- $2,500,000
Preservation of Collections on American History and Culture
Recipient: Fasana, Paul J (New York, NY 10018 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library
Goal: To support the preservation of 40,000 endangered volumes on American history and culture published between 1850 and 1913.
Grant: 158699 / PS-20276-89, Category: American Studies, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $2,029,845
Great Collections Microfilming Project: Phase II
Recipient: McClung, Patricia A (Palo Alto, CA 94301-0000 USA) in affiliation with Research Libraries Group, Inc. (Mountain View, CA 94041 USA)
Goal: To support the microfilming of 34,406 embrittled volumes important to humanities scholarship, which will be drawn from 13 individual collections at 9libraries.
Grant: 158703 / PS-20282-89, Category: American Studies, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $2,016,684
Comprehensive Project to Preserve Columbia's Foundations of Western Civilization Collection
Recipient: Mandel, Carol (New York, NY 10027 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University
Goal: To support the preservation of 31,000 volumes that are important for the study of the foundations of Western Civilization, which includes classical studies, European philosophy and religion, and ancient, medieval, and modern history.
Grant: 158701 / PS-20279-89, Category: History of Philosophy, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $1,848,360
Preservation of Library Collections in American History, Italian History, and Pre-Soviet Russian Law
Recipient: Verba, Sidney (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Harvard University
Goal: To support the microfilming of 27,554 brittle volumes from library collections at Harvard University that relate to American history, Italian history, and pre-Soviet law.
Grant: 158700 / PS-20277-89, Category: American History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $1,155,683
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Roth, John K (Claremont, CA 91711 USA) in affiliation with California Council for the Humanities (San Francisco, CA 94108 USA)
Grant: 162194 / SO-20985-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $1,055,297
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Schweitzer, Don A (Fullerton, CA 92634 USA) in affiliation with California Council for the Humanities (San Francisco, CA 94108 USA)
Grant: 162098 / SO-20883-88, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $1,000,250
A World of Genius: The James Family
Recipient: Skaggs, Calvin L (New York, NY 10011-0000 USA) in affiliation with ETV Endowment of South Carolina (Spartanburg, SC 29302 USA)
Goal: To support production of a five-hour dramatic miniseries based on the life and thought of one of America's preeminent literary families, the Jameses, includ- ing William, 1842-1910; Henry, 1843-1916; and Alice, 1848-92.
Grant: 156644 / GN-23784-89, Category: American Studies, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $1,000,000
Construction of an Exhibition Facility
Recipient: Lanmon, Dwight P (Winterthur, DE 19735 USA) in affiliation with Winterthur Museum
Goal: To support the costs of constructing an exhibition facility so that significanthumanities scholarship can reach a broader public audience.
Grant: 141151 / CA-21669-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Museums - $1,000,000
St. Louis Science Center - Building a New Museum
Recipient: Bonner, Jeffrey (St. Louis, MO 63110-0000 USA) in affiliation with St. Louis Science Center Foundation (St. Louis, MO 63110 USA)
Goal: To support the cost of constructing a new museum complex in which the study of the humanities will be promoted.
Grant: 141155 / CA-21679-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Museums - $1,000,000
Construction of Public Program Spaces in the Minnesota History Center
Recipient: Archabal, Nina M (St. Paul, MN 55102-1903 USA) in affiliation with Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, MN 55102 USA)
Goal: To support the cost of constructing a new Minnesota History Center that will offer enlarged museum galleries, increased accessibility to the society's collections, and expanded educational programs.
Grant: 141334 / CH-20139-89, Category: American History, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $1,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Hoffman, Evelyn W (Los Angeles, CA 90071 USA) in affiliation with Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Goal: To support the enrichment of humanities collections through immediate acquisitions and the establishment of an endowment fund.
Grant: 141616 / CQ-20103-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Public Libraries - $1,000,000
Library Expansion; Endowments for Humanities Center and Library Humanities Collections
Recipient: Corbin, Isabella (Eugene, OR 97403 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene
Goal: To support the endowment of Humanities Center activities and library acquisitions and the cost of expanding the library building.
Grant: 141690 / CU-20265-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $1,000,000
A Collection for the Nation: Acquiring, Caring for, and Making Accessible Materials in the Humanities
Recipient: Fasana, Paul J (New York, NY 10018 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library
Goal: To support the acquisition, cataloguing, and preservation of humanities materials in the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library.
Grant: 141744 / CY-20002-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Miscellaneous Institutions - $1,000,000
Great Collections Preservation Microfilming Project
Recipient: McClung, Patricia A (Palo Alto, CA 94301-0000 USA) in affiliation with Research Libraries Group, Inc. (Mountain View, CA 94041 USA)
Goal: To support the microfilming of deteriorating scholarly books from seven re- search libraries including American, Chinese, Near Eastern, and South Asian histories; German literature; and histories of science and economics.
Grant: 158673 / PS-20207-89, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $1,000,000
ACLS Fellowship Program
Recipient: Greenberg, Janet (New York, NY 10017 USA) in affiliation with American Council of Learned Societies
Goal: To support ACLS's main program of research fellowships.
Grant: 161145 / RR-20015-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: Selected Areas - $968,135
Minnesota Newspaper Project: Cataloging and Microfilming
Recipient: Fox, Michael (St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 USA) in affiliation with Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, MN 55102 USA)
Goal: To support Minnesota's participation in the U.S. Newspaper Program. Approxi- mately 8,800 newspaper titles will be catalogued, and 3.2 million pages will bemicrofilmed.
Grant: 158691 / PS-20260-89, Category: American History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $850,340
Mary Silliman's War
Recipient: Schechter, Steven J (San Dimas, CA 91773-0000 USA) in affiliation with Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781 USA)
Goal: To support post-production enhancement of the musical score and sound mix of MARY SILLIMAN'S WAR.
Grant: 156633 / GN-23707-89, Category: History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $800,000
Library Humanities Collections Endowment
Recipient: Hahn, Bessie K (Waltham, MA 02254 USA) in affiliation with Brandeis University
Goal: To support an endowment for library acquisitions in the humanities.
Grant: 141691 / CU-20269-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $755,368
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Gubins, Samuel (Rosemont, PA 19010 USA) in affiliation with Pennsylvania Humanities Council (Philadelphia, PA 19106-2607 USA)
Grant: 162114 / SO-20899-89, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $750,940
Darrow
Recipient: Heus, Richard G (Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA) in affiliation with Community Television of Southern California
Goal: To support the production of a two-hour dramatic television portrait of Clarence Darrow.
Grant: 156637 / GN-23726-89, Category: American Studies, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1989; items 1-21 of 768 with a total funding of $23,730,902.