Project Grant RH5003212

The Chicago History Museum will receive $648,029 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to launch a community-driven initiative sharing the diverse historical narratives and contributions of Latino people to Chicago's development from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Key deliverables include establishing sustainable relationships with Chicago's Latino communities through restorative practices and co-creative...

The Chicago History Museum received a $1,033,752 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the installation of a temporary exhibition to explore the history and persistence of Chicago's diverse Latino communities. The project builds upon a previous IMLS-supported initiative to foster deeper relationships with these communities through restorative practices and co-creative processes. The...

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 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 Dusable Black History Museum & Education Center received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will enable the museum to create a digital catalog and finding aid for its collection of over 1,000 boxes of materials related to the history of civic engagement of African Americans in Chicago. The project will involve moving materials out of...

The University of Illinois, Chicago Library received a $250,891 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. Through this 2-year project from October 2024 to September 2026, the library will digitize, preserve, and make accessible 781 audio and video recordings from their Chicago in the City2000 collection, which documents Chicago and its inhabitants and neighborhoods in the year 2000. The university...

The Chicago Humanities Festival was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development and implementation of six in-person speaker programs on topics related to racial justice, gender equality, and building an inclusive society. These programs will be part of the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2022 and will take place in neighborhoods around Chicago....

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...

This $199,950 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support Full Spectrum Features NFP, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, to host a three-week institute for educators on the history of Japanese American resettlement after World War II. The institute will take place both virtually and in-person in Chicago, the largest non-West Coast resettlement site for Japanese Americans....

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...