- $913,519
Preservation Microfilming of Collections in the History of Science
Recipient: Verba, Sidney (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Harvard University
Goal: The preservation microfilming of 7,590 brittle books from the collections on the history of science, emphasizing economic botany, comparative zoology, the history of astronomy, and public health and medicine, published 1800 to 1950.
Grant: 158159 / PA-23711-01, Category: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $907,652
Preservation Microfilming of Slavic Culture and History Collections
Recipient: Wolven, Robert A (New York, NY 10027-0000 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University (New York, NY 10027 USA)
Goal: The preservation microfilming of 8,190 brittle Slavic language pamphlets and monographs published from 1850 to 1960, and the cataloging of 8,320 titles held in the Russian and East European collections.
Grant: 158154 / PA-23694-01, Category: Russian History, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $875,713
Preservation Microfilming of Collections on Latin American History and Culture, Phase II
Recipient: Clark, Cynthia D (New York, NY 10018 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library
Goal: The preservation microfilming of 8,527 brittle books from the collections on the history and culture of Latin America published between 1850 and 1950.
Grant: 158165 / PA-23744-01, Category: Latin American Studies, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $765,000
Do You Speak American? (Production of a Four-Hour Documentary Film Series)
Recipient: Mills, Susan L (Arlington, VA 22206 USA) in affiliation with Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council (Austin, TX 78705 USA)
Goal: Production of a four-hour documentary film series exploring issues in the development and use of the English language in contemporary America.
Grant: 157038 / GN-26101-01, Category: Linguistics, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $760,864
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Sussman, Arthur (Chicago, IL 60603-5285 USA) in affiliation with Illinois Humanities Council (Chicago, IL 60602-3296 USA)
Grant: 162537 / SO-21711-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $750,000
American Experience: Reconstruction
Recipient: McGhee, Peter S (Boston, MA 02135 USA) in affiliation with WGBH Educational Foundation
Goal: Production of a two-part, four-hour documentary television series on Reconstruction (1863 to 1877) that tells the story of the aftermath of the destruction of slavery and the defeat of the Confederacy after the Civil War.
Grant: 157064 / GN-26197-01, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $720,000
American Novel (Production of a Single, Two-and-One-Half Hour Television Special)
Recipient: Lacy, Susan (New York, NY 10001 USA) in affiliation with Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Goal: Production of three two-hour programs as part of a six-part, 12-hour documentary television series examining how past and present American novelists have explored and helped shape our national identity.
Grant: 157079 / GN-26277-01, Category: French Literature, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $700,000
Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]
Recipient: Hall, Joan H (Madison, WI 53706-1403 USA) in affiliation with University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53706 USA)
Goal: The completion of volume IV and compilation of volume V of the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH, which documents geographical differences in the vocabulary, pronunciation, and morphology of American English.
Grant: 158189 / PA-23820-01, Category: English, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $650,000
Rehousing and Documenting the Museum's Ancient Art Collection
Recipient: Beale, Arthur (Boston, MA 02115-5523 USA) in affiliation with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA 02115 USA)
Goal: The rehousing of 60,000 archaeological artifacts from the Art of the Ancient World Collection, which includes installing new storage cabinets, updating catalog records, and digitizing photos of objects for a database.
Grant: 158582 / PH-20946-01, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $650,000
Improving Environment and Storage of Material Culture Collections at Lyndhurst Mansion
Recipient: Pandich, Susanne B (Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA) in affiliation with National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC 20036 USA)
Goal: The replacement of electrical wiring and the installation of fire suppression, smoke detection, and security systems in the mansion.
Grant: 158584 / PH-20949-01, Category: Museum Studies or Historic Preservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: National Heritage Preservation Projects - $630,000
Regional Preservation and Digital Imaging Field Services in the Southwest
Recipient: Clareson, Tom (Philadelphia, PA 19104-2801 USA) in affiliation with Amigos Library Services, Inc. (Dallas, TX 75244-3509 USA)
Goal: A regional field service program that provides workshops, consultations, preservation surveys and educational materials on preservation and digital imaging to libraries, archives, and historical organizations in the SW.
Grant: 158151 / PA-23678-01, Category: Education, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects - $586,264
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Payton-Stewart, Lucretia (McDonough, GA 30253 USA) in affiliation with Georgia Humanities Council (Atlanta, GA 30303-2915 USA)
Grant: 162533 / SO-21707-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $581,515
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Whichard, Willis P (Chapel Hill, NC 2751791991 USA) in affiliation with North Carolina Humanities Council (Greensboro, NC 27401 USA)
Grant: 162544 / SO-21731-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $559,468
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Bryant, L. Preston (Richmond, VA 23219 USA) in affiliation with Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 USA)
Grant: 162548 / SO-21747-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $555,000
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 the equivalent of twenty-one fellowships in the humanities over a period of three years.
Grant: 159089 / RA-20228-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions - $550,000
Breaking the Maya Code
Recipient: Lebrun, David (Los Angeles, CA 90066-3115 USA) in affiliation with Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute (San Francisco, CA 94108 USA)
Goal: Production of a two-hour documentary film chronicling the efforts to decipher the hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya.
Grant: 157075 / GN-26248-01, Category: Anthropology, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $500,000
Endowed positions/River Discovery Center.
Recipient: Enzler, Jerome A (Dubuque, IA 52001-2302 USA) in affiliation with Dubuque County Historical Society (Dubuque, IA 52001 USA)
Goal: Endowment for new humanities positions at the Mississippi River Museum: Curator of Environmental History, Education Director, Lead Interpreter, and Collections Manager.
Grant: 141459 / CH-20650-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $500,000
UOMA Renovation and Addition Capital Project.
Recipient: Hawkins, Del I (Eugene, OR 97403 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene
Goal: Renovation of the existing museum facilty and construction of an education suite and classrooms for humanities programming in additional space.
Grant: 141473 / CH-20720-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $500,000
Endowing The Collections Position and Supporting Scholarly Research.
Recipient: Hampton, Lee (New Orleans, LA 70118 USA) in affiliation with Amistad Research Center
Goal: Endowment for the position of Director of Collections and for research fellowships.
Grant: 141480 / CH-20738-01, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - $500,000
Asia in Comparative Perspective: Advancing Cross-Cultural Studies.
Recipient: McKinsey, Elizabeth (Northfield, MN 55057 USA) in affiliation with Carleton College
Goal: Endowment for two faculty positions in Asian languages, for a new Cross-Cultural Studies concentration, and for equipment in a Modern Language Center.
Grant: 141483 / CH-20745-01, Category: Area Studies, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 2001; items 1-21 of 689 with a total funding of $13,154,995.