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Great Stories Club: Reading and Discussion for At-Risk Youth

Implementation of a nationwide series of humanities-focused reading and discussion programs for at-risk youth dealing with themes of empathy, heroism, and marginalization.

The GSC is a thematic reading and discussion program developed to reach at-risk youth through literature-based library outreach programs. Featuring three new themed series developed with a planning grant from NEH, the GSC will introduce teens and others facing difficult circumstances to accessible and appealing books selected by literature scholars with a special interest in reaching the underserved; facilitate in-depth exploration of humanities themes that will resonate with reluctant readers who struggle with complex issues like incarceration, violence, poverty, and addiction; and connect participants to a highly successful national program model launched by ALA in 2006. Participants will explore themes that address interpretations and implications of empathy, concepts of heroism, and the coming of age experience for youth from historically marginalized groups through novels, memoirs, and non-fiction books as well as workshops developed by humanities scholars & librarians.

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Project fields:
Literature, Other

Program:
Community Conversations

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$397,255 (approved)
$397,255 (awarded)

Grant period:
4/1/2018 – 3/31/2020

Bridging Cultures: Latino Americans, Implementation Phase

To support the implementation of public programming on the topic of Latino American history and culture.

Project fields:

Program:
Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs)

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$1,484,032 (approved)
$1,472,138 (awarded)

Grant period:
2/1/2015 – 2/28/2017

The Great Stories Club: Reading and Discussion for At-Risk Youth

Implementation of a series of three-part thematic reading and discussion programs for at-risk and underserved teens.

"The Great Stories Club" is a thematic reading and discussion program developed to reach at-risk youth through literature-based library outreach programs. The GSC will introduce teens and others facing difficult circumstances to accessible and appealing books selected by scholars with a special interest in reaching the underserved; facilitate in-depth exploration of humanities themes that will resonate with reluctant readers also struggling with complex issues like incarceration, violence, poverty, and addiction; and connect participants to a proven, highly successful national program model first launched by ALA in 2006. Participants will explore themes of civic engagement in an age of mass media, the role of creative arts in dealing with change and transformation, and the origins of teenage violence and suicide through novels, memoirs, and non-fiction books as well as training opportunities developed by humanities scholars and programming librarians.

Project fields:
Literature, General

Program:
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$435,004 (approved)
$434,979 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/2015 – 11/30/2017

Funding details:
Original grant (2015) $25
Supplement (2016) $10,000
Supplement (2017) $75,004

Latino Americans Cooperative Agreement to Support Public Programming on the Topic of Latino American History and Culture

To support the design and planning of public programming on the topic of Latino American history and culture.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs)

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$249,378 (approved)
$249,378 (awarded)

Grant period:
8/1/2014 – 10/31/2015

Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry: A Traveling Exhibit and Public Programs for Libraries about the Dust Bowl

Implementation of a traveling exhibition and public programs for 25 libraries examining the history and impact of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

In collaboration with the libraries of Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Mount Holyoke College, the American Library Association proposes a traveling exhibit and public programs for 40 libraries examining the history and legacy of the Dust Bowl. The project spotlights Ken Burns' film "The Dust Bowl," and brings to public view 2 little known Dust Bowl archives: online oral history interviews of Dust Bowl survivors at OSU, and letters and essays of Caroline Henderson, a Mount Holyoke alumna who farmed in Oklahoma throughout the Dust Bowl. Libraries will display the exhibit for 6 weeks and present at least 3 public humanities programs from a list provided. The project humanities themes include the interaction between humans and nature; the different ways human beings respond to adversity; and how people living in the Dust Bowl tried to understand their social, economic, and ecological environment. Cultural expressions of the Dust Bowl, such as Woody Guthrie's music, are also addressed.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$293,000 (approved)
$277,160 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/2013 – 6/30/2016

Funding details:
Original grant (2013) $15,840
Supplement (2014) $30,000

Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: "Muslim Lives and Cultures" Administration

No project description available

Project fields:
Arabic Literature; Area Studies; Near and Middle Eastern History

Program:
Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Administration

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$2,009,516 (approved)
$1,884,172 (awarded)

Grant period:
12/1/2011 – 10/31/2015

Funding details:
Original grant (2012) $125,344
Supplement (2012) $1,057,001
Supplement (2013) $27,515

Bridging Cultures: Muslim Worlds Bookshelf - Focus Group Evaluation

Project will involve focus group evaluation, conducted by Dale Jones of Making History Connections, at six public libraries participating in the NEH project, "Bridging Cultures: Muslim Worlds" Bookshelf. The evaluator will work with librarians and public discussion group members to gather feedback on program goals, title, and reading selections. Evaluator will travel to libraries located in Virginia, Georgia, Connecticut, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Oregon.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Administration

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$21,702 (approved)
$21,702 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

Bridging Cultures: Muslim Worlds Bookshelf

No project description available

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Administration

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$27,209 (approved)
$27,209 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2011 – 11/30/2011

Let's Talk About It: The Legacy of the Civil War

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$27,990 (approved)
$27,990 (awarded)

Grant period:
3/1/2010 – 4/30/2011

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women: Library Outreach Programs

Reading, viewing, and discussion programs at 30 libraries examining themes in 19th-century American history and literature, built around a documentary film and companion biography of author Louisa May Alcott.

The American Library Association, in association with Nancy Porter Productions, Inc., proposes to develop innovative library outreach programs to enhance the impact of the documentary film, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, a co-production of Nancy Porter Productions, Inc. and American Masters (THIRTEEN for WNET.org), and the companion biography of the same name written by Harriet Reisen and published by Henry Holt and Company. Thirty selected libraries will present five different reading, viewing and discussion programs to support the film and biography. Libraries will enlist a lead project scholar with expertise in 19th-century American history or literature to help plan and present programs. Libraries will have access to a web site and a Site Support Notebook containing an array of interpretive materials.

Project fields:
American Literature

Program:
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$185,000 (approved)
$168,784 (awarded)

Grant period:
4/1/2010 – 9/30/2012

We the People Bookshelf: A More Perfect Union

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$1,590,655 (approved)
$1,590,655 (awarded)

Grant period:
3/1/2009 – 7/31/2011

Funding details:
Original grant (2009) $0
Supplement (2010) $16,000

Picturing America

No project description available

Project fields:
Arts, General

Program:
Picturing America

Division:
Education Programs

Total amounts:
$3,465,265 (approved)
$3,236,533 (awarded)

Grant period:
11/1/2007 – 10/31/2011

Funding details:
Original grant (2008) $228,732
Supplement (2008) $1,465,265
Supplement (2009) $0

We the People Bookshelf: Picturing America

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$1,576,748 (approved)
$1,576,748 (awarded)

Grant period:
6/30/2008 – 7/31/2010

Funding details:
Original grant (2008) $0
Supplement (2009) $119,573

Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience

Implementation of a traveling exhibition that would tour to 20 libraries, examining African Americans' participation in organized baseball from the Civil War to the present.

The American Library Association, in cooperation with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., proposes to develop a traveling exhibition for 20 libraries based upon the permanent Hall of Fame exhibition, "Pride and Passion--The African American Baseball Experience." The exhibit tells the story of African Americans' participation in baseball beginning with the Civil War Period and continuing to the present time, shows a national audience how baseball has long reflected the complicated and painful history of race relations in the United States, and gives libraries the opportunity to work with scholars and other speakers, such as players from the Negro League, to present public humanities programs that will attract a wide audience. A planning seminar, large array of educational and support materials, and web sites will support the tour. The tour will begin in Fall 2008 and continue through Fall 2010.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries Implementation

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$480,311 (approved)
$467,659 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/2007 – 9/30/2013

Funding details:
Original grant (2007) $12,652
Supplement (2009) $180,088

Soul of a People: Voices from the Federal Writers' Project - Library Outreach Programs

Implementation of a series of reading and film discussion programs at 30 public libraries, with a companion web site, that would occur simultaneously with the broadcasting of the NEH-supported documentary film Soul of a People: Voices from the Federal Writers' Project.

The American Library Association, in cooperation with Spark Media, a Washington, D.C.-based production company which specializes in issues of social change, will develop a series of five public humanities programs for presentation in 30 libraries coinciding with the public television broadcast of Spark Media's documentary film, "Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project," about the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. The "Soul of a People" documentary has received major funding from the NEH for scripting and production. The library outreach programs are designed to complement the documentary, encourage scholar-led discussion about the importance and the impact of the FWP for succeeding generations of Americans, reveal to a national audience in libraries the scope of the works produced by the FWP, and acquaint a new audience with the many online and print resources that provide access to primary resources from the FWP.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries Implementation

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$218,414 (approved)
$218,210 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/2007 – 8/31/2010

We the People Bookshelf: Created Equal

No project description available

Project fields:
American Literature

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$1,448,814 (approved)
$1,243,463 (awarded)

Grant period:
6/1/2007 – 1/31/2010

Funding details:
Original grant (2007) $205,351
Supplement (2008) $470,275
Supplement (2008) $10,215

Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World - A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries

Implementation of a traveling panel exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States, to circulate to 30 sites nationwide.

The American Library Association proposes the creation of a photo-panel traveling exhibition, "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," based upon a major exhibition developed by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, a consortium of academic institutions in Philadelphia, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth (1706-2006). The 1,000-square foot traveling exhibition will educate audiences in 30 U.S. communities about the life and works of Franklin, focusing on the breadth of his interests and accomplishments and on the complex man behind the myths. The project features an array of educational materials supporting the exhibition and a planning workshop for libraries on the tour, with presentations by the curator, exhibit designer, and librarians with experience in public programming. A site support notebook for libraries will feature program ideas, speaker lists, bibliographies, film lists, exhibit set up instructions, and other aids for tour libraries.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries Implementation

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$449,618 (approved)
$449,618 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/2006 – 6/30/2012

Funding details:
Original grant (2006) $0
Supplement (2008) $179,618

Baseball and American Culture

Consultation with scholars, curators, and librarians to plan an exhibition, reading and film discussion programs, educational materials, and an interactive website about baseball as a reflection of American culture.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries Consultation

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$10,000 (approved)
$10,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
4/1/2006 – 4/30/2007

We the People Bookshelf: The Pursuit of Happiness

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$686,762 (approved)
$686,762 (awarded)

Grant period:
6/1/2006 – 7/31/2008

Funding details:
Original grant (2006) $0
Supplement (2007) $186,762

We the People Bookshelf: Becoming American

No project description available

Project fields:
American Literature

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$749,053 (approved)
$749,053 (awarded)

Grant period:
6/1/2005 – 8/31/2007

Funding details:
Original grant (2005) $0
Supplement (2006) $215,066

We the People Bookshelf: Freedom

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$513,776 (approved)
$513,776 (awarded)

Grant period:
2/1/2004 – 8/31/2006

Funding details:
Original grant (2004) $0
Supplement (2005) $128,012

StoryLines America: A Radio Literary Partnership Exploring Our Regional Literature: Part IV: New England

Production of 13, 60-minute regional literature call-in radio programs for on-air and web broadcast in partnership with libraries in New England.

Project fields:
Literature, General

Program:
Media, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$249,972 (approved)
$249,972 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/2003 – 12/31/2005

Cultural Communities Fund

Endowment for humanities scholars to provide on-going training and consultation for libraries' programming staff.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Challenge Grants

Division:
Challenge Grants

Total amount offered:
$319,330

Grant period:
12/1/2001 – 7/31/2009

We the People Bookshelf

No project description available

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Project fields:
History, General

Program:
Bookshelf Cooperative Agreement, We the People

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$376,428 (approved)
$376,428 (awarded)

Grant period:
8/1/2003 – 1/31/2005

Funding details:
Original grant (2003) $0
Supplement (2004) $151,428

Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

The fabrication and 40-site tour of a freestanding panel exhibition, CD-ROM, website, and ancillary educational programs about the life, reign, and legacy of Elizabeth I.

Project fields:
British History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$255,000 (approved)
$255,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/2002 – 5/31/2007

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

Implementation of an exhibition examining Mary Shelley s classic tale, Frankenstein, that would travel to 40 libraries at sites throughout the United States.

Project fields:
British Literature; History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$300,000 (approved)
$260,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/2001 – 6/30/2006

StoryLines America: A Radio/Library Partnership Exploring Our Regional Literature (Part III: The Midwest)

Thirteen one-hour talk-show radio programs about Midwestern literature to be broadcast on public radio stations and presented in public libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Project fields:
American Literature; Library Science; U.S. Regional Studies

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$245,000 (approved)
$245,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/2000 – 5/31/2002

Millennium Project for Public Libraries

No project description available

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$159,450 (approved)
$159,450 (awarded)

Grant period:
2/1/2000 – 3/31/2005

Let's Talk About It: The Next Generation of Reading and Discussion Programs for Libraries

To support a reading and discussion series on four themes, which will provide a broad scope of readings and discussion for library audiences nationwide.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$285,550 (approved)
$235,550 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1998 – 12/31/2002

StoryLines America: A Radio/Library Partnership Exploring Our Regional Literature (Part II: California and the SE)

To support a series of reading and discussion programs about regionalism and American identity via talk show radio broadcasts and at libraries in California, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$380,570 (approved)
$369,720 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1998 – 8/31/2000

The Jazz Age in Paris: A Traveling Exhibition to Libraries

To support the creation of an exhibition that would travel to 30 libraries, adapted from an existing Smithsonian exhibition on Europe's early jazz movement.

Project fields:
European History; Music History and Criticism; U.S. History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$280,545 (approved)
$260,545 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1997 – 12/31/2002

The West and the Frontier in American Culture

No project description available

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Enterprise Awards Pre 2001

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$30,000 (approved)
$29,997 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1996 – 9/30/1996

StoryLines America: a radio/library partnership exploring our regional literature

To support a series of reading and discussion programs about regionalism and American identity via talk show radio broadcasts and at libraries in the South-west (AZ, CO, NM, TX, and UT) and the Northwest (ID, MT, OR, and WA).

Project fields:
American Literature

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$400,000 (approved)
$390,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1996 – 2/28/1998

Exploring the West: Whose West?

No project description available

Project fields:
American Studies

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$583,114 (approved)
$549,589 (awarded)

Grant period:
3/1/1995 – 3/31/1999

Funding details:
Original grant (1995) $33,525
Supplement (1996) $208,114

The Nation That Works: Conversations on American Pluralism and Identity

To support more than 100 conversations at sites in at least 20 states using thevalues and beliefs Americans have about work as an organizing principle to examine American values in general.

Project fields:
American Studies

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$383,000 (approved)
$373,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1995 – 8/31/1998

Rural America: The Images and the Reality

To support the planning of reading, viewing, and discussion programs in libraries throughout the United States on images of rural life in America.

Project fields:
Rural Studies

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$33,664 (approved)
$33,331 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/1994 – 8/31/1995

Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington

To support a national tour of panel exhibitions about the life and times of Duke Ellington, 1899-1974.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$220,000 (approved)
$210,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1994 – 4/30/1997

A More Perfect Union, Japanese Internment during World War II: Traveling Exhibition

To support a traveling exhibition with catalog, videodisk, site training, reading and discussion theme units, and curricular materials about the Japanese-American internment during World War II.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$390,000 (approved)
$339,872 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1994 – 12/31/1998

Planning for a National Conversation

To support planning of reading and discussion programs about American pluralism and values for use in the nation's libraries.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$30,000 (approved)
$30,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/1994 – 8/31/1995

The Many Realms of King Arthur

To support a traveling exhibition with catalogue, a reading and discussion theme unit, a videotape, curriculum guide, and site personnel training about the evolution of the Arthurian legend in literature, history, and the arts.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$460,000 (approved)
$437,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1993 – 8/31/1998

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution

To support planning for a traveling panel exhibition about the constitutional implications of the Japanese-American internment during World War II.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$40,000 (approved)
$39,969 (awarded)

Grant period:
4/1/1992 – 6/30/1993

New World, Ancient Texts: The Cultural Impact of the Encounter - A Traveling Exhibition

To support a traveling panel exhibition and promotional and programmatic material about the transforming effects of the Columbian voyages upon European thought.

Project fields:
European History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$311,460 (approved)
$311,459 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1991 – 12/31/1993

The Books of the Fairs: A Guide to Exposition Literature in the Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

To support the publication of a guide to research materials relating to inter- national, regional, and local exhibitions housed at the Smithsonian Institu- tion libraries.

Project fields:
History, General

Program:
Scholarly Publications

Division:
Research Programs

Total amounts:
$7,000 (approved)
$7,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
12/1/1990 – 4/30/1992

Brave New Worlds: Reading and Discussion Programs in America's Libraries

To support reading and discussion programs in libraries throughout the nation, using themes and selected readings developed for the Columbian Quincentenary.

Project fields:
History, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$275,000 (approved)
$274,996 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1990 – 3/31/1993

Voices and Visions: Reading, Viewing and Discussion Programs in America's Libraries

To support a nationwide series of programs at sites in 25 states about the workand lives of 13 major American poets.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$190,000 (approved)
$185,406 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1990 – 11/30/1991

Seeds of Change - a Traveling Exhibition

To support four traveling panel exhibitions and educational programs on the impact of Old World and New World cultures following the voyages of Columbus. The exhibitions will appear at 60 sites over a period of two years.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$515,000 (approved)
$449,765 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1990 – 12/31/1994

Seeds of Change

To support the planning of a traveling version of "Seeds of Change," a major exhibition on the Columbian Quincentenary that is being planned by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

Project fields:
History, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$46,097 (approved)
$46,075 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1989 – 5/31/1991

To Make All Laws: The Congress of the United States

To support a traveling panel exhibition and educational materials about the history of the U.S. Congress.

Project fields:
American Government

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$269,325 (approved)
$246,693 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1989 – 11/30/1991

Voices and Visions: Reading, Viewing, and Discussion Programs in America's Libraries

To support a series of programs about the work and lives of 13 American poets.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$358,000 (approved)
$350,453 (awarded)

Grant period:
5/1/1988 – 11/30/1991

Printing and the French Revolution

To support a traveling exhibition, interpretive materials, and reading and discussion programs on the history and significance of the French Revolution.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$374,839 (approved)
$374,303 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1988 – 5/31/1991

Promoting Humanities Programming in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Their Communities

To support a workshop for librarians and scholars at historically black colleges and universities that will assist them in planning and conducting humanities programs for the general public.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$37,963 (approved)
$33,152 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1988 – 8/31/1989

Are we to be a Nation? A Traveling Exhibition in Celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution

To support a tour of three facsimiles of the New York Public Library's exhibi- tion on the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The exhibitionwould travel to 30 sites over an 18-month period and would include interpreta- tive programs and educational packages.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$270,172 (approved)
$270,172 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/1987 – 9/30/1988

Censorship and Libraries: A Traveling Exhibition

To support a nationwide tour of a portion of an exhibition, originally funded by NEH at the New York Public Library, entitled "Censorship: 500 Years of Conflict."

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General; Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$122,998 (approved)
$122,998 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/1985 – 10/31/1987

Library Programming in the Humanities for Young Adults

To support two regional workshops for librarians and scholars in order to enhance the intellectual approach to the design and implementation of educa- tional programs in the humanities for young adults.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$544,568 (approved)
$317,284 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1985 – 11/30/1991

Funding details:
Original grant (1985) $227,284
Supplement (1987) $90,000

IFLA Conference Plenary Program

To support honoraria for speakers at the plenary session of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' conference on the theme "Libraries and the Universal Availability of Information."

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$15,000 (approved)
$15,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
6/1/1985 – 3/31/1986

Let's Talk About It: Reading and Discussion Programs in America's Libraries

To support an NEH project which brings together out-of-school adults and and scholars for reading and discussion programs in libraries across the nation.

Project fields:
Literature, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$1,585,689 (approved)
$1,584,989 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1983 – 11/30/1991

Funding details:
Original grant (1983) $700
Supplement (1984) $512,773
Supplement (1985) $172,916

Humanities Programs for the Public (Technical Assistance)

To support workshops that will assist scholars and librarians in developing public humanities programs in libraries.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$354,616 (approved)
$350,743 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/1983 – 10/31/1988

Funding details:
Original grant (1983) $3,873
Supplement (1986) $145,153

Development of a nondestructive book copier

To support the development of an attachment for paper copiers that enables the face-up, nondestructive copying of bound volumes. The device offers a solutionto a long-standing preservation problem in research libraries.

Project fields:
Archival Management and Conservation

Program:
Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996

Division:
Preservation and Access

Total amounts:
$64,400 (approved)
$64,400 (awarded)

Grant period:
2/1/1983 – 12/31/1985

Humanities Programs for Academic Libraries

To support two conferences designed to make academic librarians aware of the goals, policies and divisions of NEH, especially the Library Humanities Program and to acquaint them with the techniques of program development for thegeneral public in academic libraries.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$62,423 (approved)
$55,213 (awarded)

Grant period:
8/1/1982 – 7/31/1983

Humanities Public Programming

To support two West Coast conferences for public librarians, to explain the goals, policies and divisions of NEH, especially the Library Humanities Projects program, and how public libraries can work with the Endowment.

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$39,987 (approved)
$35,337 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1981 – 5/31/1982

Humanities Programs for Academic Libraries

To support two conferences designed to make academic librarians aware of the goals, policies and divisions of NEH, especially the Library Humanities program, and to acquaint them with the techniques of program development for the general public in academic libraries.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Libraries and Archives, Humanities Projects in

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$67,293 (approved)
$45,437 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1981 – 4/30/1982

An Information Agenda for the 1980's

To support a two-day conference of policy and opinion makers in government, industry, labor, education, communications, and publishing to discuss the in- formation technology revolution and how our information systems can be shaped to meet social needs.

Project fields:
Communications

Program:
Reference Materials - Access

Division:
Preservation and Access

Total amounts:
$17,000 (approved)
$17,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
3/1/1980 – 6/30/1981

Humanities Education Through Public Libr aries

No project description available

Project fields:
Unknown

Program:
Public Programs Special Projects (GD)

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$20,000 (approved)
$20,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
12/1/1977 – 2/28/1979

Humanities Education Through Public Libr aries: Courses By Newspaper

No project description available

Project fields:
Unknown

Program:
Public Programs Special Projects (GD)

Division:
Public Programs

Total amounts:
$200,000 (approved)
$199,349 (awarded)

Grant period:
3/1/1979 – 12/31/1980

Preparation and Distirbution of Lists of Notable Sources for the American Issues Forum

To provide professional and administrative costs for the preparation of two annotated reading lists that will contribute to the national dialogue anticipated under the American Issues Forum. One list will be designed for the 8-13 age group and one for the general reader/high school age and older.

Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Program:
Program Development/Planning Grants

Division:
Agency-wide Projects

Total amounts:
$224,593 (approved)
$224,593 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/1975 – 12/31/1975

Goals of Public Service

No project description available

Project fields:
Library Science

Program:
Program Development/Planning Grants

Division:
Agency-wide Projects

Total amounts:
$12,096 (approved)
$12,096 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/1971 – 12/31/1972