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Planning an Orientation Exhibit for The House of Seven GablesHouse of the Seven Gablesmore
A conceptual plan, draft text, and exhibit format for an orientation exhibit to the site of the museum complex.
Salem, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Alexandria Mason
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $5,000
SecondHand: Lives and Afterlives of the Social FabricDocumentary Educational Resourcesmore
Preproduction support for a documentary exploring the linked cultures and histories of used clothing, focusing on the immigrant experience in Boston.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Hanna R. Shell
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $10,000
Working Waterfront Documentation ProjectCommunity Economic Development Centermore
Audio-taped interviews with fishermen and others whose work and lives are linked to the New Bedford/Fairhaven port. This oral history project will be done in conjunction with the second annual "Working Waterfront Festival."
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Laura Orleans
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $4,750
Honoring Eleanor RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center, Inc.more
A public event honoring Eleanor Roosevelt featuring, a dramatic portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt, a book talk by author/historian Dr. Cathy D. Knepper, and a concert of big-band music from the 40s.
Whitinsville, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Cyrus Lipsitt
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $4,962
Afterburn-Willie Cole: selected works 1997-2004Worcester Art Museummore
A gallery brochure and public programs for youth and adults in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition, Afterburn-Willie Cole: Selected works 1997-2004.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Susan L. Stoops
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $5,000
Shakespeare and JusticeDiscovering Justice: James D. St. Clair Court Public Ed Projmore
A collaboration with Discovering Justice and the Actors' Shakespeare Project to produce matinees in the courtroom of the Moakley US Courthouse for 9th-12th graders.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Maria Karagianis
awarded on: 2005-06-10
amount: $5,000
The Powder and the Glory: Elizabeth Arden & Helena RubinsteinCenter For Independent Documentarymore
90-minute tv documentary on Madame Helena Rubenstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, two entrepreneurial women from different parts of the world, who pursued the American Dream by creating new industries in the time of a rising consumer culture.
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Ann C. Grossman
awarded on: 2005-06-01
amount: $10,000
Crime and the Cultural LandscapeMedford Public Librarymore
Library reading and discussion series.
Medford, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Victoria Schneiderman
awarded on: 2005-05-23
amount: $500
Scholar in Residence - Clara Barton Birthplace MuseumClara Barton Birthplace Museummore
"Clustering Memories of Clara" - Developing an interpretive plan that tells the complete story of Clara Barton - the child, the woman, the humanitarian, the inspiration.
North Oxford, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Cathy Woods
awarded on: 2005-05-02
amount: $2,500
Scholar in Residence - Berkshire Historical SocietyBerkshire Historical Societymore
Tor Court in Context: Impact of the Gilded Age on the economic and physical development in Pittsfield.
Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Catherine Reynolds
awarded on: 2005-04-27
amount: $2,500
Scholar in Residence - Robert Treat Paine Historical TrustStonehurst, Robert Treat Paine Estatemore
Research aimed to deep understanding and interpretation of the servants that lived on the property of Stonehurst.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Ann Clifford
awarded on: 2005-04-27
amount: $2,500
Scholar in Residence - Forest Hills Educational TrustForest Hills Educational Trustmore
Documentation and cataloguing of representative selection of both unusual and typical sculpture, gravestones and monuments by "anonymous" or little-known carvers which mark 19th century family burial lots.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Cecily Miller
awarded on: 2005-04-27
amount: $2,500
The Bankside Humanities SeriesShakespeare & Companymore
Free public lecture/demonstrations on the historical and cultural aspects of the Renaissance that helped shape the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Lenox, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Mel Cobb
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $4,500
Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail GuideUpper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Areamore
Revised and expanded booklet that will serve as a primary text for a Summer 2005 African American studies colloquium and for subsequent curriculum development in public school districts.
Lakeville, CT, Litchfield County (Berkshire)
project director: Rachel Fletcher
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $5,000
Juniper Literary FestivalUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstmore
Annual gathering of readers, writers, scholars, editors, publishers and independent journals and presses.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Lisa Olstein
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $5,000
Telling the Story: The Power and Responsibility of Documenting Human Rights ViolationsBrandeis Universitymore
Symposium bringing together journalists, filmmakers, etc. who use documentation of violations with scholars who approach it from theoretical perspectives.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Leigh Swigart
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $4,130
Immigration and Adjustment: Assyrian Family RecordsUnited Assyrian Association of Massachusetts, Inc.more
Exhibit and lecture series in Boston, the theme of which is how a Middle East community, the Assyrians, has been emigrating throughout the 20th century and adjusting to the United States.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Eden Naby
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $4,500
African American Sailors on CONSTITUTION in 1812USS Constitution Museummore
Exhibition planning grant to research the lives of the estimated 10-15% of CONSTITUTION'S crew who were free African Americans.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Anne G. Rand
awarded on: 2005-04-21
amount: $5,000
A one-hour documentary for Public Television that explores and life and ideas of Erik H. Erikson - the psychoanalyst who developed the concept of identity and, most famously, the identity crisis.
New England Native American ExhibitBoston Children's Museummore
The planning phase for a new Native American exhibition focusing on and in collaboration with many New England tribes.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Leslie Swartz
awarded on: 2005-03-17
amount: $5,000
If They Close the Door on You, Go in the WindowSheffield Historical Societymore
An exhibit, symposium on the African American heritage of the Berkshires and a celebration of the life of Elizabeth Freeman.
Sheffield, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Joanne Hurlbut
awarded on: 2005-03-17
amount: $5,000
Falmouth As a Summer Resort Research Inventory GrantFalmouth Historical Societymore
A study of the families of wealth and prestige who came to Falmouth in the 1880-1920's and who left behind graceful mansions and their family names on the streets, ponds and landmarks.
Falmouth, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Mary Sicchio
awarded on: 2004-12-30
amount: $1,000
Research Inventory Grant: Brookline Historical SocietyBrookline Historical Societymore
Comprehensive inventory of the Devotion House, the headquarters of the Brookline Historical Society.
Brookline, MA, Norfolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Jean Stringham
awarded on: 2004-12-30
amount: $1,000
Research Inventory Grant - Brockton Shoe MuseumBrockton Shoe Museummore
Inventory of the Brockton Shoe Museum collection.
Brockton, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: John W. Learnard
awarded on: 2004-12-30
amount: $1,000
Scholar in Residence: Stephen Phillips Trust HouseStephen Phillips Trust Housemore
A study of the collections related to the second generation of the Phillips family culminating in a public lecture: From Sail to Rail: The Phillips Family After Salem's Golden Age of Sail and a written body of research material.
Salem, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Laurie Austin
awarded on: 2004-12-30
amount: $1,250
Scholar in Residence: Lexington Historical SocietyLexington Historical Societymore
Reckoning with the Parkers: Three Generations of Artisan Trade in Colonial and Early Republic Lexington.
Lexington, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Richard Kollen
awarded on: 2004-12-30
amount: $2,500
The Trial of Anthony Burns - Social Justice Theater at Orchard HouseLouisa May Alcott Memorial Associationmore
Support for transportation costs for 10 performances of the interactive historical drama, The Trial of Anthony Burns, in collaboration with the Revere Public Schools. Funds will offset costs so that 500 students in grades 9-12 can visit Orchard House and experience this program.
Concord, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Nancy Gahagan
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $2,700
The Banjo ProjectCenter For Independent Documentarymore
Production grant as partial funding for a two-hour national public television documentary about the social history of the banjo. MFH funds will be used for the Massachusetts-based topics in the program.
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Marc Fields
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $5,000
Telling Women's LivesFilmmakers Collaborativemore
Pre-production grant for a series of ten films about women in the American past.
Melrose, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Laurie Kahn
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $10,000
Spirit of ProvidenceUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstmore
Funds to support the pre-production of Spirit of Providence, a documentary television program about the Sisters of Providence, a small order of Catholic Sisters from Holyoke, MA, who have made a great impact in establishing non-profit healthcare institutions and social services in their communities.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Elizabeth Wilda
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $10,000
SCENES FROM A PARISHDocumentary Educational Resourcesmore
Funds for the research, production and editing of a documentary film examining social change at Saint Patrick's, a working-class Catholic parish in Lawrence, MA experiencing dramatic changes as immigrants from Latin America and Asia move to the neighborhood.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: James Rutenbeck
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $10,000
Enslaved in the Americas/African American FestivalWillis Center Cultural Institutemore
Humanities portion of the 8th annual African American Festival in Worcester, MA, including an exhibition at the Worcester Public Library, lectures and a panel discussion.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Gloria Hall
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $5,000
Our Bondage/Our Freedom: Frederick Douglass & Hermann Melville - ExhibitionNew Bedford Whaling Museummore
Exhibition using the 150th anniversary of Frederick Douglass' My Bondage and My Freedom and Melville's Benito Cereno as a starting point for exploring concerns such as the reach and limits of democracy, the nature of freedom, the role of race in the America and the place of the U.S. in the world.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Candace L. Heald
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $5,000
The Playwright of Peaked Hill BarsPilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museummore
Exhibit on Eugene O'Neill in Provincetown.
Provincetown, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Jeffrey Morris
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $5,000
Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune Lecture SeriesMassachusetts Museum of Contemporary Artmore
Lecture and discussion series investigating the political and artistic issues raised by MASS MoCA's exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune.
North Adams, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Laura S. Heon
awarded on: 2004-12-10
amount: $5,000
Understanding Islam at HinghamHingham Public Librarymore
Reading and discussion program about Islam (formerly a council conducted program).
Hingham, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: Kathleen Leahy
awarded on: 2004-12-06
amount: $500
The Mystery Novel as a Reflection of its TimesSturgis Librarymore
Reading and book discussion group examining mystery novels.
Barnstable, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Lucy Loomis
awarded on: 2004-11-30
amount: $1,000
Planning Grant: Hibernian Hall and Roxbury in the 20th CenturyMadison Park Development Corp.more
Funds to develop a plan for exhibits and related activities, as well as a strategy for obtaining funding for the Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall - a product of the overall rehabilitation of Hibernian Hall in Dudley Square, which has served as a center for community culture in Roxbury and Greater Boston.
Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Candelaria Silva-Collins
awarded on: 2004-09-17
amount: $5,000
Maritime Trade between Salem, Massachusetts and India (1788-1845)Meru Educational Foundationmore
Development of a social studies curriculum material to present the flourishing trade that Massachusetts ports had with different ports of India for public schools.
Sharon, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Vanita Shastri
awarded on: 2004-09-17
amount: $5,000
"Vincie N." Interpretive ExhibitGloucester Maritime Heritage Museummore
Development of an interpretive exhibit that will give insight into the culture of the people whose livelihood depended upon the Vincie N., a commercial fishing boat built in 1936 and fished by the same Gloucester family for over 50 years.
Gloucester, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Harriet Webster
awarded on: 2004-09-17
amount: $5,000