- $2,127,000
National Research Services: Strengthening Collection Development and Preservation
Recipient: Stam, David H (Syracuse, NY 13224 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library (New York, NY 10018 USA)
Goal: To support the preservation and acquisition activities of the research servicesof the New York Public library.
Grant: 136928 / RC-20947-84, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Reference Materials - Access - $1,499,556
Summer Fellowships in the Humanities for Teachers of Grades 9-12
Recipient: Gray, H. Dennis (Washington, DC 20005 USA) in affiliation with Council for Basic Education
Goal: To support a summer fellowship program for teachers of humanities courses in grades nine through 12. Fellowships will be awarded to teachers of English, history, social studies, and foreign languages.
Grant: 143140 / ES-20992-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Education Programs, Program: Institutes for School Teachers - $1,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Davis, Margaret (Chicago, IL 60603 USA) in affiliation with Chicago Public Library Foundation (Chicago, IL 60611 USA)
Goal: To assist in the renovation of the Goldblatt Building for a new central li- brary; to build an endowment for preservation and acquisitions; and to support temporary staff to catalog special collections.
Grant: 141605 / CQ-20035-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Public Libraries - $1,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Blitzer, Charles (Res. Tri. Park, NC 27709 USA) in affiliation with National Humanities Center (Durham, NC 27709-2256 USA)
Goal: To support the establishment of an operating endowment for humanities programs and humanities fellows at the center.
Grant: 141646 / CS-20011-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Advanced Study Centers - $1,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Messinger, Gary S (Chicago, IL 60637 USA) in affiliation with University of Chicago
Goal: To support an increase in an endowment for faculty development in the graduate humanities divisions; to support an endowment for undergraduate curriculum development; and to support the endowment of a preservation and acquisitions fund for humanities resources in the library.
Grant: 141654 / CU-20049-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $1,000,000
The Mark Twain Series: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Recipient: Perry, William P (New York, NY 10012 USA) in affiliation with WGBY-TV (Springfield, MA 01103 USA)
Goal: To support the production of a three-hour television dramatization of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, the final program in the Mark Twain series, and a 30-minute documentary on the writing and critical reception of the book to mark the 100th anniversary of its publication in 1885.
Grant: 156438 / GN-22105-84, Category: American Literature, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $975,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Vincow, Gershon (Syracuse, NY 13244 USA) in affiliation with Syracuse University
Goal: To support an endowment of humanities programs, including chairs in english and philosophy, an annual symposium, a visiting professorship, teaching interns, and the Centro des Estudios Hispanicos.
Grant: 141656 / CU-20056-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $958,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Kronholm, Mark (Northfield, MN 55057 USA) in affiliation with Carleton College
Goal: To support an increase in the endowment for English programs and to support the renovation and expansion of the library.
Grant: 122824 / CC-20132-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Four-Year Colleges - $946,000
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Gruchow, Paul (Worthington, MN 56187 USA) in affiliation with Minnesota Humanities Center (St. Paul, MN 55106-2046 USA)
Goal: To support local, statewide, and regional humanities projects for the general public.
Grant: 161908 / SO-20403-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $900,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Bark, Dennis L (Stanford, CA 94305 USA) in affiliation with Stanford University
Goal: To support an increase in the endowment restricted for the Hoover Institution's library and archives.
Grant: 123395 / CS-20014-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Advanced Study Centers - $878,139
Voices & Visions: Poetry of Dickinson, Crane & Frost (Prod: TV Docu.) Williams, Eliot, Moore, Stevens (Scripting)
Recipient: Pitkethly, Lawrence (New York, NY 10012 USA) in affiliation with New York Center for Visual History
Goal: To support production of three one-hour television documentaries on the world and work of Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost; and writing scripts for four one-hour documentaries on William Carlos Williams, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and Wallace Stevens.
Grant: 156433 / GN-21978-84, Category: Literature, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $859,086
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Rogers, Robert (Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943-0000 USA) in affiliation with Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 USA)
Goal: To support local, statewide, and regional humanities projects for the general public.
Grant: 161918 / SO-20438-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $817,500
Three Sovereigns for Sarah: A Portrayal of the Salem Witch Trials (Supplement Production, TV, Drama)
Recipient: Pisano, Victor R (Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 USA) in affiliation with Nightowl Production Group
Goal: To support the completion of production of a three-hour dramatic mini-series depicting the Salem witch trials of 1692. The series focuses on the story of three sisters, distinguished matrons in the community, who were caught up in these events and tried as witches.
Grant: 134834 / GN-21823-84, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $803,247
Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]
Recipient: Cassidy, Frederic G (Madison, WI 53706-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53706 USA)
Goal: To provide continuing support for work on the "Dictionary of American Regional English" (DARE), a dictionary of the regional and folk usages of speakers of English in the entire United States.
Grant: 161163 / RT-20460-84, Category: English, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Reference Materials - Tools - $787,000
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Franke, Richard J (Chicago, IL 60606 USA) in affiliation with Illinois Humanities Council (Chicago, IL 60602-3296 USA)
Goal: To support local, statewide, and regional humanities projects for the general public.
Grant: 161904 / SO-20399-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $775,454
Commonwealth Partnership: History Institutes
Recipient: Kneedler, Richard (Lancaster, PA 17604 USA) in affiliation with Franklin and Marshall College
Goal: To support three-week summer institutes on history to be offered to 120 teachers at campuses of four members of the "Commonwealth Partnership."
Grant: 125420 / ES-21002-84, Category: History, Division: Education Programs, Program: Institutes for School Teachers - $750,000
Challenge Grant/Humanities and the Professions at the University of Houston
Recipient: Pickering, James H (Houston, TX 77004 USA) in affiliation with University of Houston Foundation (Houston, TX 77227 USA)
Goal: To support the establishment of endowments for faculty development, the humanities curriculum, and library acquisitions.
Grant: 123404 / CU-20032-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $750,000
India: Interrelationships of India's Religious and Cultural Groups Explored through its Art (14th-19th Centuries)
Recipient: Welch, Stuart C (New York, NY 10028 USA) in affiliation with Metropolitan Museum of Art
Goal: To support a major exhibition and catalogue, plus educational programs, on Indian art from the 14th to the 19th century. The foci will be the survival of the Great Hindu tradition over five centuries, the impact of the Indo-MuslimPeriod, and the impact of the West on traditional categories of Indian Art.
Grant: 134183 / GM-21934-84, Category: Art History and Criticism, Division: Public Programs, Program: Museums and Historical Organizations, Humanities Projects in - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Sloan, Elaine F (Bloomington, IN 47405 USA) in affiliation with Indiana University, Bloomington
Goal: To support the establishment of two endowments for the library system: one for acquisition and another for the preservation and restoration of humanities materials.
Grant: 141655 / CU-20051-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $743,706
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Schaefer, Jean Owens (Laramie, WY 82070 USA) in affiliation with Wyoming Humanities Council (Laramie, WY 82072-3459 USA)
Goal: To support local, statewide, and regional humanities projects for the general public.
Grant: 161920 / SO-20440-84, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1984; items 1-21 of 1067 with a total funding of $19,319,688.