Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship

Recipient: Nowviskie, Bethany (Charlottesville, VA 22904-4129 USA) in affiliation with University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA)

Goal: The creation of two institutes, aimed at scholars, librarians, museum officials, and advanced graduate students, to explore how geospatial technologies like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used for teaching, learning, and research in the humanities.

Description: The Scholars' Lab at the University of Virginia Library requests $162,457 from NEH to host two rounds of an Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, on the theme of Enabling Geospatial Scholarship. The first four-day event would invite 20 competitively selected library, museum, and digital humanities center professionals to shape policy and begin building the technical capacity of the institutions they represent, to support boundary-pushing geospatial scholarship. Ongoing work in implementing a standards-based, open source infrastructure for discovery, delivery, and manipulation of geospatial data would be supported through an online clearinghouse and open-access community to be maintained long-term by the Scholars' Lab. The second Institute would invite 20 humanities scholars and advanced graduate students to train with and critique the open source and standards-based GIS tools and geospatial approaches to humanities scholarship being developed by the University of Virginia Library.

Grant: 197330 / HT-50015-09,   Division: Digital Humanities,   Program: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities,   Year Awarded: 2009

Neatline: Facilitating Geospatial and Temporal Interpretation of Archival Collections

Recipient: Nowviskie, Bethany (Charlottesville, VA 22904-4129 USA) in affiliation with University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA)

Goal: Creation of an open source tool that integrates timelines and maps to literary and historical materials in archival collections to strengthen the visualization of research.

Description: UVA Library seeks Level II Start-Up funding for the development of Neatline, a tool for the creation of interlinked timelines and maps as interpretive expressions of the literary or historical content of archival collections. Neatline promotes collaboration by libraries and cultural heritage institutions with scholarly end-users, who will build on standard EAD (Encoded Archival Description) metadata to produce geospatial and temporal visualizations of the textual content of cataloged letters and manuscripts. Neatline is a geo-temporal framework for fruitful interchange among scholars and the stewards of primary resources. It builds on robust, open standards and tools, including OpenLayers and SIMILE Timeline. The innovation of our approach lies in our dedication to providing a seamless, out-of-the-box experience for users without deep Web development skills. Neatline is a contribution to interpretive humanities scholarship in the visual vernacular.

Grant: 197738 / HD-50769-09,   Division: Digital Humanities,   Program: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants,   Year Awarded: 2009

Historical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Clearinghouse and Forum

Recipient: Richardson, Douglas (Washington, DC 20009 USA) in affiliation with Association of American Geographers (Washington, DC 20009-3198 USA)

Description: Development of online digital archive of historical GIS projects for, among others, historians and geographers. Creation of online discussion forum to encourage dialogue among researchers regarding challenges and needs in the historical GIS field.

Grant: 194804 / PW-50493-09,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources,   Year Awarded: 2009

Developing Cartographic Literacy with Historic Maps

Recipient: Akerman, James R (Chicago, IL 60610 USA) in affiliation with Newberry Library

Goal: A three-week summer seminar for fifteen school teachers on learning to "read" historical and contemporary maps.

Description: In the summer of 2009 The Newberry Library will invite 15 schoolteachers from throughout the U.S. to develop their cartographic literacy and their ability to use maps effectively in their classrooms through a 3 week course of map study, discussion, and research. The seminar, co-directed by James Akerman and Gerry Danzer, will pursue readings of historic and contemporary maps as windows into the worlds from which they emerged. During their residence, seminar participants will follow a program of readings of recent scholarship in the history of cartography, practical workshops, and field trips designed to help participants read and use map documents effectively in personal research and teaching. Most importantly, participants will engage in intensive reading and analysis of original map documents from the Library's renowned collection of historic maps, and pursue research projects that will have a tangible impact on teaching cartographic literacy in their own classrooms.

Grant: 191944 / FV-50185-08,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2008

The American South: Geography and Culture

Recipient: Butefish, Kurt L (Knoxville, TN 37996 USA) in affiliation with University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37996-0001 USA)

Goal: A four-week institute for twenty-five K-12 teachers on geographic approaches to "cultural diversity" in the American South.

Description: A four-week summer institute for K-12 teachers that will provide fresh opportunities to study, to see first-hand, and to experience the increasingly complex and diverse American South. Participants will attend lectures, fieldtrips, and lab exercises, learn methodologies and classroom activities from master teachers, and participate in discussions. They will be required to write essays and will develop standards-based lesson plans that they will take back to their classrooms.

Grant: 182219 / ES-50175-06,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2006

Assessing 18th- and 19th-Century New Hampshire Maps and Atlases

Recipient: Eklund, Janet R (Concord, NH 03301 USA) in affiliation with New Hampshire State Library

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

Description: The New Hampshire State Library seeks $5,000 to support a collection level conservation assessment of its New Hampshire and New England maps and atlases collections. The activities entail hiring a maps preservation consultant to assess conservation needs and purchasing archival quality housing supplies to protect 150 maps and 50 atlases from the 18th and 19th centuries. The project is a continuation of a general collection conservation assessment conducted in 2002 which identified the state library's collections of early printed and manuscript maps as a preservation priority.

Grant: 178983 / PA-51545-06,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2006

Preservation Assessment of Map Collection

Recipient: Hyslop, John A (Jamaica, NY 11432-5242 USA) in affiliation with Queens Borough Public Library (Jamaica, NY 11432 USA)

Goal: A preservation survey of a map collection that documents the Long Island area of New York from 1634 to the present.

Description: The Map Collection of the Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library, New York, consists of approximately 3,500 maps, documenting the geography of Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties from 1637-2004. The maps detail the island’s vast physical and social changes over the past two centuries. Their current condition and storage arrangement make them difficult for researchers to access. The division is seeking a Preservation Assistance Grant to hire a consultant to perform a survey of the Map Collection. The consultant will produce a report addressing the Collection’s preservation and conservation needs, including its storage, handling, treatment, reformatting, future exhibition and more.

Grant: 172567 / PA-51124-05,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2005

The Historical Landscapes of Missouri

Recipient: Harlan, James (Columbia, MO 65211-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Missouri, Columbia (Columbia, MO 65211 USA)

Goal: Completion of a database summarizing and analyzing the contents of the General Land Office (GLO) survey of the early territory of Missouri; the database will be made available on the Internet and CD-ROM. The project will publish a volume containing narrative, analysis, and a collection of graphics, depicting the history of the Missouri landscape.

Description: This project seeks to complete development of a simply-formatted, easily-accessible computer database of the field notes of Missouri's original land surveys (pre1800- 1853). Upon data-entry completion, this project will primarily have converted 680 volumes, or over 200,000 pages, of early 19th-century hand-written U.S. GLO survey notes and the even-older French/Spanish survey documents into one ready-access database. Additionally, the data from the old survey notes will be analyzed toward the construction of a historical model of the cultural and natural landscapes of Missouri. All of the resultant information will be disseminated to the public through CD production and MSDIS (Missouri Spatial Data Information Service - http://msdis.missouri.edu). Finally, and importantly, this project plans to publish these findings through the collaborative efforts of the University of Missouri Press, Dr. Walter A. Schroeder, Dr. Mark C. Cowell, and Mr. James D. Harlan. The prospective book title is THE HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES OF MISSOURI.

Grant: 170885 / RZ-50262-04,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2004

Cultural Diversity of the American South

Recipient: Aiken, Charles (Knoxville, TN 37996-0924 USA) in affiliation with University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37996-0001 USA)

Goal: A four-week summer institute for 25 school teachers on the geography, history, and culture of the American South.

Grant: 165449 / ES-50002-03,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2003

Human Geography: Major Track Curriculum Development

Recipient: Saunders, Ralph (Carson, CA 90747 USA) in affiliation with California State University, Dominguez Hills

Goal: To support the development of a Bachelor of Arts Major in Human Geography with emphasis in the humanities and area studies.

Grant: 157722 / HI-20921-02,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Presidentially Designated Institutions,   Year Awarded: 2002

Cultural Diversity of the American South

Recipient: Aiken, Charles (Knoxville, TN 37996-0924 USA) in affiliation with University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37996-0001 USA)

Goal: A four-week national institute for 25 school teachers on the geography, history, and culture of the American South.

Grant: 143673 / ES-23139-01,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2001

Technical Support for International Coursework Development for Tribal Colleges

Recipient: Cuenca, Michael R (Lawrence, KS 66046 USA) in affiliation with Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS 66046-4800 USA)

Goal: The development of web-based world geography teaching modules for tribal colleges and universities linking traditional internship and study abroad opportunities to internet distance learning technologies.

Grant: 157692 / HI-20860-01,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Presidentially Designated Institutions,   Year Awarded: 2001

Humanities Scholar in Residence

Recipient: Mavor, Thomas (New Orleans, LA 70122 USA) in affiliation with Brother Martin High School

Goal: A program to strengthen the teaching of geography in the school's social studies curriculum.

Grant: 157580 / HE-20036-01,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Humanities Scholar in Residence Awards,   Year Awarded: 2001

Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms

Recipient: Akerman, James R (Chicago, IL 60610 USA) in affiliation with Newberry Library

Goal: The development of a website with historical and contemporary maps and a coordinated program of teaching materials to strengthen K-12 instruction in United States history and geography.

Grant: 142001 / ED-21820-00,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 2000

Popular Cartography and Society

Recipient: Akerman, James R (Chicago, IL 60610 USA) in affiliation with Newberry Library

Goal: A five-week national institute for 25 college and university teachers on popular mapping practices and their social and cultural contexts.

Grant: 142735 / EH-22262-00,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2000

History of Cartography [HOC]

Recipient: Edney, Matthew H (Portland, ME 04104-9301 USA) in affiliation with University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53706 USA)

Goal: The editing and final revision of the third of six projected volumes, CARTOGRAPHY IN THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE, which will trace the historiography of Renaissance cartography.

Grant: 157884 / PA-22846-96,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 1996

INVENTIO FORTUNATA and Polar Cartography, 1360-1700

Recipient: West, Delno C (Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA) in affiliation with Northern Arizona University

Goal: To support a study of how a largely symbolic representation of the earth's north polar region written in 1360 came to be accepted by Renaissance cartogra-phers as scientific knowledge and persisted on maps until the 17th century.

Grant: 159847 / RH-21294-95,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Humanities, Science, and Technology,   Year Awarded: 1995

Ph.D. in Geography

Recipient: May, Patrick J (Baltimore, MD 21216 USA) in affiliation with Coppin State College

Grant: 149462 / FG-20288-94,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Faculty Graduate Study Program for HBCUs,   Year Awarded: 1994

Checklist and Index to the Maps in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Recipient: Koepp, Donna P (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with University of Kansas, Lawrence (Lawrence, KS 66045-7505 USA)

Goal: To support the creation of a list, with complete bibliographic information and extensive indexes of all maps in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, from 1789 to 1969.

Grant: 159690 / RG-20021-92,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Guides,   Year Awarded: 1992

History of Cartography, Vol. 2, Book 2: Cartography in the Traditional East & SE, by Brian Harley & David Woodward

Recipient: Kaiserlian, Penelope J (Chicago, IL 60637 USA) in affiliation with University of Chicago

Goal: To support the publication of one volume in a six-volume history of carto- graphy, this volume focusing on the mapmaking of traditional Islamic and South Asian societies.

Grant: 160956 / RP-21524-92,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Publications,   Year Awarded: 1992