Read the entire list here.
Here are a few that funded projects that caught my eye:
Auburn University Outright: $189,837
[Landmarks of American History]
Project Director: Elijah Gaddis; Keith Hebert (co-project director)
Project Title: Bloody Sunday, Selma, and the Long Civil Rights Movement
Project Description: Two one-week workshops for 72 educators on the significance of Selma, Alabama, within the long civil rights movement.
Stanford University Outright: $150,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $75,000
Project Director: Clayborne Carson
Project Title: The Papers of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of the papers of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), covering the years 1962–1964.
University of Delaware Outright: $300,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $149,998
Project Director: Trevor Dawes; Jane Calvert (co-project director)
Project Title: Writings of John Dickinson (1732–1808)*
Project Description: Preparation for print and online publication of volumes four and five of the writings of John Dickinson (1732–1808), statesman from Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Florida Atlantic University Outright: $141,929
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]
Project Director: Adrian Finucane; Victoria Thur (co-project director)
Project Title: The Revolution in Books
Project Description: A three-week, residential institute for 25 college and university faculty on the history of the book in the American Revolution.
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. Outright: $186,867
[Institutes for School Teachers]
Project Director: Chara Bohan; H. Robert Baker (co-project director)
Project Title: Courting Liberty: Slavery and Equality Under the Constitution, 1770–1870
Project Description: A two-week, residential institute for 6th through 12th grade educators on the Constitution and its interpretations with respect to slavery and equality.
Old North Foundation of Boston, Inc. Outright: $75,000
[Historic Places: Planning]
Project Director: Nikki Stewart
Project Title: Bringing Old North to the 21st Century
Project Description: A planning grant to reinterpret the colonial Old North Church in Boston and its congregation’s ties to slavery from the American Revolution to the Civil War.
Maya Jasanoff Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
Harvard University
Project Title: Ancestors: Where Do We Come From, and Why Do We Care?
Project Description: Research and writing of a book on the social, cultural, and political meanings of ancestry in human history.
Robin Bernstein Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
Harvard University
Project Title: The Trials of William Freeman (1824–1847): A Story of Murder, Race, and
America’s First Industrial Prison
Project Description: A history of incarceration in Auburn, New York, through the story of William Freeman, convicted of a quadruple murder in 1846.
Colgate University Outright: $213,846
[Institutes for School Teachers]
Project Director: Graham Hodges
Project Title: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad
Project Description: A three-week, residential institute for 25 middle and high school teachers on the history of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad.
City Lore, Inc. Outright: $75,319
[Media Projects Development]
Project Director: Joseph Dorman
Project Title: The Colfax Massacre
Project Description: Development of a feature-length film about a Reconstruction-era conflict between southern whites and African Americans and its legal and social legacy.
Karl Jacoby Outright: $45,000
[Public Scholars]
Columbia University
Project Title: The War with Mexico and the Birth of the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1846–1924
Project Description: Research and writing of a history of the Mexican-American War and its aftermath, 1846–1924.
Rachel Swarns Outright: $40,000
[Public Scholars]
New York University
Project Title: The 272: The Story of the Enslaved Families Who Fueled the Growth of
Georgetown University and the Catholic Church*
Project Description: Writing an account of enslaved people sold by Maryland Jesuits in 1838 to support their college, now known as Georgetown University.
Seth Moglen Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
Lehigh University
Project Title: Bethlehem: American Utopia, American Tragedy
Project Description: Research and writing of a book on Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since its founding in 1741 to the present.
Gettysburg College Outright: $163,054
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]
Project Director: James Downs
Project Title: Civil War Archives: A New Social and Cultural History of the Civil War
Project Description: A three-week, residential institute for 36 higher education faculty to examine Civil War and Reconstruction history
University of Scranton Outright: $152,791
[Humanities Discussions]
Project Director: Julie Cohen
Project Title: Scranton’s Story, Our Nation’s Story
Project Description: Implementation of a public discussion series addressing Scranton and U.S. history as they relate to questions of national identity and citizenship.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Outright: $300,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations]
Project Director: Michael Woods
Project Title: The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition*
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 12, 13, and 14 of the papers of Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), seventh president of the United States.
Vanderbilt University Outright: $99,442
[Digital Humanities Advancement Grants]
Project Director: Angela Sutton
Project Title: Building a Searchable Database for Collections of the Enslaved & Free
Builders and Defenders of Nashville’s Civil War Fortifications*
Project Description: The development of a database of the enslaved and free Black builders and defenders of Nashville’s Civil War Fortification through the use of community-driven linked data using the Spatial Historian platform.
Cassandra Good Outright: $30,000
[Public Scholars]
Marymount University
Project Title: First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America*
Project Description: Research and writing of a history of the heirs of George and Martha Washington between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
University of Virginia Outright: $200,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $100,000
Project Director: John Stagg
Project Title: The Papers of James Madison*
Project Description: Preparation for publication of two volumes and work toward the completion of three additional volumes of the papers of James Madison (1751 1836), president, secretary of state, and drafter of the Constitution.
Carolyn Eastman Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
Virginia Commonwealth University
Project Title: A Plague in New York City: How the City Confronted—and Survived—the
Yellow Fever Epidemic in the Founding Era
Project Description: Research and writing of a book on the yellow fever epidemics of 1795 and 1798 in New York City, emphasizing the experience of doctors and other caregivers, including African Americans.
Congratulations to all the winners!
