Oxford University Press, Inc. (Cary, NC 27513-2009)
Jesse Sheidlower (Project Director: July 2002 to December 2006)
PA-50120-03
Preservation/Access Projects
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$325,685 (approved)
$325,685 (awarded)
Grant period:
5/1/2003 – 4/30/2005
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume III [HDAS]
The preparation of volume III of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang, which documents informal American English from colonial times to the present.
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37916-3801)
Jonathan E. Lighter (Project Director: September 1993 to December 1996)
RT-21551-94
Reference Materials - Tools
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$171,720 (approved)
$171,720 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/1994 – 8/31/1996
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]
To support the completion of the three-volume HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICANSLANG, a definitive work on American colloquial usage from the 18th century to the present.
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37916-3801)
Jonathan E. Lighter (Project Director: September 1991 to December 1994)
RT-21414-92
Reference Materials - Tools
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$139,719 (approved)
$139,719 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/1992 – 8/31/1994
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]
To support work on the first historical dictionary of American slang from the 18th to the 20th century.
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37916-3801)
Jonathan E. Lighter (Project Director: December 1987 to March 1992)
RT-20993-88
Reference Materials - Tools
Preservation and Access
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[Grant products]
Totals (outright + matching):
$95,848 (approved)
$84,543 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/1988 – 8/31/1991
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]
To support the editing of the first comprehensive dictionary of American slang.
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