Project Grant SNL80023GR0008

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) was awarded a $498,738 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the development of products highlighting African American activism and the Underground Railroad in the Niagara River borderland. Under the award, RFSUNY will produce an accessibly written, richly illustrated scholarly volume integrating results from 2017...

Historic Hudson Valley will use a $411,211 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to develop a library of classroom engagement resources for teaching about slavery. Working with the Hard History Project, Historic Hudson Valley will create peer-reviewed lesson plans, discussion prompts, and questions based on stories in its award-winning interactive documentary "People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North."...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $119,504 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit organization in Tarrytown, New York. The grant will fund a one-week residential institute for 30 K-12 teachers entitled "Slavery in the Colonial North" from July 13-19, 2025. The institute will present slavery as a central element of American economic and political development in the...

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (CUNY) was awarded a $150,000 project grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The three-year award runs from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under this grant, CUNY will undertake activities to preserve, publish, and increase use of documentary sources related to United States history. Specifically, the funding...

The Dyckman Discussions: A More Perfect Union in Inwood project received a $320,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The two-year project at the New York City of Dyckman Farmhouse Museum will deliver a series of in-person panel discussions and community dialogues exploring topics in New York history and their relevance to today's social and political climate. In the first year,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $349,999 under its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program to the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, New York. The three-year project grant will support the preservation, cataloging, digitization and online publication of historic documents from the Society's collections as well as materials from the Town of New Paltz, the Dutch Reformed Church of New Paltz, and the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical...

The King Manor Museum was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the creation of a series of three exhibitions exploring local and national history, as well as the abolition of slavery in New York. The exhibitions will focus on the history and legacy of antislavery activism from 1805 through the end of the Civil War, the history of Jamaica, Queens, and the American...

This $396,763 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program will support the Genesee Country Museum in strengthening the interpretation and educational programming related to the history of enslavement in 19th century New York State. The two-year project, beginning in September 2024, will focus on enhancing the interpretive content and visitor experiences at four historic buildings on the museum's campus: the Nathaniel Rochester House,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to create a permanent exhibition titled "Fatal Passage: The Transatlantic Trade in Human Lives" and related public online resources. The grant will support expanding an existing 800 sq. ft. slave trade exhibit into a new 4,000 sq. ft. permanent installation, featuring the majority of the museum's...

The Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, New York received a $349,955 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funding will support a three-year project to catalog, conserve, and digitize historic documents from the mid-18th through 19th centuries, held in four partner collections: Huguenot Historic Street, Town of New Paltz, Reformed Church of New Paltz, and the...