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The Thoreau Collection at the Concord Museum
The publication of a catalogue of the Concord Museum's Thoreau collection that includes his desk, walking stick, flute, spyglass, and other objects.
Concord, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director:
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
Colonial America and the American Revolution: Experiencing the Past in Historic Lexington
Educational programs for K-12 students using the Lexington Historical Society's collection of documents and artifacts and its three Colonial properties that figured in the Battle of Lexington.
Lexington, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Susan J. Bennett
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $4,580
From Somalia to Springfield: Stories from the Somali Women's Project
Preproduction of a documentary about Somali women adjusting to life in Springfield, Massachusetts.
San Francisco, CA, San Francisco County
project director: Julie Akeret
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $10,000
Spirit of Providence
The production of a documentary about the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, Massachusetts, who founded public healthcare institutions in the region.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Elizabeth Wilda
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
Our Commonwealth: The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy
An exhibition of the foundational documents of Massachusetts including the 1629 Massachusetts Bay Charter, to be displayed at the Massachusetts Archives.
Dorchester, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Stephen Kenney
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $10,000
Scenes from a Parish
Production grant for this documentary about three years in a multicultural Catholic parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: James Rutenbeck
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
Unmuddling the Modern Middle East
A summer teachers' institute that will equip teachers with the knowledge and curricular resources necessary for teaching about the modern Middle East.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Deborah Cunningham
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
The ASP Teacher Institute at Emerson College
The Actors' Shakespeare Project's summer teaching institute on teaching Shakespeare, centering on their Boston production of Hamlet
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Sara Stackhouse
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
Concord River Greenway Park Historical Signage
Interpretive historical signage (wayside exhibits) to be installed in the Concord River Greenway park, a large community project preserving land along the east bank of the Lowell portion of the Concord River.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Kristin McCauley
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $7,978
A Stroll through Paradise: Stepping into History
The installation of an "outdoor museum" of historic markers in Northampton.
Northampton, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Kerry Buckley
awarded on: 2006-06-09
amount: $10,000
Humanities Solo Historical/Literary Series
A summer series of eleven interactive living history performances.
Truro, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Jim Cooke
awarded on: 2006-06-09
amount: $3,740
Women at War
A theater piece based on oral history interviews with military women from Massachusetts who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Northampton, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: John Hadden
awarded on: 2006-06-09
amount: $5,000
Littleton Historical Society RIG
The creation of an inventory of the journals and writings of three generations of the Harwood family. The final product will be a guide to the Harwood family papers.
Littleton, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Ann H. Himmelberger
awarded on: 2006-06-01
amount: $1,000
Plainfield Historical Society RIG
The entering of historical deeds from the Dyer collection into a database to be made available at the Shaw Memorial Library in Plainfield.
Plainfield, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Judy Williams
awarded on: 2006-05-23
amount: $1,000
Men at Work: Overseers in Lowell's Ante-bellum Textile Mills
A study of the male overseers at Lowell's ante-bellum textile mills.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Martha Mayo
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,500
Fashionable Accessories: Daveys Handbags
A study of the records and product samples from Daveys, a Worcester handbag company. The records now reside with the Worcester Historical Museum.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Holly Izard
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,500
The Straw and Textile Industries in Stoughton and Easton Massachusetts in the Early 19th Century
A study of the development of the straw-braiding and textile industries in Stoughton and Easton from before the War of 1812 to approximately 1840, as reflected in the Hodges Collection of business ledgers and day books.
Stoughton, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Dwight H. MacKerron
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,390
Keeping the Harvest: Historic Foodways in the Andovers
Archival research into the artifacts related to food history held by both Andover and North Andover Historical Societies. Resources developed will be used for new programs.
Andover, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Juliet H. Mofford
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,500
Twentieth Century Farming at the Bryant Homestead
A research project to determine the farming and dairying activities that occurred at the Bryant Homestead from 1900-1959.
Cummington, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Ellice Gonzalez
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,497
Investigating the Crypt at Old North
An investigation of the Crypt of the Old North Church to determine who is buried there.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Christine Baron
awarded on: 2006-04-07
amount: $2,427
GMHC History of the Fishing Industry Exhibit
The planning, design, and fundraising phases of a permanent exhibit on the history of the Gloucester fishing industry.
Gloucester, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Harriet Webster
awarded on: 2006-03-21
amount: $10,000
Tick Tock Trolley Pilot Program
The development of routes and tours for a newly purchased trolley in the City of Waltham.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Alison Steinfeld
awarded on: 2006-03-21
amount: $10,000
Women Protecting US
An exhibit honoring the contributions of American women in all branches of military service as well as on the "home front" during conflicts from the Revolution to the present day.
Fall River, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Laurie Carlson
awarded on: 2006-03-21
amount: $10,000
Understanding Ourselves by Looking Back: Falmouth at Work
The publication of articles about industries formerly active on Cape Cod: Ship Building, Whaling, Cranberry Harvesting, Marine Sciences, and Woolens. The articles will be published in the Falmouth Enterprise.
Falmouth, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Jacki Forbes
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $2,200
Off the Page and On the Deck: The War of 1812 in Sailors' Own Words
A teacher workshop for 40 teachers on techniques for using primary sources in the classroom.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Anne G. Rand
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $4,970
The Bankside Humanities Series
A series of free lectures and demonstrations, exploring a wide range of the historical and cultural aspects of the Renaissance, as part of the Company's Outdoor Bankside Festival of performances and events.
Lenox, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Ariel Bock
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $4,500
The Farm Where You Live Oral Narratives
The collecting of oral histories of people with experience of farming in Belmont between 1900 and 1950.
Belmont, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Jane Sherwin
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $2,400
Lighting the Way: The Life and Legacy of William Rotch, Jr.
Planning for an exhibit to introduce visitors of the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum to the life of whaling merchant William Rotch, Jr.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Kate Corkum
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $5,000
Over Time: Changes in Massachusetts Topography
A one-week summer institute on Massachusetts' history and geography for 25 teachers of grades 3-5.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Eileen McSwiney
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $4,987
Freedom and Its Discontents, CANE Summer Institute 2006
Summer teachers' institute for classics teachers, with free public lectures on ancient philosophical theories of freedom.
Natick, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Ellen Perry
awarded on: 2006-03-17
amount: $2,000
The Holocaust: A Challenge to the Achievement of Liberty and Justice for All
A curriculum on the history and lessons of the Holocaust for high school and middle school students.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Robert Sternberg
awarded on: 2006-03-14
amount: $10,000
"Uprising on King Street: The Boston Massacre" at the John Adams Courthouse
A two-year residency of the play at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston, a collaborative effort of Theatre Espresso and the Supreme Judicial Historical Society.
Jamaica Plain, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Derek Nelson
awarded on: 2006-03-14
amount: $10,000
Research Inventory Grant - Westport Historical Society
To survey of the collection of the Westport Historical Society for artifacts and documents that relate to the history of the Society's headquarters, the Bell School, and its relationship with communities of Westport.
Westport, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Jenny O'Neill
awarded on: 2006-02-21
amount: $1,000
Research Inventory Grant - Plainfield Historical Society
Inventory of the Dyer Collection, letters and materials relating to the relative and changing importance of a mixed economy and mixed land use in Plainfield over the past 200 years.
Plainfield, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Judy Williams
awarded on: 2006-01-26
amount: $1,000
Research Inventory Grant - Southborough Historical Society
An inventory of Southborough Historical Society's 18th and 19th century collection of manuscripts and artifacts to support a lecture or exhibit relating to the history of Southborough's triphammer, used for pounding and shaping iron.
Southborough, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Russell Horne
awarded on: 2006-01-26
amount: $1,000
Research Inventory Grant - Westwood Historcial Society
Inventory of the Pickardt family collection, a family of German descent, who came from New York City to settle in Westwood, a rural farming community in the late 1800's, opened a business and influenced the Westwood and Islington communities from the 1880's to the 1950's.
Westwood, MA, Norfolk County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Libby Johnson
awarded on: 2006-01-26
amount: $1,000
Homecomings Project
A series of public lectures, exhibits, films, workshops, readings and seminars on the theme of Homecomings from war, ancient and contemporary.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Robert Meagher
awarded on: 2006-01-20
amount: $5,000
"The Poets light but Lamps": A Viewing and Discussion of The Belle of Amherst
Public panel discussion following a screening of The Belle of Amherst as part of "A Little Madness in the Spring", the Emily Dickinson Museum's local annual celebration of National Poetry Month.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Cindy Dickinson
awarded on: 2006-01-20
amount: $2,917
Ancient Fishweir Permanent Panels in Arlington Street Subway
Research to complete text research, caption writing and final design of four graphic display panels that will be permanently installed along the MBTA Arlington Street subway station waiting platforms.
Dorchester, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Ross Miller
awarded on: 2006-01-20
amount: $3,060
Left on Pearl: Women Take Over 888 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Fundraising trailer for a documentary telling the story of the 1971 takeover of a Harvard University building, the surprise ending to that year's International Woman's Day march.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Susan Rivo
awarded on: 2006-01-20
amount: $9,993