National Endowment for the Humanities 2001 Annual Report

Contents

About NEH

Jefferson Lecture

National Humanities Medals

Education

Preservation and Access

Public Programs

Research

Challenge Grants

Federal State

Office of Enterprise

Summer Fellows

Panelists

Senior Staff

National Council

Financial Report

 


News and Publications

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Office of Challenge Grants

Through its Challenge Grants program, NEH strengthens humanities institutions across the country by encouraging nonfederal contributions and longrange planning. In fiscal year 2001, awards totaling more than $10 million stimulated nonfederal matches in excess of $37 million. These funds are used to augment or establish endowments that support humanities activities, renovate or construct facilities, purchase equipment and upgrade technology, enhance library holdings, and preserve collections.

The program helps strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities. For example, Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 2001 received the first installment of its $500,000 challenge grant to endow new faculty positions in Asian languages for the college’s interdisciplinary concentration, which integrates language and experiential learning. NEH also awarded a challenge grant of $500,000 to the Seattle Art Museum to endow programs in the museum’s Teacher Resource Center and to support education staff and distancelearning initiatives through I-NET, a fiber optic two-way video and voice communications network. Both grants will be matched by $2 million in nonfederal donations.

To facilitate research and original scholarship in the humanities, the Challenge Grants program supports institutions that serve humanities researchers and make resources available to the public. The Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, is using its challenge grant to establish an endowment of $2.5 million that will support a director of research and research fellowships. The center’s extensive manuscript holdings, together with its collections of books, tapes, videos, pamphlets, and newspapers, make Amistad an important resource for scholars and students studying African American history. The challenge grant includes
$500,000 in federal funds and $2 million in nonfederal donations.

Challenge grant funds are used also for acquisitions, construction and renovation, and technological enhancement. In 2001, the Clear Lake Public Library in Iowa received a challenge grant to renovate its facility, create a historical archives room, enlarge the children’s reading and program area and the public meeting room, and improve access to electronic information services. The library will receive $375,000 from NEH to match $1.125 million in nonfederal donations.

Advancements in technology play a vital role in humanities planning--in scholarly access to collections, in creating databases, and in teaching. For example, Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, will use its challenge grant of $500,000, with $2 million in nonfederal gifts, to bring hypermedia production and distance learning into its World Media and Culture Center. The grant will also help create an endowment to support faculty research and produce workshops for teachers in the use of new media.

In 2001, the Office of Challenge Grants piloted Extending the Reach Institutional Grants, an opportunity for Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. These grants provide awards of approximately $25,000 for humanities programs, for faculty development and collaboration with other humanities institutions, or for resources such as library materials, computer software, and computer hardware. For example, Haskell Indian Nations University received a grant of $25,499 to develop materials for a world geography course that will be delivered via satellite and the Internet to other tribal colleges.

Understanding our history and culture requires a strong institutional base for teaching, research, preservation, and public programming. Awards made through the NEH Office of Challenge Grants contribute to the enduring strength of institutions vital to the health of the humanities throughout the nation.

Stephen M. Ross
Director
Office of Challenge Grants


CHALLENGE GRANTS

Grants secure long-term funding for humanities programming and resources through building endowments at institutions.

Abbe Museum
Bar Harbor, ME
$150,000*

Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL
$167,000*

Alaska Native Heritage Center, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$50,000*

Amarillo College Foundation, Inc.
Amarillo, TX
$20,000*

American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, MA
$150,000*

American Association for State and Local History
$150,000*

American Council of Learned Societies
New York, NY
$333,000*

Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, LA
$263,284*

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
$50,000*

Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn, NY
$150,000*

California State University
Long Beach, CA
$175,000*

Carleton College
Northfield, MN
$150,000*

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels, MD
$333,000*

Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire, WI
$115,000*

Clear Lake Public Library
Clear Lake, IA
$100,000*

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Cortez, CO
$150,000*

Dubuque County Historical Society
Dubuque, IA
$400,000*

Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
New York, NY
$167,000*

Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC
$175,000*

Foundation for the Memphis/Shelby
County Public Library Memphis, TN
$50,000*

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
$225,000*

Hartford Public Library
Hartford, CT
$150,000*

Heritage Harbor Museum
Providence, RI
$250,000

Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
$125,000*

Hood College
Frederick, MD
$100,000*

Juilliard School
New York, NY
$100,000*

KCTS Television
Seattle, WA
$150,000*

Loras College
Dubuque, IA
$143,000*

Loyola University
New Orleans, LA
$75,000*

Maine Humanities Council
Portland, ME
$65,000*

Marathon County Public Library
Wausau, WI
$30,000*

Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
$100,000*

Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Cherokee, NC
$48,757*

National Trust for Historic
Preservation Washington, DC
$150,000*

New Hampshire Humanities Council
Concord, NH
$50,000*

New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
$200,000*

New York University
New York, NY
$150,000*

Newark Public Library
Newark, NJ
$50,000*

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
$166,000*

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD
$200,000*

Ohio State University, Main Campus
Columbus, OH
$167,000*

Old Dartmouth Historical Society
New Bedford, MA
$74,333*

Peter White Public Library
Marquette, MI
$50,000*

Philander Smith College
Little Rock, AR
$166,000*

Pomona College
Claremont, CA
$100,000*

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Center
Charlotte, NC
$200,000*

Queens Library Foundation
Jamaica, NY
$60,000*

Rice University
Houston, TX
$120,000

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
$167,000*

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
$100,000*

Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich, MA
$350,000*

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$333,000*

Seattle Public Library Foundation
Seattle, WA
$300,000*

SUNY Research Foundation/Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY
$150,000*

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Topeka, KS
$75,000*

University of California
Los Angeles, CA
$166,000*

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
$100,000*

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
$150,000*

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
Lawrence, KS
$166,000*

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
$160,000*

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000*

Ohio State University, Main Campus
Columbus, OH
$167,000*

Old Dartmouth Historical Society
New Bedford, MA
$74,333*

Peter White Public Library
Marquette, MI
$50,000*

Philander Smith College
Little Rock, AR
$166,000*

Pomona College
Claremont, CA
$100,000*

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Center
Charlotte, NC
$200,000*

Queens Library Foundation
Jamaica, NY
$60,000*

Rice University
Houston, TX
$120,000

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
$167,000*

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
$100,000*

Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich, MA
$350,000*

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$333,000*

Seattle Public Library Foundation
Seattle, WA
$300,000*

SUNY Research Foundation/Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY
$150,000*

Topeka and Shawnee County PublicLibrary
Topeka, KS
$75,000*

University of California
Los Angeles, CA
$166,000*

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
$100,000*

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
$150,000*

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc
Lawrence, KS
$166,000*

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
$160,000*

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000*


REGIONAL CENTERS

PLANNING GRANTS

Regional Centers Planning Grants support the planning for educational centers devoted to the study and teaching of the culture of geographic regions in the United States.

University of California
Davis, CA
$50,000


EXTENDING THE REACH

INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS

Grants assist Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal Colleges and Universities strengthen their humanities resources.

Albany State University
Albany, GA
James L. Hill
$25,927

CUNY Research Foundation/Bronx Community College
New York, NY
Howard M. Wach
$25,265

CUNY Research Foundation/Lehman College
New York, NY
Evelyn Ackerman
$25,265

California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA
William A. Little
$25,353

Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
Barbara B. McIver
$25,545

Coppin State College
Baltimore, MD
Cynthia Neverdon-Morton
$25,087

Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL
Janet L. DeCosmo
$25,501

Florida International University
Miami, FL
Lynn M. Berk
$24,065

Florida Memorial College
Miami, FL
Jesse J. Silverglate
$25,633

Fort Peck Community College
Poplar, MT
Anthony Shields
$26,035

Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL
Bettye J. Knowles
$23,365

Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS
Michael R. Cuenca
$25,499

Howard University
Washington, DC
Mbye B. Cham
$25,050

Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
Dernoral Davis
$25,401

Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC
Peter T. Radcliffe
$25,815

Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
Ronald W. Mawby
$25,425

Knoxville College
Knoxville, TN
Ronald W. Bailey
$25,845

Miles College
Birmingham, AL
Robert Cassanello
$24,611

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
Burney J. Hollis
$19,625

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander
$25,633

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
Shelley A. Bannister
$25,269

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD
Thomas Shortbull
$25,925

Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Antonia I. Castaneda
$25,463

Si Tanka College
Eagle Butte, SD
Sherry J. Means
$25,668

Sul Ross State University
Alpine, TX
Sharon L. Hileman
$25,771

Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
Regina L. Beach
$25,443

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
Gregory H. Maddox
$25,513

Turtle Mountain Community College
Belcourt, ND
Carol A. Davis
$26,081

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
Barbara A. Baker
$25,489

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
MariLyn C. Salvador
$25,433

University of New Mexico
Los Alamos, NM
Dennis P. Davies-Wilson
$25,690

University of New Mexico
Los Alamos, NM
Roberta C. Straight
$25,212

University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, PR
Mariano A. Maura
$25,673

University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, PR
Ana L. Sierra
$16,487

University of Texas
El Paso, TX
Kristine Navarro
$25,425

University of Texas
El Paso, TX
Keith Polette
$25,452

University of Texas
San Antonio, TX
Ruben C. Cordova
$25,463

University of Texas
San Antonio, TX
Linda K. Schott
$25,463

White Earth Tribal and Community College
Mahnomen, MN
Helen Klassen
$25,059