Read the press release here. These funded projects caught my eye:
Northern Arizona University Outright: $189,860
[Landmarks of American History and Culture]
Project Director: Richardo Guthrie
Project Title: Racialized Spaces on Route 66
Project Description: A combined virtual and residential program for 72 K–12 educators on the significance of race, place, and movement to understanding Route 66 within U.S. history and culture.
University of Arizona Outright: $248,474
[Collaborative Research]
Project Director: Marjorie Plummer
Project Title: Shared Churches in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1800
Project Description: Preparation of an interactive map and searchable database on the history of shared devotional spaces in early modern Europe (1500–1800).
University of Arizona Outright: $49,983
[Digital Humanities Advancement Grants]
Project Director: Erika Gault
Project Title: Connected Faith: A Digital Black Religion Project
Project Description: The research and planning for a new digital resource focusing on historical intersections of Black religious practices and technology.
Tom Zoellner Outright: $30,000
[Public Scholars]
Chapman University
Project Title: Freedom’s Fortress
Project Description: Research and writing of a book on the camps formed by fugitive slaves near Union army positions during the U.S. Civil War, and their role in bringing about the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862.
Abigail Santamaria Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center
Project Title: I AM MEG: The Life of Madeleine L’Engle
Project Description: Research and writing of a biography of American author Madeleine L’Engle (1918–2007).
Eric Arnesen Outright: $60,000
[Public Scholars]
George Washington University
Project Title: The Unfinished Revolution: The Political Life of A. Philip Randolph
Project Description: Research and writing of a political biography of A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979), an African American labor leader and civil rights activist.
Edward Gray Outright: $30,000
[Public Scholars]
Florida State University
Project Title: Benjamin Franklin’s Money: A Financial Life of the First American
Project Description: Research and writing of a book about Benjamin Franklin’s attitudes toward money and finance.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Outright: $66,667
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $83,333
Project Director: Daniel Worthington
NEH Grant Offers and Awards, August 2022
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Project Title: The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Project Description: Preparation for online publication of materials from the political campaigns of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States.
Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting Outright: $700,343
[Media Projects Production]
Project Director: Joseph Dorman
Project Title: The Colfax Massacre
Project Description: Production of a feature-length film examining Reconstruction-era violence between southern whites and African Americans and its legal and social legacy.
National History Day, Inc. Outright: $647,757
[Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Education)]
Project Director: Cathy Gorn
Project Title: A More Perfect Union: America at 250
Project Description: A four-year cooperative agreement that would extend and expand NEH’s partnership with National History Day, in response to NEH’s initiative, “A More Perfect Union: America at 250.”
University of Maryland, College Park Outright: $300,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations]
Project Director: Leslie Rowland
Project Title: Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.
Endicott College Outright: $183,457
[Institutes for K–12 Educators]
Project Director: Mark Herlihy; Elizabeth Matelski (co-project director)
Project Title: The Salem Witch Trials: Their World and Legacy
Project Description: A three-week, combined-format institute for 26 middle and high school teachers on the history, interpretations, and legacies of the Salem witchcraft trials.
Massachusetts Historical Society Outright: $300,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $150,000
Project Director: Sara Martin
Project Title: Adams Papers Editorial Project
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 22 and 23 of the papers of John Adams (1735–1826) and volumes 16, 17, 18 of the Adams Family’s correspondence.
University of New Hampshire Outright: $187,977
[Landmarks of American History and Culture]
Project Director: Meghan Howey
Project Title: Teaching the Dynamism of Colonized New England through Place and
Space
Project Description: Two one-week workshops for 72 K–12 educators on archaeological approaches to studying Indigenous and African-American history in the New England region.
Trustees of Princeton University Outright: $300,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations]
Project Director: James McClure
Project Title: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Project Description: Preparation for publication of print volumes 47, 48, and 49 and digital publication of volumes 46 and 47 of the presidential papers of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826).
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Outright: $190,000
[Institutes for K–12 Educators]
Project Director: Denver Brunsman
Project Title: The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction
Project Description: A two-week, residential institute for 36 K–8 teachers on American history from the colonial era through Reconstruction, to be held in Washington, D.C.
New-York Historical Society Outright: $180,302
[Institutes for K–12 Educators]
Project Director: Leslie Hayes; Allyson Schettino (co-project director)
Project Title: Preparing for America at 250: Women and the American Revolution
Project Description: A three-week, combined-format institute for 30 K–12 teachers on women’s lives and experiences during the American Revolution.
Providence
Brown University Outright: $350,000
[Digital Humanities Advancement Grants]
Project Director: Linford Fisher; Ashley Champagne (co-project director)
Project Title: Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the
Americas
Project Description: The migration of an existing database and the development of an updated public interface and search engine for the Stolen Relations project, along with outreach activities with local New England tribal communities.
Cumberland University Outright: $217,800
[Scholarly Editions and Translations]
Project Director: Mark Cheathem
Project Title: The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 1 and 2 of the papers of Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), eighth president of the United States.
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Outright: $200,000
[Scholarly Editions and Translations] Match: $100,000
Project Director: Jennifer Stertzer
Project Title: The Papers of U.S. President George Washington
Project Description: Preparation for publication of volumes 33 through 37 of the Revolutionary War series of the papers of George Washington (1732–1799).
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Outright: $185,460
[Landmarks of American History and Culture]
Project Director: Catherine Kelly
Project Title: Hidden Histories of the Founding Era
Project Description: Two week-long workshops for 72 K–12 educators in Colonial Williamsburg on African American and Indigenous perspectives during the Founding Era.