West Virginia Humanities Council (Charleston, WV 25301-3001)
Mark Payne (Project Director: March 2005 to December 2007)
BC-50259-05
Grants for State Humanities Councils
Federal/State Partnership
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Totals (outright + matching):
$55,790 (approved)
$55,790 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/2005 – 12/31/2006
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The American Way
Public scholarly lectures, the 2006 state tour of the traveling exhibition, "Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Homefront" and a special grant initiative that will focus on topics in American and West Virginia history.
The West Virginia Humanities Council will explore U. S. history and cultural themes.This effort will include lectures on American history and culture, a state tour of WWII posters, and RFPs for lectures, panel discussions, publications, fellowships, reading/discussion series, exhibits, school projects, media documentaries, reenactments, conferences, and teacher institutes.Audiences will include colleges, schools, libraries, history groups, parks, visitors’ bureaus, historic sites, festivals, museums, senior centers, civic and service organizations, cultural groups, and rural areas.
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