ENDOWMENT
FOR THE
HUMANITIES / division of public programs
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20506
Room 426
202/606-8269
www.neh.gov
Division of Public Programs Awards List
Fiscal Year 2010
Grants listed by program, funding level, state
Chairman’s Special Award
Soul of a People/Soul of a Place
Stone Soup Productions, Inc.
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Planning a web-based platform to engage young people in exploring the Federal Writers Project and the world of the 1930s, including virtual reality, gaming, and social networking.
The 1968 Project
Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $850,000.00
Implementation for a traveling exhibition, a website, and public programs about Americans in the 1960s with a projected opening date of October 2011.
Prefaces to Shakespeare
WNET.ORG
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $900,000.00
Broadcast of the first six episodes of a series that will contextualize the stories of all of Shakespeare's plays along with public programs and a website.
Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives: Poetry-Drama-Dialogue
Aquila Theatre Company Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $800,000.00
Implementation of a national program series exploring classical literature, to be presented at 100 libraries and performing arts centers in 20 states.
In the Footsteps of Heroes
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $800,000.00
Production of a six-part television documentary series about the history and culture of Ancient Greek civilization from the Bronze Age through the Roman annexation of Greece in 146 BCE.
Prohibition
GWETA, Inc.
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $500,000.00
Production of a three-part, six-hour documentary with a companion website about the rise, rule, and repeal of the 18th Amendment in its social, cultural, and political contexts.
The Latino Americans
GWETA, Inc.
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $400,000.00
Production of the first two one-hour episodes of a six-part television series examining the history of Latino Americans, accompanied by a radio series and a website.
Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $626,964.00
Implementation of a traveling museum exhibition and a traveling library panel exhibition, public programs, and a website on the history and influence of the King James version of the Bible.
Interpreting America’s Historic Places
Planning Grants
Greenmanville: Investigating the Underground Railroad and Social Reform in a New England Maritime Community
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT
Award: Outright; $38,000.00
Planning for a reinterpretation of the George Greenman house and the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Greenmanville, a neighborhood of Mystic, Connecticut.
Interpreting Steam-Era Mountain Railroading in North America: The Denver & Rio Grande-San Juan Extension
Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning of a long-term actual exhibition and a digital exhibition about the economic and cultural significance of a historic steam-powered railroad operating in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
Innovation Place
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Rochester, NY
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning of a long-term multimedia exhibition exploring the interrelationship of society, technology, and culture that has made Rochester a fertile place for technological invention and entrepreneurial innovation for almost 200 years.
Roosevelt House at Hunter College: Rediscovering the Legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in their New York City Home
CUNY Research Foundation, Hunter ColleNew York, NY
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning for interpretation of the legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt at their New York City townhouse, with emphasis on how their years in the city shaped their policies on the national stage, and to include exhibits, public programs, conferences, school programs, book discussions, lectures, seminars, and a website.
Under the Tenement Roofs: Placing Real Life Stories into History
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning to strengthen and update public tours within a thematic framework of the built environment, lived religion and Americanization, and Progressive-Era social activists.
Ahead of Our Time: Interreligious Cooperation, Gender, Race, and Labor at Cincinnati's Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati, OH
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning of two long-term core exhibitions exploring how racial, gender, and labor issues influenced life at Cincinnati's Union Terminal, especially during the World War II era.
Enhancing Montpelier's Visitor Experience: James Madison and the Creation of the Constitution
Montpelier Foundation
Orange, VA
Award: Outright; $74,894.00
Planning for the enhanced interpretation of Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Implementation Grants
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.
Brooklyn, NY
Award: Outright; $350,000.00
Implementation of a long-term exhibition about the rise, decline, and successful redevelopment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard since the 17th century and the local and national importance of its people, labor skills, and products.
Minding the Store: Commerce and Community on the Lower East Side
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $350,000.00
Implementation of a permanent interpretation of lower-level spaces for living and commerce at 91 Orchard Street, including a saloon (1870, Germans), a kosher butcher store (1890, Eastern-European Jews), and an auction house (1930s, second-generation Jews), as key sites of immigrant Americanization.
Weeksville's Orientation Exhibition: Discovery through Points of Wonder
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville/Bedford-Stuyvesant History
Brooklyn, NY
Award: Outright; $100,000.00 Match; $30,000.00
The fabrication and installation of a new permanent visitor orientation exhibition at the Weeksville Heritage Center.
Small Grants to Libraries
The following libraries received $2,500 to participate in the nationwide program Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War—A Traveling Exhibition to Libraries.
Baxter County Public Library
Foundation, Inc.
Mountain Home, AR
Mesa State College
Grand Junction, CO
Lee County Regional Library
Cape Coral, FL
Florida Keys Community College
Key West, FL
North Georgia College
Dahlonega, GA
DeKalb Library Foundation
Decatur, GA
Decatur Public Library Foundation
Decatur, IL
Waterloo Public Library
Waterloo, IA
St. Mary College, Kansas
Leavenworth, KS
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Leominster Public Library
Leominster, MA
Houghton Lake Public Library
Houghton Lake, MI
Spring Lake District Library
Spring Lake, MI
Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City, MO
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
Greenville County Library System
Greenville, SC
Northern State University
Aberdeen, SD
Columbia State Community College
Columbia, TN
Williamson County Public Library
Franklin, TN
Thomas Nelson Community College
Hampton, VA
Williamsburg Regional Library
Williamsburg, VA
Natrona County Public Library
Casper, WY
Sheridan County Library Foundation
Sheridan, WY
America’s Media Makers
Development Grants
Hidden Kitchens World
Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
Award: Outright; $75,000.00
Development of 12 seven-minute radio segments, two hour-long radio specials, twelve podcasts and an interactive website that explore life and culture through food across the globe.
One Nation, Under Construction
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago, IL
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Development of 15 programs for a new one-hour, internet-based radio show providing diverse perspectives on American architecture, cities, and urban infrastructure.
Murder, Bribery, and Clarence Darrow: The Bombing of the Los Angeles Times
Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
Award: Outright; $75,000.00
Development of a 90-minute documentary film about the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times building and the bombing's aftermath, including the trial of two union activists for murder and the trial of attorney Clarence Darrow for jury tampering.
Regarding Susan Sontag
Center for Independent Documentary
Sharon, MA
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Development of a feature-length documentary about Susan Sontag's life and work.
The Popular Romance Project: Exploring the Romance Novel from Multiple Perspectives Across Time and Culture
Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
Award: Outright; $48,000.00
Final planning and scripting for a film, a symposium, and reading and discussion programs on how romance literature reflects universal themes of courtship, love, and intimacy.
The Royal Cup
Documentary Educational Resources, Inc.
Watertown, MA
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Development of an hour-long documentary film on ancient Maya pottery and the ethics of studying and collecting objects that may have been looted.
Faith in Education
Firelight Media, Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Development of a two-hour documentary on the emergence and rise of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
Buffalo, NY
Award: Outright; $65,000.00
Development of a 90-minute documentary exploring the life and career of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, an accompanying website, and a four-part radio series.
Hank Jones: Last Man Playing
Bowery Arts & Science, Ltd.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Development of a television documentary about jazz musician Hank Jones.
The Search for General Tso
Arts Engine, Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $0.00 Match; $39,795.00
Development of an 83-minute documentary film and related materials that would use the history of the popular dish, General Tso's chicken, to examine broader issues in Chinese and American history.
Production Grants
The Architect and the Painter: The Creative Lives of Charles and Ray Eames
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Award: Outright; $600,000.00
Production of a 90-minute television documentary on designers Charles and Ray Eames.
The Arab World's Demographic Dilemma: Young, Unemployed, and Searching for a Voice
America Abroad Media
Washington, DC
Award: Outright; $300,000.00
Production of three, one-hour shows for a public radio series analyzing the challenges facing Arab youth today.
American Routes: Routes to Recovery
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Award: Outright; $200,000.00
Production of ten two-hour radio programs featured on American Routes that explore how a variety of communities use musical traditions to recover after economic downturns.
American Experience: This Republic of Suffering
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Award: Outright; $400,000.00 Match; $200,000.00
Production of a 90-minute documentary about how the unprecedented death toll of the Civil War challenged American cultural attitudes about death and changed federal government policies regarding soldiers.
Slavery by Another Name
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $600,000.00
Production of a multiplatform project that recounts how in the years following the Civil
War new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in a brutal system of neo-slavery that would persist until the onset of World War II.
Afropop Worldwide
World Music Productions
Brooklyn, NY
Award: Outright; $300,000.00
Production of 18 one-hour radio episodes, re-editing of 12 encore episodes, and development of new website components about African music and culture.
Mission US
WNET.ORG
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $200,000.00
Production of three of a series of five free, online immersive animated games for children ages nine to thirteen that cover crucial historical moments in the shaping of American ideals and institutions.
Past/Present 1906: An Immersive History Game for the Internet
Center for New American Media, Inc.
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $300,000.00
Production of a computer game and an accompanying website about life in a New England mill town in 1906.
The Audio History Project
Radio Diaries
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $150,000.00 Match; $100,000.00
Production of eight radio documentaries on forgotten episodes in American history to air on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. The project would also include an interactive website and public programs.
Superheroes!
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR
Award: Outright; $675,000.00
The first episode in a series of three one-hour programs and a companion website on comic book heroes as reflections of American cultural values from 1938 to the present.
America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations
Planning Grants
Children of the Plumed Serpent: Art and Ritual of Mesoamerica's Late Antiquity
Museum Associates
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and programs on the cultural and artistic traditions in Mesoamerica during the Postclassic period (AD 1000–1521) and their transformation through the Colonial period to the present.
Toward Justice for All: Learning from the Japanese American World War II Experience
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Planning of a new long-term exhibition exploring the diverse experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning for a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and public programs about the history of Coney Island and its depiction in art and popular culture over the last 150 years.
Continuity & Change: African American Life and Culture on a Barrier Island of GA: 1760-1900
Ossabaw Island Foundation
Savannah, GA
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning for an interpretive exhibit, outdoor signs, off-site interpretation, and education programs concerning an African American community on Ossabaw Island, its continuities and changes from enslavement to emancipation and into the 20th century.
Families and History: Past Times, Present Places, and Imagining the Future
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning to develop a museum-wide framework for family learning about Chicago and urban history, incorporating exhibitions, programming, and digital products.
Encounters with(in) Africa
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Minneapolis, MN
Award: Outright; $40,000.00
Planning for the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the African Galleries.
From Bluegrass to Broadway: A Film History of America's Popular Music
Tribeca Film Institute
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $65,000.00
Planning of a six-part series of programs in collaboration with the American Library Association exploring American musical tradition in the 20th century to be offered at 50 libraries.
Immigration Sites of Conscience
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $50,000.00
Planning of nationwide public dialogues on immigration, past and present, both online and onsite at historic sites and museums that interpret immigration history.
Medicinal Plants: Ancient Culture to Modern Medicine at The New York Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY