- $1,000,000
Crucible of the Millennium
Recipient: Brandt, Yanna Kroyt (Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA) in affiliation with New York Foundation for the Arts
Goal: Production and promotion of a four-hour television series exploring the world's major civilizations in the 15th century and their impact on each other and the Americas.
Grant: 156963 / GN-25700-98, Category: Interdisciplinary, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $913,000
Preservation Microfilming of North and South American and European History and Culture Collections, Phase II
Recipient: Arnott, Julie (Notre Dame, IN 46556-5629 USA) in affiliation with Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (Atlanta, GA 30309 USA)
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 8,610 brittle books on American, Latin American, African American, and European history and culture that are held by 14 members of the Association of Southern Research Libraries.
Grant: 157985 / PA-23166-98, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $913,000
CIC Coordinated Preservation Microfilming Project, 1998-2000
Recipient: Allen, Barbara M (Champaign, IL 61820 USA) in affiliation with University of Illinois, Urbana (Urbana, IL 61801 USA)
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 7,883 brittle books and minor repairs of 500 additional volumes on European, Latin American, Asian, and African history and languages held by a consortium of university libraries.
Grant: 157993 / PA-23198-98, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $908,800
Consortial Preservation Microfilming of Agricultural Literature, Phase II
Recipient: Ochs, Mary (Ithaca, NY 14853 USA) in affiliation with Cornell University
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 8,075 embrittled volumes on American agricultural history and rural life published between 1820 and 1945 that are held by university libraries in ten states.
Grant: 157972 / PA-23108-98, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $888,500
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 fellowships in the humanities.
Grant: 159062 / RA-20199-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions - $870,200
Modern Social and Economic History Preservation Microfilming Project, Phase III
Recipient: Mandel, Carol A (New York, NY 10027 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University
Goal: To support the preservation microfilming of 7,500 brittle monographs on American social and economic history published between 1850 and 1950.
Grant: 157971 / PA-23103-98, Category: History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $831,336
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Hunter, J. Paul (Chicago, IL 60602-3296 USA) in affiliation with Illinois Humanities Council
Grant: 162481 / SO-21543-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $700,410
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Recipient: Wormser, Richard L (New York, NY 10019 USA) in affiliation with Catticus Corporation (Berkeley, CA 94710 USA)
Goal: Production of the final three programs of a four-part television series that examines the African American struggle for freedom in the era of Jim Crow.
Grant: 156942 / GN-25578-98, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $700,000
Relocating and Rehousing the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthro- pology's Collections
Recipient: Krech III, Shepard (Providence, RI 02912 USA) in affiliation with Brown University
Goal: To support the rehousing of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology's material culture collections, which include Native American, Latin American, African, European, and Asian ethnographic and archaeological artifacts.
Grant: 158545 / PH-20836-98, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $700,000
Relocation and Rehousing of Anthropology Collections
Recipient: Benson, Lori (St. Paul, MN 55102-1208 USA) in affiliation with Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN 55101 USA)
Goal: To support the acquisition of storage equipment for the museum's anthropology collections, and the relocation and rehousing of those collections.
Grant: 158550 / PH-20853-98, Category: Anthropology, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $656,086
State Humanities Program
Recipient: MacKethan, Lucinda H (Raleigh, NC 27695-8105 USA) in affiliation with North Carolina Humanities Council (Greensboro, NC 27401 USA)
Grant: 162488 / SO-21563-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $650,462
State Humanities Program
Recipient: DePaolo, Rosemary (Milledgeville, GA 31061 USA) in affiliation with Georgia Humanities Council (Atlanta, GA 30303-2915 USA)
Grant: 162477 / SO-21539-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $638,941
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Wilson, Richard T (Richmond, VA 23217 USA) in affiliation with Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 USA)
Grant: 162492 / SO-21578-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $608,400
Regional Preservation Field Services in the Northeast
Recipient: Russell, Ann E (Andover, MA 01801 USA) in affiliation with Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA 01810 USA)
Goal: To support a preservation field service program, which provides surveys, workshops and seminars, technical consultations, and disaster assistance to institutions in the Northeast.
Grant: 157982 / PA-23149-98, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $600,000
An Endowment to Support Humanities Faculty at Private Colleges of Central Appalachia
Recipient: Brown, Alice W (Berea, KY 40403 USA) in affiliation with Appalachian College Association
Goal: To support endowment of fellowships for humanities research and teaching at private colleges in central Appalachia.
Grant: 141395 / CH-20426-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $600,000
Construction of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, Collection Acquisition, and Programming
Recipient: Morrison, Samuel F (Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 USA) in affiliation with Broward County Main Library (Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 USA)
Goal: To support construction of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, acquisition of humanities collections, and endowment for future humani-ties programming.
Grant: 141399 / CH-20434-98, Category: Afro-American Studies, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $600,000
A Comprehensive Renewal of the Museum's Infrastructure
Recipient: Moroz, George A (Dearborn, MI 48124 USA) in affiliation with Henry Ford, The (Dearborn, MI 48121 USA)
Goal: To support renovation of the Henry Ford Museum building to ensure a strong infrastructure for major programmatic renewal.
Grant: 141404 / CH-20453-98, Category: American History, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $600,000
Endowment to Support Curatorial and Conservation Programs in the Humanities
Recipient: Chong, Alan (Boston, MA 02115-0000 USA) in affiliation with Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA 02115 USA)
Goal: To support endowment for the Chief Curator of Collections, humanities pro- gramming, and conservation activities including new technologies and post-graduate training fellowships.
Grant: 141405 / CH-20458-98, Category: Art History and Criticism, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $600,000
Enriching the Collections of the New York Public Library's Center for the Humanities
Recipient: Walker, William D (New York, NY 10018 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library
Goal: To support endowment for acquisition of library humanities collections that support original scholarly research as well as the needs of students, faculty members, and general library users.
Grant: 141409 / CH-20474-98, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $600,000
Reconstruction and Restoration of St. Philip's Church and Endowment for the Director of African-American Programs
Recipient: Cawood, Hobart G (Winston-Salem, NC 27108 USA) in affiliation with Old Salem, Inc.
Goal: To support renovation of St. Philip's Church, reconstruction of the Log Church and an outbuilding, and endowment for the position of Director of African- American Programs, maintenance, and staffing.
Grant: 141411 / CH-20477-98, Category: Museum Studies or Historic Preservation, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1998; items 1-21 of 342 with a total funding of $14,579,135.