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Far Out: Life on and after the CommuneCenter For Independent Documentarymore
A treatment and trailer for a documentary on two sister communes in Montague, Massachusetts and Guilford, Vermont.
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Charles Light
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $10,000
Between Revolutions: The Federal PeriodGore Placemore
The production and dissemination of elementary and middle school curriculum materials on the Federal Period of U.S. history.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Susan Katz
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $5,000
Memory of a Forgotten War PreproductionBoston Collegemore
Pre-production work on a documentary film on the impact and legacies of the Korean War.
Chestnut Hill, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: G. Ramsay Liem
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $10,000
The Road to Freedom: Greenfield and the Underground RailroadGreenfield Human Rights Commissionmore
A year-long project focusing on the history of the underground railroad in Greenfield that combines individual research, presentations, and an after school program.
Greenfield, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Joan Featherman
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $7,612
Eleanor Roosevelt Returns to WorcesterFranklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center, Inc.more
A two-part living history program featuring Elena Dodd as Eleanor Roosevelt and the Master Singers of Worcester performing a cantata about Eleanor Roosevelt's life and accomplishments.
Whitinsville, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Cyrus Lipsitt
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $3,675
Never a Bad Hair DayWillis Center Cultural Institutemore
An art exhibit featuring African sculptures and an accompanying series of lectures and workshops about hair in African and African American cultures to be held in various Worcester venues.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Gloria Hall
awarded on: 2006-12-08
amount: $5,000
Literature in Letters: Four Centuries of the Epsitolary NovelSturgis Librarymore
Reading and discussion program coinciding with a larger year-long series centered around letters.
Barnstable, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Lucy Loomis
awarded on: 2006-11-07
amount: $500
Lost in TranslationPelham Librarymore
A reading and discussion series based on the stories of individuals who are somehow displaced, removed, or voluntarily in exile from their home contexts.
Pelham, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Rebecca Frank
awarded on: 2006-09-18
amount: $500
Quilts: The Social Fabric of MassachusettsMassachusetts Quilt Documentation Projectmore
Professional photography for the book: "Quilts: The Social Fabric of Massachusetts."
Ware, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Lynne Bassett
awarded on: 2006-09-16
amount: $5,000
Tapping the SourceBristol Community Collegemore
A series of workshops for secondary and post-secondary teachers, focusing on the use of primary sources.
Fall River, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Andrew Hoffman
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $6,500
Making Leather; Living Life: An Oral and Documentary History of WorkGeorge Peabody House Museummore
An oral history project to collect the memories of leather business workers and those knowledgeable about the impact of the leather industry on the daily lives of Peabody residents.
Peabody, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Marieke Van Damme
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $3,915
Is this America? Liberty and Justice for AllCambridge Forummore
A series of ten public programs examining the contemporary challenges to the ideals of "liberty and justice for all" on which the United states is founded. Each public program is later broadcast nationwide and available for download at WGBH on-demand.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director:
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $8,450
Destination Holyoke: Exhibition Series on Immigration and Migration to HolyokeWistariahurst Museum Association, Incmore
A four-exhibit series on immigration and migration to Holyoke.
Holyoke, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Kate N. Thibodeau
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $5,000
Hands on History at the Old State House MuseumBostonian Societymore
The creation of three "Hands-on-History" galleries for family learning at the Old State House Museum in Boston.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Rainey Tisdale
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $5,000
Abraca O BarcoTown of Provincetownmore
The production of a 15-minute film to augment the Provincetown Public Library's exhibit of a half-sized replica of the schooner Rose Dorothea.
Provincetown, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Karen MacDonald
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $5,000
The Figure a Poem MakesThe Mount: Edith Wharton's Homemore
A workshop on the reading and writing of poetry for Berkshire County elementary, middle and high school teachers.
Lenox, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: David Dashiell
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $3,700
The Language of America: Native Cultural Survival in a Global AgeNortheast Historic Filmmore
Preproduction support for a documentary film that explores New England Native identity from the point of view of view of language preservation and loss.
Bucksport, ME, Hancock County
project director: Ben Levine
awarded on: 2006-09-15
amount: $10,000
Understanding the Modern Middle EastLucius Beebe Memorial Librarymore
A library reading and discussion series focusing on the political history of the Modern Middle East (formerly a council-conducted program).
Wakefield, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Elisabeth Doucett
awarded on: 2006-09-07
amount: $500
Visions of AmericaSpringfield Museumsmore
Programming and resources to accompany an exhibit of Currier & Ives prints, including a panel discussion, an on-line version of the exhibit, and an exhibition/program brochure.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Kay Simpson
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $9,500
Unmuddling the Modern Middle EastPrimary Sourcemore
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 L. Cunningham
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
The ASP Teacher Institute at Emerson CollegeActors' Shakespeare Projectmore
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 SignageLowell Parks & Conservation Trustmore
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
Working Waterfront Documentation ProjectCommunity Economic Development Centermore
An oral history project that will be conducted in conjunction with the third Working Waterfront Festival, a celebration of the occupational culture of the commercial fishing industry.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Laura Orleans
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $7,022
Mi Puerto Rico: Master Painters of the Island, 1785-1952Worcester Art Museummore
A bilingual audio tour and public programs in conjunctions with an upcoming exhibit, "Mi Puerto Rico: Master Painters of the Island, 1785-1952."
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Honee Hess
awarded on: 2006-06-17
amount: $5,000
The Thoreau Collection at the Concord MuseumConcord Museummore
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 LexingtonLexington Historical Societymore
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 ProjectFund For Women Artistsmore
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 ProvidenceUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstmore
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 DemocracyFriends of the Commonwealth Museummore
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 ParishDocumentary Educational Resourcesmore
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
Humanities Solo Historical/Literary SeriesPayomet Performing Artsmore
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 WarNorthampton Center for the Artsmore
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
A Stroll through Paradise: Stepping into HistoryHistoric Northamptonmore
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
Littleton Historical Society RIGLittleton Historical Society and Museummore
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 RIGPlainfield Historical Societymore
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 MillsCenter for Lowell Historymore
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 HandbagsWorcester Historical Museummore
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 CenturyStoughton Historical Societymore
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 AndoversAndover Historical Societymore
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 HomesteadWilliam Cullen Bryant Homesteadmore
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