- $1,996,404
Preservation of Library Collections
Recipient: Verba, Sidney (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Harvard University
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 22,636 embrittled volumes documenting the history of American business and education, Slavic history and culture, Western European history, and international law.
Grant: 158912 / PS-20943-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $1,935,373
IREX Advanced Research Programs in the Humanities
Recipient: Pomar, Mark G (Washington, DC 20037 USA) in affiliation with International Research and Exchanges Board
Goal: To support long-term and short-term fellowships, collaborative projects, and travel grants for humanities scholars who will do research for three years concerning the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Grant: 159935 / RI-20892-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: International Research - $1,521,642
Preservation of and Access to British History Collections
Recipient: Conway, Paul L (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107 USA) in affiliation with Yale University (New Haven, CT 06520 USA)
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of and improved access to 16,070 embrittled and endangered volumes concerning the general history of the British Isles and the religious doctrines and movements that originated there.
Grant: 158954 / PS-21115-95, Category: British History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $1,471,125
ACLS/SSRC Postdoctoral Humanities Fellowships in International and Foreign Area Studies
Recipient: Heiland, Donna M (New York, NY 10017 USA) in affiliation with American Council of Learned Societies
Goal: To support 25 fellowships in the humanities each year for three years through the joint international postdoctoral fellowship program of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council.
Grant: 159931 / RI-20888-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: International Research - $1,359,479
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Wing, John A (Chicago, IL 60661 USA) in affiliation with Illinois Humanities Council (Chicago, IL 60602-3296 USA)
Grant: 162423 / SO-21361-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $1,090,500
Fellowships at the National Humanities Center
Recipient: Connor, W. Robert (Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA) in affiliation with National Humanities Center (Durham, NC 27709-2256 USA)
Goal: To support 12 fellowships each year for three years at the National Humanities Center.
Grant: 159038 / RA-20169-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions - $1,000,000
Enriching and Preserving the UC Berkeley Library's Collections in the Humanities
Recipient: Lyman, Peter (Berkeley, CA 94720 USA) in affiliation with University of California, Berkeley
Goal: To support an endowment for the purchase and preservation of acquisitions for collections that support the new curricular requirements in American cultures and research in international studies.
Grant: 141642 / CR-20590-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Research Challenge Grants - $967,700
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Dasher, Thomas (Mount Berry, GA 30149 USA) in affiliation with Georgia Humanities Council (Atlanta, GA 30303-2915 USA)
Grant: 162419 / SO-21357-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $935,215
Regional Preservation Field Services Program
Recipient: Russell, Ann E (Andover, MA 01801 USA) in affiliation with Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA 01810 USA)
Goal: To support the field services program, which provides surveys, workshops and seminars, technical consultations, and disaster assistance to institutions in the Northeast.
Grant: 158919 / PS-20964-95, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $900,400
New York
Recipient: Burns, Ric (New York, NY 10023 USA) in affiliation with City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture (New York, NY 10003 USA)
Goal: To support production of the second episode, 1866-98, in a five-episode, ten- hour documentary film series on the history of New York City, 1626 to the present.
Grant: 156880 / GN-25143-95, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $900,000
A Midwife's Tale
Recipient: Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie (Watertown, MA 02472 USA) in affiliation with Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. (Waltham, MA 02453 USA)
Grant: 156887 / GN-25178-95, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $891,978
American Research in the Humanities in the People's Republic of China
Recipient: Parker, Jason H (New York, NY 10017 USA) in affiliation with American Council of Learned Societies
Goal: To support ten grants to humanities scholars each year for three years for research in the People's Republic of China, through the National Program of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with China.
Grant: 159934 / RI-20891-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: International Research - $845,750
Improvement of Environmental Conditions and Rehousing of Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Ethnographic Collections
Recipient: Bonadies, Stephen D (Cincinnati, OH 45202-1596 USA) in affiliation with Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH 45202 USA)
Goal: To support the improvement of environmental conditions, the purchase of storagecabinets, and the rehousing of 25,000 objects from the museum's decorative arts, costumes and textiles, and ethnographic collections.
Grant: 158506 / PH-20705-95, Category: Art History and Criticism, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $845,750
Improvement of Environmental Conditions for Material Culture Collections
Recipient: Cavanaugh, Martin (New York, NY 10016 USA) in affiliation with Pierpont Morgan Library
Goal: To support the improvement of environmental conditions for the library's material culture collections, which include over 34,000 items that document the history of the book from ancient to early modern European times.
Grant: 158512 / PH-20728-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $839,335
Improvement of Environmental Conditions for the Material Culture Collections
Recipient: Zeidler, Jeanne (Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA) in affiliation with Hampton University (Hampton, VA 23668 USA)
Goal: To support the installation of climate control and fire protection systems for the museum's holdings of African-American art, and African, Asian, Oceanic, andNative American material culture.
Grant: 158508 / PH-20712-95, Category: History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $812,783
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Hiller, Joel (Prescott, AZ 86305-0000 USA) in affiliation with Arizona Humanities Council (Phoenix, AZ 85004-1887 USA)
Grant: 162414 / SO-21352-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $801,000
PORGY AND BESS: AN AMERICAN VOICE
Recipient: Standifer, James A (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Grant: 156882 / GN-25148-95, Category: Music History and Criticism, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $773,700
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Alire, Camila (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with Colorado Humanities (Denver, CO 80218 USA)
Grant: 162415 / SO-21353-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $760,368
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Higgins, Helen (Hamden, CT 06517 USA) in affiliation with Connecticut Humanities Council (Middletown, CT 06457 USA)
Grant: 162416 / SO-21354-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $750,952
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Yamasaki, Mitch (Honolulu, HI 96816 USA) in affiliation with Hawaii Council for the Humanities
Grant: 162421 / SO-21359-95, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1995; items 1-21 of 718 with a total funding of $21,399,454.