Project Grant P13AP00160

The Chicago History Museum (CHM) was awarded a $499k Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs to develop hybrid online and in-person humanities programs and resources from January 2022 through December 2023. CHM will use the funding to create a sustainable framework for connecting with audiences digitally and onsite, enhance its digital humanities content and archives to promote accessibility and interactivity, and center...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago received a $107,780 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize archival materials documenting the Swedish-American experience in Chicago. The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, supports a comprehensive digitization initiative encompassing multiple project...

The Chicago History Museum will receive $429,190 over two years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program to conduct its sixth iteration of "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, Democracy, 1877 to 1920." Key deliverables include a three-week summer institute in Chicago from July 9-29, 2023 for 30 K-12 teachers across grades 6-12 to deepen their understanding of the...

The Center received a $162,500 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the project "THE DEMOCRATIC LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT" from September 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. Under this award, the Center will use photography and civic engagement programs to explore human history and culture. Specifically, the Center will provide public programs...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $118,772 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to Rock Valley College, a two-year community college in Rockford, Illinois. The grant funds a project titled "CHRONICLES OF CHANGE: ARCHIVING STORIES OF DESEGREGATION IN ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1989-2002." The project will create a collection of oral histories and primary source documents...

The Chicago Historical Society, doing business as the Chicago History Museum, was awarded a $376,503 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support the museum's "FIRE! The Great Chicago Fire at 150" project from May 2021 through October 2024. The project commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 through public humanities programs...

The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, doing business as The Buffalo History Museum, was awarded a $144,518 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program. The grant will support the next phase of the Experiencing Our Story project to expand public programming sharing the collective and individual histories of Buffalo and Erie County, New York. Key deliverables include producing 20-30 minute podcast...

The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $135,830 project grant to the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission for activities related to the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program. Through this two-year award ending August 2024, the Commission will undertake efforts to preserve, publish, and promote the use of documentary sources pertaining to United States history. Key services may include archival processing and records management to...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $212,979 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Inc. (MACC), a non-profit organization. This 2-year grant, awarded on March 1, 2024, will support the development of tools for remote risk assessment and emergency planning to improve the sustainability and resilience of public art collections nationwide. Specifically, the grant...

The New York City Department of Records and Information Services received a $321,737 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funds the hiring of four archivists to support the appraisal, acquisition, and reference services of the New York City Municipal Archives through March 2023. Specifically, two archivists will assist in the transfer and processing of...