Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives Small Grants to Libraries

The following libraries received $1,000 to participate in the nationwide program
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World - A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries.

Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ Oxnard Public Library
Oxnard, CA Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL Niles Public Library District
Niles, IL Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, MI Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County
Hattiesburg, MS Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
St. Joseph, MO Middletown Thrall Library
Middletown, NY Cameron Village Regional Library
Raleigh, NC Ohio State Library
Columbus, OH Geauga County Public Library
Middlefield, OH Providence Public Library
Providence, RI Georgetown County Library
Georgetown, SC Dakota State University
Madison, SD Denton Public Library, South Branch
Denton, TX Cedar City Public Library
Cedar City, UT Yakima Valley Regional Library, Summitview Branch
Yakima, WA Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee, WI Laramie County Library System
Cheyenne, WY

The following libraries received $1,000 to participate in the nationwide program
Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries

University of Arkansas, Monticello
Monticello, AR Auraria Library
Denver, CO Clewiston Library
Clewiston, FL Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Augusta, GA Lovejoy Library
Edwardsville, IL Purdue University Libraries
West Lafayette, IN Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Sioux City, IA Wichita State University Libraries
Wichita, KS Boone County Public Library
Union, KY St. Mary Parish Library
Franklin, LA Bay Mills Community College
Brimley, MI Petoskey Public Library
Petoskey, MI University of Minnesota, Duluth
Duluth, MN St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN Chadron State College
Chadron, NE University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH Ocean County Library
Toms River, NJ Poughkeepsie Public Library District
Poughkeepsie, NY Wayne County Public Library
Wooster, OH Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR Brigham City Library
Brigham City, UT Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Humanities Projects in Media

Planning Grants

Heartland Passage: The Erie Canal in American History
City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $30,000.00
Planning for a television documentary on the Erie Canal from 1825 to 1995.

Scripting Grants

John Muir in the New World
International Cultural Programming
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $80,000.00
Scripting of a two-hour documentary film about naturalist John Muir (1838-1914).

Theodore Dreiser: Marching Alone
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $60,000.00
Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film exploring the life and writings of Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945).

Production Grants

Dolley Madison
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
Award: Outright; $750,000.00
Production of a 90-minute television documentary and Web site on the life and career of Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.

1812: The War We Forgot
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
Buffalo, NY
Award: Outright; $800,000.00
Production of a two-hour television documentary on the War of 1812 that would explore the war from divergent points of view, including Canadian, Native American, and British perspectives, as well as the American perspective.

Icebound
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $695,500.00
Production of a 90-minute documentary film about the attempt to save the icebound community of Nome, Alaska, from a diphtheria epidemic in 1925.

Paris: The Luminous Years
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
Award: Outright; $800,000.00
Production of a two-part, two-hour documentary film series about art and culture in Paris between 1905 and 1930.