Past Grants Awarded

Development of a research-based plan designed to support small historical organizations in participating in a new statewide Commonwealth Historical Collaborative online archive.

A year-long project to produce six digital compilations of regional events to expand the popular Hilltown Families website.

Implementation of two series (in 2016 and 2017) of the Enhancing Families Through Literature program with families involved with Berkshire Family and Probate Court.

Creation of a theatre piece that will also produce an oral history of the fishing and environmental communities on Cape Cod.

A series of community conversations about affordable housing in Cambridge, based on citizen-conducted research and talks with experts and stake holders.

Planning for a new core exhibit for the museum on the subject of local history.

Distribution of the film "Food For Change" and the development of discussion materials.

A year of professional development activities for area humanities high school teachers about teaching the human and social consequences to violent conflicts and approaches to peaceful conflict resolution.

Support for an interactive exhibit that features Revolutionary War era communications systems in comparison and contrast with today's social and communications media in Buckman Tavern, one of the gathering and planning places for the Lexington militia .

Creation of a "pop-up" historic Campello Village neighborhood in George E. Keith Park in Brockton.

A two-part literature-based workshop series for women incarcerated at the Women's Correctional Center in Chicopee.

A three-part event in Concord including readings of the Declaration of Independence, shared readings of Frederick Douglass' July 4 speech, and a facilitated discussion by Professor Kendra Fields of Tufts University.

A public reading of the July 4 address by Frederick Douglass on the Newton Centre Green, an event co-sponsored by the City of Newton.

A communal reading of Frederick Douglass' July 4 speech as part of an Independence Day themed festival co-sponsored by the City of Lynn.

A Reading Frederick Douglass event on Worcester Commons.

A three-part event on the history of Frederick Douglass' alliance with Susan B. Anthony and his enduring relevance.

A parade and public discussion during the Reading Frederick Douglass event in Fitchburg, co-sponsored by many local organizations.

Research and an overview history of local factory labor based on materials in the collection of the Museum and other sources.

A three-lecture series about the relationship between photographic processes and the "truth" in photography.

A series of lectures and community conversations marking the 150th birthday of founder Caroline Emmerton.

A weekend symposium on race, bias, and culture in present-day America held in conjunction with their production of "American Son."

A series of five community conversations about writers of the American renaissance in the Pittsfield in conjunction with the City's new writers' residency program.

A public film series, focused on issues relevant to the local Lawrence community.

Creation of classroom-ready multimedia study guides and lesson plans, including optional events programming, about the life and work of James Baldwin.

A series of six dialogues entitled "Muslims in America: Dialogue Across Divides" on the issues shaping misperceptions of Muslims in the U.S. and in the greater Pioneer Valley.

Creation of discussion materials and a series of conversations in Boston Public High Schools using clips from the film "The Circle: A Story of Murder and Reconciliation in Boston".

Research and creation of a traveling exhibit focused on the history of Latino immigration in Worcester, MA.

An internship program whose purpose is to inventory new acquisitions and engage local and immigrant audiences in Fitchburg.

A new storytelling program about the history of Boston Harbor.

Support for the 2016 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.

Distribution of a curriculum to accompany the film "Touching Home in China," including videos, trainings, and presentations about Chinese history and culture.

Support for the annual history day on Boston Common, in which more than 1,000 Boston school third-to-fifth-grade school kids usually participate.

A slate of programming around the theme of women in politics, especially the life and work of the progressive Nichols sisters.

A public reading of Frederick Douglass' "What is the Fourth of July to the Slave" in the three major languages of Brockton.

A Common Good Reads discussion series that will cover texts that ask participants to consider contemporary anti-Islam rhetoric in larger historical contexts.

Common Good Reads discussion series that uses discussion, theatre, storytelling, reading, and writing to engage residents in conversations about Douglass Blackmon's Pulitzer-Prize-winning book "Slavery by Another Name" and Loftin's play "When the System Swallows You."

A Common Good Reads discussion series that will cover texts that ask participants to consider the relationship between diversity, culture, migration, and the social contract.

A program for 36 students in the school's Advanced Digital Photography program to create a town-wide large-scale photo installation of the historic places, people, and culture of the town.

Expansion and updating of the exhibit Long Road to Justice: The African American Experience in the Massachusetts Courts, a chronicle of the legal struggle for civil rights of African Americans in Massachusetts.

A program to introduce 36 high school juniors and seniors from nine public charter schools to live theater through six live shows and post-performance discussions.