- $2,485,636
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Curtin, Mary (Riverside, CA 92503-0000 USA) in affiliation with California Council for the Humanities (San Francisco, CA 94108 USA)
Grant: 162441 / SO-21411-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $2,075,000
Modernization and Expansion of Facilities at the Center for Research Libraries
Recipient: Simpson, Donald B (Chicago, IL 60637 USA) in affiliation with Center for Research Libraries
Goal: To support the expansion and modernization of the Center for Research Libraries, through an addition that will allow the consolidation of all materials and operations in a single site.
Grant: 141350 / CH-20241-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $1,410,449
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Helsom, Frank (St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA) in affiliation with Florida Humanities Council (St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5005 USA)
Grant: 162442 / SO-21412-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $1,000,000
Preservation of the New York Public Library's Collections on the History, Culture and Social Life of the Americas
Recipient: Kordish, Heike C (New York, NY 10018-0000 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library (New York, NY 10018 USA)
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 6,616 brittle books and the repair of 2,032 additional volumes on the history, culture, and social life of the Americas.
Grant: 157902 / PA-22867-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $850,000
Consortial Preservation Microfilming of Agricultural Literature
Recipient: Olsen, Wallace C (Ithaca, NY 14853 USA) in affiliation with Cornell University
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 7,980 embrittled volumes on American agricultural history and rural life, from 1820 to 1945, and held by nine land grant university libraries.
Grant: 157894 / PA-22859-96, Category: American History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $800,000
JAZZ
Recipient: Thompson, David S (Arlington, VA 22206 USA) in affiliation with GWETA, Inc. (Washington, DC 20013 USA)
Goal: To support the production of an eight-part, 12-hour documentary film series on the history of jazz within the social and cultural context of American life from 1890-1990.
Grant: 156902 / GN-25342-96, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $800,000
I'll Make Me A World: A Century of African-American Arts
Recipient: Hampton, Judi (Cambridge, MA 02142 USA) in affiliation with Civil Rights Project, Inc. (Boston, MA 02118 USA)
Grant: 156906 / GN-25377-96, Category: Media-General, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $750,000
Truman: A Three-Hour Documentary Film Series
Recipient: Robinson, Tamara (New York, NY 10001 USA) in affiliation with Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Goal: To support production of a three-hour documentary film series examining the life, career, and influence of President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).
Grant: 156907 / GN-25381-96, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $700,000
A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America
Recipient: Seavey, Nina Gilden (Washington, DC 20052 USA) in affiliation with George Washington University
Goal: To support the production of a 90-minute documentary film on the impact of polio on American society.
Grant: 156903 / GN-25357-96, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $700,000
Improvement of Environmental Conditions in the Exhibition Hall
Recipient: McCabe, James C (Dearborn, MI 48124-4088 USA) in affiliation with Henry Ford, The (Dearborn, MI 48121 USA)
Goal: To support improvements in environmental conditions in Henry Ford Museum's exhibition hall, a National Historic Landmark building.
Grant: 158526 / PH-20763-96, Category: Museum Studies or Historic Preservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $700,000
Improvement of Environmental Conditions for Material Culture Collections
Recipient: Vikan, Gary K (Baltimore, MD 21201-0000 USA) in affiliation with Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD 21201 USA)
Goal: To support the enhancement of environmental, fire, and security systems for thegallery's ancient, medieval, and 19th-century material culture collections.
Grant: 158531 / PH-20791-96, Category: Museum Studies or Historic Preservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $696,836
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Bulla, Nancy (Charleston, WV 25314 USA) in affiliation with West Virginia Humanities Council (Charleston, WV 25301 USA)
Grant: 162467 / SO-21437-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $696,000
Preservation Microfilming Project: Modern Social and Economic History, Phase II
Recipient: Mandel, Carol A (New York, NY 10027 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 9,797 embrittled pamphlets on social and economic history published from 1880 to 1950.
Grant: 157893 / PA-22857-96, Category: History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $650,000
English Short Title Catalogue (1642 to 1701) [ESTC]
Recipient: Snyder, Henry L (Riverside, CA 92521-0217 USA) in affiliation with University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA 92521 USA)
Goal: The creation of 17,500 full bibliographic records for items published from 1642 to 1701, which will complete the base file of the ENGLISH SHORT TITLE CATALOG.
Grant: 157905 / PA-22872-96, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $640,000
Free to Dance: The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance
Recipient: Reinhart, Charles (Durham, NC 27708 USA) in affiliation with American Dance Festival, Inc.
Goal: To support the production of a one-hour pilot film for a three-part documentaryseries on the African American tradition in 20th-century American modern dance.
Grant: 156905 / GN-25368-96, Category: Dance History and Criticism, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $575,000
American Academy in Rome Campaign for Endowment of Scholarly Fellowships and the Academy Library
Recipient: Chatfield-Taylor, Adele (New York, NY 10022 USA) in affiliation with American Academy in Rome
Goal: To support an endowment for fellowships, library acquistions, and staff positions for library reference services.
Grant: 141348 / CH-20222-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $575,000
Media Center for the History of Art
Recipient: Murray, Stephen (South Salem, NY 10590-0000 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University (New York, NY 10027 USA)
Goal: To support constructing, furnishing, and endowing of salary and other operational costs for a Media Center for the History of Art at Columbia University.
Grant: 141352 / CH-20249-96, Category: Architecture, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $575,000
Comprehensive Humanities Instruction Improvement: Faculty Chair, Faculty Development Library Augmentatio
Recipient: Schwartz, Saundra (Honolulu, HI 96813 USA) in affiliation with Hawaii Pacific University
Goal: To support an endowment for visiting professorships leading to a senior chair; faculty development; increased library and information technology acquisitions.
Grant: 141354 / CH-20259-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $575,000
Constructing and Endowing The Thoreau Institute Research Library, Archives, and Media Center
Recipient: Dean, Bradley P (West Peterborough, NH 03468-0070 USA) in affiliation with Isis Fund (Boston, MA 02108 USA)
Goal: To support construction of a facility and an endowment for staff salaries, facilities maintenance, and educational publications for the Thoreau Institute,an educational and research center.
Grant: 141355 / CH-20264-96, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $575,000
Development of Library at the Maryland Historical Society
Recipient: Fiori, Dennis A (Boston, MA 02215-3695 USA) in affiliation with Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore, MD 21201 USA)
Goal: To support renovation, expansion, handicapped-access, and climate control for the society's library.
Grant: 141358 / CH-20274-96, Category: American History, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1996; items 1-21 of 308 with a total funding of $17,828,921.