The Trustees of Princeton University received a $129,375 Project Grant from the National Archives and Records Administration under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003). The grant will support the Papers of Thomas Jefferson project in publishing additional volumes of Jefferson's papers and records. Specifically, staff will submit Volume 45 for inclusion in the digital and online editions, publish print Volume 46, complete and submit Volume 47 for...
The University of Virginia will receive $400,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research federal grant program (CFDA 45.161) to complete editorial work on The Papers of James Madison documentary project. With this two-year Project Grant award beginning October 2021, the University will finish publishing volumes for the years 1806-1809 and 1826-1836, bringing the total published volumes to 49 and completing the edition between 2028 and 2030....
The University of Virginia received a $273,160 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to support the project "THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORLDS OF MONTICELLO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA" from October 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021. The project aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through...
This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the editorial work of the Papers of U.S. President George Washington 1732-1799 project. This scholarly documentary editing initiative plays a crucial role in preserving and disseminating the historical record of one of America's most important figures, providing valuable insights into the early history and development of the United...
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., which operates Monticello, received a two-year, $375,482 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The purpose of this award is to support staffing and resources needed to migrate the "Getting Word" African American oral history archive onto a new digital platform. The "Getting Word" project documents the histories and...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program will support the ongoing work of The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition scholarly editing project through September 2024. The University of Tennessee is producing a seventeen volume bound series and two electronic formats collecting, editing, and publishing the existing records of Andrew Jackson's presidency. To date, eleven volumes have been...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to the University of Tennessee to aid in preparing Volumes XIII, XIV, and XV of "The Papers of Andrew Jackson" covering the years 1835, 1836, and 1837-1839, respectively. This multi-volume annotated edition project aims to publish a comprehensive collection of Andrew Jackson's public and private papers. The University of Tennessee is...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) provides $250,000.00 to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) to publish the complete correspondence and other documents of James Madison, one of the Founding Fathers and a crucial figure in early American politics, diplomacy, and government. The project aims to provide critical insight into the principles of American constitutionalism...
Duke University was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support Duke University's Office of Research Administration in publishing The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. The Promotion of the Humanities Research program advances knowledge and understanding of the humanities through support of...
The University of Virginia will receive $159,993.21 under a one-year Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration to support the Papers of George Washington project. Funded activities will include publishing volumes 29 and 30 of the Revolutionary War series, advancing editorial work on volumes 31 through 34, and adding content from volumes 28 and 29 totaling over 40 newly discovered documents to the University of Virginia Press/Rotunda online edition and Founders...