Past Grants Awarded

An exhibit juxtaposing the lives of pilgrim William Bradford (1590 - 1657), and an anonymous, undocumented Chinese immigrant now living near Boston.

Installation of a permanent, hands-on exhibit based on the historical society's collection of Native American artifacts.

Creation of audio versions of the standard House tour in French, German, and Japanese.

Creation of a multi-media exhibit around archival whaling footage, for the Azorean Maritime Heritage exhibition opening this fall.

Programming to accompany Forever Free, a traveling exhibit of reproductions of rare documents about Abraham Lincoln and abolition.

Installation of the core exhibit for the Henry David Thoreau Birthplace, newly preserved and renovated as a "green" building.

Development of The Judicial Review, the arts criticism section of TheArtsFuse.com, a Web site for Massachusetts residents.

Programming to mark the bicentennial of the birth of Margaret Fuller, one of America's foremost nineteenth-century woman intellectuals.

Town-wide French and American programming on May 20 and 21, including exhibits, lectures, and performances.

Conservation and preparation of folio engravings from Audubon's The Birds of America for an exhibit opening this summer.

Programming to accompany an exhibit of images of victims and survivors of the Cambodian genocide.

Reading group examining literature about jazz and the social and cultural issues around it.

Support to inventory the records of the Parsons Paper Company, the first paper mill in Holyoke.

Support to inventory collections related to the history of soldiers, their families, and Amherst's participation in times of conflict.

Support to inventory 19th century cartoons and prints about Lowell resident and owner of the Middlesex Company, Benjamin Franklin Butler.

Support for research, a film treatment, and a trailer for a documentary about the early years of the Boston radio station, WBCN.

Funding to purchase copies of the book Fahrenheit 451 for a citywide, "one book" project.

Support for planning an exhibition of the writing closet of Enlightenment author and early feminist Judith "Constantia" Sargent Murray.

Support for research, script writing, and the production of a trailer for The Bread and Roses Project documentary.

Support for production of a play about the language-based health and safety struggles of immigrant day laborers in Somerville.

Support for the "Cultures in Conflict?" festival featuring controversial issues in the Muslim world.

Support for writing of the libretto for a new opera entitled TRUTH, on the life of Sojourner Truth.

Support for educational materials and auxiliary programming to contextualize "Harriet Jacobs", a play based on the autobiographical narrative of a former slave who settled in Cambridge.

Support for a workshop for Worcester high school teachers exploring connections between poetry and local history.

Support for planning a hands-on exhibit based on the society's collection of Native American artifacts, including a portable "suitcase" exhibit.

Support for planning a 2010-2012 archaeological exhibit at Buckman Tavern.

Support for development of an audio dramatization of Elinore Pruitt Stuart's "Letters of a Woman Homesteader."

Support for the research and development of a documentary film, "Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America."

Reading and discussion program concentrating on the concept of the American experience, democracy, immigration and great literature.

Funding for keynote speakers for a conference entitled, Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies.

Support for the adaptation of the national River of Words curriculum for Massachusetts implementation.

Support for an interdisciplinary and multi-media high school curriculum that centers on Spinner's illustrated, abridged version of Moby Dick.

Support for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.

A reading and discussion series.

Support for transportation, books, and a meeting for instructors for the alternative sentencing program.

Programming and video production for the exhibit.

Support to develop an interpretive plan for the newly-restored birthplace of Henry David Thoreau.

A conference where staff, board members, and community leaders will explore sustainable solutions for house museums in the 21st century.

Programs in Worcester, Concord, and Boston, using Thoreau's "A Plea for Captain John Brown" to explore New England support for John Brown in 1859.

Writing and recording an audio tour linking the museum's collection with Russian folklore and legend.