adults nationwide, an anthology of essays, a website, and related activities that examine the context and impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association; Deerfield, MA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $290,000.00
The Many Stories of 1704: Conflict and Cultures in the Colonial Northeast

A website about the Deerfield Massacre of 1704 from the perspectives of the Native American, French, and British participants, placing this event in transatlantic political, economic, and religious contexts.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; Charlottesville, VA
OUTRIGHT AWARD: $200,000.00
Re-Imagining Ireland: Transformations of Identity in a Global Context

A major conference of scholars, writers, politicians, artists, and commentators exploring how notions of Irish identity have emerged and are being transformed in Ireland, the U.S., and other countries affected by the Irish diaspora.