Past Grantees

Grants awarded from 1991 to the present day are included below. Information on grants prior to that date can be found at Discovery Virginia

Organization Name	Year	Awarded	City	Description
Piedmont Virginia Community College	1991	$8,000.00	Charlottesville	Three public forums marking the 50th anniversary of World War II and focusing in part on the relationship between history and memory.
University of Virginia Health System	1991	$9,600.00	Charlottesville	A statewide series of eight workshops for health care professionals and the problem of end-of-life treatment and decision making. The emphasis is on the immediate mandatges and long-term implications of the new Patient Self-Determination Act, and on the issues raised by the Patients’ Rights Movement. Each workshop will consist of two seminars – one for hospital staff and one for a broader public audience.
University of Virginia	1991	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	A five-day conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth.
Archaeological Society of Virginia	1991	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to publish two sets of papers on Virginia archeology, one on the laate prehistoric period, the other on the early period of European Settlement. These papers are produced in connection with an ongoing series of symposia by A.S.V. and the Council of Virginia Archeologists.
Randolph-Macon College	1991	$9,500.00	Ashland	A two-week summer seminar on francophone Africa. The focus is on representative work of literature from Algeria, Senegal, and Mali. The course will offer professional refreshment as well as practical help to the participating teachers.
Virginia Tech	1991	$4,000.00	Blacksburg	A four-day international conference marking the centennial of Bernard Shaw’s emergence as a dramatist. Major scholars, critics, and theatre artists will assess Shaw’s contributions and his continuing importance. “Mini-fellowships” will allow teachres from the state’s two-year and four-year colleges to attend.
Central Virginia Community College	1991	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	A three-week-long series of lectures, community discussions, and special events focusing on the James River and its importance in the past, present, and future development of Lynchburg.
Ferrum College	1991	$11,600.00	Ferrum	An ambitious exhibit, catalogue, and series of lectures on the muscial instrument-making traditions of Va’s Blue Ridge focusing on the four instrument types most common to the region. Exhibit will be on display at the Blue Ridge Institite of Ferrum College and at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg.
Foundation for New Media	1991	$5,000.00	Hoboken	A two-part radio program examining the political career of Woodrow Wilson, with a secondary emphasis on the Progressive Movement in tghe early 20th century American politics.
George C. Marshall Foundation	1991	$5,000.00	Lexington	Funds to pay “incidental costs” associated with completion of a 90-minute documentary film entitles George Marshall and the American Century and to catagloue the “out-takes” filmed footage gathered for this film.
George Mason University	1991	$5,000.00	McLean	Thirty-six lecutre-discussion programs on books by African-American writers that illustrate the “problems and opportunities” of diversity in America. Six lectures will be repeated thre times at each of two locations.
Loudoun County Public Library	1991	$4,500.00	Leesburg	A seven-part lecture and discussion series on the interactions of Indians, Europeans, and Africans in Virginia as revealed through the lens of archaeology.
American Shakespeare Center	1991	$14,800.00	Staunton	A two-week seminar for teachers on new ways of teaching Shakespeare. The emphasis will be on “performance studies” rather than on more traditional reading and exegesis of texts. Presentations by scholars will be supplemented and enhanced by direct work with a company of Shakespearean actors and by attendance at evening performances of three plays: Merchant of Venice, Comedy of Errors, and Macbeth.
University of Virginia	1992	$6,500.00	Charlottesville	An intensive twelve-day residential institute for teachers, to explore masks and folk tales as vehicles of cultural influence, especially as they are employed in drama. Lectures, discussions, and videos on the use of masks in theatre will be supplemented with sessions on folklore, anthropology, art, and music.
Senior Center, Inc.	1992	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	A series of five weekly lecture-discussion programs on immigration and ethnic diversity in the U.S. Each of the programs will be followed by informal discussion, facilitated by Senior Center staff.
Barter Theatre	1992	$1,200.00	Abingdon	No description available
Harrison Museum of African American Culture	1992	$7,500.00	Roanoke	Oral history training and collection, a public forum, and planning for an exhibit on the history of African Americans in the Roanoke Valley. Historians will train community volunteers in techniques of oral history and the information gained will be desseminated through a public forum and, ultimately, through an interpretive exhibit. The project will encourage and enhance further study of the Black experience in Appalachia.
The John Marshall Foundation	1992	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to produce a 12-15 page study guide to accompany a one-hour film on John Marshall entitled “Mr. Chief Justice.” This guide will be distributed free-of-charge to school groups and other users of the film. Topics to be explored include the early role of political parties, republican ideology, the conflict between Marshall and Jefferson, and Marshall’s gift for reasoned discourse. Historians will write and edit the guide.
Organization of Pan Asian American Women	1992	$10,000.00	Washington	Funds to produce a travelling photographic exhibit on the “dual identities and multiple roles” of Southeast Asian American women in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Scholars have served as advisors through an extensive planning process and will provide the framework for interpretation. The project has the support of major Southeast Asian American organizations and, through them, good access to the communities being portrayed.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1992	$6,000.00	Richmond	A one-day public forum on freedom of artistic expression and community standards. The issue has broad constitutional implications, political currency, and local significance in Richmond where the forum will take place. A very strong group of speakers, including Hilton Kramer, Bruce Fein, and Edward Grimsley, representing a variety of points of view, will participate.
University of Virginia	1992	$5,500.00	Charlottesville	A two-day conference on the relationship between cultural and medical views of pregnancy and childbirth; on how technological advances have altered this relationship; and on the ways in which new attitudes toward human reproduction are reflected in law and society. An interdisciplinary group of scholars, representing the fields of law, philosophy, anthropology, history, and religious studies will participate.
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association	1992	$2,500.00	Mount Vernon	A one-day conference on the role of the federal government in quelling civil disturbances, focusing on the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, the American Indian Movement’s occupation of Wounded Knee in 1971, and the 1991 Operation Rescue protests in Wichita, Kansas. Scholars of history serve as conference speakers and discussion leaders.
Appalshop	1992	$5,000.00	Whitesburg	A travelling exhibit and series of five public forums on the work of William “Pictureman” Mullins, a photographer who documented life in Southwest Va and Eastern Kentucky between 1935 and 1955. The project supports our continuing focus on the life and history of Appalachian Va by involving local scholars and residents in discussions of the places and events Mullins captured in his work.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1992	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	A four-part series of public lecture-discussion programs on the “discovery” of the New World, to be held in conjunction with Jamestown Settlement’s 1992 exhibition on the same topic. Both the exhibit and the lectures will examine various claims and themes regarding pre-Columbian exploration of the Americas, focusing in particular on Norse exploration and settlement and on possible trans-pacific and other early contacts.
Old Dominion University	1992	$2,800.00	Norfolk	A one-day conference on black female activism, focusing on the lives and careers of twelve Va women from the Norfolk-Hampton Roads area. The program is intended both to inspire and instruct its audience, and to affirm the ideals community service and social activism, linking them to longstanding traditions within the Black community. Scholars are included among the speakers and as a primary target audience.
James Agee Film Project	1992	$15,000.00	University Park	Production funding for a 3-part film series on the literary traditions of the American South. A very fine group of scholars and many of the region’s best-known living writers have agreed to participate. Filmmaker Ross Spears is well known for his earlier films on the Civil War (“Long Shadows”) and James Agee (“To Render A Life”).
Folktale Film Group	1992	$5,000.00	Delaplane	Funds to support planning, editing, and finishing costs for a 3-part film series on “The Language of Film and Video.” These films will explore the ways in which film exercises its power through the manipulation of image and illusion and how the power of the film medium raises questions of value and responsibility for its practitioners and for society as a whole. The filmmaker, Tom Davenport, produced the highly acclaimed PBS TV series “From The Brothers Grimm.”
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1992	$1,200.00	Drakes Branch	A proposal to establish a Social Service Roundtable and to organize the first two meetings of this group. [DB to write description]
Anti-Defamation League of B’ Nai Brith	1992	$600.00	Norfolk	Funds to reproduce an exhibit that commemorates the Quincent Columbus’ historic encounter with the New World and the expulsion of Jews from Spain. The exhibit will be distributed to sites throughout Va.
Virginia Opera	1992	$1,000.00	Norfolk	Opera’s new educational program for 1992/3 on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Va, and especially in Richmond. [db to write]
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1992	$750.00	Staunton	A one-day conference on Woodrow Wilson as a political campainer. The conference, an annual event, results from an earlier VFH grant to the Birthplace.
Loudoun County Public Library	1992	$1,000.00	Leesburg	Continuation of the “Poets in Person” series througth fall 1992 and a reading and discussion with Rita Dove
Writer’s Block	1992	$1,900.00	Harrisonburg	A series of radio programs featuring performances of original poetry written by high school age poets in competition for the 1992 Princeton Poetry Prize.
Tidewater Community College	1992	$1,000.00	Norfolk	Two public forums-one on developing a sensitivity to Native American culture, the other on African history and storytelling-to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting, at T.C.C., of the Community College Association’s Southern Division.
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	1992	$10,000.00	Richmond	A one-hour documentary film on the response to Federally mandated school desegregation in Prince Edward County, VA., site of the nation’s most tenacious attempts at “Massive Resistance.”
WNVC-TV MHz	1992	$3,000.00	Falls Church	Research and script development for a film on the life of Mary Ball Washington.
The College of William and Mary	1992	$2,500.00	Williamsburg	A one-day scholarly and public seminar on new trends in the use of technology to create, publish, store and retrieve information, and on the impact of these changes on the academic community and society at large.
University of Virginia	1992	$13,600.00	Abingdon	Two statewide video conferences on medical ethics, each to be “downlinked” at ten Va sites, where local facilitators will lead local audience discussions following the televised programs.
Radford University	1992	$6,000.00	Radford	A one-day multi-disciplinary conference for SW Va teachers, designed to encourage and improve the teaching of Appalachian Studies in the classroom. The proposed project builds on a similar conference held in 1991, supported by a grant from VFH. The earlier effort led to the establishment of an Appalachian Teachers Network and an annual Newsletter. The 1992 conference is intended in part to strengthen and expand this network.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1992	$3,500.00	Galax	Two public forums-one at Emory and Henry College and one at Clinch Valley College-on the civil War and its aftermath in Southwest Va.
Matteponi Indian Tribe	1992	$5,000.00	West Point	Funds to produce a documentary and oral history video, of indeterminate length, on the leadership traditions of Va’s Mattaponi Indians.
Norfolk Public Schools	1992	$9,000.00	Norfolk	A series of 20 cultural enrichment activities for at-risk elementary and pre-school children and their parents.
Clinch River Educational Center	1992	$1,000.00	Abingdon	No description available
Shenandoah University	1992	$500.00	Winchester	Manuscript completion.
Citizens Against Sexual Assault	1992	$4,200.00	Mt. Solon	A one-day symposium on ethical, religious, legal, and cultural issues related to the problem of sexual violence.
Roanoke Regional Preservation Office	1992	$1,000.00	Roanoke	An educational video which is intended primarily for high school students and the interested general public of the history of the upper reaches of the James, Roanoke, and New rivers in western VA, as that history is interpreted through significant examples of the built environment which survive in the region.\” Piedmont Regional Humanities Council,1992,$1	800.00 “	Drakes Branch	No description available
Chesterfield County Historical Society	1992	$1,000.00	Chesterfield	Funds to purchase copies of pre-1950 photographs of Chesterfield County subjects and reproduction rights for these photos, which will be included in a published history of the County. This publication is one of several county photographic histories supported by VFH during the past five years.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy	1992	$4,200.00	Falls Church	A panel discussion on cultural diversity in Northern Va. Five panelists, guided by a moderator, will share and juxtapose their individual stories about how they or their families came to reside in Northern Va, the nature of the journey, and the significant experiences they encountered upon arrival.
Appalshop	1992	$6,150.00	Whitesburg	A one day symposium, extensive interviews, and radio programming, on the presentation of Appalachian history through two well known dramas, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and Red Fox/Second Hanging. The symposium which features some of Va’s leading scholars of Appalachian history will focus on the difference between these two plays and their relationship to historical “fact”.
National Park Service	1992	$3,000.00	Hardy	Script research and development of an original play on the competing social philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.
Chrysler Museum of Art	1992	$8,000.00	Norfolk	A panel discussion, 21 outreach programs, and series of on-site tours designed to explore the roles of women, Jewish Americans and African Americans, especially free-Blacks, in 18th century Norfolk. Scholars serve as advisors, panelists, and site interpreters. This is the Foundation’s first major grant to the Chrysler Museum.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	1992	$23,000.00	Reedville	Funds to support production and circulation of a travelling exhibit on the occupational traditions of the watermen and women of the Northern Neck of Va. Planning for the exhibt was supported by an earlier VFH grant. When completed, one copy of the exhibit will be permanently located in Reedville and a second copy will be be circulated by the VFH Resource Service.
James Madison University	1992	$14,800.00	Harrisonburg	An intensive two-week summer seminar for teachers on new ways of teaching Shakespeare. Classroom work will be supple and enhanced by direct work with a company of Shakespearean actors and by attendance at evening performances of three plays: Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Ki Theatre	1992	$5,000.00	Washington	Funds to support a series of four performance-discussion programs on the relationship between an artist’s native culture and his or her creative work. The focus is on the work of artists from four widely differing cultures and on how their work has developed in relationship to the idea of community. The individual programs combine performance and discussions among scholars, performers and the audience.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	1992	$5,000.00	Madison Heights	Funds to develop site, collection, and interpretive plans for a Monacan Indian Tribal Museum. This work is the second stage of a three-stage collaboration between the Monacan and academic scholars leading to the Museum’s creation. Stage one, also supported by a VFH grant, produced a first-rate traveling exhibit that is currently in wide-spread use statewide.
Frontier Culture Museum	1992	$2,150.00	Staunton	A four-part lecture-discussion series on aspects of Va’s English heritage. Individual programs focus on English social history; music and dance; architecture and building construction; and English values and traditions that were brought to the New World. A previous exhibit at the Museum of Frontier Culture was very successful.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1992	$9,370.00	Drakes Branch	A total of 28 book discussion programs on works by four Va mystery writers. Each of the seven public libraries in the PHC’s service region will host a four-part series overseen by a single project director but coordinated locally by the library staff at each site. This is the fourth multi-site book discussion sponsored by PHC. More than 20 scholars, most from local colleges, are involved.
University of Virginia Health System	1992	$5,200.00	Charlottesville	Funds to plan a travelling exhibit on the history of public health services in Va. Emphasis will be placed on the role of women, especially nurses, in the development and maintenance of the state’s public health system.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1992	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	A five-part lecture-discussion series focusing on the untold stories of the American Revolution. The series is intended in part to assist the Yorktown Victory Center in planning for a permanent exhibit entitled “Witness To Revolution.” Speakers include some of the nation’s leading historians of the Colonial period, and each of their public presentations will be followed by a day of consultations with the YVC staff.
Piedmont Virginia Community College	1992	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support two related conferences on American Women and World War II. This project builds on the success of an earlier VFH-funded program series, also sponsored by PVCC, on the “Meaning and Memory” of the War.
University of Virginia Health System	1993	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	A one-day symposium featuring seven humanities scholars, discussing the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments, their troubling historical reality, and their legacy. Contemporary issues raised will include: civil rights, human rights, the human costs of medical experimentation, inequities in the delivery of care, and ethics in science.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights	1993	$1,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a public lecture on Civil Rights in Lynchburg to be held in connection with the dedication of the new Martin Luther King Center at Lynchburg’s public library.
University of Virginia	1993	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	A three-day festival of lectures, performances, and discussions focusing on the work of Jazz Musician and composer John Coltrane. The emphasis is on important critical, historical, and cultural issues raised by Coltrane’s music and by American Jazz generally. Scholars include several of the nation’s leading Jazz historians and musicologists.
Goochland County Historical Society	1993	$1,000.00	Goochland	Research leading to the creation of a county-wide “inventory” of documents, materials, and information pertaining to Goochland County History. The project is, in part, an effort to make the county’s written history more inclusive. Our funds support analysis of data obtained from an historical survey, that is being undertaken as a collaborative effort involving the historical society, the county museum, and the school system.
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	1993	$750.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support research and planning for an exhibit on the history of baseball in Va from 1900-present. This research will explore, among other topics, the history of Negro League teams, mill and other industry or company created teams, and the place of baseball in the social fabric of small-town Va.
Kinsale Museum	1993	$1,100.00	Kinsale	Funds to support production of a portable exhibit on the history of the James Adams Floating Theatre and its importance in the lives of Va’s maritime communities during the 1920s and ’30s. The exhibit will be displayed at the new Museum in Kinsale and at the site of an April 1993 Floating Theatre reenactment. Grant funds also support two public lectures held in connection with the exhibit opening.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1993	$1,500.00	Galax	Funds to support administrative activities of the Southwest Regional Humanities Council during 1993-94. The Council is devoted to increasing humanities awareness and programming and to furthering the work of VFH in Southwest Va.
Historic Buckingham, Incorporated	1993	$600.00	Buckingham	A one-day conference in which representatives of fifteen local historical societies in the piedmont region of Va meet to discuss topics and issues of mutual concern. Academic scholars serve as speakers and discussion leaders. VFH helped to initiate this series of annual conferences, and this is our fourth grant in support of their continuation.
Barter Theatre	1993	$1,500.00	Abingdon	Funds to publish a series of essays by humanities scholars focusing on issues and questions raised by the nine plays in Barter Theatre’s 1993 Summer Seasons. The essays will be published in two formats – a shorter one-page version in the Playbill for each production, and a more in-depth essay on each play in Barter’s newsletter, Esprit. Each will be read by large audiences in SW Va and beyond.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1993	$8,250.00	Galax	A summer curriculum development institute in local and regional history for teachers in the seven north-eastern counties of the Southwest Council’s service region. This project completes a multi-year initiative by the Council to encourage the teaching of local and regional history by giving teachers the opportunity to conduct original research under the guidance of trained historians and experts in curriculum development.
Fairfax County Park Authority	1993	$2,000.00	Fairfax	A series of three public lectures to be presented as part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th anniversary of Sully Plantation. The focus is on Sully’s uniqueness and on the l8th and early l9th century regional history and material culture it represents. The project is intended to encourage new scholarly interpretation of recent research at Sully and to link site-specific findings with broader historical themes.
Ferrum College	1993	$3,400.00	Ferrum	Funds to support four performance-discussion programs, production of a study guide, a history seminar, and local cable television broadcast of an original play on the competing social philosophies of Booker Washington and W.E.B. Dubois.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Inc.	1993	$8,000.00	Tazewell	A year-long project to document the history of antique woven coverlets in Southwest Va, and to explore the relationship between these works of domestic art and the social environment in which they were created. The project director, widely regarded as the leading authority on this subject, will work closely with academic historians and experts in Appalachian material culture in conducting local documentation workshops and developing a database.
Longwood University	1993	$10,000.00	Farmville	A travelling 13-panel exhibit on the folk culture of Southside, Va, focusing on traditional craft and music, as well as on the region’s occupational folklife. The exhibit will travel to eight sites in Southside, where it will be displayed in conjunction with interpretive presentations by traditional craftspeople and musicians from the region.
Lynchburg College	1993	$11,400.00	Lynchburg	A three-week summer seminar for teachers in the Lynchburg area on aspects of American Indian history and culture. The course will focus on tribes throughout the U.S., but will place special emphasis on Indian cultures of the Southeast, the Monacan and Cherokee in particular.
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Incorporated	1993	$8,000.00	Winchester	Production funding for an exhibit on Winchester and the lower Shenandoah Valley during the period 1785-1850. The focus is on Winchester as a commercial center and multicultural hub during a period of rapid population growth and social change similar to that being experienced today. Previous VFH grants have supported initial planning and research and development of the exhibit.
Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc.	1993	$1,800.00	Stratford	A three-part lecture series for the general public to be held at Stratford Hall Plantation in connection with the summer 1993 field school in landscape archaeology. The lectures, covering work in progress at Stratford as well as other current research in plantation archaeology, are intended to acquaint audiences with a branch of learning that is not often accessible to those outside the Academy.
Shenandoah Valley Folk Art and Heritage Center	1993	$8,500.00	Dayton	An interpretive exhibit on Shenandoah Valley traditional crafts of pottery, basketry, and rug-weaving; demonstrations of crafts and performances of traditional music by local folk artists; and a two-day seminar on Shenandoah Valley folklife featuring five speakers.
University of Richmond	1993	$5,000.00	University of Richmond	A one-hour video documentary on the Russian filmmaker Grigory Kozintsev, on his personal and artistic development, and on the effects of Soviet cultural and political history on his work. Weaving interviews, material from Kozintsev’s personal archive and from the archives of Leningrad Film Studios together with the filmmaker’s own writing and excerpts from his work, the program will acquaint the American public with the work of a long-neglected artist.
University of Virginia Health System	1993	$13,200.00	Charlottesville	Program development funding for three thirty-minute video portraits of patients in the final stages of terminal illness. Scholars are involved in conducting the interviews, and in preparing commentary and other materials for use by public groups, physicians, and others. Scholars involved include a religious ethicist, an anthropologist, and a professor of religious studies and medical education.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1993	$4,300.00	Richmond	Funds to support the contributions of scholars to the making of a film on Va architecture, focusing on the concept of “Main Street” as it is expressed in a variety of communities statewide.
Foundation for Historic Christ Church	1993	$500.00	Irvington	Two one-day planning sessions for a summer seminar for teachers on colonial America and Historic Christ Church, which is said to be the only “virtually unchanged colonial church in America”. Planning sessions will address the curriculum and administrative and pedagogical concerns of the teachers.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1993	$750.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support production costs associated with mounting a photographic exhibit on the history of pre-integration African-American boarding schools in rural Southside, Va. The project is a pilot program designed to encourage further research leading to a more extensive exhibit with a statewide focus, one that will involve all of the VFH Regional Councils and include information on similar schools in all parts of the state.
Virginia Association of Museums	1993	$1,250.00	Richmond	A three-day conference on “Cultural Democracy,” marking the 25th anniversary of the VAM. This event, which will serve the Association’s well-established constituency of museum professionals and volunteers as well as a general public audience, will feature some of the nation’s leading folklorists, historians, legal scholars, artists, filmmakers, and museum directors.
Piedmont Council of the Arts	1993	$400.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a panel discussion on Artistic Freedom and First Amendment Rights, to be held in conjunction with the 1993 conference, in Charlottesville, of the Va Association of Museums. Panelists include representatives of diverse views concerning the limits of free expression in the arts.
Greene County	1993	$400.00	Stanardsville	A one-day public forum on land use, growth, and development issues facing Greene County in the 21st century.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1993	$4,625.00	Galax	A one-day forum on the presentation of Southwest Va history, designed primarily for the staffs and Boards of small museums, local library collections, historical societies, and county archivies that serve the Southwest Va region.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	1993	$3,500.00	Jamestown	A three-part lecuture-discussion series on the history and future of the Jamestown Stettlement, focusing on the archaeological work conducted there. The project will inaugurate a new phase of research and programming at Jamestown, leading up to the quadrintennial of its founding in 2007.
Barter Theatre	1993	$10,000.00	Abingdon	Research and script development funding for an original play on the history of Southwest Va. The project was initiated by the Southwest Regional Humanities Council, which remains a co-sponsor and an active partner. Members of the Council are among the scholars of the Region’s history who are serving as project advisors, consultants, and researchers.
University of Virginia	1993	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	A series of lecture discussion programs on Civil Rights featuring well known scholars and leaders of the Civil Rights movement, including Julian Bond, James Farmer, August Meier, Walter Jackson, Robert Moses, and others.
Filmmakers Collaborative	1993	$2,000.00	Waltham	Funds to support research and script development for a 90-minute documentary film on The Life and Times of George Wallace, focusing on Wallace’s political career and its impact on the realignment of Southern and national politics in the 1960s and ’70s. Our funds support the contributions of Va scholars to the research and planning.
James Madison University	1993	$11,500.00	Harrisonburg	A conference on the place of African American poetry in American history and culture featuring roundtable discussions, public lectures, readings, publications, and a video documentary. Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, Houston Baker, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Alvin Aubert, and Henry Louis Gates are among the 25 poets and speakers participating.
Jordan Educational Enterprises	1993	$2,000.00	Hampton	A one day conference on the nature of relationships between black and white women. It will analyze literature and popular cultural forms, and the perspectives of women activists who work within and across racial groups, involving area scholars, Black women’s organizations, church and community leaders.
Ki Theatre	1993	$2,000.00	Washington	Funds to support a public forum on “Sustaining Art and Agriculture In Community,” as part of a larger series of events that explore and encourage the interaction of Rappahannock County’s farming and artistic communities. Speakers at the forum include several well known local and regional historians.
Old Dominion University	1993	$1,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support three lecture discussion programs in a year-long series on international security, featuring scholars from Old Dominion University. The scholars will address historical and philosophical issues of international security in particular regions of the world, appealing to the large audience of military and allied professionals in the Tidewater area.
Piedmont Virginia Community College	1993	$1,600.00	Charlottesville	A one-day conference for community college, high school, and middle school teachers on Bernal’s Black Athena. The speakers will be complemented by a panel of teachers who will address pedagogical issues including how to discuss Bernal and Afro-Centrism in the classroom.
Senior Center, Inc.	1993	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	A six-part lecture series on “Cultural Diversity and American Society” designed to increase understanding of five distinct cultural groups and to address larger questions of cultural diversity and tolerance. This series is a follow-up to an earlier five-part series on immigration, also supported by VFH, which drew large, responsive audiences composed primarily of senior adults.
Thomas Jefferson Foundation	1993	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	Researach, oral history collection, and documentation designed to locate the descendants of Monticello slaves and record their family stories and histories. The goal of the project is “to lay the critical groundwork for continuing efforts to provide a more balanced picture of Monticello’s enslaved families.”
Virginia Aviation Museum	1993	$2,500.00	Sandston	Funds to support consultations with scholars, interpeter training, and exhibit design and fabrication for an AIRMOBILE, a touring museum of aviation history which will travel to 30 sites throughout Va during 1993-94.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1993	$4,000.00	Richmond	A one-day public forum on Cultural Diversity and The Arts, focusing in particular on the role of museums in shaping and challenging cultural attitudes, and featuring scholars and museum professionals representing a variety of backgrounds and points of view.
Williamsburg Regional Library	1993	$2,000.00	Williamsburg	A seminar on the impact of free public libraries on the formation of our country’s democratic educational character; their status in our present social and economic atmosphere; and their future in a rapidly changing environment of electronic communication. Two scholars of public library history, a librarian/publisher and a former president of the American Library Association will lead discussion.
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1993	$3,400.00	Staunton	A one-day public symposium on the life and career of Ellen Axson Wilson, emphasizing her artistic achievements and her pioneering role as a social reformer. The symposium will also consider how Ellen Wilson exemplifies the changing status of women in the early 20th century, and will be held in conjunction with an exhibition of her paintings. Participating scholars include Frances Saunders, Mrs. Wilson’s biographer, and Ann Firor Scott.
Nickelsville Ruritan Club	1993	$850.00	Nickelsville	Funds to support planning for a new local history museum in Scott County, focusing on the history of the County and its Appalachian context. Consultants include experts in local and regional history and museum development.
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	1993	$4,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the development of a treatment and script for a one-hour television documentary on the life of Maggie Lena Walker, the first woman founder and president of a bank (in Richmond) who was also the daughter of an ex-slave. Scholars serve as research consultants and script advisors. Funds for this project are provided by a separate endowment: no NEH funds.
Alliance of Black Churches	1993	$1,000.00	Trevilians	A one-day seminar in which rural black church ministers from Central Va and “senior physicians,” many from urban areas of Charlottesville and Richmond will consider issues of religion and health care in a racial context. The purpose is to begin a dialogue that will help to overcome differences that impede productive communication between the medical establishment and the rural poor.
Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women	1993	$1,500.00	McLean	The women of Va Historic Trail identifies 30 women and related sites significant to Va. The VFH supported the research, identification, and promotion of the trail with an earlier grant. This grant supports engraving and placing commemorative plaques at each site.
Artemis	1993	$1,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a public reading, by the actress/director Val Gray Ward, of selected works by 20th century African-American poets; and a lecture by the poet Nikki Giovanni that places these works in their literary and cultural contexts.
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services	1993	$500.00	Richmond	Funds to support planning for conversion of an existing performance–discussion program on crime and individual responsibility into a video format for use as a discussion catalyst at meetings of neighborhood watch groups statewide.
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services	1993	$500.00	Richmond	Funds to support planning for conversion of an existing performance–discussion program on crime and individual responsibility into a video format for use as a discussion catalyst at meetings of neighborhood watch groups statewide.
Fairfax County History Commission	1993	$750.00	Fairfax	Funds to support oral history research and planning for a video on the changing landscape character and demographics of “Georgetown Pike” a formerly rural, now rapidly urbanizing corridor of Fairfax County.
Middlesex County Museum	1993	$1,000.00	Saluda	Planning funds to support research on the historical, cultural, and environmental life of Middlesex County. The County is in the Chesapeake Regional Council’s service region, and Council members have been involved, as have academic scholars, in all phases of the project’s development.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1993	$1,800.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support administrative activities of the Piedmont Humanities Council during 1993-1994. The PHC is the first of the regional councils established by VFH. It is devoted to increasing humanities awareness and programming and to furthering the work of VFH is Southside Va.
William King Museum	1993	$600.00	Abingdon	Funds to bring together a group of twelve Appalachian studies scholars and museum professionals in a day-long meeting to plan for a major exhibit on Southwest (Appalachian) Va material culture.
South Hill Community Development Association	1993	$1,250.00	South Hill	Funds to support planning for a new Museum of Tobacco Farm Life to be located in the town of South Hill. Specifically, the grant supports stipends, honararia, and travel for scholarly consultants who will participate in a one-day planning meeting and travel costs for local planners to visit other small occupational history museums.
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1993	$1,000.00	Staunton	A two-day interdisciplinary conference on the Wilsonian legacy of National Self-Determination, comparing the geopolitical challenges of 1919 with those of the present day. Scholars of history, law, and government a well as several former State Department officials will participate and lead discussions.
Virginia Highlands Community College	1993	$4,500.00	Abingdon	A one-day symposium on the history and culture of Southwest Va, featuring presentations by both academic and non-academic scholars. The project is a joint effort by the College and the Southwest Regional Humanities Council, designed to encourage new interest and research in and about the Region.
Chesapeake Public Library System	1993	$5,000.00	Chesapeake	A two-day Chesapeake Poetry Festival, featuring more than a dozen poets, most of whom live, work, or teach in Va. The program includes public readings, workshops, and opportunities for informal dialogue among the poets and audience.
Foundation for Historic Christ Church	1993	$5,700.00	Irvington	A one-week summer curriculum development institute for middl school teachers on the Christ Church community in Lancaster County. The focus is on the historic and architectural significance of the site and on the intellectual, social, and economic environment in which the surrounding community has evolved and persisted for 300 years.
Gillfield Baptist Church	1993	$7,500.00	Petersburg	Research for a comprehensive history of Gillfield Baptist Church, one of the oldest Black Baptist Churches in the U.S. The project leads to the church’s bicentennial observa in 2003 and will focus on the Gillfield “family of churches” founded in Va and elsewhere by its ministers.
Longwood University	1993	$12,500.00	Farmville	Production and initial circulation of a travelling exhibit on the material traditions, occupational folklife, and music of Southside Va. Exhibition sites include the House of Delegates in the state capitol, public libraries, community colleges and four-year institutions, and a manufacturing plant. See also grant #5-29883-92-53.
Museum of the Confederacy	1993	$1,500.00	Richmond	A one-day symposium on the symbolism of the Confederate Flag and the legal, political, and social issues surrounding its display. The program will focus in part on several recent incidents in Va that illustrate both the volatility of the Flag’s symbolism and the complexity of the underlying issues. Participants represent a broad spectrum of opinions concerning these issues and include a strong group of academic scholars.
Appalshop	1993	$8,000.00	Whitesburg	Production funding for five 30-minute radio programs in a larger 13-part series on women writers from the Central Appalachian region. VFH funds support programs on Va authors. Well known writers and literature scholars will serve as project advisors and as interviewees. Regionwide broadcast of the series is planned for early 1995.
The College of William and Mary	1993	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	A two-day conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. A national advisory committee, including many of those who were instrumental in bringing the Brown cases to the Supreme Court will also be the core group of speakers at the conference. They will be joined by leading Civil Rights leaders and by former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan.
Frontier Culture Museum	1993	$3,000.00	Staunton	A four-part lecture-discussion series on land use concepts in 17th and 18th century English, German, and American cultures and how these shaped the history of the American Frontier.
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	1993	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a continuation of research and script development for a one-hour documentary film on the history and enduring legacy of “Massive resistence” to school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Va. Advisors to the project include nationally known figures such as Julian Bond as well as local residents and members of the Piedmont Regional Humanities Council
Virginia Commonwealth University	1993	$10,000.00	Richmond	A two-day conference marking the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision. Participants include Civil Rights activists, academic scholars, attorneys, and others whose lives were shaped in the aftermath of the Brown ruling.
City of Norton Centennial Committee	1993	$5,000.00	Norton	Funds to support research and script development for a 90-minute historical drama and multi-media program on the 100-year history of Norton, Va. Three public workshops will be held during the research phase to encourage community interest and involvement. Academic historians serve as project advisors.
Loudoun County Public Library	1993	$9,000.00	Leesburg	A six-part book discussion series on the literature of deafness, to be presented in three sites in the Northern Va area. The series will bring together the hearing and deaf communities in discussions with deaf authors and scholars of the literature of this minority group.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	1993	$5,800.00	Madison Heights	Funds to provide on-going scholarly advice and consultation and to support administrative costs associated with the creation of a Monacan Indian Tribal Museum. Previous VFH grants have supported initial planning; creation of a travelling exhibit, and interpretive plans for the Museum, which will present to the public an important part of Va’s history that was nearly lost through centuries of malice and neglect.
Northern Virginia LAO Parent-Teacher Association	1993	$4,000.00	Springfield	Funds to support development of a fifty-page, illustrated monograph on Lao Buddhist healing in America, to accompany the VFH-sponsored film on the Lao immigrant experience, entitled, I Take Refuge. Groups of teachers and mental health practitioners will review the instructional efficacy of the study guide, which will then be produced for distribution with the video.
Radford University	1993	$8,500.00	Radford	Using the conceptual tools of the humanities, this series of lecture-discussions will focus public attention on various aspects of violence and its cultural contexts. Five distinguished scholars will explore the cultural aspects of violence, violence in the church and healthcare systems, violence towards children, and the intergenerational effects of violence, through folk art, storytelling, and writing.
Virginia Tech	1993	$3,500.00	Blacksburg	A series of community events in a variety of formats to be presented in observance of Women’s History Month at VPI. The focus is on the empowerment of women in the work place and within the larger context of Appalachian regional culture. Scholars of history, sociology, women’s studies, and Appalachian studies will present and lead discussion.
Virginia Military Institute	1993	$1,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support a one-day meeting to plan for a March 1995 conference entitled “After the Backcountry: Rural Life and Society in the Nineteenth-Century Valley of Va”. The planning committee includes scholars of history, geography, American studies, and folklore, and several museum directors.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources	1993	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day Historic Preservation Planning Roundtable in which representatives from the historic preservation, archaeology, tourism, local government, education, and business communities will assist the Va Dept of Historic Resources in creating a statewide “Comprehensive Plan for Historic Preservation” to guide Dept initiatives and actions over the next decade.
Library of Virginia	1993	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support preliminary research toward the development of a list of 200 Va authors who will then be considered for inclusion in a new “Literary Map of Va”. This map will be distributed throughout Va to public and university libraries. Scholars of literature will make the final selection of authors and advise in the research.
Roanoke County Public Schools	1993	$750.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a public lecture and teachers’ workshop on indigenous perceptions of America’s role in the Middle East. Moorehead Kennedy, a foreign service veteran and one of the best known of the Iranian hostages, will be the featured speaker at both events.
Ki Theatre	1993	$250.00	Washington	Funds to support an audience-discussion program in conjunction with the premiere of Tom Davenport’s film, “Making Grimm Movies”, which was produced under an earlier VFH grant. The film and the discussion will explore various filmmaking techniques and how the “language of film” is used in creating and sustaining illusion.
Scottsville Museum & Historic Landmarks Fndn.	1993	$500.00	Scottsville	Funds to support the annual meeting of historical socieities in the Va Piedmont. This conference, which has received VFH funding in each of the past four years is an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas and information among the societies, which share common interests but have widely varying budgets, memberships, and priorities.
The Providence Foundation	1994	$3,850.00	Charlottesville	A 3-day symposium on Religious Culture in Jefferson’s Va focusing in particular on the ways in which religion and personal religious beliefs influenced the ideas of Jefferson and Madison. VFH funds support honoraria for presenters, commentators, and plenary session speakers — scholars representing a broad diversity of viewpoints, many of whom are among the best-known authorities on American religious history and constitutional interpretation.
Thomas Jefferson Foundation	1994	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support continuation of research and oral history collection, designed to locate the descendants of Monticello’s African-American families and preserve their stories and histories and, in turn, to use information gathered in the interpretation of Jefferson and Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission	1994	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of dicussions on the relationship between religious studies, public policy, and environmental sustainability. Twenty-five religious leaders in the Charlottesville area will gather to discuss and then engage their faith communities in dialogue about the relationship between belief systems and care of the environment.
University of Virginia	1994	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Research, script development, and production funding for a half-hour documentary film on the Haitian Immigrant experience in Va. The film will be used in schools, community settings, and as a training resource for immigrant service providers.
University of Virginia Health System	1994	$7,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support production of a travelling exhibit on the history of Va’s public health nursing care services. Initially the exhibit will be circulated to six Va libraries; thereafter, it will be available for loan to community groups statewide.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	1994	$4,000.00	Virginia Beach	Supplementary funding for an interpretive catalogue to accompany an exhibit of photographs documenting life in six African-American neighborhoods in Hampton Roads. The catalogue will include an interpretive essay, historical sketches of the six communities, statements by the photographers, and photos from the project, which is directly related to the VFH “Communities” initiative. See also grant #5-29883-92-117.
Virginia Beach Public Library	1994	$1,900.00	Virginia Beach	A five-part book discussion series on the theme of myth-making in popular fiction, focusing in particular on how the values of individualism and family are represented in five selected novels.
University of Virginia	1994	$800.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a 4-part lecture series designed to acquaint the Charlottesville and University of Va’s communities with the linguistic uniqueness and significance of American Sign Language and, more generally, with the Deaf community and its special culture. Speakers include scholars from Gallaudet University and the Bicultural Center in Maryland. In addition to awarding the grant, VFH will serve as an active co-sponsor of the series.
University of Virginia	1994	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support promotion and scholars’ travel costs associated with a 2-day symposium on Immigration Law. The Symposium, which will feature more than fifteen scholars of the Constitution, Law, and Immigration history, will focus on refugee issues, federalism, and international citizenship policy showing how each of these concerns is helping to define and re-define immigration law in the late 20th century.
Loudoun County Public Library	1994	$400.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a reading by the poet Charles Wright in connection with the “Poets in Person” series sponsored by the Loudoun County Library. VFH has worked in partnership with the library to establish this series, and Loudoun was the only library in the nation to receive the “Poets in Person” grant from NEH a second time.
Washington County Public Library System	1994	$1,500.00	Glade Spring	A four-part lecture-discussion series on Appalachian Children’s Literature, focusing on the prevailing images and stereotypes of Appalachia and its people and how children’s literature can present more positive alternatives. Speakers include well-known Appalachian writers. Scholars of Appalachian studies will advise.
National History Day, Virginia	1994	$500.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support the first meeting of the “Advisory Council” for National History Day — Va. The Council is composed of college and high school history faculty, and this meeting will address issues of content, focus, and school/community participation in History Day events for 1994 and beyond.
Historical Society of the Pound	1994	$3,000.00	Pound	A public screening of the 1937 film “Mountain Justice,” which deals with a well-publicized murder trial in Wise County, to be followed by a community forum that focuses on the film’s depiction of Appalachian life, on the relationship of the film to the incident that inspired it, and on the ways unflattering stereotypes of Appalachia have been developed and perpetuated.
National Coalition of 100 Black Women	1994	$4,000.00	New York	Funds to support a public discussion program focusing on the social and political concerns reflected in Caribbean Literature. Featured panelists include several well-known writers and scholars, and the program will also include audience discussion and a reading of selected works by the program participants.
Progress in Narrows Now	1994	$5,000.00	Narrows	Funds to create a permanent photo archive, travelling exhibit, and publication marking the 90th anniversary of the town of Narrows. This project is similar in its design to other previous county photographic history projects and, like its predecessors, will involve local residents in all phases of the research, collection, exhibit design, and production. The grant was closed with no funds spent.
Pulaski County Board of Supervisors	1994	$4,000.00	Pulaski	Funds to produce an interpretive exhibit on the Native American cultures of the New River Valley, to be located in the Pulaski County Courthouse and office building. The exhibit will complement an existing display on the geology of the Region, and together they will offer a picture of life in the New River Valley prior to European arrival.
American Shakespeare Center	1994	$5,000.00	Staunton	A series of seven public workshops on the role of women in Shakespeare’s plays and on the contemporary influence of women in Shakespeare studies and performance. The series is an attempt to make public scholarly debates about women in Shakespeare and about new feminist exegesis of his plays.
University of Virginia Health System	1994	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	Funding to complete the editing, packaging and distribution of a video documentary on the experiences of dying patients and their physicians, interpreted by scholars of religious studies, anthropology, and literary criticism, and by the patients themselves.
Achilles Elementary School	1994	$12,000.00	Hayes	Research, scirpt development and early production funding for a one-hour documentary film on the maritime community of Gloucester County, examining the history and unique culture of the Gloucester watermen, known as Guineamen, and the social and economic forces that are rapidly transforming their way of life.
University of Virginia	1994	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	A series of lectures and discussions on pornography, violence, and American life, exploring the definition of pornography, the nature of its representations, and its relation to society. No NEH funds.
Hampton University	1994	$750.00	Hampton	Funds to support the contribution of humanities scholars to a 3-day conference on the problem of violence in African-American communities, the latest in a series of annual conferences at Hampton devoted to issues facing the African-American family. Scholars from throughout the U.S. will participate and the program includes a keynote address by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
University of Virginia	1994	$750.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a public seminar on the history of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an organization composed mostly of white college students in the South that contributed to the growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-to-late 1960s. The program is being held in connection with a reunion at U. Va of former SSOC members and will be presented as part of an ongoing public lecture seies on the Civil Rights Movement, which VFH is supporting.
Kinsale Museum	1994	$1,000.00	Kinsale	Funds to support research and production costs for a photographic exhibit on the community of Kinsale, focusing on the period from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries.
The Living Arts and Science Center	1994	$29,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support the production of a 60-minute documentary film which will explore the lives of Marvin and Morgan Smith, twin African-American brothers who left Kentucky in the mid 1930s to seek better opportunities in New York City. This grant was awarded from the Southern Humanities Media Fund, which is administered by VFH.
Southern Regional Council	1994	$50,000.00	Atlanta	Funds to produce a 90-minute documentary film which will explore the political life George Wallace. The film will also include the history of the civil rights movement. This grant was awarded from the Southern Humanities Media Fund, which is administered by VFH. An earlier VFH grant supported a portion of the project planning.
Center for Southern Folklore	1994	$30,000.00	Memphis	Funds to finish production of a documentary film tracing the rise and fall of America’s only legal red-light district, STORYVILLE, which thrived in New Orleans from 1898 to 1917. This grant was awarded from the Southern Humanities Media Fund, which is administered by VFH.
Bedford Main Street, Incorporated	1994	$750.00	Bedford	Funds to support research, copy writing, graphic design, and printing of a self-guided walking tour of Centertown Bedford. The first in a series on the history of the Bedford area.
Carroll County Historical Society	1994	$10,000.00	Hillsville	Funds to support development of a one-hour documentary film on the life and work of Robert Childress, a Presbyterian minister in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Patrick County whose efforts to improve the lives of his neighbors are legendary.
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	1994	$10,000.00	Richmond	Pre-production funding for a feature length “bio-documentary” film on the life and accomplishments of John Smith, focusing on his familiar exploits in Va and his lesser known travels in Europe, Africa, and the New World, as well as his complex character and the legacy passed on through his writings.
The College of William and Mary	1994	$2,500.00	Williamsburg	A two and one-half day interdisciplinary conference on the philosopher David Hume’s connection with 18th century American thinkers such as Jefferson and Madison. It is the the first conference to focus on this theme.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1994	$3,500.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a public symposium and series of folklife demonstrations held in conjunction with a larger one-day festival observing the 375th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in Va.
City of Newport News	1994	$3,450.00	Newport News	Funds to support planning for a permanent exhibit documenting the life and times of Joseph Newsome, 1869-1942. The planning will result in an exhibit outline, selection of artifacts, preparation of educational components, and consultant review of materials. Scholars of history and American studies will advise.
Preservation Alliance of Virginia	1994	$5,000.00	Richmond	A multi-faceted project to explore the impact of historic preservation on local committee throughout Va, including a statewide survey of more than 350 organizations and several case studies to examine the specific effects of preservation efforts on localities. An advisory committee composed of historians, archaeologists, legal scholars, preservationists, and business leaders will provide advice and direction.
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Incorporated	1994	$5,000.00	Winchester	Funds to plan an exhibit, symposium, and related events exploring the social and economic impact of the Civil War on communities and families in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Winchester in particular.
Southern Resource Center, Incorporated	1994	$7,500.00	Berkeley	Research and script development for a one-hour documentary film on issues concerning the repatriation of American Indian remains and, more broadly, the question of whether traditional Native American or Western Scientific values exert the greater claims to “ownership” of the past. A major focus of the film will be the early archaeological investigations of Thomas Jefferson. A committee of scholars and Native American leaders will advise.
Suffolk Public Library System	1994	$1,500.00	Suffolk	Planning and pre-production funding for a 30-minute video on the African-American experience in Suffolk during the 50-year period from 1920-1970. The focus is on the special history of the Black Community, but also on the contributions its members have made to the city as a whole. The grant was subsequently declined by the applicant, with no funds spent.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	1994	$5,000.00	Virginia Beach	A photo-documentary project leading to an interpretive exhibit on African-American life in selected communities of the Hampton Roads area. Local residents will work with regionally and nationally known photographers in the documentation and a team of humanities scholars and other advisors will assist in interpretation of the photographic images. See also grant #5-29173-95-20.
Virginia Military Institute	1994	$7,500.00	Lexington	A three-day conference for scholars and the general public on “Rural Life and Society in the Nineteenth Century Valley of Va.” The conference program includes more than 30 separate presentations and involves scores of scholars, many of them former Center fellows and/or VFH project directors.
The Weyanoke Association	1994	$4,700.00	Charles City	A series of six public programs exploring the history and culture of Native Americans and African Americans in Charles City County, focusing in part on the interactions of these two communities over nearly 400 years.
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1994	$6,000.00	Staunton	Research and expansion of an electronic archive on the history of antebellum Staunton and Augusta County, focusing in particular on the impact of rail transportation, the importance of slavery, the experience of Free Black residents, and the role of the church in community life. The results of the study will be presented in a public symposium in November, 1994.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	1994	$2,000.00	Jamestown	A three-part lecture series focusing on recent archaeological discoveries at Jamestown and related topics that place the Settlement in its historical context. Speakers include three well-known authorities on 17th century history and archaeology.
University of Virginia	1994	$250.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a public dialogue on the subject of community and diversity, featuring Professor Carnel West, author of Race Matters and a panel of humanities scholars and Charlottesville area community leaders. See also grant # VWCH92-12.
Portsmouth Public Library	1994	$1,000.00	Portsmouth	Funds to support four programs in a five part lecture-discussion series at the Portsmouth Public Library. Topics include the history of the Chesapeake Bay, historical interpretation through opera performance, issues in African-American education, and early Christian history.
University of Virginia	1994	$600.00	Charlottesville	Funds to produce two copies of a “Va Indian Teaching Kit” designed for use by Third and Fourth grade teachers in Central Va and containing artifact replicas, books, and other interpretive materials to assist in teaching about Va Indian history and culture. Project advisors include U. of Va anthropologist Jeffrey Hantman and Phyllis Hicks, representative of the Monacan Indian Tribe.
University of Virginia	1994	$250.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a public dialogue on the subject of community and diversity, featuring Professor Cornel West, author of Race Matters and a panel of humanities scholars and Charlottesville area community leaders. No NEH funds. See also 5-29883-92-OO.
Charlottesville Friends Meeting	1994	$1,100.00	Charlottesville	Funds to plan a series of radio programs exploring the subject of community in Va and to produce a pilot program on Shannon Farm, an intentional community in rural Nelson County. This series will explore several different types of communities, their particular histories, the challenges and opportunities they are currently facing, and the nature of community itself.
Virginia Association of Museums	1994	$52,000.00	Richmond	1994-95 Administrative and Program support for the VAM. These funds are provided to VFH by the Va General Assembly specifically for this program.
Saint Paul’s College	1994	$650.00	Lawrenceville	Funds to support a lecture-discussion program on the subject of “African American Literature Since the Sixties,” focusing on the contributions of women to this body of literature, and featuring Professor Daryl Dance, a well-known scholar of African-American and Caribbean Writing. Saint Paul’s College is a traditionally Black institution located in a predominently African American region of the state. The program will serve a college and community audience. No NEH funds.
Hampton University	1994	$1,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support initial research toward development of a video script on the life and work of Angel DeCora (Dietz), a well-known American Indian artist who attended Hampton Institute in the early years of its Indian Education Program, which was extensively documented in an earlier VFH project, “To Lead And To Serve”. No NEH funds.
Spring Valley Book Committee	1994	$1,000.00	Fries	Funds to support research and publication of a history of the Spring Valley community in Grayson County. The book will include at least 63 articles and first person accounts written by current and former residents as well as more formal essays on early settlement, education, commerce and development, religious life, etc. Our funds support the contributions of a consulting historian and donation of free copies of the book to local libraries.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1994	$2,000.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support administrative activities of the Piedmont Humanities Council during 1994-95. The PHC is the first of the regional councils established by VFH. It is composed of members from throughout the 7-county Piedmont Region and is devoted to increasing humanities awareness and programming, and to furthering the work of VFH in Southside Va.
Rappahannock Community College	1994	$650.00	Warsaw	Funds to support research and script development for a radio series exploring the unique identity of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula and its transformation during the past 25 years. The grant was subsequently declined.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts	1994	$1,000.00	Winston-Salem	Funds to support a one-day symposium, held in Alexandria, on the subject of Va pottery prior to 1840, focusing on five regions of the state: Tidewater, Alexandria, Petersburg, the Shenandoah Valley, and Western Va. Scholars of Anthropology and archaeology will be among the featured speakers. This is the first time that MESDA, a nationally known museum based in North Carolina, has undertaken a program in Va.
Virginia Film Festival	1994	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of panel discussions involving writers, filmmakers, and scholars in an extended dialogue about the place of film in American culture. These programs will be held as part of the Va Festival of American Film, an annual event in Charlottesville.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1994	$1,800.00	Galax	Funds to support the administrative work of Regional Humanities Council during 1994-95. The Council is an affiliate of VFH serving the 15 counties of Southwest Va. It is established to promote humanities programming and the work of the Va Foundation throughout the Region.
Appalshop	1994	$4,000.00	Whitesburg	Research and script development funding for a one-hour documentary film on the legendary Old-Time musician and National Heritage Award-winner Ralph Stanley. The film will place Stanley’s music in its Appalachian context and explore the tension between tradition and adaptation in this representative Appalachian artist. Alan Jabbour, director of the American Folklife Center, will serve as the principal project consultant.
Frontier Culture Museum	1994	$6,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support research into the history of the African-American experience in the Shenandoah Valley, as a first step toward including this history within the Museum’s larger interpretive framework. Several distinguished historians will serve as advisors, and two public forums, one before and one immediately following the research period, will help to engage local interest and support.
Museum of the Confederacy	1994	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support an exhibit on the surrender of Confederate Richmond to be held in conjunction with a larger City-wide observance of the 130th anniversary of that event. Both the exhibit and the larger observance have been developed by an advisory committee representing the diversity of Richmond’s population, and both will explore the Confederate surrender from multiple points of view. Our funds support exhibit production and honoraria for the project historians.
Northern Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1994	$15,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support a three-week summer curriculm development institute for teachers focusing on the folklife and traditional cultures of Northern Va. Issues which will be examined include multiculturalism, immigration, American and Va history, and the nature and diversity of regional folk culture.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1994	$5,000.00	Drakes Branch	A series of fourteen library-based lecture-discussion programs–two in each of the seven counties of the Piedmont Council’s service region–on the subject of “Books Banned in Va.” The Council has sponsored five previous book discussion series, all of them very successful, adding a great deal to a region of the state where cultural opportunities are few.
Stratford Hall Plantation	1994	$10,000.00	Stratford	A two-week residential summer seminar for teachers on the subject of slavery, bringing new scholarly insights and interpretations to this complex and difficult topic. The project involves a significant collaboration between a university and an historic site, and its location at Stratford Hall will lend an immediacy to the course. More than a dozen historians, archaeologists and other scholars are involved.
Chesapeake Public Library System	1994	$2,500.00	Chesapeake	Funds to support the 1995 Chesapeake Poetry Festival, a two-day event in which poets from Va and elsewhere in the South will read from their work and disucss the writing process.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1994	$2,000.00	Richmond	A conference on physician-assisted suicide, including presentations by a philosopher in the area of medical ethics, a professor of nursing, a law school professor, and a legislator active on behalf of the terminally ill. The audience will include clergy, attorneys, hospital administrators, and health care providers.
Virginia Highlands Community College	1994	$4,750.00	Abingdon	A one-day symposium on the history and culture of Southwest Va, featuring presentations by academic as well as non-academic scholars. The idea for this symposium was conceived and developed by the Southwest Regional Humanities Council and its members will play an active role in this event as they did in the very successful First Annual Symposium in 1994.
Virginia Historical Society	1994	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support production of an exhibit on Va rural “Court Days,” focusing on their contributions to community life. The exhibit will document the history and function of court days in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and into the twentieth. The exhibit will travel initially to six courthouses throughout the Commonwealth with interpretive programs planned at each site.
Waterford Foundation	1994	$5,000.00	Waterford	Funds to supuport research, a public forum, and production of an exhibit and brochure on the commercial history of Waterford Village in Northern Va, emphasizing the contributions of free African-Americans to that history. The project grows out of earlier research and planning supported by two VFH grants, which helped to identify aspects of the local history — such as this one — that were in need of further study and interpretation. Waterford’s interpretive
Educational Film Center	1994	$8,000.00	Annandale	Funds to support continuation of research and script development for a ninety-minute documentary film on the Marshall Plan and its role in bringing about changes that have shaped the history of the 20th Century. The film will provide not only an historical perspective but will also provide prespective on the current debates surrounding global economic interdependence and U.S. leadership on the international scene.
First Baptist Heritage Preservation Commission	1994	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research leading to the publication of a comprehensive history of the First Baptist Church South Richmond, the City’s oldest independent African-American Baptist church and an influential institution within the local African-American community for nearly two centuries. Scholarly consultants include a former VFH Center Fellow and a former Chair of the Foundation’s Board.
Hanover County Historical Society	1994	$2,000.00	Hanover	A four-part lecture series on the role of religion and religious institutions in the history of Hanover County. The project features a very strong group of lecturers (historians and scholars of religious studies) and is directly related to the Foundation’s “Understanding Va’s Communities” Initiative.
Lynchburg College	1994	$6,000.00	Lynchburg	A three-week summer seminar for teachers on the subject of Tyranny and Freedom, in which teachers will study an interdisciplinary and eclectic group of readings, from Sophocles to Plato to Solzhenitsyn and Elie Wiesel. VFH funds support stipends for the teachers attending.
Middlesex County Museum	1994	$2,000.00	Saluda	Funds to assist in developing a slide show, audio tape, and guide book on the history of Middlesex County Va. The project will provide local residents and tourists with information on significant cultural and historic events and sites in the area.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	1994	$4,000.00	Madison Heights	Funds to support a continuation of work toward establishing a Monacan Indian Tribal Museum. This work, which involves a sustained collaboration between tribal representatives and academic scholars, has been extremely fruitful , uncovering portions of the Monacan’s past, producing new educational resources, and laying the groundwork for the Museum’s creation within the next several years.
Henrico County Historical Society	1994	$500.00	Richmond	Funds to support the 1995 annual conference of the Historical Societies in the Piedmont Va region. The conference brings together representatives of the various constituent societies to discuss issues and topics of mutual concern.
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1994	$3,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support research and documentation of the quiltmaking tradition in the Upper Shenandoah Valley. In addition, an interpretive exhibit will place the quilts and quiltmakers in a cultural, historical, and social context. Two public lectures will focus on “Quilts and Communities” and “Material Histories: Quilts of the Upper Shenandoah Valley 1840-1860.” No NEH funds.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	1994	$500.00	Reedville	Funds to support development of a long-range plan for the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, a relatively new institution which has experienced several years of extraordinary initial success, much of it in connection with programs and projects supported by VFH. The community-oriented planning process will address issues of mission, local support, exhibit, development, educational outreach, public relations, and administration.
Mountain Empire Community College	1994	$1,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support the 1995 John Fox Festival, an annual event at MECC designed to present and encourage discussion of the work of Appalachian writers and scholars.
Warwick Mennonite Council	1995	$5,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support the second annual ASL/Deaf language series, exploring the history and future as well as the linguistic and cultural uniqueness of the Deaf Community in America. The previous series – also supported by a grant from the VFH – drew capacity audiences, in part because it represented – as this series does – one of the few opportunities for the hearing community in Charlottesville to experience ASL.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Inc.	1995	$1,000.00	Tazewell	A one-day symposium on the Religious Heritage of Southwest Va, a subject central to the understanding of Appalachian Culture and one that has not been thoroughly explored until now. VFH funds support honoraria for several of the scholars who will present papers and lead discussions.
Achilles Elementary School	1995	$15,000.00	Hayes	Funds to support editing, duplication, and distribution costs for a one-hour documentary film on the maritime community of Gloucester County, focusing on the culture of the local watermen, known as Guineamen, and on the social and economic forces that are transforming their way of life. VFH supported script development with an earlier grant. The project is directly related to our Understanding Va’s Communities Initiative.
Appalachian African-American Cultural Center	1995	$3,500.00	Pennington Gap	Funds to support an oral history project designed to record the history of African Americans in Lee County, Va, and to establish a permanent archive of materials related to that history.This will be one of the first systematic studies of the contributions African American residents have made to the history of the Appalachian Region. The Center is an important emerging institution in the Region, and its directors are members of the VFH Southwest Regional Council.
Charlottesville Friends Meeting	1995	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	Research, preparation, and production of a public radio series exploring the changing nature of community in Virginia. A diverse group of individual communities will be featured, and each program will consider the challenges these particular communities are facing as well as the meaning and importance of community in general.
The College of William and Mary	1995	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	An exhibit and five-part series of lectures on the history of Kippax Plantation, which was established in the late 17th century as the home of Robert Bolling and his wife Jane Rolfe, the granddaughter of Pocohontas. Kippax has been the site of intensive archaeological research since the mid l980s, and this project is designed in part to present the results of that research
Emory and Henry College	1995	$3,550.00	Emory	Funds to gather, edit, publish, and distribute 40 oral history interviews with older residents of Konnarock, an isolated rural community on the border of Washington and Smyth Counties, and to support a public forum on the Community’s heritage and future. The project was developed in response to the Foundation’s “Understanding Va’s Communities” Initiative.
1908 Courthouse Foundation	1995	$2,000.00	Independence	Funds to support honoraria, travel, and promotion costs associated with two interpretive performances and a lecture by an historian, to be held in connection with the Summer 1995 Heritage Festival in Grayson County. The focus of these programs is on the traditional music, folklore and mountain culture of the area.
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Incorporated	1995	$10,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support production of an exhibition on the Civil War in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Planning for the exhibit was supported by an earlier VFH grant. The focus of the exhibition and related programs is on the experience of “ordinary” people and families – women and African American residents in particular.
Prince William County Public Schools	1995	$10,000.00	Manassas	Funds to support a two-part satellite field trip which will explore the use of archeology to learn about cultures of the past. “First People: The Early Indians of Va,” will originate live from an Indian site on the Rappahanock River; “Colonial Va: The First Hundred Years,” will originate live from Jamestown’s ongoing archeological site. A teacher inservice, “Teaching at Historic Places,” will precede the two field trips.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1995	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a lecture and public symposium held in conjunction with an exhibit of the Roycrofters–an intentional community founded in 1895 in New York State. This community was based on the philosophy of the Arts & Crafts Movement which was an important influence in turn-of-the-century Richmond.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1995	$4,750.00	Williamsburg	Funds to produce an interactive video on the continuing relevance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, designed to accompany the Victory Center’s permanent exhibit on the history of these two documents. Two of Va’s leading authorities on the Bill of Rights — Mel Urofsky and Rod Smolla — will conduct a series of interviews with other prominent scholars, jurists, and political leaders and these interviews will be the focus of the video.
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission	1995	$700.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a portion of the travel costs for speakers in a community forum on sustainability. This forum is part of a multi-year community-wide process designed to develop a comprehensive set of goals and objectives that will ensure a sustainable future for Charlottesville and its five surrounding counties. Among other issues the forum will consider the changing meanings of progress, growth, and community.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	1995	$2,000.00	Jamestown	A three part lecture series focusing on recent archaeological discoveries at Jamestown and on related topics that place the Settlement in its historical context. Three outstanding archaeologists will lead the discussions. Previous VFH sponsored series held at Jamestown have attracted large, enthusiastic audiences, and involved – as this series does – some first-rate scholars.
Chihamba of Dancescape, Ltd.	1995	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of events held in connection with the 1995 African-American Cultural Arts Festival in Charlottesville. Individual programs include storytelling, poetry readings, musical and dance performances, a film screening, and folklife demonstrations, all organized around the seven principles of Kwanzaa, an African-American celebration of renewal. VFH funds support the contributions of humanities scholars to the series.
Friends of the Huckleberry, Inc.	1995	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the addition of a local history education component to construction of a six-mile scenic trail in rural Montgomery County. The Trail, which will be used by an estimated 20,000 people annually passes through the former coal-mining village of Merrimac, and the local history interpretation–conveyed through permanantly installed exhibit panels–will focus on this community and on the railroad which provided its economic lifeline.
Science Museum of Virginia	1995	$1,500.00	Richmond	A four-part series of film discussion programs focusing on the social and ethical responsibility of scientists and on the ways in which film in general reinforces certain public attitudes about the work of science and the place of that work within a larger social and cultural context.
Virginia Department of Corrections	1995	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a workshop on drama therapy to be presented as part of the Sex Offender Treatment Association’s annual (1996) conference. The project is related to the Foundation’s larger interests in the subject of violence and culture.
University of Virginia	1995	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support printing and distribution of an interpretive catalog to accompany an exhibit on the origins, in Central Virginia, of the Lewis & Clark expedition of 1804-06. The focus is on the role of Thomas Jefferson in helping to plan the expedition, and on the achievements of other less-famous Albemarle County exlorers who laid the groundwork for Lewis & Clark’s celebrated success.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1995	$1,800.00	Richmond	A four-part series of lecture-discussion programs focusing on important issues in the fields of philosophy and religious studies. All of the lecturers are drawn from the VCU faculty, and strong local cooperation and outreach are a defining feature of the series.
Virginia Film Festival	1995	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support five panel discussions involving scholars, critics, and film industry professionals, to be held as part of the 1995 Virginia Festival of American Film. The theme of this year’s Festival – how Americans respond to “foreign” individuals and cultures and how foreign influence has helped shape recent American film – is related to our longstanding interest in Immigration and Cultural Encounters
Wat Lao Buddhavong	1995	$2,500.00	Catlett	Funds to support a study of a Lao community school in Northern Virginia, focusing on the ways in which the school attempts to maintain cultural stability and identity among this immigrant population. Results of the project will include a presentation of findings to the community and a printed booklet. An attempt will be made not just to assess the school’s direct impact, but also to place it within the context of other community-based educational initiatives.
William King Museum	1995	$2,000.00	Abingdon	Funds to support honoraria and travel costs for eight of the presenters in the William King Art Center’s “Living Traditions” series, as well as a portion of the printing costs for an interpretive program booklet to be distributed at each of the events. The series features authentic representatives and/or scholars of SW Virginia’s musical traditions and extends the Center’s arts & humanities programming throughout extreme SW Virginia.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1995	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to edit and produce an interactive videodisc on the continuing relevance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, designed to accompany the Center’s newly installed permanent exhibit on the history of these two documents. The 25-minute program will be composed of 6-8 segments,each 3-4 minutes in length, featuring interviews with well-known scholars and jurists. Two of Virginia’s leading authorities on the Bill of Rights will conduct the interviews.
James Agee Film Project	1995	$1,000.00	University Park	Research and production funding for a one-hour documentary film on the experience of women who have been assaulted in their homes. The focus is on the relationship between the private space of the individual and its violation first by the assailant and again as the crime becomes a public event through media coverage and legal proceedings. Our funds would also be used to support development and production of a study guide.
Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA)	1995	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support planning, research, and script development, and to produce a brief tape of sample footage, in anticipation of a video documentary on the life of Drewary Brown, a leader in Charlottesville’s African-American community whose life exemplifies the ideal of community service, and whose achievements reflect larger social changes, in Central Virginia and nationwide, during the past 70 years.
The College of William and Mary	1995	$750.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support two public lectures held in conjunction with the 1995 Summer Opera Festival at Ash Lawn as well as an interpretive performance by Blues artists John Cephas and Phil Wiggins. The lecture series is an annual event that adds critical perspective to the operatic works being performed. The Cephas/Wiggins program illustrates the Piedmont Blues tradition which has been an important focus of research through the VFH folklife program.
Virginia Fire and Police Museum	1995	$500.00	Richmond	Funds to support production of an educational unit based on an existing photographic and documentary exhibit highlighting the achievements of the first African-American members of Richmond’s fire and police departments. The project involves oral history collection, new research, and the publication of an interpretive essay. The grant was subsequently declined by the grantee, with no funds spent.
Media Working Group	1995	$20,000.00	Covington	Funds to support production of the third in a series of film adaptations of the short stories of Appalachian writer Gurney Norman.
Appalshop	1995	$40,000.00	Whitesburg	Production funding for a documentary film exploring the history and ethics of media representation by examining a tragic event that occurred in the upland South during 1967.
Virginia Association of Museums	1995	$49,250.00	Richmond	1995-96 Administrative and Program support for the VAM. These funds are provided to VFH by the Va. General Assembly.
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy	1995	$1,000.00	Broad Run	Funds to support a one-day symposium and cultural festival focusing on the history of Native Americans in the Bull Run Mountains, and to produce an interpretive pamphlet on the same subject. Participants include academic scholars from the fields of archaeology and anthropology as well as representatives of the Native American community.
Mathews County Chamber of Commerce	1995	$750.00	Mathews	Funds for initial research and a survey of sites in Mathews County of historical and cultural significance. A rural county with 8,900 residents, Mathews County is defined geographically and culturally by the Chesapeake Bay and other significant waterways. The research eventually will be compiled into a monograph that will be made available to schools, libraries, and historical societies. The grant was subsequently declined by the grantee, with no funds spent.
Portsmouth Public Library	1995	$750.00	Portsmouth	A five-part lecture-discussion series designed to engage local community audiences in discussions of a broad range of topics. VFH funds support scholars honoraria and promotion for three of the programs – on the influence of architecture in daily life; the twentieth century in historical perspective; and the importance and recent decline of “high culture.” We supported a similar series at the Portsmouth Library in 1994-95: it was extremely successful.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	1995	$1,000.00	Reedville	Funds to complete the final processing of oral history interview materials collected for the Reedville Watermen’s Project, one of the best local history/folklife documentation projects VFH has supported. This grant supports the creation of tape logs and data sheets, duplication, and labelling of the 45 hours of existing tapes. The result will be a fully documented resource that is thoroughly accessible to future researchers.
University of Virginia	1995	$750.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a panel discussion entitled “The Southern Lady, The Virginia Woman,” to be held as part of a year-long series of events commemorating the 25th anniversary of co-education at the University of Virginia and in conjunction with the University Press of Vireginia’s republication of Anne Firor Scott’s landmark study, “The Southern lady: From Pedestal to Politics.”
Council for America’s First Freedom	1995	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support distribution of a videotape produced in connection with a public discussion on the subject of “Religious Freedom and What It Means to America and the Rest of the World.” This program, which features nationally known historians, philosophers and legal scholars, was organized partly in response to the NEH National Conversation Initiative and will explore the American tradition of Religious Freedom from a variety of viewpoints. Copies of the tape will be distributed to schools and libraries throughout Virginia, and to the general public.
Vietnamese Resettlement Association	1995	$725.00	Falls Church	Funds to support portions of a Vietnamese Folklife Festival which is designed to present aspects of traditional Vietnamese culture as well as issues raised by twenty years of intensive Vietnamese resettlement in the U.S. The intended audience is both the Vietnamese community and the general public in Northern Virginia. This is our first grant made to a Vietnamese-American organization.
Appalshop	1995	$3,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support one in a series of public conversations exploring “What It Means to be an Appalachian” and focusing in particular on the history of racial diversity in the region. VFH funds will be used for the development and broadcast of a program in Dickenson County, Virginia, a community whose history is in many ways a microcosm of the Appalachian mining experience.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	1995	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support planning, research, and oral history collection, leading to development of a permanent exhibit and living history program that will interpret the lives of prominent leaders in Richmond’s early 20th Century African American Community. Historians serve as advisors in all phases of the project.
Civil War Preservation Trust	1995	$3,500.00	Washington	Funds to support scholars’ contributions to the development and implementation of an interactive database of Civil War history that can be accessed through work stations at national parks and battlefield sites; in a CD-ROM version; and on the Internet. Several of the nation’s leading Civil War historians are involved. A published teacher’s guide and other materials to facilitate use of the database are anticipated.
The College of William and Mary	1995	$14,000.00	Williamsburg	A three-week summer curriculum development institute for teachers, focusing on the relationship between culture and ecology in Virginia’s Chesapeake Region during the Colonial period. The course includes visits to many of Eastern Virginia’s museums and historic sites; lectures by more than a dozen scholars; a hands-on archaeological workshop; and sessions devoted to curriculum development. Participants will be recruited from throughout Virginia.
Foundation for New Media	1995	$6,700.00	Hoboken	Funds to support research and production of a radio documentary on the life and work of William Faulkner, to be broadcast as part of a larger series celebrating the 100th anniversary of Faulkner’s birth, in 1997. The eight-part series will feature dramatic adaptations of the author’s short fiction, and documentary material will be woven throughout. Scholars serve as advisors and interview subjects.
Handley Regional Library	1995	$2,000.00	Winchester	A four-part series of lecture/reading/discussion programs designed to introduce contemporary poetry to a general audience. The first two programs, featuring poet and scholar Gregory Orr, focus on the essential nature of poetry and on the development of American poetry from the mid 19th Century to the present. In subsequent programs, two accomplished poets – Charles Wright and Larry Levis – will read from and discuss their work.
Red Oak Ruritan Club	1995	$7,500.00	Alberta	Research and pre-production funding for a one-hour documentary film on the local culture of Brunswick County, Virginia and the folklife traditions that surround the creation of Brunswick Stew. The film will use foodways tradition as an entry point for considering larger questions about the meaning and importance of community.
Virginia Association of Museums	1995	$8,400.00	Richmond	Funds to support a three-day museum training institute designed primarily to serve the board members, staffs, and volunteers of small and emerging museums, especially in Southwest Virginia. The project is a collaborative effort by a statewide organization (VAM) and the Southwest Regional Council of the VFH. Its purpose is to help museums in the Appalachian region of Va make the most of their limited resources, and to build a network for mutual support.
Virginia Tech	1995	$7,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the first of two public forums exploring the term “Quality of Life” as it relates to global environmental issues. This first program focuses on water quality and supply issues as a case study illustrating how humans see their place in nature and how the uses of technology express this vision. The program includes humanities scholars, scientists, and policy experts.
Warwick Mennonite Council	1995	$5,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support planning, research, and oral history collection, leading to publication of a book on the evolution of the Mennonite Community in Newport News. The project will focus on the increasing diversity within a previously well-defined and homogenous community; on the Mennonites’ relationship with their neighbors; how historical forces act to form and disperse communities, and how a sense of common identitiy is preserved.
University of Virginia	1995	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support production of two instructional kits for teaching students in Central Virginia classrooms about traditional Virginia Indian material culture. The grant also supports a workshop in which the uses of these kits will be demonstrated: it builds on an ealier VFH-funded project in which two prototype kits were developed and circulated to classrooms throughout the Region during the 1994-95 school year, reacing 1,000 students and 16 schools. Advisors include one of Virginia’s leading anthropologists and a representative of the Monacan Indian Tribe.
Mattaponi Indian Museum	1996	$2,100.00	West Point	Funds to support a four-part lecture series exploring the artistic achievements and traditions of the Deaf community. This series will build on the success of two previous series, also supported by grants from the VFH. Although the focus is on the arts, the programs take a strong humanities approach, involving some of the leading scholars of Deaf history and culture.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	1996	$5,000.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support a one-week summer curriculum development institute designed to help teachers from throughout Virginia integrate the disciplines of art criticism, art history, and aesthetics in ways that will enhance their teaching. The funds will be used entirely for teachers’ stipends.
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	1996	$1,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support production of an interpretive exhibit on the industrial history of Fredericksburg, a collaborative effort involving the Museum, the Center for Historic Preservation, and Mary Washington College.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1996	$1,000.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support the administrative work of the Piedmont Regional Council during 1996. The Council is an affiliate of VFH serving a seven-county region of Piedmont Virginia. The Council’s mission is to support the work of the Virginia Foundation and to promote humanities programming throughout its service Region.
Arlington County Public Library	1996	$1,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support five programs in a seven-part series on topics and issues related to the history and culture of the Deaf Community in America.
Catticus Corporation	1996	$6,000.00	Berkeley	Funds to support research and script development for a four-pare series of television programs on the African-American experience during the Jim Crow era, 1880-1954. In particular, the grant supports travel to a variety of research locations in Virginia as well as the contributions of two distinguised Virginia scholars to the programs’ development.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	1996	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support research, the preparation of interpretive training materials, and a published report examining the lives of slaves in 18th Century Williamsburg. The research will be made available through CW’s site interpretation and on the World Wide Web.
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond	1996	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research and planning for an exhibit on the history of Jewish Life in Virginia. The project is a collaborative effort of the Federation and the Virginia Historical Society. After an initial display at the Historical Society, this exhibit will travel to localities throughout the state.
Catholic Diocese of Richmond	1996	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the second part of a multi-phase project to document and present the experience of Richmond’s refugees and others directly affected by twenty years of refugee resettlement in Richmond City. Funding is for oral history interviews and transcriptions and a public event, including a small exhibit.
Rockbridge Historical Society	1996	$5,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support research and publication of a comprehensive guide to manuscripts related to the history of Rockbridge County. More than 1,500 collections of materials in forty libraries and other respositories have been identified, and in the course of the project, appeals will be made for access to family and business records.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1996	$1,500.00	Richmond	A half-day conference on ethical issues raised by the Medicare program-specifically whether there is an inherent “right” to some basic level of health care, and whether the Medicare program is legitimized by an inherent “duty” community members have to each other.
James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library	1996	$1,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support publication of an interpretive booklet in conjunction with an exhibit on James Monroe and American Society during the first three decades of the 19th century. The exhibit will explore a variety of topics, including slavery, religion, politics, and education. Both the exhibit and the publication are being developed in cooperation with an advisory committee of Fredericksburg-area scholars, including James Farmer.
Virginia Film Institute	1996	$500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support initial planning for a documentary film on the Marquis de Lafayette and his wife Adrienne. The project will explore an important new scholarly resource in the papers of Lafayette which have recently been opened for public study at The Library of Congress.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1996	$1,800.00	Galax	Funds to support the administrative activitites of the Southwest Regional Humanities Council during the period from April 1996 to July 1997.
Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.	1996	$4,100.00	Fort Washington	A summer program on Cambodian music and dance, collecting and organizing oral histories of the performers for a public program in the fall of 1996.
Appalachian State University	1996	$6,000.00	Boone	Funds to support the production of a musical cassette and CD recording of the “Black Banjo Music of the Upland South,” along with liner notes describing the history and evolution of traditional African Banjo music. The focus is on the banjo as an “integral part of the exchange between blacks and whites and the indigenous folk music that resulted ” during the 19th Century.
The College of William and Mary	1996	$3,500.00	Williamsburg	A one-day conference on “Environmental Federalism,” focusing on three recent–and very significant–pieces of environmental legislation and on the proper balance between federal and state responsibilities for administering these laws. Participants include academic scholars, attorneys, representatives of local governments, and others.
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond	1996	$8,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit on Jewish Life in Virginia. The project is a cooperative effort between the Jewish Community Federation and the Virginia Historical Society. The exhibit will open at VHS in the Spring of 1997, then travel to selected sites throughout the Commonwealth.
National Coalition of 100 Black Women	1996	$5,000.00	New York	Funds to support a one-day conference exploring the history, theory, and practical application of black feminism. Panels of scholars will discuss the black women’s involvement in the tradtional women’s movement, sexism in the Black community, global feminist issues, feminism and womanism, and feminist theory in everyday life.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1996	$2,900.00	Galax	Funds to support the third annual Symposium on Southwest Virginia History and culture, a one-day event designed to encourage new scholarship in and about Virginia’s Appalachian region and to present the work of both academic and non-academic researchers to a general public audience. The two previous symposia, also supported by VFH were very successful: this year’s event features two well-known “keynote” speakers–Roddy Moore and Sharyn McCrumb.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1996	$5,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a lecture and public symposium to be held conjunction with an exhibit of narrative paintings by Jacob Lawrence, depicting events in the lives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. Excellent scholars are involved, and this project is part of a larger effort by the Museum to examine subjects and questions of interest to an African American as well as a general public audience.
Warwick Mennonite Council	1996	$6,000.00	Newport News	Funds to assist with the development of a script for a community “folk opera” based on extensive oral history documentation conducted under an earlier VFH grant. This work will focus on the history of the Mennonite community in Newport News and on issues related to the persistence of community amidst change. Scholars of history and drama will work in close collaboration with members of the local community to conduct the ethnographic research.
Washington County Public Library System	1996	$4,100.00	Glade Spring	A five-part lecture, reading and discussion series exploring recent social and economic changes and their impact on the traditional sense of community in Abingdon and Washington County, Virginia. Subjects to be addressed include the challenge posed by popular culture and the mass media; the erosion of traditional religious commitment; the effect of out-migration and social mobility on family ties; AIDS; and the impact of the Electronic Revolution.
Foundation for New Media	1996	$30,000.00	Hoboken	Seven, one-hour radio programs, designed for NPR, based on W. Faulkner’s short stories. The program will use drama, interviews with writers and scholars, and Faulkner’s own voice to bring this master-writer’s prose vividly to life, encouraging the audience to read his longer works.
The College of William and Mary	1996	$500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of interpretive lectures, held in connection with the Ash Lawn Summer Opera Festival. These pre-performance lectures have become an important component of the Festival (VFH has supported several of the series in the past), offering audiences the historical and critical background needed to fully understand and appreciate the works being performed.
Virginia Association of Museums	1996	$49,250.00	Richmond	1996-97 administrative and program support for the VAM. These funds are provided to the VFH by the Virginia General Assembly.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1996	$200.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support a lecture and public discussion being held in conjunction with the republication of “They Closed Their Schools” by former Virginia Pilot editor, Bob Smith. The work – a re-counting of the period of “Massive Resistance” in Prince Edward County, Virginia was originally published in 1965 but has been out of print for two decades. Mr. Smith will deliver the lecture, focusing on the legacy of the Prince Edward School closing, and will lead the subsequent discussion.
University of Virginia	1996	$500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a five-part lecture-discussion series on the changing role(s) of art museums, especially in relationship to the attitudes and expectations of the public. Participating scholars include nationally-known representatives of the academic and public museum communities.
Piedmont Regional Humanities Council	1996	$2,000.00	Drakes Branch	Funds to support the administrative activities of the Piedmont Regional Humanities Council during the period November 1, 1996 – October 31, 1997. The Council is a regional affiliate of the VFH serving seven predominantly rural counties in Piedmont Virginia.
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	1996	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support completion of a one-hour documentary film on the life and accomplishments of Claudius Crozet, a French-born civil engineer whose distinguished career included sevice with Napoleon in Russia; appointment as Chief Engineer of Virginia in 1837; design and execution of world-renowned industrial and transportation projects throughout Central Virginia and in neighboring states; and a long association with Virginia Military Institute.
Vietnamese Resettlement Association	1996	$750.00	Falls Church	Funds to support the second annual Vietnamese Culture Celebration, showcasing Vietnamese folk art, crafts, and culinary traditions. The festival also includes presentations on Vietnamese history and culture. The target audience includes members of the Vietnamese community and the general public.
Appalshop	1996	$7,500.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support the development of high school and college level curricula to accompany an existing 14-part radio series on Appalachian women writers, which was produced with an earlier VFH grant. This award also supports duplication, promotion, and distribution of the tapes, packaged with the new curricula, to 125 teachers in Virginia. The series is an extremely valuable resource that is accessible to almost anyone. Wide classroom use is anticipated.
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15	1996	$10,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a one-hour documentary film on Southern agrarian labor practices, focusing on parallels between the turn-of-the-century sharecropping system and its contemporary counterpart, based on migrant labor. The subject is important, both to an understanding of the agricultural economy in general and to daily experience in many parts of Va., especially on the Eastern Shore and along the North Carolina border.
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	1996	$2,500.00	Forest	Funds to support a five-part lecture series on the experience of travel during Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime, focusing on Jefferson’s personal travels, within Virginia and beyond, and on the various challenges and opportunities early Virginians encountered in moving from place to place.
George C. Marshall Foundation	1996	$2,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support the participation of five Virginia teachers in a three-week summer Institute on the Cold War and its Legacy. The Institute is an international event that features prominent scholars and other experts in the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and geopolitics and economic relations in the Post-War period.
Lynchburg College	1996	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	A one-day public symposium on the work of Virginia’s African-American artists held in conjunction with an exhibition on the same subject in February 1997. The symposium places these workds in their cultural and historic context.
Mattaponi Indian Museum	1996	$7,000.00	West Point	Funds to inventory and catalogue the collection of Virginia Native American artifacts currently held in the Mattaponi Indian Museum. The Museum is a rich resource for the study of Virginia Indian history and culture, but none of the materials on display have been formally accessioned; nor have the oral histories that would place these objects within their cultural context been recorded. Thus, the project is an important step toward full interpretation. interpretation
Northern Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1996	$11,400.00	Falls Church	Funds to support an “advanced” Folklife Institute for Northern Virginia teachers dedicated to the study of the region’s multi-cultural folklife. The participants will be, for the most part, alumni of two previous “introductory” institutes funded by VFH in Northern Va. All have involved close collaboration between the Northern Virginia Regional Council and the University of Virginia’s NoVa Center; and all have involved well-known folklife scholars.
Red Oak Ruritan Club	1996	$5,000.00	Alberta	Production funding for a two-hour documentary film on the stewmaking traditions of Brunswick County Virginia. The documentary will investigate the history and culture of Virginia foodways and its connections to Virginia lore and history and follows the “stew makers” through the process as they prepare the stew and reflect on their own participation and memories.
Catholic Diocese of Richmond	1996	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to continue gathering and transcribing oral histories from members of Richmond’s refugee assistance community and to begin developing an exhibit, teaching materials, and analysis that will eventually convey the findings of the oral history project to a broad public audience.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1996	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a four-part lecture-discussion series on topics in philosophy and religious studies: Socrates and Athenian Democracy, Creativity and Mysticism, Van Gogh and Religion, and Recent Archeological Discoveries in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
Virginia Tech	1996	$6,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a one-day public forum exploring the environmental challenges of the next century. The event builds on an earlier forum, also funded by VFH examining the Earth’s water resources as a case study for the larger questions this conference will address. Both forums, in turn, are part of a larger “Choices & Challenges” series, consistently one of the best humanities & public policy programs in Virginia.
Loudoun County Public Library	1996	$600.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a reading-discussion program featuring the internationally-acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni. This program is one in a series sponsored by the Loudoun Library System and featuring the work of contemporary African poets. Earlier programs have included Rita Dove and Charles Wright.
Chrysler Museum of Art	1996	$1,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a lecture on photography of the Civil Rights Movement by Steven Kasher. Mr. Kasher is the chief photographer and curator of an exhibit on the same subject currently on display at the Chrysler Museum. His lecture is one of many public events being organized in connection with the exhibit.
Bluefield College	1996	$1,300.00	Bluefield	Funds to support a two-day program of readings and discussions on the current status of poetry in Southwest Virginia. The program features local poets who have achieved national recognition as well as local publishers and booksellers. The project was developed through the Southwest Regional Humanities Council and involves both current and former Council Members. It is timed to take place during the week leading up to the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Prince William County Public Schools	1996	$800.00	Manassas	Funds to support a half-day workshop for teachers from Prince William and surrounding counties on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The workshop features leading Harper Lee scholar Claudia Durst Johnson and is designed to help teachers use this book more effectively in their classroom teaching.
Virginia Museum of Transportation	1997	$1,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support transcription of oral history interviews and reproduction of archival photos documenting the experience of African-American employees on the Norfolk and Western Railroad during the period 1930–1970. This documentary effort will support the development of a permanent exhibit on the same subject.
University of Virginia	1997	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and planning for a major project on “The Culture of Desegregation in Virginia,” focusing on 4-6 representative cities and counties and analyzing how the process of desegregation affected them politically, economically, and socially.
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15	1997	$1,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support planning and the collection of oral histories for a television program on the efforts (largely successful) of a women’s Civic Betterment Club to improve life in Roanoke during the early years of this century. The project is a collaborative between WBRA, the local historical society and the Roanoke Public Library.
Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.	1997	$700.00	Ashland	Planning funds to identify sources for research in Hanover County African-American History and to conduct a pilot interview.
Appalshop	1997	$10,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support production of a one-hour documentary film on the legendary Old Time/Bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley. The film will place Stanley’s music in its Southwest Virginia (Dickenson Co.) context and will explore the tension between tradition and evolution in the ways this music is presented. We awarded an earlier grant for initial filming & pre-production.
Barksdale Theatre	1997	$3,750.00	Richmond	Funds to support initial filming and script development for a documentary film on the history of Barksdale Theatre. Barksdale’s unique history and location (in Hanover Tavern), and the personal stories of its founders who remained its guiding spirits for 40 years make this a compelling and fascinating history of the links between a pioneering arts institution and its community.
Fairfax County Public Library	1997	$9,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support identical five-part lecture/book discussion series (15 programs total) in three Fairfax County locations. The focus of the series is on representative works of Southern fiction, and the programs are designed primarily to serve people with disabilities – those with sight and hearing limitations especially.
George Mason University	1997	$5,000.00	McLean	Funds to support a one-day conference on “Spirituality and Health,” focusing on the relationship between health and spirituality as a cultural phenomenon. The project was developed in cooperation with the Northern Virginia Regional Council and emphasizes cultural pluralism and diversity, creative thinking, and ethical judgement as essential elements of clinical training and public health care.
Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA)	1997	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support production of a one-hour documentary film on the life and community development activities of Drewary Brown, an important figure in the Civil Rights Movement in Charlottesville & Albemarle County for more than 40 years.
Potomac Overlook Regional Park	1997	$5,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support a one-day conference on the relationships–past, present, and future–between science, society, and the Earth’s living systems. Three internationally respected scholars will be featured as keynote speakers. The project is directly related to our Initiative on Science, Technology, and Society.
Virginia Film Development Corporation	1997	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	A pre-production, research project that will result in a script treatment for a documentary film on the life and times of the Marquis de Lafayette. A joint French-American undertaking, with extensive filming in Europe and the U.S., the project will make use of an extraordinary cache of documents, only recently opened for public study at the Library of Congress — materials that invite a fresh interpretation of Lafayette, his contributions and achievements.
University of Virginia	1997	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support three public events to be presented in connection with an academic conference on Feminist Theory and Music. These events include a panel discussion on Women and Electronic Music featuring five of the best-known women composers in this genre; a discussion of the musical and personal achievements of 20th century classical composer and folk music researcher Ruth Crawford Seeger; and a lecture-recital on African-American compositions.
Plowshare Peace and Justice Center	1997	$500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a one-day African-American film festival highlighting the works of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering African-American filmmaker whose work during the 1920’s and ’30s dealt with issues of race relations and racial identity. The program includes a variety of screenings and panel discussions featuring scholars of literature, film and African-American studies.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	1997	$1,250.00	Onancock	Funds to support planning for Phase I of a two-part project designed to document – through oral histories – a way of life that is rapidly disappearing on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This first phase will focus on Chincoteague; but eventually the project will cover all of Accomack and Northampton Counties and include interviews with watermen, craftsmen, and others.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library	1997	$1,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a four-part lecture-discussion series exploring the 400-year history of Virginia, with an emphasis on issues of government and politics.
Frontier Culture Museum	1997	$2,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support a one-day symposium on the extension of English influence from eastern Virginia and London into the Valley of Virginia in the 18th Century. This symposium is designed to stimulate new research and additional public programs leading up to 2007.
Gunston Hall Plantation	1997	$2,000.00	Mason Neck	Funds to plan and promote five programs in an ongoing public lecture series focusing on American democracy and democratic ideals and their influence worldwide.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Inc.	1997	$2,000.00	Tazewell	Funds to support planning for a series of public lectures and exhibits focusing on the “detachment” of far Southwester Virginia from the rest of the state, and on the extent to which modern transportation, communication, and education have or have not facilitated a greater sense of connection between Southwest Virginia communities and the Commonwealth as a whole.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	1997	$2,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to create, conduct, and disseminate the results of an extensive survey of public interest, opinion, expectations, and recommendations concerning the observance of Virginia’s 400th anniversary in 2007. The results of this survey will be shared with intitutions statewide.
Library of Virginia	1997	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day planning meeting of the director and staffs of approximately 20 Richmond-area museums, to initiate development of a comprehensive, community-wide master plan for 2007-related activities.
The Lyceum: Alexandria’s History Museum	1997	$2,000.00	Alexandria	Funds to support a one-day symposium designed to stimulate research, discussion, and subsequent programming on the lives of African-Americans living in urban areas of Virginia prior to the Civil War.
Lynchburg Public Library	1997	$1,600.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a four-part lecture-discussion series exploring the emergence and evolution of a Virginian and a Southern sense of identity beyond the Jamestown experience. Subjects include politics, higher education, the role of women, and the economic importance of tobacco.
Madison County Chamber of Commerce	1997	$1,800.00	Madison	Funds to support a series of lectures, publications, tours, and related activities focusing on the settlement and development of Madison County and the ways Madison’s history represents the experience of many “frontier” communities in Virginia.
University of Mary Washington	1997	$2,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support research and the collection of archaeological and historical data on the interaction of Native peoples in the Lower Rappahannock River Valley prior to the Jamestown settlement and on Anglo-Indian interactions as the influence of Jamestown and Europoean colonists spread throughout the Region in the mid-17th Century.
Mattaponi Heritage Foundation	1997	$2,000.00	West Point	Funds to support development of the first of several interpretive displays, which will be presented as part of a living history nature trail being constructed on the border of the Mattaponi Indian reservation. The focus is on the links between Virginia’s Native peoples and the land and on sustainable land use activities that are part of the Mattaponi tradition.
The College of William and Mary	1997	$2,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support research, a series of lectures, and development of a multi-media performance exploring the history of African-Americans in Eastern Virginia from 1620 to 1700.
Richmond Riverfront Corporation	1997	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of an exhibit commemorating the City of Richmond’s relationship to the Jamestown Colony. This exhibit will be part of a larger framework for the development, restoration, and interpretation of the City’s downtown riverfront area.
University of Virginia Health System	1997	$1,600.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a conference on the historical legacy of Jamestown as it is reflected in current issues of violence and environmental stewardship. The focus is on the “echo” of early settlers’ attitudes in contemporary social and environmental concerns.
University of Virginia Health System	1997	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to assist with the development of an on-line repository of maps, pictures, narratives, documents, and teaching strategies relating to the history of Jamestown Colony, to be used primarily by teachers in lesson preparation and classroom activity.
Virginia Historical Society	1997	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a local history resource book designed to help Virginia teachers explore how their communities viewed their future at the turn of the 20th century; how the vision that accompanied Virginia’s observance of its 300th anniversary in 1907 relates to the 20th century history that followed.
Virginia Military Institute	1997	$2,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support a four-part lecture-discussion series focusing on Jamestown as a multi-cultural and tri-racial experience.
Virginia Wesleyan College	1997	$1,200.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a three-part series of communtiy forums on American Federalism and on the role of Virginia in the Federal experiment. The ideas of Jefferson, Madison, and John Marshall will be explored in relationship to the growth of the two-party system, the issue of slavery, economic development, and the concepts of equal protection and Civil Rights.
Williamsburg Land Conservancy	1997	$2,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support research and development of a long-range plan for preservation and interpretation of Mainland Farm, near Jamestown. This site is thought to include the last remaining undeveloped parcel from the original royal landgrant in Virginia as well as the longest continuously operated farm in British North America.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	1997	$2,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a conference for historians, archaeologists, and the public designed to consider the experience of the Jamestown Colony within a broad historical, archaeological and geographical context.
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann	1997	$1,300.00	Fairfax	Research leading to a one-day public forum and travelling exhibit exploring the presence of Irish emigres (as slaves, indentured servants, and free landholders) in Virginia during the 17th century.
Council of Virginia Archaeologists	1997	$2,000.00	Lake Ridge	Funds to support the development and dissemination – in print and electronically – of a comprehensive reference guide to Virginia’s archaeological sites.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	1997	$1,600.00	Onancock	Funds to support a series of ten lecture-discussion programs, located in historic towns throughout Northampton and Accomack Counties, exploring the archaeology, architecture, maritime history, folklife, and cultural heritage of the Eastern Shore.
Emory and Henry College	1997	$2,000.00	Emory	Funds to support a series of interviews with residents of twelve Southwestern Virginia counties, exploring traditional images of Virginia in light of the Appalachian experience as well as the relationship between recent Appalachian history and the idea of a Virginia identity.
Fairfax County Park Authority	1997	$1,600.00	Fairfax	Funds to develop and conduct a series of lectures and study tours examining the early housing and worksite structures of Northern Virginia, including domestic dwellings, taverns, mills, granges, and meetinghouses.
Foundation for Historic Christ Church	1997	$1,800.00	Irvington	Funds to support a lecture and dramatic presentation on the influence of religion in the founding of the Virginia Colony, as well as the pivotal role of Virginia in establishing the principles of religious freedom.
Chincoteague Island Library	1997	$1,250.00	Chincoteague	Funds to support a five-part book discussion series on the history and culture of the Delmarva peninsula.
Piedmont Mainstream Citizens	1997	$1,000.00	Ivy	Funds to support a public forum examining the questions of how books and other materials are selected for school libraries and who should have the right to limit access to sensitive or controversial materials under what circumstances.
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley	1997	$835.00	Pulaski	Funds to support a cooperative project between SITES and the Virginia Foundation to circulate the exhibit, “Produce for Victory,” to three museums in Virginia.
Museum of Culpeper History	1997	$835.00	Culpeper	Funds to support a cooperative project between SITES and the Virginia Foundation to circulate the exhibit, “Produce for Victory,” to three museums in Virginia.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	1997	$835.00	Lancaster	Funds to support a cooperative project between SITES and the Virginia Foundation to circulate the exhibit, “Produce for Victory,” to three museums in Virginia.
Institute of Language and Culture	1997	$40,000.00	Clanton	From 1935 through 1941, a number of projects located and interviewed more than three thousand people born under slavery. The field recordings were preserved by the Library of Congress. “Slaves No More” will include four, half-hour radio documentaries and twenty, five-minute radio features based upon these ex-slave interviews, which were conducted by the Works Progress Administration and other agencies. The documentaries will be produced in partnership with Radio Smithsonian and distributed by Public Radio International for broadcast in September 1998, with a repeat release scheduled for February 1999. A well-known host-narrator will present the programs, drawing on interpretive materials provided by project scholars. The narration will frame the recorded, re-engineered ex-slave interviews and will provide insights into the changing culture of slavery. Excerpts from the interviews will be complemented by dramatic readings based on interviews that were transcribed. Nationally-recognized actors will present these compelling, first-hand, written accounts. The subject matter of the documentaries — the lives of slaves told in their own voices — will provide an invaluable opportunity for a broad regional and national audience to connect with the drama of history at a very personal level.
James Agee Film Project	1997	$40,000.00	University Park	“Tell About the South” is the first feature-length series to describe and dramatize the story of modern Southern literature, a tale of unprecedented cultural and artistic expression amid social and economic turmoil. Episode one, which received partial funding from SHMF, is a 90-minute documentary narrated by former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. It covers the years from World War I to World War II. Episode two, funded by this grant, will focus on the post-war period, through the Civil Rights, movement. The third episode will bring the story up to the present. The series features interviews with many living writers — among these, Alice Walker, William Styron, Ernest Gaines, Mary Lee Settle, George Garrett, Shelby Foote, Eudora Welty, Reynolds Price, Rita Dove, Pat Conroy, Nikki Giovanni, Wilma Dykeman, Albert Murray, Willie Morris, and Margaret Walker. A central question posed by the series is: How did the poorest, least educated, most troubled region in the country produce so many first-rate writers, beginning in the early decades of this century? A special goal of the series is to explore the growth and interrelationship of white and African American writers within the same historical and cultural context. Among the writers who are spotlighted are William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Wolfe, Robert Penn Warren, Jean Toomer, Walker Percy, Peter Taylor, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Flannery O’Connor. Numerous scholars have contributed to the project, including Henry Louis Gates, John Hope Franklin, Louis Rubin, Cleanth Brooks, Fred Hobson, Michael Kreyling, Thadious Marie Davis, Lewis Simpson, Richard Couto, and William Ferris. Their commentary and that of the writers is enhanced by dramatic interludes adapted from the works under discussion and by exhaustive pictorial research conducted in archives throughout the South and the nation.
University of Alabama	1997	$20,000.00	Tuscaloosa	“God’s Will” is a biographical documentary project that will focus on Will Davis Campbell, a seventy-two-year-old Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and prize-winning author who has been called nearly everything from a modern-day Jememiah to one of God’s divine fools. The sixty-minute profile will trace his cultural, political, and religious evolution, from early Mississippi folk culture and fundamentalism; through his Ivy league education; into his commitment to racial equality, which made him the only white included at the founding of the SCLC and a primary operative in all the major battles of the Civil Rights movement; to his return to embrace and include even members of the Ku Klux Klan in his ministry of forgiveness and reconciliation. This is a story about a man who defies stereotypes, a story about subtleties, commonalities, and shades of gray. Through Campbell’s own observations and perspectives and those of both his colleagues and humanities analysts, the film will approach Brother Will’s life as a vehicle for understanding the complexity, richness, and value of the Southern experience.
University of Memphis	1997	$17,000.00	Memphis	“Oh Freedom” will be a sixty-minute documentary on a long-neglected piece of Southern history — the 1939 roadside demonstration by Missouri Bootheel sharecroppers, who afterwards founded a remarkable farming community called Cropperville. The program will highlight the leadership of a poor black preacher and union organizer, the Reverend Owen Whitfield, whose courage and vision took him from the cotton fields of Arkansas and Missouri to the White House itself. This personal story will not, however, obscure that of the fifteen-hundred sharecroppers whose group faith and tenacity would force the nation and the federal government to look long and hard at the plight of thousands of other sharecroppers and tenant farmers throughout the South. Using archival resources, as well as new footage and interviews, the documentary will deal with major themes in Southern labor and agrarian history, as well as with universal issues of race and equality.
James Madison University	1997	$4,096.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support 1997 summer seminar teachers institute “Rural Life and Traditional Arts in the Shenandoah Valley,” co-sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts
Legacy Museum of African American History	1997	$1,000.00	Lynchburg	The Legacy Project, Inc. plans to develop a comprehensive treatment in support of a proposal to create a 30-minute, broadcast quality video that will highlight the Civil Rights history of Lynchburg, from the early 1960s to the early 1970s, when full integration of public schools and other facilities was finally achieved.
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation	1997	$10,000.00	Baltimore	Funds to support in-depth fieldwork for the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, which is part of a three-year initiative to develop interpretive cultural tourism leadership among folklife resources on the Delmarva Peninsula and in the coastal communities across the surrounding bays.
The College of William and Mary	1997	$6,000.00	Williamsburg	In November 1775, Virginia’s last colonial governor — John Murray, Earl of Dunmore — issued a proclamation offering freedom to any rebel’s slave who would fight for the British. Hundreds of slaves escaped to join Dunmore’s Ethiopian regiment. The sponsors will develop a film script dramatizing the history of that regiment.
University of Virginia	1997	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a one-day symposium on “The Value of Place,” involving scholars, planners, developers, architects, preservationists, and artists in a discussion of how and why communities do or do not value certain places–buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes–and how these values shape our history, culture, and social institutions.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1997	$2,100.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day symposium on the moral, conceptua issues raised by the current lawsuits filed by states against the tobacco industry. Symposium sessions will cover the legal history of tobacco, nature of addiction, issues of personal responsibility, and corporate responsibility.
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15	1997	$7,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support development of a one-hour documentary television program on the efforts of a women’s Civic Betterment Club to improve life in Roanoke during the early years of this century and on the legacy of these efforts in later city planning and community development programs. We awarded an earlier Discretionary Grant to support planning for the project, which involves extensive oral history interviews.
Catticus Corporation	1997	$13,000.00	Berkeley	Funds to support the costs of documenting on film the history and legacy of the student strike begun at Robert R. Moton High School in Farmville in 1951. The strike, reflecting Black Students’ anger over inferior educational facilities, eventually led to a court case that in turn became part of the 1954 Brown v. Board Decision. This material will be used as part of a permanent exhibit at the Moton School & in the Behind the Veil film series.
Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.	1997	$4,000.00	Ashland	Funds to support research, collection of oral histories, a series of four public forums, and analysis of a community-wide survey focusing on the history of African-Americans in Hanover County. The research will be conducted in Hanover County and repositories around the state. The oral histories will focus on ten representative families in the County. The forums will focus on genealogy, church, desegregation and education, and community.
Hookups, Incorporated	1997	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a scholars and participants meeting to plan for the documenting and cataloging of “lantern slides” that depict the history and culture of late 19th Century South Africa.
James Madison University	1997	$15,000.00	Harrisonburg	Virginia Foundation’s commitment to the 1997-98 Southern Humanities Media Fund
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1997	$2,000.00	Galax	Funds to support the administrative activities of the Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council during the period from September 1997 to December 1998.
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression	1997	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a one-day conference on the landmark Supreme Court case of Falwell v. Flynt, focusing on the complex First Amendment issues raised by this case and long-term social & legal consequences of the Court’s decision. Participants include several well-known legal scholars as well as the principal litigants in the case, Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt.
University of Virginia	1997	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	A three-part series of study circles or “educational salons” in which Northern Virginia teachers will explore some of the most significant issues facing American education, using works of fiction as discussion catalysts.
Saint Paul’s College	1997	$500.00	Lawrenceville	Funds to support a public discussion program on the film version of Richard Wright’s short story, “Almos’ A Man,” featuring professor Daryl Dance, a leading scholar of African-American literature.
Appalshop	1997	$7,500.00	Whitesburg	Funds to provide research, consultations, and interviews that will provide historical context for an eight-part radio series on forests and forestry in the Central Appalachian Region. The series will explore the economic, environmental, and social/cultural issues that are raised by the prospect of new large-scale timber harvests in this region.
Virginia Wesleyan College	1997	$6,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a series of community forums on Religious Freedom and Political Conflict in America. Topics include the Rise of the Religious Right, Religion and Health Care Decisions, Religion and Education, and the Evolving Standard of permissible “Free Exercise” of Religion.
The College of William and Mary	1997	$4,000.00	Williamsburg	A keynote speech by The Reverend Bernice King (01/22/98) and an all-day workshop (02/19/98) on the issue of Affirmative Action and the social origins of affirmative action policy. Both events are being presented as part of an even larger series of College-sponsored programs addressing this subject.
Film Arts Foundation	1997	$5,000.00	San Francisco	Research and script development for a 90-minute documentary film examining the historical, literary, and social legacies of Nat Turner’s Slave Revolt of 1831. The film focuses on historical facts of the incident and its aftermath; on the immediate reactions to it nationwide; on the ways the event has been interpreted in fiction and drama; and on how differing modern views of Nat Turner and his Rebellion reflect the racial climate in the U.S. today.
Documents Section	1997	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a year-long series of lectures on themes and subjects related to the collections and research interests at the Library of Virginia. More than fifteen scholars, many with national reputations, will make presentations and lead discussions with a broad public audience.
Mary Baldwin College	1997	$12,500.00	Staunton	Funds to support a one week summer seminar for teachers, recruited from throughout Virginia, on the “history of everyday life,” a growing field of interest within the history profession and one that is especially useful in teaching history at the high school level. The curriculum involves intensive classroom work, independent study, and visits to interpretive sites such as the Museum of Frontier Culture.
Other Pictures, Incorporated	1997	$10,000.00	New York	Funds to support research and development of a comprehensive treatment for a six-part series of hour-long films for television on the evolution of the American legal system. Individual programs will focus on the right to counsel; trial by jury; equal protection; freedom of speech; the idea of individual liberty; and the role of law through precedent and due process.
People Incorporated of Southwest Virginia	1997	$10,000.00	Abingdon	Funds to support the collection of documents, photographs, and oral histories, and production of a traveling exhibit on the history of Dante, Virginia, a coal-mining community on the border of Russell and Dickenson counties.
Virginia Association of Museums	1997	$8,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a three-day Museum Training Institute, designed primarily to serve the staffs and boards of small and emerging museums of all kinds throughout Virginia. Program will focus on the fundamentals of running a small museum.
Staunton Public Library Foundation	1997	$1,250.00	Staunton	Funds to support a Chatauqua-style interpretive performance focusing on the author Willa Cather and her works. The program — to be hosted by five libraries statewide — combines “in-character” presentation and discussion involving actor-scholar Betty Jean Steinshouer and the audience at each site.
Chincoteague Island Library	1997	$1,350.00	Chincoteague	Funds to support a five-part book discussion series on selected works of nonfiction related to changing conditions of life on the Chesapeake Bay.
Town of Wytheville	1998	$1,200.00	Wytheville	Funds to support two concurrent exhibits of items illustrating late 19th century wedding traditions in Wythe County, as well as two related lectures on “the historical and social aspects of clothing” and “the preservation of family histories.”
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	1998	$900.00	Staunton	Funds to support a planning meeting of scholars and other experts to assist the Birthplace staff in developing the intellectual foundation for a major new exhibit on Woodrow Wilson, emphasizing his connection to Virginia and his importance as a world leader
Hampden-Sydney College	1998	$1,500.00	Hampden Sydney	Funds to support a portion of the rental costs for an exhibit, entitled “Remembering Luboml,” which depicts the life of a Jewish market village in Poland prior to its devastation in 1942
Longwood University	1998	$500.00	Farmville	Funds to support a public presentation by two veterans of the Civil Rights movement — specifically integration of the public schools in Sunflower county, Mississippi. The location of the program in Prince Edward county, the center of Virginia’s “massive resistance” to school desegregation, gives it a special resonance and public appeal
Chrysler Museum of Art	1998	$500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a lecture and slide presentation on the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War. The program will take place in conjunction with an exhibit on Civil War Battlefields entitled, “Sacred Sites: Then and Now.”
WCVE-TV Channel 23	1998	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support production and promotion of a Teacher Resource Packet to accompany an hour-long documentary on the life and career of Maggie Lena Walker, whose achievements and personal charisma made her one of the most admired and successful African-American women of the 20th century. Packets will be made available free of charge to schools in Virginia.
Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce	1998	$1,500.00	Clarksville	Funds to support the sixth annual Occoneechee Native American Heritage and Pow Wow, an event that will explore the history and culture of Native Americans in what is now extreme Southside Virginia.
Louisa County Historical Society	1998	$1,500.00	Louisa	Funds to support a portion of the printing costs for a book of oral histories, presented as “portraits” of Louisa county residents. The interviews represent a broad cross-section of the county’s population, and the book will be published in conjunction with the Town of Louisa’s 125th Anniversary celebration in May of 1998.
University of Virginia	1998	$10,600.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support production of an interpretive exhibit on turn-of-the-century African-American life in Central Virginia, as documented by the photographs in the Rufus Holsinger collection. The exhibit will travel throughout Central Virginia, after its opening at the Carter Woodson Center in the spring of 1999.
Old Dominion Resource Conservation and Development	1998	$10,000.00	Charlotte Court House	Funds to support research and local community outreach leading to the creation of a Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail to be located in Prince Edward county, site of the first non-violent protests against segregated public schools and center of “massive resistance” to court-ordered desegration in Virginia.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	1998	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day symposium on the history of photography in India, to be held in conjunction with a major photographic exhibit observing the fiftieth anniversary of India’s independence.
The College of William and Mary	1998	$1,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a conference on the Atlantic Slave Trade entitled “Transatlantic Slaving and the African Diaspora: Using the W.E.B. DuBois Institute Dataset of Slaving Voyages.” The conference marks Cambridge University Press’s publication, in CD-ROM format, of a database containing information on 27,205 slave trading voyages between 1588-1867.
Potomac River Basin Consortium	1998	$1,000.00	Lutherville	Funds to support a one-day symposium including lectures, dialogues, and performances on the musical heritage of the Potomac River Basin, exploring the “Regional” culture — expressed in music — that unites portions of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The project is a regional undertaking that involves scholars and audiences from all three states.
Town of Louisa	1998	$1,000.00	Louisa	Funds to support the printing of a walking tour brochure for the town of Louisa, and to assist with creating a photographic archive of Louisa county history. These activities are being undertaken in connection with the town of Louisa’s 125th anniversary in May 1998.
Virginia War Museum	1998	$1,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support a portion of the rental costs for an exhibit entitled “Remembering Luboml,” which depicts the life of a Jewish market village in Poland prior to its devastation in 1942.
Catticus Corporation	1998	$35,000.00	Berkeley	A three-part television series, “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow,” will tell the dramatic story of the African American struggles to attain freedom and build viable social and cultural institutions during the Jim Crow years in the South (1880–1954). The current grant will support productionof the “Farmville Sequence” in episode three, focusing on the legally significant student strike held at the Robert E. Moton School, Farmville, VA.
Appalshop	1998	$40,000.00	Whitesburg	Structured in part by video letters between displaced U.S. factory workers, Mexican immigrants in Tennessee, and Mexican workers in Maquiladoras, this one-hour documentary will work to create understanding of the outlook and motives of divided communities. Allowing factory workers the opportunity for self-expression and exploration, the video letters will provide a baseline, exemplifying current circumstances. The program will also document institutional responses and the work of community groups in dealing with economic and social change. Extensive background on U.S.-Mexican labor history will also be provided.
Image Film and Video Center	1998	$41,000.00	Atlanta	Raise the Dead is an hour-long documentary about Holiness-Pentecostal religion in the Appalachian region. The film centers on traveling evangelist H. Richard Hall, who at age seventy-nine is a lifelong veteran of the sawdust trail. The film will allow believers to tell their own stories and will use these as a window to what is a misunderstood and largely undocumented religious tradition.
Taubman Museum of Art	1998	$1,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support two lectures on the works of Mark Catsby, an 18th Century British naturalist and painter, whose watercolors and etchings meticulously documented the flora and fauna of the New World.
Bath County Historical Society	1998	$9,000.00	Warm Springs	Funds to support a nationwide inventory of manuscript collections related to the history of Bath, High, and Alleghany Counties; publication of a book-length guide to these resources; and two community workshops on the care of private papers.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	1998	$4,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support a series of twenty lecture-discussion programs on the history and culture of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, to be held at several different locations in Accomack and Northampton Counties.
Washington County Public Library System	1998	$2,500.00	Glade Spring	Funds to support a series of seven community programs focusing on the work of noted Southwest Virginia writer Lee Settle.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	1998	$12,000.00	Reedville	NEH Description: Funds to support research and oral history and photo documentation leading to an interpretive exhibit on 20th Century boat builders of the Northern Neck
Thomas Jefferson Foundation	1998	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a portion of the initial research costs associated with creating an authoritative electronic edition of Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia
University of Virginia	1998	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of public “conversations about peace” to be held in the weeks leading up to a major conference of Nobel Peace Laureates being hosted by the University of Virginia
Wytheville Community College	1998	$2,000.00	Wytheville	Funds to support a one-day workshop for teachers in Southwest Virginia, offering an historical perspective on the problem of violence, with special emphasis on the Appalachian Region and on teachers’ daily experience.
Nauticus National Maritime Center	1998	$3,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a one-day symposium on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, to be held in conjunction with a major exhibit entitled “A Slave Ship Speaks: The World of the Henrietta Marie”
Red Oak Ruritan Club	1998	$750.00	Alberta	Funds to support scholar John Egerton’s contributions to the completion of a documentary film on the stewmaking traditions of Brunswick County, Virginia. VFH supported script development and production with two earlier grants. The film will have its premiere at the Virginia State Fair in Richmond in September 1998
Mount Fair Historic Farm Foundation	1998	$1,500.00	Crozet	Funds to support a three-day conference for museum professionals and educators on “Interpreting Slavery.” The conference will address instittional development issues along with research questions and teaching strategies, seeking to ensure that the subject of slavery is interpreted accurately and effectively and especially by instittions working with limited staffs and budgets.
Longwood University	1998	$1,500.00	Farmville	Funds to support production of a catalogue documenting the contents and storyline of an exhibit on the history of the Town of Farmville. The catalogue will be distributed to schools, libraries, and the general public.
Tazewell County Public Library	1998	$1,000.00	Richlands	Funds to support a six-part community reading-discussion series on twentieth century American Poetry using the “Poets in Person” format and discussion materials
University of Virginia	1998	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a two-day symposium honoring the work and legacy of Sterling A. Brown, whose poetry and literary criticism established a Southern counterpoing to the Harlem Renaissance while making significant contributions to the understanding of African-American literature generally.
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15	1998	$1,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research and planning for a documentary film on the historic and contemporary role of tobacco culture adn cultivation int he economic and community life of Danville and Pittsylvania County
Virginia Tech	1998	$1,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a continuation of research leading to the creation of a “virtual Jamestown” Website. Initial Planning for this project — which involves scholars from U.Va., Virginia Tech, and the College of William and Mary — was supported by a VFH “Preparing for 2007” mini-grant.
Appalshop	1998	$8,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support development and production of a four-part radio documentary series on the musical and cultural influence of the Carter family of Scott County, Virginia. Members of this family are generally regarded as the founders of American country music; and Janette Carter, the focus of the series has been a major force for the preservation of traditional Appalachian music.
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15	1998	$8,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research and interviews leading to the production of a 60-minute documentary film on the history of tobacco farming in Danville and Pittsylvania County, and on the social and cultural changes being felt in these traditional tobacco-growing communities as a result of new political and market forces. The project is related to VFH interests in “The Future of Rural VIrginia.”
Library of Virginia	1998	$4,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a two-day symposium in which cartography experts, historians, and other scholars will examine the role of maps in the development of Virginia. The symposium is part of a larger initiative entitled “Virginia in Maps”, which also includes an exhibit and publication of an Atlas.
Orange Downtown Alliance	1998	$3,500.00	Orange	Funds to support production of a Walking Tour brochure focusing on the history of the Town of Orange, its historic commercial district in particular. The brochure will be used both as an educational resource and as an enhancement for local tourism.
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	1998	$2,000.00	Brookneal	Funds to support two public symposia–one at St. John’s Church in Richmond, the other in Williamsburg–examining the legacy of Patrick Henry in observance of the 200th anniversary of his death.
People Incorporated of Southwest Virginia	1998	$8,000.00	Abingdon	Funds to support the publication of a book containing documents, photographs, and oral histories collected as part of a community history research project on the Town of Dante. Research was supported by an earlier VFH grant.
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Incorporated	1998	$5,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support production of an interpretive exhibit on George Washington’s early years as a surveyor and military officer on the Virginia Frontier, and how these experiences contributed to the development of his character and leadership skills.
American Shakespeare Center	1998	$10,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support an institute for twenty Virginia high school teachers to give participants the knowledge and the tools to teach Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in a post-Holocaust world.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1998	$3,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a systematic assessment of the portrayl of African-Americans at six presidential sites in Virginia. The purpose is to initiate a dialogue about how the interpretation of African-American history by museums and historic sites shapes both our understanding of the past and our attitudes in the present
Virginia State University	1998	$11,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support the first phase of a 3-part, multi-year project to explore the construction of race, the formation and persistence of racial identity, the experience of racial identification, and the changing patterns of race relations in two representative Virginia communities–Richmond and Petersburg. It includes oral history interviews with white and black residents of both cities.
Virginia Tech	1998	$6,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a one-day public forum on the ethical, social and policy concerns associated with the potential use of genetic engineering to “improve” otherwise healthy children. This program is part of an ongoing series exploring issues raised by new developments in science and technology, bringing scientists and humanities scholars together to discuss these issues with a public audience.
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society	1998	$600.00	Amherst	Funds to support the 10th Annual Conference of Historical Societies in Piedmont, VIrginia, an event the VFH has suppported on at least three occasions in the past. Eighteen societies from sixteen counties are members of the Conference.
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society	1998	$600.00	Amherst	Grant is closed in database, but there is no written evaluation to enter in the record. There is a narrative in the grant file.
The Providence Foundation	1999	$800.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support typesetting and other pre-press costs associated wtih a forthcoming publication of papers from a 1996 VFH-funded symposium on Relgion and Politcal Culture in Jefferson’s Virginia
The Providence Foundation	1999	$800.00	Charlottesville	No written evaluation, although the grant is closed in the database.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights	1999	$1,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support production and promotion costs associated with an exhibit on the history of the Freedman’s School in Lynchburg.
Hampden-Sydney College	1999	$9,000.00	Hampden-Sydney	Funds to support a four-day symposium marking the 40th anniversary of the closing of the public schools in Prince Edward county in response to the federal desegregation order.
Roanoke County Public Library	1999	$4,300.00	Vinton	Funds to support creation of a multi-media program, two exhibits, and “archival and reference materials” on the homefront experience in the Roanoake valley during World War II. This work is to be based on oral history interviews with people, representing a diversity of backgrounds, who were residents of the Roanoke area during the war years.
Southern Memorial Association	1999	$1,750.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support research leading to the creation of a permanent exhibit based on an intensive study of the gravestones in the Old City Lynchburg Cemetery, their carvers, and how national trends in mortuary art compare with local practices.
Architectural Survey Group of Greene County	1999	$2,000.00	Stanardsville	Funds to support a survey and oral history documentation of historic resources in Greene County, along with creation of a permanent archive, a public forum, folklife tour, and publication examining growth and change in Virginia’s 6th fastest-growing locality.
Norfolk State University	1999	$2,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support data collection, interviews, and other research, along with the creation of an analytical “model” using Surry County as a case study of land loss by African-American farmers and landowners.
Valley Conservation Council	1999	$1,800.00	Staunton	Funds to support a public forum on the history of agriculture in Virginia and the Allegheny Highlands region, to be followed by an apprenticeship and long-term public education program devoted to presenting “sustainable farming” as one possible solution to the decline of agriculture and the economic problems facing counties in this Region.
Virginia Historical Society	1999	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a travelling photographic exhibit with an accompanying catalogue on “Vanishing Archetecture of Rural Virginia.” The project also includes a lecture series to be held in conjunction with the opening of this exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society.
Bland County School Board	1999	$2,000.00	Bland	Funds to expand an established oral history project being conducted by high school students in Bland County — specifically, to enlist the help of a professional oral historican in assessing the work-to-date and to develop a concrete plan for carrying the project forward.
Buchanan County Public Library	1999	$2,000.00	Grundy	Funds to support a publication containing photographs and oral histories of the Town of Grundy, to be used as background in a community-wide assessment of the Town’s future in light of major changes it is facing.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library	1999	$1,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a panel discussion — the first program in an anticipated series — on rural perservation adn mixed use development along teh Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg.
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen	1999	$2,000.00	Glen Allen	Funds to support an exhibit and related community programs exploring the history of Glen Allen — its transformation from a rural village to an “edge city” of Richmond; how Glen Allen has evolved economically and culturally; and which aspects of its rural past can and should be preserved.
Ferrum College	1999	$1,500.00	Ferrum	Funds to assist with development of a series of radio programs featuring successful community building and sustainable development efforts in Virginia’s Appalachian Region. The series will be broadcast on WWTF Public Radio during 1999.
Fluvanna County Historical Society	1999	$2,000.00	Palmyra	Funds to support a series of public meetings, forums, and dialogues designed to develop and implement a comprehensive “Heritage Plan” interpreting Fluvanna County’s history in the face of explosive population growth. Fluvanna is currently the 2nd fastest growing locality in Virginia.
Mountain Empire Community College	1999	$2,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support an oral history project designed to document and preserve the memories of people who lived in Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk prior to the creation of the City of Chesapeake in 1963 — and in the process to record this region’s transformation from a rural agricultural community to one of the fastest-growing cities in Virginia.
Norfolk County Historical Society	1999	$2,000.00	Chesapeake	Funds to support an oral history project designed to document and preserve the memories of people who lived in Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk prior to the creation of the City of Chesapeake in 1963 — and in the process to record this region’s transformation from a rural agricultural community to one of the fastest-growing cities in Virginia.
Rivanna Film Group	1999	$1,200.00	Charlottesville	Documentary on the life of Rebecca Fuller McGinnis, a 106-year old African-American woman from Charlottesville, VA.
Tazewell County Public Library	1999	$1,500.00	Richlands	Funds for a six-prt discussion series on modern American poetry using the Poets in Person model, along with a one-day teachers workshop and a community reading.
Virginia State University	1999	$750.00	Petersburg	A one-day symposium on the African influence in Latin America. Scholars of Spanish Language and Literature will address such topics as “Afro-Hispanic Culture and the Diaspora,” “Africana in the Caribbean,” and “Cuban Slavery.”
Film Arts Foundation	1999	$55,000.00	San Francisco	Funds to support production of “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property.”
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen	1999	$5,000.00	Richmond	An exhibit tracing how a rural community evolved from colonial times to a farming community and railroad resort, to the sprawling, late 20th century Edge City it has become today. The exhibit will pose questions about the economic issues and aesthetics of the evolving suburban landscape. It will also explore the prominent role African-Americans have played in this area…
Frontier Culture Museum	1999	$4,000.00	Staunton	Furnishing an 1850s Valley farmhouse
Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc.	1999	$5,000.00	Berkeley	Funds to support development of one-hour documentary film examining issues raised by a proposed mega-store to be built near the town of Kilmarnock, Va. The film addresses issues of community preservation and change and “the future of rural Virginia” by examining all sides of this controversial development in light of well-established – sometimes conflicting – community values.
James Agee Film Project	1999	$7,500.00	University Park	Funds to support research and script development for a 3-part film series on Appalachia. Consultants include many of the world’s leading scholars of Appalachian studies and related disciplines.
Native American Television, Inc.	1999	$6,000.00	Leesburg	Funds to support pre-production costs associated with a one-hour documentary film on the history and culture of Native-American people in Virginia as seen through the eyes of their tribal elders.
Tangier Watermen’s Stewardship for the Chesapeake	1999	$5,000.00	Tangier	Funds to support the production of a 30 minute documentary film on efforts toward sustainable developments that are taking place on Tangier Island. The focus is on how a community uses its most basic values to find an appropriate balance between environmental stewardship and economic vitality.
The College of William and Mary	1999	$6,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a three-day international conference exploring the history and cultural legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
Jack and Jill of America	1999	$7,500.00	Alexandria	Funds to support research on publication of a map documenting the landholdings of African American residents of Farifax County during the years 1860-1900, along with important African American historic sites in the county. The project is funded as part of a statewide effort by VFH to create an African American historic trail in Virginia.
University of Virginia	1999	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a symposium on the work of John Edgar Wideman. The program includes a reading and lecture by Mr. Wideman, two panel discussions, and related events including an issue of the journal Callaloo devoted to Mr. Wideman’s work.
University of Virginia	1999	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a symposium focusing on the work of Melvin B. Tolson, an African-American poet whose work is being republished by the University Press of Virginia. This symposium coincides with the Tolson publication and with another new book, The Furious Flowering of African-American Poetry, which results from a VFH-sponsored conference at James Madison University.
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	1999	$1,800.00	Galax	Funds to support the administration activities of the Southwest Council during 1999-2000.
Blue Ridge Regional Library	1999	$1,500.00	Ridgeway	library discussion series for 1999-2000
Shenandoah County Historical Society	1999	$1,500.00	Edinburg	Funds to support the first phase of a multi-year project to catalogue and document an extensive collection of glass-plate negatives documenting life in Shenandoah County between 1890 and 1930.
University of Virginia	1999	$1,450.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support two public events–a public discussion and a smaller round-table seminar–featuring Betty Williams, a Nobel Peace Laureate who will address the subject of violence and peace as it affects children worldwide.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	1999	$7,000.00	Madison Heights	NEH Description: Funds to support the costs associated with the facial reconstruction of two Monacan Indian skulls, which were exhumed from a burial mound in Rockbridge County by Edward Valentine in the early 1900s. VFH funds will be used to pay the actual costs of the reconstruction by anthropologist/ artist Sharon Long, whose previous experience includes reconstruction of skulls found at Jamestown.
Christiansburg Institute	1999	$9,500.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support production of an exhibit on the history of the Christiansburg Institute (aka Christiansburg Industrial Institute), which served as a regional center for the education of African-American children in Southwest Virginia from 1866-1966. In addition, a public lecture will be presented at the exhibit opening in Blacksburg in April 2000.
Virginia Commonwealth University	1999	$8,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support the collection and transcription of oral histories, and from these, the creation of a play in the style of “Living Newspapers” exploring the history and identity of Richmond’s Carver neighborhood.
Wintergreen Performing Arts, Inc.	1999	$4,000.00	Nellysford	Funds to support a series of “workshops” that will include a piano recital and three lectures on the African-American contribution to American music.
Ferrum College	1999	$12,000.00	Ferrum	Funds to support an interpretation exhibit on the history and evolution of the banjo, along with a related publication and educational program focusing on the banjo’s tradition from an instrument of Africans(and New World Affrican slaves) to the symbol of Anglo-American country music and rural life.
George Mason University	1999	$5,000.00	McLean	Funds to support selected programs in a week-long series of events examining the role of the university in civic education and in promoting the ideal of citizenship. Activities to be funded include public lectures panel discussions and individual presentations, and publication of a report on how Virginia’s colleges and universities are pursuing the goal of citizenship education through a variety of programs and institutional policies.
Lynchburg College	1999	$5,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a six-part series of community discussion programs on “turn of the century” Lynchburg and a related exhibit illustrating the artistic movemetns that redefined American culture in the period 1890-1910. By looking back 100 eyars, the projects seeks to offer insights into the social history and the evolving cultural identity of Lynchburg.
Virginia Project Foundation	1999	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the cost of videotaping seven oral history interviews with prominent Virginians, whose recollections and insights will contribute to the production of a one-hour documentary video on the contributions of former Virginia Governor Albertis Harrison.
Virginia Tech	1999	$1,600.00	Blacksburg	No description available
Virginia Tech	1999	$1,600.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a one-day conference entitled “Preserving Community Identity and Place in the New River Valley.” The focus of the conference is on the challenges rural communities face in a period of social and economic change, the importance of place in maintaining a sense of identity, and how two representative rural communities have successfully “mediated” the values of community and the Postmodern world.
Washington and Lee University	1999	$4,500.00	Lexington	Funds to support a four-part lecture series and community forum on the subject of “Growth and Conservation: Lessons from the Humanities.” The project as a whole will address the challenges of reconciling competing needs – for envoronmental stewardship and economic vitality – at the local level.
Wintergreen Performing Arts, Inc.	1999	$4,000.00	Nellysford	Funds to support a series of “workshops” that will include a piano recital and three lectures on the African-American contribution to American music.
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	1999	$2,000.00	Fredericksburg	No description available
Gunston Hall Plantation	2000	$1,800.00	Mason Neck	Funds to present a four-part series of lecture-discussion programs on the First Ammendment, presented as Gunston Hall’s annual “Liberty Lecture Series.”
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2000	$2,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support a nine-part lecture series in multiple locations, focusing on the three industries-agriculture, commerical fishing and eco-tourism-that are central to the economic life of the Eastern Shore.
Wythe-Grayson Regional Library	2000	$1,500.00	Independence	A six-part series of poetry discussions using the “Poets In Person” format. The series is part of a larger celebration of poetry involving local schools and branch libraries.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	2000	$1,800.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support a reading-discussion program featuring poet, novelist, and scholar Lucinda Roy, that is being presented as part of a larger symposium on Southern literature, film, landscape design, music, and culinary arts.
Alexandria Black History Museum	2000	$2,500.00	Alexandria	Funds to research and document the achievements of African-American women in Northern Virginia, and to create two permanent educational “kits” which will help students explore the sites related to this history.
Elegba Folklore Society, Incorporated	2000	$2,500.00	Richmond	Creation and distribution of promotional materials, training of volunteers and interpretive staff, and further development of the marketing plan for a tour of African-American historic sites in Richmond.
Virginia’s Explore Park	2000	$2,500.00	Roanoke	Research and development of interpretive programs focusing on the contributions made by African-Americans to the development and success of river commerce in Western Virginia.
First Baptist Church of Salem	2000	$2,500.00	Salem	Funds to conduct an historical survey of Salem’s central African-American neighborhood, known as the South Broad area.
Friends of the Freedmen’s Cemetery	2000	$2,500.00	Alexandria	Funds to create an interpretive brochure and website designed to promote awareness of the history of the Freedmen’s Cemetery and the need to protect this site from encroaching development.
Friends of the National Park Service for Green Springs	2000	$2,500.00	Williamsburg	Research and publication of a report on the history of Centerville, a community of Free Black residents emancipated by William Ludwell Lee in 1802. This report will become the basis for interpretation of African-American history at Green Spring.
Gloucester 350th Celebration	2000	$2,500.00	Gloucester	Production of an interpretive brochure and website as the basis for physical and virtual tours of African-American historic sites in Gloucester County, which include the home of Robert R. Moton, birthplace of the United Negro College Fund, the site of the first slave revolt in the Colonial U.S., and the childhood home of Irene Morgan who prevailed in a 1946 Supreme Court case involving segregation.
Lynchburg Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau	2000	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	Production of a brochure focusing on African-American historic sites in Lynchburg and five surrounding counties.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2000	$2,500.00	Mason Neck	Funds to enhance interpretation of slave life at Gunston Hall through production of an exhibit based in part on on-going archaeological research.
Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.	2000	$2,500.00	Ashland	Funds to conduct research and interviews leading to the creation of an African-American Heritage Trail in the town of Ashland. The focus is on 19th century history.
Ivy Creek Foundation	2000	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Oral history and related research on the family of Hugh Carr, a former slave who became a prosperous farmer and community leader in Albemarle County whose property is now the site of the Ivy Creek Natural Area which receives 30-50,000 visitors each year.
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.	2000	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	Creation of an interpretive brochure and other materials that will enhance self-guided tours of the Anne Spencer House and Gardens.
James Madison’s Montpelier	2000	$2,500.00	Orange	Physical, historical, and architectural research on the “Gilmore Cabin” which was built in 1870 by an emancipated Montpelier slave. The project also includes oral histories to be collected from members of the Gilmore family who still live in Orange County.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2000	$1,500.00	Farmville	Design and installation of interpretive signs at the Robert R. Moton School in Prince Edward County, site of the student strike that eventually led to the Brown v. Board of Education decision and to years of “Massive Resistance” in Virginia. The school building is now being developed into a museum. It is also the “anchor site” for the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail…
Rockbridge Historical Society	2000	$2,500.00	Lexington	Funds to publish the text of a previous lecture series, to conduct an oral history project, and to plan an exhibit and brochure on African-American history in Rockbridge County.
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church	2000	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support material costs associated with the display of an historical quilt and the pulpit furniture of John Jasper, the legendary pastor of Sixth Mount Zion.
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2000	$2,500.00	Forest	Production of an interpretive brochure focusing on the enslaved African-American community at Poplar Forest and on Jefferson’s relationship to institutionalized slavery during his lifetime.
Thyne Institute Memorial, Incorporated	2000	$1,500.00	Chase City	Design and construction of interpretive signs commemorating the first organized school for African-American children in Mecklenburg County. Thyne was part of a network of similar institutions that provided high-quality education for African-Americans prior to integration.
Tidewater Community College	2000	$2,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to create historically accurate scripts to be used by costumed interpreters in a newly expanded version of the city of Portsmouth’s “African-American Heritage Familiarization Trolley Tours.”
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2000	$1,000.00	Falls Church	Creation of an interpretive brochure highlighting the historical and cultural significance of Tinner Hill, where the first rural branch of the NAACP was established in 1915.
Town of Wytheville	2000	$2,500.00	Wytheville	No description available
University of Virginia	2000	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	No description available
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	2000	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to create an interpretive brochure as a complement to a new exhibit on the history of Jackson Ward.
Virginia Museum of Transportation	2000	$2,500.00	Roanoke	Production of an interactive CD-Rom presenting the recollections of former African-American employees of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Virginia State University	2000	$2,000.00	Petersburg	Research to document the African-American history connected with two former plantations–Ettrick Banks and Matoaca–on whose lands Virginia State is now located.
Historical Society of Washington County, VA	2000	$2,500.00	Abingdon	Funds to gather existing information on African-American history in Southwest Virginia, to conduct new research and oral histories, and to create a “Directory of Resources” on this subject for use by future scholars and visitors to the Region.
Bland County School Board	2000	$2,500.00	Rocky Gap	Funds to support oral history, photo documentation, and research on the history of Dry Fork, an African-American farming community in Bland County that was founded by freed slaves and remains largely intact today.
Booker T. Washington Elementary School Reunion Organization	2000	$1,000.00	Wirtz	Funds to create an interpretive exhibit in a former segregated school building, on land that was once part of the farm where Booker T. Washington was born.
Buckingham Training School Commemoration	2000	$1,500.00	Dillwyn	Funds to place interpretive signs at the Carter G. Woodson Birthplace in Buckingham County.
Christiansburg Institute	2000	$1,900.00	Christiansburg	Funds to create a 12-page interpretive booklet on the history and significance of Christiansburg Institute (formerly Christiansburg Industrial Institute), which was the first school to provide secondary education for African-American children in Southwest Virginia.
Community Involvement Awareness, Inc.	2000	$2,500.00	Staunton	Publication of a comprehensive history of African-American churches in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. The first phase of a larger project to document the full spectrum of African-American life in this part of the Shenandoah Valley.
Library of Virginia	2000	$1,800.00	Richmond	Funds to support the Southern Association for Women Historians’ annual conference in 2000.
James Madison University	2000	$800.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support a one-day conference to discuss and evaluate the resources currently available for teaching Virginia history at the College level; and to explore the prospects for creating a single text of readings that would facilitate instruction in the field.
Black Heritage Museum of Arlington	2000	$10,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support construction of a replica of Freedman’s Village in Arlington; to publish a related map and chronology; to create an exhibit and datebase of information about Freedman’s Village; and to support a series of community workshops and lectures on geneology.
George Mason university	2000	$3,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a 3-day summer institute for teachers (k-12) focusing on documentary and civic education. The 7th in a annual series of institutes sponsored by G.M.U. and developed in cooperation with Fairfax county school system.
Historical Society of Washington County, VA	2000	$8,000.00	Abingdon	Funds to initiate a process of exploring the history of African American education in five southeast Virginia localities, the first phase of a larger region-wide project to document this history throghout Appalacian Virginia. Through a series of community forums, local sponsoring organizations will learn techniques of oral history, material culture documentation, and school and courthouse research.
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum	2000	$7,000.00	Sterling	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit based on the contents of the Waxpool General Store that were donated to the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. During the 1940s, the store was a focal point of community life, serving as post office, polling place, and the main purchasing outlet for farmers adn farm families in what is now the fastest growing county in Virginia.
Mountain Empire Community College	2000	$10,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support production of a multi-volume set of CD recordings, compiling the best, most significant performances from a 30-year-old festival of Appalachian traditional music and storytelling known as Home Craft Days. The grant also supports creation of an intepretive booklet to accompany the CDs as well as their free distribution to schools and libraries.
Network of South Asian Professionals	2000	$6,000.00	Washington	Funds to support portions of a two-day festival devoted to exploring South Asian literature written in English.
Norfolk State University	2000	$8,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support the creation of a permanent website on African-American community life in Norfolk – expanding an earlier VFH funded project to document the history of African American hospitals in the Norfolk area.
Radford University	2000	$2,500.00	Radford	Funds to support the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference to be held at Radford in the year 2000. The conference is devoted to exploring language, literature, and pedagogy and will feature more than 40 individual sessions for scholars and teachers.
Shenandoah County Historical Society	2000	$7,800.00	Edinburg	Funds to support the first phase of a multi-year project to preserve, document, interpret, and present to the public a collection of 30,000 glass plate photographic negatives representing life in Shenandoah County, Virginia, during the years 1890-1905.
Surry County Historical Society	2000	$8,400.00	Surry	Funds to identify, transcribe, index, and duplicate- as a prelude to publishing in book and electronic form- a large collection of records relating to the free black residents of Surry County. Surry’s documentary record on this subject is unique among Virginia localities in its breadth and completion.
University of Virginia	2000	$6,400.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of community dialogues explaining women’s leadership in a variety of fields, from literature to health care.
University of Virginia’s College at Wise	2000	$4,000.00	Wise	Funds to support a one-day public forum on violence toward women, focusing on the root causes of violence, the cultural factors that support it, and strategies for removing those cultural supports, especially in an Appalachian context.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2000	$8,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support an institute for high school teachers, exploring African literature and art in their social context. This institute will take place in conjunction with the annual African Literature Association Conference, to be hosted in 2001 by Virginia Commonwealth U. and the University of Richmond.
Virginia’s Explore Park	2000	$4,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a 2-day conference on aspects of the history and culture of the Blue Ridge in Virginia, designed to bring together representatives of museums, public schools, and the acedemic community.
Media Working Group	2000	$50,000.00	Covington	This 60-minute video documentary will explore the world of country music songwriting, presenting a culturally inclusive and historically informed portrait of a quintessentially American musical form. Surveying the development of country music from the pre-World War II era, through the emergence of Nashville as a songwriting and publishing center, to the contemporary, highly competitive environment, the program will work to dispel stereotypes, considering the many musical tradtions and regions of the country that have contributed to country music.
University of South Carolina	2000	$55,000.00	Columbia	A candid, one-hour video documentary that illustrates communal rituals of stew-making, documenting the cooking of a wide variety of traditional stews, exploring th stew-makers’ commitment to their unique and fragile expressoins of cultural heritage. The program will analyze the relation between the stuff of stews and the social dynamics of stew-making and consumption; explore the roles that gender, age, and kinship play in stew-making communities; and argue that stew-making in disparate communities reflects historical patterns of acculturation, incorporating a variety of folkloristic elements.
Fishburne Military School	2000	$1,600.00	Waynesboro	Funds to support a meeting of advisors and consultants who will assist Fishburne Military School in determining the feasibility of converting a recently vacated library building into a permanent museum and interpretive facility focusing on the role of military schools in the Central Shenandoah Valley in the 19th & 20th centuries.
Orange County Historical Society	2000	$2,500.00	Orange	Funds to support research and planning in preparation for a gathering of the descendants of Montpelier’s slaves, to be held in conjunction with the observance of James Madison’s 250th birthday in April, 2001.
Tazewell County Public Library	2000	$2,500.00	Tazewell	Funds to support a leacture, book, and film discussion series on William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice, a total of eight programs to be presented at four southwestern Virginia locations, sponsored by four local libraries.
Duke University	2000	$2,500.00	Durham	Funds to support photo documentation and planning for an interpretive exhibit on changes affecting the culture of tobacco and the traditions that surround it in Pittsylvania County, the heart of Virginia’s “Old Belt.”
Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council	2000	$2,000.00	Galax	Funds to support the regular activities of the Southwest Council during the period 08/00-08/01
Orange County Historical Society	2000	$2,500.00	Orange	Funds to support a continuation of the research–begun under an earlier VFH grant–to locate the descendatns of Montpelier’s Slaves, as part of planning for commemoration of the 250th anniversary of James Madison’s birth. A gathering of the slaves’ descendants will take place in conjunction with this event in April 2001.
Taubman Museum of Art	2000	$6,200.00	Roanoke	Funds to support an interpretive exhibit exploring the significance of the art of Norman Rockwell within its historical context.
U.S.S. Wisconsin Foundation	2000	$15,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support research, design, and production costs for an exhibit on the role that Hampton Roads–especially the City of Norfolk–has played in American naval history. This exhibit will enhance interpretation of the Battleship Wisconsin, which will be permanently berthed in Norfolk and open to the public beginning in April 2001.
Virginia Association of Museums	2000	$10,700.00	Richmond	Funds to support a 3-day intensive museum training program designed to serve the needs of the staffs, boards, and volunteers of small and emerging museums–especially history museums–statewide.
Virginia Tech	2000	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a two-day conference on “Stepping,” exploring the history and cultural context of this increasingly popular and complex art form.
Center in the Square	2000	$5,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support collecting the memories and oral history of photographer O. Winston Link, as part of the planning for a video documentary on his work and the creation of a new museum in Roanoke dedicated to it.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	2000	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a ten-part lecture series designed to highlight the achievements of African-Americans since the 17th century.
Virginia Wesleyan College	2000	$13,200.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a series of lectures, panel discussions and related events exploring the varieties of religion and religious experience in the South–especially in relationship to the exercise of individual First Amendment rights.
WCVE-TV Channel 23	2000	$10,600.00	Richmond	Funds to support research and script development for a two-hour documentary film on the history of the public school crisis in Prince Edward County, focusing on the period of Massive Resistance, but setting these events in a context that reaches back to the 1920s and forward to the present day.
Christiansburg Institute	2000	$9,900.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support creation of the first in a series of rotating on-line exhibits essential to the establishment of a permanent “Virtual Christiansburg Institute” website designed to preserve and explore the history and legacy of one of the most important African-American educational institutions prior to desegregation.
George Washington’s Fredericksburg Foundation	2000	$9,900.00	Fredericksburg	Our funds in this project supported planning for an exhibit on the Kenmore Mansion Restoration Project, focusing on the conservation techniques applied to the mansion and on the lives and traditions of its owners and builders.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2000	$10,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support five public lectures and the first year of a two-year research and publication project that will result in a comprehensive guide to manuscripts and collections related to the history of five Southwest Virginia counties.
National Preservation Institute	2000	$10,000.00	Alexandria	Funds to support a 5-day intensive training workshop for administration, board members, and directors of historic properties, designed to encourage a holistic approach to issues surrounding the stewardship of those sites.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2000	$15,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support production of an interpretive exhibit, two public lectures, and a series of publications to be developed and presented in conjunction with the official opening of the Moton Museum in Farmville. This event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the student strike that set in motion one of the most important chapters in the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
Handley Regional Library	2000	$4,700.00	Winchester	Funds to support a four-part lecture-discussion series on the works of Willa Cather, emphasizing the Virginia roots of the important American writer.
Richard Bland College	2000	$3,700.00	Petersburg	Funds to support a series of four public programs–two lecture-discussions and two reading/conversations–exploring the works of African-American women writers.
Appalshop	2000	$6,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support a series of public discussions, and a related website examining the conflict between the right of media access and an individual’s right to privacy, as well as questions regarding the portrayal of a community by outsiders, and th power of images to create cultural identity.
Marymount University	2000	$10,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support creation of a website designed to assist and encourage teachers and students in exploring ethical issues associated with Internet technologies.
University of Virginia	2000	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	No description available
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation	2000	$2,500.00	Staunton	Funds to support a 3-day summer institute for middle and high school teachers, exploring the history of the United States in the first quarter of the 20th century, focusing on immigration, race and ethnicity, suffrage, the Progressive Era, technology, arts and entertainment, and World War I.
Museum of the Confederacy	2001	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support two lectures and a panel discussion on the role of African-American soldiers in the Confederacy — and on the controversy surrounding their involvement, both during the war and in the present day.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2001	$2,300.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support a 4-part lecture-discussion series on the subject of “Equal Protection and The Law,” focusing in particular on the application of the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th amendment as well as rights of the disabled, women’s rights, and the rights of Native Americans.
Louisa County Historical Society	2001	$1,500.00	Louisa	Funds to support the annual conference of the Historical Societies of the Virginia Piedmont, hosted this year in Louisa County
Virginia Tech	2001	$2,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the first annual Virginia Indian Nations Summit on Higher Education, in which representation of the eight state-recognized tribes in Virginia and members of the faculty of Virginia Tech will discuss the future of the university’s new American Indian Studies Program and its relationship to the Virginia Indian community.
Virginia Film Foundation	2001	$2,400.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a continuation of the planning and script development process for a public television series on the life, times, and significance of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Chincoteague Island Library	2001	$2,200.00	Chincoteague	Funds to support a 5-part book discussion series on classic works of detective fiction.
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	2001	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	No description available
George Mason University	2001	$3,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support an oral history project focusing on the experiences of African-Americans who attended school in Buckingham County, Virginia during the height of Jim Crow segregation.
Gloucester 350th Celebration	2001	$1,500.00	Gloucester	Funds to support printing and related costs in connection with a driving tour of African-American historic sites in Gloucester County.
Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.	2001	$3,000.00	Ashland	Funds to support research including oral histories related to the educational experiences of African-Americans in Hanover County, resulting in an exhibit and permanent archive.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Inc.	2001	$3,000.00	Tazewell	Funds to assist with publication of a book about the African-American history of Tazewell County and its impact on the broader history of Southwest Virginia.
Historic Smithfield	2001	$3,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support research, leading to the creation of an intepretive brochure, docent training, and a community forum on the history of slave life at Smithfield Plantation, designed to improve overall interpretation at the site.
James River Blues Society	2001	$2,600.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support production of a large-format brochure and map and a related highway historical marker in Lynchburg focusing on Virginia’s contributions to the early development of the Blues as a distinctive American musical tradition.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2001	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support production of an exhibit and related catalogue on the history of African-American education in Lynchburg and the surrounding counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell.
Longwood University	2001	$3,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support research and photo-documentation leading to the publication of a book on slave dwellings throughout Virginia.
Longwood University	2001	$3,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support an oral history project designed to capture the memories of people involved in the Civil Rights movement in Farmville and Prince Edward County.
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum	2001	$3,000.00	Sterling	Funds to support an exhibit and related public lecture — the first in a series — focusing on slavery in Loudoun County.
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.	2001	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Publication of a 64-page booklet on the life and influence of Anne Spencer.
Loudoun Museum	2001	$3,000.00	Leesburg	Research leading to the development of a walking tour on the African-American history of Loudoun County.
Mariners’ Museum	2001	$3,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support the development and implementation of an outreach program — intended for school and community audiences — in conjunction with creation ofa new exhibit on the Middle Passage and the TransAtlantic Slave Trade.
James Madison’s Montpelier	2001	$2,500.00	Orange	Funds to support oral history decumentation and interpretive planning in preparation for the development of a permanent exhibit on the life of a post-bellum African-American family in Orange County — a former slave (George Gilmore), his wife and children who owned land that once belonged to James Madison’s great-nephew.
The College of William and Mary	2001	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to assist with the creation of a lesson plan for high school teachers focusing on the 1966 Supreme Court case, Green v. New Kent County, Virginia, in which the Court declared that it was the duty of local school boards to eliminate all vestiges of state-imposed segregation, thus changing the role of government from prohibiting segregation to requiring integration in public schools.
Piedmont Virginia Community College	2001	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	No description available
Piedmont Virginia Community College	2001	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support an oral history project involving scholars, community leaders, and adult-education students in an effort to document and preserve the African-American history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
Sergeant Kirkland’s Museum and Historical Society	2001	$3,000.00	Spotsylvania	Funds to support printing costs for a book-length publication on the history of a largely unknown slave revolt on the ship Creole, a Richmond vessel carrying slaves from Eastern and Central Virginia who were given freedom by British authorities in Nassau following the revolt.
Virginia Tech	2001	$3,000.00	Critz	Funds to support an archeological survey and production of a map, brochure, and exhibit signage focusing on a slave graveyard located on the Reynolds Homestead property, as part of a larger effort to enhance the interpretation of African-American history at this site.
Thomas Nelson Community College	2001	$400.00	Hampton	Funds to support research focusing on the history of an annual gathering of members of the Grand United Order of Moses, an African-American fraternal order and mutual benefit society, which met in Charlotte County each year from 1904 until the early 1970s.
University of Virginia’s College at Wise	2001	$3,000.00	Wise	Research and oral history interviews leading to the production of an exhibit on the history of the African- American community in and around the coal-mining town of Clinchco, Virginia.
Valentine Richmond History Center	2001	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research, a publication, and docent training which involves lectures by scholars of Richmond’s history, leading to the development of a tour of African- American historic sites in the city.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	2001	$3,000.00	Blacksburg	Research on the African-American history associated with Bacon’s Castle, designed to broaden interpretation at the site.
Virginia Historical Society	2001	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support production of a travelling exhibit and related publication on the relationship between the church and education in African-American communities.
Virginia Museum of Transportation	2001	$3,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support production and distribution of a documentary videa on the life and contributions of Chauncey Spencer, a pioneer in aviation whose achievements helped to open the field to other African-Americans in the mid-20th c.
Virginia Tech	2001	$3,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support research and construction of a scale model of Christiansburg Institute, which provided 100 years of education for African-American children in SW Virginia from emancipation to integration. The exhibit will be housed in the renovated Edgar A. Long building on the C.I. campus.
Virginia State University	2001	$3,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support the creation of an interpretive exhibit on the life and legacy in dance of Virginia native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation	2001	$1,500.00	Alexandria	Funds to support research and documentation of slave life at the Lee-Fendall House, which served as home for generations of the Lee family from 1785-1903.
WVTF Public Radio	2001	$3,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a series of four radio documentaries on the “life, death, and re-birth” of Christiansburg Institute, an institution that served African-American students in Southside Virginiafor 100 years beginning in 1866 and has re-emerged as a center of educational and cultural life in Montgomery County.
Bland County School Board	2001	$3,000.00	Rocky Gap	Research, interviews, and further development of an existing website on “Dry Fork,” an African-American agricultural community in Bland County
University of Virginia	2001	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of an on-line research archive and database related to the history of Proffit, and African-American community in northern Albemarle County.
City of Petersburg	2001	$3,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support research leading to the creation of a 44-page booklet on Petersburg’s African-American history.
Community Involvement Awareness, Inc.	2001	$2,700.00	Staunton	Funds to support publication of a book on the histories of African-American churches in the Staunton/Augusta County area.
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2001	$3,000.00	Forest	Funds to support a comprehensive review of how slavery has been and is currently being interpreted at Poplar Forest — Thomas Jefferson’s second home in Bedford County — and the development of a new approach to this interpretation, based on the contributions of a group of scholars and other experts.
County of Spotsylvania	2001	$3,000.00	Spotsylvania	Funds to support development of a brochure and the installation of interpretive displays on the history of African-American education at Stubb School, a one-room building that has been relocated to the center of Spotsylvania where it will be open to the public as an educational exhibit.
Duke University	2001	$7,700.00	Durham	Funds to support collection and transcription of oral history interviews documenting the economic and cultural pressures affecting traditional agriculture in Franklin County, VA, as it is practiced by members of the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Community. Our funds will also support at least two public presentations of the results of this documentation and research.
University of Virginia	2001	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	No description available
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum	2001	$9,300.00	Sterling	No description available
Appomattox Regional Library System	2001	$1,250.00	Hopewell	Funds to support a series of six lecture-discussion programs featuring Virginia authors to be held at three separate locations served by the Appomattox Regional Library.
The Providence Foundation	2001	$4,400.00	Charlottesville	No description available
WVTF Public Radio	2001	$3,350.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a series of radio documentary programs, followed by an hour-long “call-in” show on the history and long-term impact of Virginia’s involuntary human sterilization program and its relationship to the inter- national Eugenics movement.
Appalshop	2001	$8,700.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support pre-production costs associated with the creation of a one-hour documentary film for television, examining the impact of the prison industry in rural SW Virginia, Wise County in particular, as well as the nationwise controversy surrounding the use of prisons as a solution to the need for rural economic development.
Westmoreland County Museum and Library	2001	$2,100.00	Montross	Funds to support an exhibit and accompanying series of lectures on the work of Morgan Jones, a seventeenth century Virginia potter, whose kiln was excavated in Westmoreland County in 1973 and remains the oldest documented site of Colonial-era pottery making in the state.
Cave Canem	2001	$2,250.00	New York	Our funds in this project supported planning and development of an anthology of Black Southern Poetry.
Virginia Tech	2001	$2,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a one-day program celebrating Southern food, literature, and culture, featuring well-known writers — Ernest Gaines, John Egerton, and Nikki Giovanni — and experts in Southern foodways.
Steamboat Era Museum	2001	$1,300.00	Irvington	Funds to support planning for an oral history project to document the economic and cultural history and legacy of steamboat transport and commerce on the Chesapeake Bay.
Archipelago Publishers, Inc.	2001	$1,450.00	Charlottesville	This project allowed ArchipelAgo editor Katherine McNamara to capture some very significant interviews with three important figures connected with Shocken Books in New York.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2001	$2,400.00	Onancock	Our funds in this project supported administrative costs associated with founding and establishing the Eastern Shore Regional Humanities Council.
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	2001	$1,750.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support research, planning, and design for an exhibit on the history of Fredericksburg that uses the Rappahannock River as its organizing theme.
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation	2001	$500.00	Baltimore	This grant supported the participation of a Virginia Folklife Scholar, Charlie Petrocci, in a series of meetings to begin planning for the 2004 Smithsonia Folklife Festival, which will focus on the Maritime Culture of the Mid Atlantic Region.
Richmond Public Library	2001	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a portion of the promotion costs for a ten-part series of conversations with recently published Richmond writers.
The College of William and Mary	2001	$8,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to assist in the completion of a 3-part documentary project, resulting in a publication, CD-ROM, and video, based on oral histories collected from the leaders of the eight state-recognized Virginia Indian tribes.
Richmond Hill, Incorporated	2001	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support an eight-part lecture series on Richmond’s African-American history.
Virginia Project Foundation	2001	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the costs of filming interviews, with current and former political journalists, whose recollections will contribute to a one hour documentary film on the life, career, and political legacy of Virginia Governor Albertis Harrison.
The River Foundation	2001	$4,700.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research focusing on the role of 18th century frontier forts in the settlement of Western Virginia. This research will inform new publications and exhibits being created by Explore Park.
W. B. Yeats Foundation	2001	$10,000.00	Atlanta	Our funds in this project supported Virginia-based research, planning, and development of a final shooting script for a two-hour documentary film on the Scotch Irish in America.
Archipelago Publishers, Inc.	2001	$9,000.00	Charlottesville	Our funds supported a series of three library-based conversations about changes in the book publishing industry, and the related creation of an electronic book based on a series of articles on the same topic.
Duke University	2001	$13,000.00	Durham	No description available
Christiansburg Institute	2001	$9,800.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support research and editorial work leading to the publication (in book form) of selections from the papers of Edgar A. Long, who served as Principal of Christiansburg Institute from 1906-1924. Long’s writings are extraordinary, and important in their own right; but also because of the leading role CI played in the education of African American students in SW Virginia.
Fairfax County Public Library	2001	$4,600.00	Fairfax	No description available
George Mason University	2001	$3,000.00	Fairfax	No description available
Network of South Asian Professionals	2001	$5,000.00	Washington	No description available
Ash Lawn Opera Festival	2001	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a 3-day “seminar weekend” in which participants will attend three different opera performances at the Ash Lawn Summer Festival as well as four seminars designed to provide background and context for enhancing the appreciation of these parformances.
Ash Lawn Opera Festival	2001	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a 3-day “seminar weekend” in which participants will attend three different opera performances at the Ash Lawn Summer Festival as well as four seminars designed to provide background and context for enhancing the appreciation of these parformances.
Arlington Foundation, Incorporated	2001	$2,500.00	Eastville	Funds to support production of an exhibit, and a related publication on the archaeological and historical significance of Arlington mansion, built by John Custis II in the late 1670s on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Virginia Tech	2001	$1,200.00	Blacksburg	Funds to supp-ort the annual Dickens Society in America Symposium, being held in Roanoke in 2001. In particular, our funds are being used to support promotion of this event to teachers.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2001	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of four workshops designed to assist teachers in their efforts to integrate African literature into the classroom. The program is a follow-up to an earlier VFH-funded teachers institute on African literature held in conjunction with an international scholarly conference.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	2001	$2,200.00	Lancaster	Funds to support the first phase of a larger oral history project to document the history and contributions of African American residents of Virginia’s Northern Neck — Lancaster and Northumberland Counties.
Newport News Public Library System	2001	$2,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support a five-part book discussion series on “Intraracism Within the Black Community.”
Historical Society of Nelson County	2001	$1,500.00	Lovingston	Funds to support the annual conference of historical societies in the Virginia Piedmont Region, hosted in 2002 by the Nelson County Historical Society
The History Project	2001	$2,500.00	Washington	Funds to initiate production of a documentary television program on the experiences of young women–known as “government girls”–who came to Washington during World War II as part of the national mobilization following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and to gather oral histories from these women, many of whom now live in Northern Virginia.
Eastern Shore Community College	2001	$2,100.00	Melfa	Funds to support a one-day Heritage Festival celegrating the “indigenous and developing arts” of the Eastern Shore–with displays, demonstrations, and lectures that place the arts in their historical and cultural context.
FOCUS Women’s Resource Center	2001	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a lecture on women’s contributions to American history, to be presented at a luncheon even during the celebration of Focus’s 30th anniversary.
Arlington County	2001	$10,000.00	Arlington	No financial report required;
Ferrum College	2001	$10,000.00	Ferrum	This was the first of the grants we awarded under the joint VFH-VCA Folklife in Virginia grant program. Our funds supported research, production of an exhibit, and a related publication exploring the lives and musical contributions of Southwest Virginia musicians who had a major impact on the nascent recording industry during the 1920s and 1930s.
Friends of the Library, Floyd County	2001	$1,900.00	Floyd	Our funds in this project supported a four part lecture-discussion series loosely organized around the theme of community.
Sweet Briar College	2001	$6,500.00	Sweet Briar	Funds to support a 4-part lecture-discussion series focusing on domestic response to the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks and their impact on individual rights.
WVTF Public Radio	2001	$3,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a series of radio programs examining how writers, booksellers, libraries, and other literary institutions are responding to the challenges of technology and the information age.
Appalshop	2001	$8,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support initial production costs for a one-hour decomentary film on the inpact of the prison industry on rural America, using the central Appalachian region and Southwest Virginia in particular as examples.
Ash Lawn Opera Festival	2001	$2,150.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a teacher’s institute to be held in conjunction with the Summer Opera Festival at Ash Lawn, focusing on the historical and cultural context of the works being presented during the 2002 season.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2001	$10,000.00	Onancock	Funds to support a year-long project to preserve, accession, catalogue, transcribe, and cross-reference two collections of documents related to the history of the Eastern Shore during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Mariners’ Museum	2001	$15,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support development and production of two versions of a study guide to accompany a major exhibition on the history and legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and to support a lecture by historian Joseph Miller in conjunction with the exhibition opening.
Mariners’ Museum	2001	$15,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support development and production of two versions of a study guide to accompany a major exhibition on the history and legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and to support a lecture by historian Joseph Miller in conjunction with the exhibition opening.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	2001	$8,500.00	Lancaster	Funds to support the collection and transcription of oral history interviews with older African American residents of the Northern Neck, as well as a related series of in-depth geneaological studies focusing on local African American families whose ancestors served in the Revolutionary War.
University of Mary Washington	2001	$5,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a seven-part historic series in conjunction with an exhibit on Leonardo Da Vinci’s achievements as a scientist and engineer.
National Preservation Institute	2001	$10,000.00	Alexandria	No description available
The River Foundation	2001	$3,400.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research and development of an integrative plan focusing on the traditional customs, skills, and practices of western Virginia’s milling trade.
Virginia Tech	2001	$9,900.00	Blacksburg	No description available
Virginia Wesleyan College	2001	$10,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a semester-long symposium–a series of lectures and public forums–exploring the complex relatoinshp between religion and nationalism in a variety of cultural contexts.
William King Museum	2001	$7,200.00	Abingdon	Our funds supported the development of an exhibit and related programs, including lectures and slide shows, on the social and commercial development of Southwest Virginia during the period 1780-1900, with a particular emphasis on the textiles, dress, and other related merchandise available in retail stores in Abingdon.
Wintergreen Performing Arts, Inc.	2001	$5,200.00	Nellysford	No description available
City of Fredericksburg	2001	$2,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support portions of the 225th anniversary celebration of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, to be held in Fredericksburg in 2002.
Mathews County Land Conservancy	2001	$2,500.00	Mathews	Funds to support a photographic exhibit and related publication documenting maritime life in Mathes County, which was a center of Chesapeake Bay boatbuilding and commercial activity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Central to the exhibit is a collection of photographs taken by a prominent local resident, Herman Hollerith, whose collections is now located at the Chesapeake Bay Museum in Maryland.
King William County Tricentennial Celebration Corporation	2001	$500.00	King William	Funds to support a Native American Village display and related demonstrations and exhibits to be presented as part of King William County’s Tricentennial Celebration in April, 2002.
Virginia Tech	2001	$2,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the second annual Virginia Indian Nations Summit at Virginia Tech, a conference designed to strengthen ties between the University, the newly established Native American Studies Program, and the eight state-recognized tribes in Virginia.
Lynchburg Public Library	2002	$1,400.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a lecture on John Steinbeck, presented as part of a larger “Lynchburg Reads” program featuring Steinbeck’s Novel “Of Mice and Men”.
Loudoun Museum	2002	$2,500.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a series of public discussions focusing on land use, growth, and development issues in Loudoun County, the fastest-growing locality in Virginia.
Scottsville Museum & Historic Landmarks Fndn.	2002	$1,500.00	Scottsville	Funds to support research and interviews in connection with the second phase of an oral history project to collect the memories of Scottsville’s older residents and to compile these in a CD-Rom for use in schools and elsewhere.
American Friends Service Committee	2002	$2,000.00	Philadelphia	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews with John Henry Morland of Lynchburg, who played a prominent but heretofore largely unknown role in the Civil Rights movement, especially in creating the legal/scholarly foundation upon which the landmark cases were argued and eventually won.
Ferrum College	2002	$1,500.00	Ferrum	Funds to support a roundtable planning meeting to explore the feasibility of creating a museum exhibit, music CD, and related programs on Virginia’s contributions to American popular music–specifically the rockabilly, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues streams during the 1950s.
Rivanna Film Group	2002	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the completion of a documentary film on the life and contributions of Rebecca McGinniss, a well-known Charlottesville teacher and inspirational figure to many people, especially in the city’s African-American community.
Laurel Grove School Association	2002	$2,500.00	Springfield	Funds to support an oral history project, the first phase of a larger effort to create a permanent exhibit in the newly renovated Laurel Grove School building, the last remaining African-American school building in Fairfax County.
The River Foundation	2002	$4,980.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a lecture-performance series in conjunction with display of a VFH-funded exhibit on the Banjo in Virginia. This grant is being funded entirely with VCA funds. VCA will also administer the grant and approve the final report. NO VFH FUNDS.
Virginia War Museum	2002	$3,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support an intepretive performance by the Buckingham Lining Bar Gang, presented as part of the annual Lee Hall Depot Day festival. This grant is being funded entirely with VCA funds. VCA will also administer the award and approve the final report. NO VFH FUNDS.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	2002	$3,000.00	Richmond	Research leading to the development of docent training materials and a new integrative plan that explores the experiences of African-Americans, including slaves, at the John Marshall House in Richmond.
Hampton University	2002	$1,600.00	Hampton	Research toward a publication on the history of the Hampton branch of the NAACP.
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society	2002	$2,500.00	Dayton	Funds to support the costs of transcribing an extensive series of interviews with older African American residents of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.
Ivy Creek Foundation	2002	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support costs associated with developing an interpretive tour of Riverview Farm, previously owned and operated by Hugh Carr, a former slave. The farm is now site of the Ivy Creek Nature Area.
Josephine School Community Museum	2002	$3,000.00	Berryville	Funds to assist in developing an interpretive plan for an African American culture center and museum serving Clarke County and the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
MacCallum More Museum and Gardens	2002	$3,000.00	Chase City	Funds to support development of a permanent exhibit on the history of Thyne Institute.
City of Newport News	2002	$3,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support production of an interpretive brochure on the history of the Newsome House, and on the life and personal achievements of its owner, J. Thomas Newsome.
Northern Neck Tourism Council	2002	$2,500.00	Warsaw	Funds to support development of a video program to accompany a permanent exhibit on African American education at the A. T. Johnson High School.
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church	2002	$2,300.00	Richmond	Funds to assist with production of an interpretive brochure on the life and legacy of the Reverend John Jasper, the former pastor of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Richmond.
Sweet Briar College	2002	$3,000.00	Sweet Briar	A multi-faceted project to research and document slave life on the former plantation that is now Sweet Briar College.
Avoca Museum and Historical Society	2002	$3,000.00	Altavista	An exhibit, printing of interpretive materials, docent trainig, and related programs on the African-American contributions to river commerce in Virginia, principally as bateaumen.
Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, Inc. (TAP)	2002	$2,700.00	Roanoke	Funds to support an oral history project documenting the history of Henry Street, a center of African American economic and cultural life in Roanoke”s Gainsboro neighborhood.
Virginia Historical Society	2002	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support printing and distribution costs for the second edition of the “Guide to African American Manuscripts in the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society.”
Waterford Foundation	2002	$3,000.00	Waterford	Funds to support a book-length publication–in print and CD-Rom formats–on the history of the African American community in Waterford Village, the culmination of a decade-long research project supported at key points by the VFH.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	2002	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to update and reprint an interpretive brochure on the history of Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood, originally produced with funds from an earlier VFH grant.
Bland County School Board	2002	$3,000.00	Rocky Gap	Funds to support a continuation of research, oral histories and updating a website on Dry Fork, a rural African-American community in Bland County.
Christiansburg Institute	2002	$3,000.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support restoration of the Christiansburg Institute Cemetery, including an archaelogical survey mapping of the site, installation of interpretive signs, and research to support these efforts.
City of Virginia Beach	2002	$3,000.00	Virginia Beach	Research on the history of African-Americans in Princess Anne County (Virginia Beach), resulting in a database and substantive revision to current interpretation of the Francis Land House
The College of William and Mary	2002	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support an oral history project documenting the story of Green v. County of New Kent, a very significant but heretofore largely unknown Supreme Court case that reshaped the course of the movement for civil rights in education.
The College of William and Mary	2002	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support an oral history project documenting the story of Green v. County of New Kent, a very significant but heretofore largely unknown Supreme Court case that reshaped the course of the movement for civil rights in education.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	2002	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a new interpretive program at Colonial Williamsburg focusing on the 18th century African-American military experience.
Fairfax County Park Authority	2002	$2,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support production of a video on the building of the Sully Slave Quarter, at Sully Plantation in Fairfax
Library of Virginia Foundation	2002	$8,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of lectures, teachers’ workshops, and publications to be presented in conjunction with a major new exhibit on “Virginia Roots Music.” The project is funded by VFH through the Virginia Folklife Partnership grant program with the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
The College of William and Mary	2002	$4,650.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support the initial stages of planning for a series of public programs on the legal legacy of Jamestown, to be held in 2006-07.
George Mason University	2002	$15,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a 2-day “summit” conference on issues related to the renewal of civic life in Virginia.
Virginia Council on Indians	2002	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a curriculum resource workbook and video on Virginia Indian history and culture designed primarily for use in schools and museums.
Virginia Tech	2002	$9,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a continuation of research leading to a book-length publication on towns and other distinctive rural places in Virginia that have experienced a significant decline in recent decades and where the physical evidence of more prosperous times remains.
Virginia Tech	2002	$8,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a 2-day conference on how the process of globalization is being advanced through the transnational mass media and how this process is influencing local cultures and traditional forms of expression worldwide.
Council for Excellence in Government	2002	$2,500.00	Washington	Funds to support a conference on youth civic engagement and civics education, to be held in connection with a bi-partisan retreat for members of the Virginia House of Delegates.
University of South Carolina	2002	$2,500.00	Columbia	Funds to support a conference for the contributors to a forthcoming book of essays on the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision. Our funds spport honoraria and travel costs for the four Virginia scholars who are participating.
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	2002	$2,300.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and an archaeological survey to document a recently re-discovered African American cemetery at Mount Fair plantation in Albemarle County.
Nonesuch Films	2002	$1,250.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support archival research and script development for a film on the struggle to establish the University of Virginia, focusing on the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his friend and political ally Joseph Carrington Cabell.
Shenandoah University	2002	$1,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support a series of four public programs–two interpretive performances and two lectures–on Shakespeare’s portrayal of women in selected plays, presented as a partnership between Shenandoah University and the Handley Library.
Appalshop	2002	$8,000.00	Whitesburg	Funds to support two hour-long radio programs on traditional Appalachian music, to be developed in connection with planning for the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which is focusing on the arts and culture of the “Birthplace of Country Music” region.
Bay Area Video Coalition	2002	$10,000.00	San Francisco	Funds to support a portion of the pre-production costs for a 90-minute film on the musical traditions of the Ethiopian diaspora, focusing in particular on the Ethiopian immigrant communities in Northern Virginia
Appalachian State University	2002	$6,000.00	Boone	Funds to support the creation of a music CD featuring two traditional African American Banjo players from Virginia. The project includes creation of extensive “liner notes” for the CD.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2002	$12,000.00	Onancock	Funds to support research, design, and publication of a cultural heritage map and guide to Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The project was developed by the Eastern Shore Regional Humanities Council and is a partnership between the Council and the Historical Society.
The Fairfield Foundation	2002	$6,500.00	White Marsh	Funds to support research, publication of a written report, and creation of on-site displays that present the finding to-date of a public archaeology project at Fairfield plantation, 17th century home of the Burwell family of Gloucester County.
George C. Marshall Foundation	2002	$5,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support a series of eight public presentations and seminars hosted by local historical societies statewide, on the achievement and legacy of George C. Marshall.
George Mason University	2002	$6,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a series of six on-line discussion forums in which teachers and “pre-service” teachers have an opportunity to explore U.S. History-related topics with leading historians and with each other.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2002	$4,400.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support a 3-day Institute for teachers, exploring the social and political transformation of Virginia during the years 1750-1800.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2002	$15,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support initial production costs for a documentary film on Bright Leaf Tobacco Culture in the Southern Piedmont (Old Belt) region of Virginia, based in part on oral histories and research supported by earlier VFH grants.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2002	$8,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research, script development, and planning for an interpretive exhibit on the Appalachian Craft Revival movement, as represented in the photographs of Doris Ullman.
The History Project	2002	$9,800.00	Washington	Funds to support research, planning, and script development for a one-hour documentary film on the experience of young women–“government girls”–who came to Washington during World War II as part of the national mobilization following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The History Project	2002	$9,800.00	Washington	Funds to support research, planning, and script development for a one-hour documentary film on the experience of young women–“government girls”–who came to Washington during World War II as part of the national mobilization following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Laurel Grove School Association	2002	$15,000.00	Springfield	Funds to support research and development of curricular materials, as part of a larger effort to create a permanent exhibit and series of educational programs at the historic Laurel Grove School–site of the last remaining African-American one-room schoolhouse in Fairfax County.
Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.	2002	$3,650.00	Keswick	Funds to support three interpretive musical performances, to be presented together as part of a larger series of events during the kickoff of the Lewis & Clark expeditions bicentennial in January 2003.
Preservation Piedmont	2002	$5,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a multi-faceted project–architectural research, oral history collection and transcription, a video, publication, and conference–on the architectural and social history of the Jefferson School, a landmark in Charlottesville’s African-American community.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	2002	$10,800.00	Reedville	Funds to support fieldwork documentation of Virginia’s maritime communities, focusing on how these communities have preserved their traditions while responding to change. The results of this fieldwork will provide the basis for interpretive programs being developed in connection with the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	2002	$10,800.00	Reedville	Funds to support fieldwork documentation of Virginia’s maritime communities, focusing on how these communities have preserved their traditions while responding to change. The results of this fieldwork will provide the basis for interpretive programs being developed in connection with the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Therapeutic Spiral International	2002	$11,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support an eight-day training program designed to help “first-line” community workers in dealing with the long-term effects of violence and post-traumatic stress discorder.
University of Virginia	2002	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a planning symposium and series of community forums using the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development as a springboard for discussing the relationship between global environmental issues and local concerns.
Urban Alternatives Foundation	2002	$6,000.00	Amissville	Funds to support publication of a book of photographs and oral histories from an exhibit illustrating the cultural diversity of Arlington’s West End neighborhood.
The Prism Coffeehouse, Inc.	2002	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support cataloging and duplication of an extensive collection of recordings of traditional music currently held in the archive of the Prism Coffeehouse, the first step in a longer-term effort to create a multiple CD set with interpretive material.
Rivanna Film Group	2002	$2,400.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support editing and production of a video documentary on the uckingham Lining Bar Gang.
Bayview Citizens for Social Justice	2002	$2,500.00	Cheriton	Funds to support final editing costs for a documentary film on the Bayview community in Northampton County.
Newport News Public Library System	2002	$2,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support a series of book discussions and related programs exploring the nature of male and female identity and gender relations within the African-American community.
Thyne Institute Memorial, Incorporated	2002	$2,500.00	Chase City	Funds to support research and consultations leading to the creation of a permanent exhibit on the history of Thyne Institute and on African-American education generally.
The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar	2002	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day workshop focusing on the legacies of the American Civil War, designed to inform and advance the planning process for the Tredegar National Civil War in Richmond.
Virginia Tech	2002	$1,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the third annual Virginia Indian Nations Summit, a gathering of tribal representatives, scholars, and others to foster intertribal collaboration as well as dialogue and cooperation between the tribes and academic scholars.
Eastern Shore Community College	2002	$2,000.00	Melfa	Funds to support promotion costs for the 2nd annual Eastern Shore Heritage Festival, a one-day event featuring lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits on aspects of the region’s distinctive history and culture.
Loudoun Museum	2002	$1,500.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a panel discussion on the history of the Emancipation Proclamation. The project is a collaborative effort between the Museum and a prominent local African American Church.
Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.	2002	$2,500.00	Fort Washington	Funds to support production and distribution costs for a CD recording–with liner notes and Listener’s Guide–of Romrong, a series of twelve sacred musical compositions that are central to Khmer (Cambodian) classical music.
The College of William and Mary	2002	$6,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support two one-day forums on the legacy of the Eugenics Movement in Virginia–in particular, the impact of the “Racial Integrity Laws” or the state’s Native American and African American citizens.
Coordinators/2, Incorporated	2002	$9,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support portions of a 3-day conference focusing on secrecy on adoption, its ethical, legal, and historical basis, its representation in literature, and its impact on the child, birth family, and adopted family.
The Fairfield Foundation	2002	$4,500.00	White Marsh	Funds to support design of an Internet site and detailed computer reconstruction of Fairfield Plantation in Gloucester County, designed to show changes in the plantation landscape over time.
The Fairfield Foundation	2002	$4,500.00	White Marsh	Funds to support design of an Internet site and detailed computer reconstruction of Fairfield Plantation in Gloucester County, designed to show changes in the plantation landscape over time.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2002	$15,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support production of an exhibit and catalogue on the Appalachian Craft Revival Movement.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2002	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit and publication on the Black Church in Central Virginia.
Nonesuch Films	2002	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and development of a comprehensive treatment for a documentary film on the founding of the University of Virginia, focusing on the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell.
Virginia Civil Rights Movement Video Initiative	2002	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support video interviews with the veterans of the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia, as a first step toward the creation of a series of educational videos.
Virginia Tech	2002	$9,500.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a conference and series of related programs on the ethical, legal, social, and public policy concerns arising from the growth of so-called “Big Brother” technologies.
WVPT-TV Virginia’s Public Television	2002	$9,000.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support research and script development for a documentary film on conscientious objection in the Shenandoah Valley during World War II.
Arts Center Ensemble	2002	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of a Teachers’ study guide to be used in conjunction with a series of teacher education workshops focusing on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Highland Cultural Coalition	2003	$2,500.00	Floyd	Funds to support design and printing costs for a 32-page booklet on cultural heritage sites in Floyd and Carroll Counties, to be distributed at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and elsewhere.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2003	$2,000.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support two public forums on the Second Amendment.
Fluvanna County Historical Society	2003	$1,500.00	Palmyra	Funds to support the 14th annual Conference of Piedmont Virginia Historical Societies, an event we have supported several times in the past, focusing this year on historic preservtion with a special emphasis on African American history and heritage.
Eppington Foundation, Incorporated	2003	$2,500.00	Chesterfield	Funds to support printing and design costs for an educational brochure on the history and architectural significance of the house at Eppington Plantation in Chesterfield County.
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.	2003	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support printing costs for a 70-page illustrated history and guidebook on the design of Anne Spencer’s garden and its relationship to her life and literary achievements.
Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Incorporated	2003	$3,000.00	Leesburg	Funds to support an oral history project to document African American communities and neighborhoods in Loudoun County, leading to publication of a map and guide to these communities.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support script development for a documentary film on the Green v. New Kent County Supreme Court case which shifted the emphasis from school desegregation to integration in the aftermath of the Brown decision.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support script development for a documentary film on the Green v. New Kent County Supreme Court case which shifted the emphasis from school desegregation to integration in the aftermath of the Brown decision.
Lynchburg College	2003	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support portions of an oral history project documenting the lives and experiences of Nelson County’s African American residents in the period from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Maury Elementary Parent-Teacher Association	2003	$3,000.00	Alexandria	Funds to support research leading to the creation of a “Teaching with Historic Places” lesson plan focusing on a 1939 Sit-in at the Queen Street Library in Alexandria–one of the first orchestrated non-violent protests against the exclusion of African Americans from public facilities.
Duke University	2003	$12,400.00	Durham	Funds to support research and collection of oral histories leading to publication of a photo-illustrated book on the religious culture of western Franklin County, Virginia.
Ferrum College	2003	$9,400.00	Ferrum	Funds to support an exhibit and publication on the car culture of Southwest Virginia and the folklife traditions that surround it.
University of Richmond	2003	$9,000.00	University of Richmond	Funds to support a 3-day conference exploring the history and cultural significance of the Scottish Highland immigrant experience in North America.
Virginia Film Foundation	2003	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of a preliminary script–a “treatment”–for a documentary film on the life and influence of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2003	$2,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support program development and administrative activities of the Eastern Shore Regional Humanities Council during 2003-04.
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts & Technology	2003	$2,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support two seminars–one on oral history techniques and one on film production–in connection with the development of a film on the history of Southside Virginia in the 20th century.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2003	$2,500.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support a 3-day institute for teachers on political and social change in 18th century Virginia — 1750-1800.
George Mason University	2003	$1,500.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a one-day planning meeting for high school curriculum supervisors in Northern Virginia, to discuss teachers’ needs in connection with the topics of African American literature, culture, and folklife.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$2,500.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support the development of a Website focusing on recent archaeological discoveries at the place most experts now believe is Werowocomoco, the capitol of the Powhatan chieftain during the early years of the Jamestown Colony.
Bay Area Video Coalition	2003	$10,000.00	San Francisco	Funds to support research, interviews, consultations with scholars,and final script development for a 90-minute film on the musical traditions of the Ethiopian exile community in Northern Virginia–and on how these traditions are linked to history, global influence, and the experiences of war and exile.
Birthplace of Country Music Alliance	2003	$4,000.00	Bristol	Funds to support a one-day conference exploring the history and legacy of the 1927 Bristol Recording sessions, which are generally regarded as the beginning of commercial American Country music.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	2003	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support two exhibits–one an on-site installation, the other a travelling version–on the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a series of public outreach and education programs centered around archaeological research at a recently discovered Powhatan village site in Gloucester County–which most observers now believe to be the site of Werowocomoco, the capital of the Powhatan chiefdom during the first years of the Jamestown Colony.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a series of public outreach and education programs centered around archaeological research at a recently discovered Powhatan village site in Gloucester County–which most observers now believe to be the site of Werowocomoco, the capital of the Powhatan chiefdom during the first years of the Jamestown Colony.
Friends of the Library, Floyd County	2003	$3,350.00	Floyd	Funds to support a five-part lecture/book-discussion series on the multi-cultural identity of the Appalachian Region.
Museum of Culpeper History	2003	$6,150.00	Culpeper	Funds to support research, interviews, and photo documentation leading to the creation of an on-line database and printed catalogue of African-American historic sites in Culpeper County.
Nelson County Museum of Rural History	2003	$7,850.00	Arrington	Funds to support a two-day conference and a series of follow-up programs designed to provide an intellectual and practical foundation for the creation of a new museum devoted to exploring Nelson County’s rural heritage.
Norfolk State University	2003	$9,700.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a travelling exhibit, publication, lecture series, and additions to an existing website, exploring the history and significance of the clothing culture of Norfolk’s African American communities, the Titustown neighborhood in particular.
Steamboat Era Museum	2003	$10,000.00	Irvington	Funds to support an oral history project on the Steamboat Era in Virginia, designed to capture the memories of older residents of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula–and to provide a foundation for future research and interpretive programs at the Museum.
Sweet Briar College	2003	$8,800.00	Sweet Briar	Funds to support research, oral histories, a series of publications, and exhibits focusing on three African American cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties, and on what these sites reveal about the connections between African American mortuary traditions and living communities.
Virginia Historical Society	2003	$3,900.00	Richmond	Funds to support the development of an oral history component to be included in a new exhibit on the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
Steamboat Era Museum	2003	$2,500.00	Irvington	Funds to support research leading to the development of an interpretive plan for the newly established Steamboat Era Museum.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum	2003	$2,500.00	Reedville	Funds to support documentation of an annual baptism held at Taylor’s Beach on the Chesapeake Bay, a traditional African American ceremony with roots in the immediate post-Civil War era, one that includes local history and traditional music.
Rappahannock Tribe, Incorporated	2003	$2,500.00	Indian Neck	Funds to support research on the history of the Rappahannock Tribe, to initiate planning for educational programs, and to provide a foundation for additive interpretive programs in relation to 2007.
Historic Staunton Foundation	2003	$1,500.00	Staunton	Funds to support promotion costs for a one-day symposium on the architectural, historical, and cultural significance of the former Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton.
Allied Arts Foundation	2003	$2,500.00	Seattle	Funds to support the cost of filming interviews with key Virginia figures in a documentary film on the musical contributions and legacy of the Carter family.
Virginia Poverty Law Center	2003	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day public forum marking the 40th anniversary of President Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” designed to encourage discussion of ethical, legal, and policy issues and to consider progress in addressing poverty in the U.S.
Hampton University	2003	$2,500.00	Hampton	Funds to support an exhibit, lecture, and public forum exploring the history and legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, with a focus on Civil Rights.
Norfolk State University	2003	$2,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a community discussion program and development of a related website on the local impact (in Norfolk) of the 1954 Brown v. Board decision, focusing on the experience of the “Norfolk 17”, black students who were the first to integrate the Norfolk public schools in 1959.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$5,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a four-day conference on Virginia in the Atlantic World, focusing on the early exploration and colonization of the Mid-Atlantic region and the cultural encounter that resulted.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support research and script development for a one hour documentary film on the history and legacy of a 1968 Supreme Court case–“Green v. New Kent County”–which advanced desegration of public schools.
The College of William and Mary	2003	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support research and script development for a one hour documentary film on the history and legacy of a 1968 Supreme Court case–“Green v. New Kent County”–which advanced desegration of public schools.
Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods	2003	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research and coordination of a large-scale effort to document and interpret African American architecture (and architectural history) in the city of Richmond, as well as historic sites related to the African American Experience.
University of Virginia	2003	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support pre-production costs for a one-hour documentary film on Ivy Depot, a rural African American community in Albemarle County and its efforts to preserve its heritage in the face of rapid change.
Film Arts Foundation	2003	$15,300.00	San Francisco	Funds to support research and oral history interviews leading to production of a two-hour documentary film on the closing of the public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, placing these events in context of the period from the 1920s to the present day.
George Mason University	2003	$9,750.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a summer seminar for secondary school teachers focusing on strategies for integrating the theme of slavery into the teaching of American literature.
James Madison University	2003	$10,500.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support a 4-day conference exploring the development of African American poetry during the 20th century as well as future directions in African American poetry.
Mariners’ Museum	2003	$2,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support research leading to expansion of an existing website devoted to early Virginia and the exploration of the Chesapeake Bay.
University of Memphis	2003	$10,000.00	Memphis	Funds to support pre-production costs leading to the creation of two related documentary films on Winslow Homer, one focusing on Homer’s life and artistic legacy, the other on his depictions of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
University of Virginia	2003	$8,600.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research, oral histories, and the creation of interpretive materials as contribution to a larger effort to make archival television news footage on the Civil Rights Era in Virginia accessible via the World Wide Web.
Carter Family Memorial Music Center	2003	$2,500.00	Hiltons	Funds to support the first phase of a long-term project to preserve and make accessiblea collection of music recordings, featuring traditional Old Time, Bluegrass, and country music performers, mostly from the central Appalachian region.
James Madison University	2003	$2,500.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support research and planning in connection with a recently discovered slave cemetery located within the George Washington National Forest. Grave markers at this site include rare examples of African and Afro-Cuban symbolic writing and the project will present and explore questions related to the future interpretation of the cemetery.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2004	$2,000.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support a four-part lecture series on “Slave Societies: 1700s to the Present.”
Brown’s A.M.E. Church	2004	$1,500.00	Smithfield	Funds to support two lecture and discussion programs on the history of the A.M.E. church and on the role of Sarah Bass Allen–a native of Isle of Wight County–in the church’s early development.
Dungannon Development Commission	2004	$2,500.00	Dungannon	Funds to support consultations, strategic planning, and the creation of a Building Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for an 1830s log structure that stands adjacent to an important Scott County archaeological site. The goal is to establish this site as an integration center for Scott County history and archaeology.
Dungannon Development Commission	2004	$2,500.00	Dungannon	Funds to support consultations, strategic planning, and the creation of a Building Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for an 1830s log structure that stands adjacent to an important Scott County archaeological site. The goal is to establish this site as an integration center for Scott County history and archaeology.
City of Galax	2004	$2,500.00	Galax	Funds to support interpretive activities and materials to be developed in conjunction with two performances in Galax of the Masters of Mexican Music Tour.
Norfolk State University	2004	$2,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support research in preparation for an oral history project focusing on the descendants of the former slaves who were interviewed as part of the Federal Writers Project.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance	2004	$1,500.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support a “Court Days Festival,” including a variety of performances, demonstrations, exhibits, and other activities focusing on Rockingham County’s rural past.
Arts Enter Cape Charles	2004	$2,500.00	Cape Charles	Funds to support a lecture, printing, and promotion costs in connection with a performance in Cape Charles of the Masters of Mexican Music Tour. The promotion focuses on outreach to the Latino communities on the Eastern Shore.
Galax Public Library	2004	$2,000.00	Galax	Funds to support the costs of bringing an existing VFH-funded exhibit on the Craft Revival Movement to the Galax Public Library, along with a public lecture by the exhibit’s curator.
Black Theatre Ensemble of Virginia	2004	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a panel discussion–presented as part of a larger series of events–commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision.
Efforts of Grace	2004	$7,500.00	New Orleans	Funds to support a series of artistic “residencies” at historically black colleges and universities in Virginia, designed to engage public audiences in a dialogue about issues of African American history and identity as part of the development of a ney play entitled “Vo-Du Macbeth.”
Harrison Museum of African American Culture	2004	$2,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support rental of an exhibit (“Stony the Road”) on the history and impact of the Brown v. Board decision, and a related panel discussion focusing on school desegregation in the Roanoke Valley.
Norfolk State University	2004	$12,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support research in conjunction with an archaeological survey of two sites that may confirm oral accounts of Underground Railroad activities in Portsmouth.
The River Foundation	2004	$3,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support research on the history and origins of the Appalachian dulcimer, with the results to be incorporated into new and existing interpretive programs at Explore Park.
Stillwater Institute for Social Justice	2004	$4,100.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of panel discussions, public dialogues, and related programs exploring issues of racial inequality, especially as they pertain to central Virginia, Charlottesville and Albemarle County in particular.
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2004	$5,000.00	Forest	Funds to support development and implementation of a uniform plan for interpreting slave life at Poplar Forest, including updating and re-printing of a brochure on this subject created under an earlier VFH grant.
Town of Wytheville	2004	$10,000.00	Wytheville	Funds to support design and printing costs for a book based on an oral history project documenting the Summer of 1950 Polio epidemic in Wythe County.
Virginia Historical Society	2004	$9,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day symposium, held at two locations (Hampden-Sydney and Richmond), on the history and impact of the Borwn v. Board of Education decision in Virginia.
Washington and Lee University	2004	$10,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support a “Town Meeting” and an oral history project that will explore and document the experience of school desegregation in Lexington and four surrounding counties, focusing on the 10-year period between the Brown decision and actual desegregation.
Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County	2004	$3,000.00	The Plains	Funds to support the creation of a virtual museum tour designed to make the AAHA’s collection more accessible to both on-site and online visitors.
Friends of the Thomas Balch Library	2004	$3,000.00	Leesburg	Funds to support publication of a book on the Loudoun County Emancipation Association, an influential organization that promoted African American advancement and social change in Loudoun County during an 80-year period from 1890-1970.
George Mason University	2004	$3,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support planning and research in preparation for a digital history project on the life and legacy of William Henry Sheppard, an early “Africanist,” missionary, art collector, and human rights activist.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2004	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support design and printing costs for a 24-page exhibit catalog to complement a VFH-funded exhibit on the African American Worship Experience in Central Virginia, 1820-1950.
The Montpelier Foundation	2004	$3,000.00	Orange	Funds to support research leading to the development of a database of information on freed slaves in the vacinity of Montpelier, intended to provide a context for interpretation of African American life in Orange County during the post-Emancipation era.
Presence Center for Applied Theatre Arts	2004	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the development of a community history project focusing on Charlottesville’s “Vinegar Hill” neighborhhod, a center of African American business and cultural life that was largely demolished during the period of “urban renewal.”
Blacks in Government	2004	$1,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support the 2004 “Juneteenth” Festival program in Roanoke, focusing on the historical and contemporary significance of the Juneteenth celebration.
Russell County Public Library	2004	$950.00	Lebanon	Funds to support cataloging of an existing local history collection and the creation of a new Picture Archive of Russell County, to be made available on the Library’s website.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce	2004	$1,600.00	Melfa	Funds to support a one-day workshop on the cultural heritage of the Eastern Shore, designed primarily for owners and operators of businesses in the local tourism and hospitality services industry.
Maury Elementary Parent-Teacher Association	2004	$2,500.00	Alexandria	Funds to support the creation of a “Teaching with Historic Places” lesson plan focusing on the five schools that were central to the Brown v. Board of Education case. The lesson plan will be made available nationwide through the National Park Service website.
Avoca Museum and Historical Society	2004	$800.00	Altavista	Funds to support mapping a slave cemetery on a former plantation site near Lynchburg.
County-Wide League	2004	$2,500.00	Fincastle	Funds to support an oral history project and African American Heritage Festival, as the first steps in a long-term effort to document and interpret African American history in Botetourt County.
Loudoun County Public Library	2004	$1,100.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a one-day seminar commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation	2004	$2,500.00	Bethesda	Funds to support the first phase of an enhanced CD recording project focusing on the musical legacy of Flory Jagoda, a National Heritage Fellow who is the sole bearer of the Ladino Ballad Tradition.
The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center Foundation, Inc.	2004	$1,750.00	Newport News	Funds to support a panel discussion on the history of school desegregation, to be presented in conjunction with a VFH funded exhibit (“Stony the Road”) and a screening of the film “The Road to Brown,” which VFH also funded.
Virginia University of Lynchburg	2004	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a photographic exhibit on the history of the Virginia University of Lynchburg, the only historically black college in Western Virginia.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library	2004	$1,500.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a film screening and a series of lectures on the Virginia Blues tradition, presented in conjunction with the 2004 “Blues in the ‘Burg” music festival.
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation	2004	$10,000.00	Bethesda	Funds to support the creation of an enhanced CD featuring the music of Flory Jagoda, a master artist in the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, and Susan Gaeta, her aprentice. The CD features ballads sung in Ladino, the language of the Jews of Spain.
Center for Independent Documentary	2004	$10,000.00	Sharon	Funds to support a two-hour documentary film on the the lives and musical legacy of the Carter family.
Amelia County Historical Society	2004	$7,200.00	Amelia	Funds to support an oral history project to capture the oral and written perspectives of Amelia County veterans from, World War II through the first Gulf War.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	2004	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research and planning for an interpretive performance and moderated panel discussion focusing on the close personal relationship between George Washington and John Marshall.
Carter Family Memorial Music Center	2004	$15,000.00	Hiltons	Funds to support the first phase of a multi-year project to preserve and create a permanent archive of traditional music recordings held at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, one of the most important venues for the performance of traditional acoustic music that is native to the Central Appalachian region.
Christiansburg Institute	2004	$10,500.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support research, planning, and the development of a design prototype for a “Virtual Campus Tour” of Christiansburg Institute.
The College of William and Mary	2004	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a series of public outreach and educational programs centered on archaeological research at a Powhatan village site in Gloucester which most experts believe to be the site of Werewocomoco, the capital of the Powhatan chiefdom during the first two years of the Jamestown Colony.
The College of William and Mary	2004	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a series of public outreach and educational programs centered on archaeological research at a Powhatan village site in Gloucester which most experts believe to be the site of Werewocomoco, the capital of the Powhatan chiefdom during the first two years of the Jamestown Colony.
George Mason University	2004	$10,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support an exhibit and symposium on the history of school desegregation in Buckingham County, based in part on oral history interviews conducted under a previous VFH grant.
George Mason University	2004	$3,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a panel discussion on the history of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and its impact, particularly in Northern Virginia.
George Washington’s Fredericksburg Foundation	2004	$3,000.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a series of archaeology workshops for teachers and public participants focusing on the use of archaeology as a tool for understanding George Washington’s early life.
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth	2004	$12,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support the publication of a Pictorial History of Lee County.
Longwood University	2004	$3,100.00	Farmville	Funds to support six one-day workshops for teachers in an eleven-county region of south-central Virginia, focusing on arts and humanities education in the classroom.
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum	2004	$10,000.00	Sterling	Funds to support design and production costs for an exhibit on the history of apple production in Loudoun County.
Steamboat Era Museum	2004	$9,750.00	Irvington	Funds to support the continuation of an oral history project–begun under a previous grant–focusing on the Steamboat Era in Virginia.
Virginia Civil Rights Movement Video Initiative	2004	$7,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support production and initial distribution of a collection of eleven interviews with key figures in the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
Virginia Tech	2004	$6,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support an oral history project focusing on three small rural communities adjacent to the former Kentland Plantation, which is now owned by Virginia Tech.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2004	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the creation of a traveling exhibit on Traditional Blues in Virginia, based on research conducted under a previous VFH grant.
Chincoteague Island Library	2004	$2,500.00	Chincoteague	Funds to support the first phase of a long-term effort to document the disappearing cultural tradition of Chincoteague Island. This phase of the project involves research and oral history collection leading to the creation of a permanent photo and oral history archive at the library.
Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.	2004	$1,250.00	Ashland	Funds to support a lecture-discussion program on 19th century Malagasy immigration into Maryland and Virginia, featuring Wendy Wilson Fall, the Director of the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal.
Archipelago Publishers, Inc.	2004	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of an audio documentary program for the on-line literary journal Archipelago, focusing on the recent “DNA Dragnet” in Charlottesville and the legal and social (4th Amendment) issues raised by this incident.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	2004	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day curriculum development workshop for Richmond-area teachers on “Slavery in John Marshall’s Richmond.”
Mountain Empire Community College	2004	$2,250.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support the costs of bringing a VFH funded exhibit on the Appalachian Craft Revival Movement (“Movers and Makers”) to Mountain Empire Community College during the annual “Home Craft Days” Festival.
Virginia Council of Churches	2004	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a public forum commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision as well as the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, and the role of the Virginia Council of Churches in the Civil Rights Movement generally.
City of Virginia Beach	2004	$15,000.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support geneological research and oral history interviews with descendants of Virginia slaves interviewed as part of the WPA Slave Narratives project, and to create a DVD that presents these interviews in an accessible format.
The Fairfield Foundation	2004	$4,900.00	White Marsh	Funds to support an exhibit, SOL-based lesson plans, enhancements to an existing website, and the creation and distribution of a CD-ROM–all focusing on the experiences and accomplishments of women on Virginia’s plantations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Fairfield Foundation	2004	$4,900.00	White Marsh	Funds to support an exhibit, SOL-based lesson plans, enhancements to an existing website, and the creation and distribution of a CD-ROM–all focusing on the experiences and accomplishments of women on Virginia’s plantations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Hampton University	2004	$10,750.00	Hampton	Funds to support research on community gardens created by students at Hampton Insstitute (now University) during the first half of the twentieth century, on the ways these gardens reflected prevailing aesthetic values, and on their impact within African American communities.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2004	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support the first phase of a two-part exhibit on the history of Jim Crow and the Civil Rights era in central Virginia, covering the years 1865-1975.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	2004	$10,000.00	Madison Heights	Funds to support efforts to recover and re-establish the Monacan tradition of pottery-making in Virginia, through a series of training pregrams and consultations with academic and non-academic scholars.
Newport News Public Library System	2004	$10,350.00	Newport News	Funds to support a year-long series of thirteen book and film discussion programs celebrating the various cultures that make up the community “mosaic” of Newport News.
University of Virginia	2004	$9,850.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of a digital archive on the history of the American circus and its role in “forming, reflecting, and influencing” American society and culture during the period 1793-1940.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2004	$15,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support research and script development for a documentary film on “ethnic imposters”–people who assume racial and ethnic identities other than their own.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2004	$9,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-hour documentary film on the life and achievements of noted Virginia civil rights attorney Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
National D-Day Memorial Foundation	2004	$1,500.00	Bedford	Funds to support a film discussion program on the experiences of African Americans during World War II.
The College of William and Mary	2004	$1,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support portions of a film festival being presented in conjunction with an NEH-funded traveling exhibit entitled “Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature.”
Norfolk State University	2004	$1,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support the costs of printing interpretive brochures and programs for an exhibit of images from the Jim Crow era.
Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, Inc. (TAP)	2005	$2,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a visit to Roanoke by two surviving members of the Tuskeegee Airmen, who will appear at several public events including panel discussions in conjuntion with Black History Month.
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding	2005	$2,000.00	Washington	Funds to support planning for a festival of Chinese film and culture to be held in Richmond in October, 2005.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2005	$1,500.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support the 2005 Liberty Lecture Series at Gunston Hall, focusing on “American Democracy at Home and Abroad.”
Tidewater Community College	2005	$1,200.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a panel discussion on the impact the Pocahontas legend continues to have on Virginia Indians.
Hampton University	2005	$3,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support two reading-discussion programs as part of a larger series focusing on the African American experience as it is relfected in contemporary African American literature.
The James A. Fields House, Inc.	2005	$3,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support the cost of printing an interpretive brochure on the history of the James A. Fields House, site of the first black hospital in Newport News and, later, the home of a prominent African American attorney and educator.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2005	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support production of a 24-page catalog to accompany a VFH-funded exhibit on the history of African American business in Central Virginia, covering the years 1820-1970.
Louisa County Historical Society	2005	$3,000.00	Louisa	Funds to support research and oral history focusing on African American education in Louisa County through the period of Massive Resistance.
Presence Center for Applied Theatre Arts	2005	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a community history project using theatre to explore current issues and important events in Charlottesville’s African American history.
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church	2005	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a brochure on the history of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, a Richmond historic landmark and one of Virginia’s most prominent African American religious institutions.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2005	$3,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support production of a traveling exhibit on the life and achievement of Mary Ellen Henderson, an influential educator and advocate for civil rights in Fairfax County and a co-founder of the first rural branch of the NAACP.
Boat People SOS	2005	$10,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support an exhibit, a documentary television program, and a community forum focusing on the experiences of the Vietnamese American community in Northern Virginia.
Ferrum College	2005	$5,000.00	Ferrum	Funds to support the conversion of a highly successful VFH-funded exhibit on the car culture of southwest Virginia and the folk traditions that surround it to digital, on-line format.
George Mason University	2005	$2,500.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a dramatic production and panel discussion focusing on ethical issues in the care of persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease.
George Mason University	2005	$2,500.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a dramatic production and panel discussion focusing on ethical issues in the care of persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth	2005	$11,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support research and other pre-production costs leading to the publication of a pictorial history of the eighteen coal camps–also known as collieries–that flourished in Wise County between 1880 and 1960.
Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation	2005	$3,000.00	Edinburg	Funds to support a “World War II Memorial Weekend” (exhibits, lectures, living history, presentations, and other activities) designed to educate audiences about the homefront experience and the war’s impact on American cultural life in the 1940s.
Shenandoah University	2005	$4,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support a four-part lecture series on the French and Indian War (also called the Seven Years War) to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the end of this conflict.
Stone House Foundation	2005	$5,300.00	Stephens City	Funds to support research leading to a published report on Orrick Chapel, an historic African American church in Stephens City.
Tidewater Community College	2005	$2,500.00	Norfolk	Funds to support the Tidewater Community College Literary Festival.
Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe	2005	$14,000.00	King William	Funds to support planning and script development for a documentary film on the history of the Virginia Indian tribes and their cultures in the present day.
Virginia Council on Indians	2005	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the first phase of a three-year project leading to the creation of a Virginia Indian Heritage Trail. This phase of the project involves extensive consultations with museums and other sites that are currently engaged in the interpretation of Virginia Indian history and culture.
William King Museum	2005	$7,500.00	Abingdon	Funds to support planning and research leading to an exhibit and related programs on the history of the craft revival Movement in Virginia.
Chickahominy Tribe	2005	$3,000.00	Providence Forge	Funds to support the creation of a brochure on the history and current status of the Chickahominy Indian tribe.
Intertribal Women’s Circle	2005	$3,000.00	West Point	Funds to support a series of workshops on traditional American Indian crafts, to be presented as part of a larger series featuring tribal elders and tradition-bearers.
Monacan Indian Nation, Inc.	2005	$3,000.00	Madison Heights	Funds to support the creation of an interpretive text–a “storyline”–to enhance the experience of visitors to the Monacan Tribal Museum in Amherst.
Old Dominion University	2005	$3,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support planning for a three-day conference on religious conflict as a cause of European migration following the settlement of Jamestown; religion and democracy; and the challenges of living in a religiously heterogenous society.
Pamunkey Indian Museum	2005	$3,000.00	King William	Funds to support planning and development of interpretive materials on the changing culture of the Pamunkey people, to be used in an intertribal “signature event” being produced in connection with the 2007 anniversary.
Rappahannock Tribe, Incorporated	2005	$3,000.00	Indian Neck	Funds to support development of a website and printed brochure on the history of the Rappahannock Indian Tribe.
Red Crooked Sky	2005	$3,000.00	Portsmouth	Funds to support the development of interpretive materials to complement public performances of traditional American Indian dance.
Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe	2005	$3,000.00	King William	Funds to support the creation of a brochure on the history and current status of the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe.
African-American Heritage Festival Foundation, Inc.	2005	$2,500.00	Staunton	Funds to support an oral history and community documentation project leading to an illustrated history of “Uniontown,” an African American community in Augusta County.
George Mason University	2005	$2,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support a two-day conference on the ways legal, political and cultural changes, particularly in the United States, have affected immigration policies and the experience of individual immigrants and diasporic communities since 9/11.
Venable Elementary School P.T.O.	2005	$1,450.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a public lecture, film screening, and interpretive exhibit on the history of Venable School, in conjunction with the school’s 80th anniversary. Venable played an important role in the history of school desegregation in Virginia.
Venable Elementary School P.T.O.	2005	$1,450.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a public lecture, film screening, and interpretive exhibit on the history of Venable School, in conjunction with the school’s 80th anniversary. Venable played an important role in the history of school desegregation in Virginia.
Center for Multicultural Human Services	2005	$2,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support a one-day conference focusing on the ways specific cultural influences affect domestic violence.
The Petersburg Museums	2005	$2,500.00	Petersburg	Funds to support rental costs for a traveling exhibit on representations of slavery in Confederate currency, as well as a public lecture and production of an interpretive exhibit guide.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2005	$1,200.00	Falls Church	Funds to support the twelfth annual Tinner Hill Heritage Festival of African American history and culture.
American Frontier Culture Foundation, Inc.	2005	$10,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support planning for the addition of a representative African Village to the American Frontier Culture Museum Site.
Arlington County	2005	$5,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support the publication of an “instructional guide” for using and contributing materials to a community archive in Arlington’s Highview Park neighborhood. An earlier VFH grant supported an oral history project resulting in a book on the predominantly African American neighborhood.
Birthplace of Country Music Alliance	2005	$9,800.00	Bristol	Funds to support planning and development of an interpretive master plan for the new Birthplace of Country Music Cultural Heritage Center in Bristol.
Blue Cow Arts	2005	$7,000.00	Floyd	Funds to support a “Virginia Folklife Workshop Stage” to be presented as part of the third annual Floydfest Music Festival. The focus is on Virginia’s musical traditions, their roots and influences.
CITYCELEBRATIONS	2005	$7,200.00	Richmond	Funds to support honoraria for scholars and traditional artists participating in the “material culture” portion of the 2005 National Folklife Festival held in Richmond. The focus is on traditional instrument makers from Virginia and the musical traditions they embody.
The College of William and Mary	2005	$12,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a sixty-minute documentary film on the history and impact of Green v. New Kent County, a little-known but extremely important 1968 Supreme Court ruling that required school boards nationwide to eliminate racially segregated schools.
The College of William and Mary	2005	$12,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support a sixty-minute documentary film on the history and impact of Green v. New Kent County, a little-known but extremely important 1968 Supreme Court ruling that required school boards nationwide to eliminate racially segregated schools.
Eastern Shore Center for Black History and Culture, Inc.	2005	$11,600.00	Eastville	Funds to support research and publication of a 160-page book on African American historic sites in Accomack and Northampton Counties, the areas served by the VFH Eastern Shore Regional Council.
Ferrum College	2005	$7,500.00	Ferrum	Funds to support field work and other research leading to an exhibit on “moonshining” in Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge.
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth	2005	$10,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support development and production of an enhanced CD set (2 CDs) on “The Music of Coal.” These CDs and extensive liner notes will be distributed along with a VFH-funded pictorial history book on the coal camps of southwest Virginia.
Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center	2005	$9,100.00	Clintwood	Funds to support a four-part lecture and performance series on “The Cultural Roots of Appalachian Music” focusing on musical influences from Africa, the British Isles, and Central Europe.
Rappahannock Tribe, Incorporated	2005	$10,000.00	Indian Neck	Funds to support facial reconstruction based on a human skull unearthed from a Rappahannock tribal ossuary, and the development of interpretive materials for an exhibit based on the facial reconstruction.
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding	2005	$10,000.00	Washington	Funds to support a four-day China-American Festival of Film and Culture to be held in Richmond in October, 2005–the the first event of its kind in Virginia.
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding	2005	$10,000.00	Washington	Funds to support a four-day China-American Festival of Film and Culture to be held in Richmond in October, 2005–the the first event of its kind in Virginia.
American Shakespeare Center	2005	$12,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support a two-day intensive workshop for teachers on the language of Jamestown and Shakespeare’s plays.
Cityfolk	2005	$10,000.00	Dayton	Funds to support pre-production costs for a feature-length documentary film on Charlie Poole, a legendary banjo player, whose style influenced the development of bluegrass music, with special focus on Poole’s collaboration with Virginian Posey Rorrer.
Virginia University of Lynchburg	2005	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support development of a traveling exhibit and accompanying lecture series on the history of Virginia University of Lynchburg, one of the state’s historically black colleges and universities.
Wytheville Training School Cultural Center, Inc.	2005	$10,000.00	Wytheville	Funds to support development of a strategic plan for the creation of an African American history museum in Wytheville.
Museum of Culpeper History	2005	$2,500.00	Culpeper	Funds to support a documentary film on the large-scale conversion of rural land to residential use in Culpeper County, and on the impact of this change on local culture and community life.
University of Virginia	2005	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the costs of planning a worldwide bibliography of slavery on the web.
Halifax County Historical Society	2005	$2,500.00	South Boston	Funds to assist in the publication of a book on the architectural history of Halifax County.
Shenandoah University	2005	$1,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support planning for a major academic and public symposium on the life and influence of country music singer Patsy Cline, a native of Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley.
The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center Foundation, Inc.	2005	$2,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support a commemorative event on the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama – one of the defining moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
Radford University	2005	$1,500.00	Radford	Funds to support two lectures on African American education, the first of two programs created as the result of a developing partnership between Radford University and the Christiansburg Institute.
Rosenwald Reunion Committee	2005	$1,400.00	Burgess	Funds to support a public event centered around the reunion of former students and teachers from the Rosenwald High School in Northumberland County, including a lecture focusing on the history of Rosenwald Schools in the Northern Neck region and Virginia as a whole.
Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre	2005	$1,000.00	Ferrum	Funds to support development of a series of public discussion programs to complement the five theatrical productions in the Blu e Ridge Dinner Theatre’s summer 2006 season.
Appalachian State University	2005	$4,500.00	Boone	Funds to support the creation of a half-hour video on Rufus Kasey, an African American banjo player from Bedford County, and on the tradition his music embodies.
Friends of the Library, Floyd County	2005	$4,000.00	Floyd	Funds to support a six-part book discussion series exploring the ways so-called “ordinary” people respond to historical events.
George Mason University	2005	$9,950.00	Fairfax	Funds to support creation of an online resource building on a database of probate records from Maryland and Virginia. This resource will be used by teachers, genealogists, and other researchers, and will combine the records themselves with lesson plans and other tools to enhance their usefulness.
Hampton University	2005	$9,850.00	Hampton	Funds to support an exhibit, lectures, and public workshops exploring the diversity of African American culture and community life.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance	2005	$4,000.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support research leading to a series of first-person portrayals and dramatic re-enactments from local history to be presented as part of the annual Court Days Festival in Harrisonburg in 2006.
JazzReach Performing Arts and Education Association	2005	$8,000.00	Brooklyn	Funds to support development of a documentary film on the life of Asa Carter, a former Ku Klux Klansman and speechwriter for George Wallace who reinvented himself as a Cherokee named Forrest Carter and wrote the best-selling “autobiography,” The Education of Little Tree. The film will explore issues of ethnic identity and imposture.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2005	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support development of the second phase of a two-part exhibit on the history of Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Era in Central Virginia, focusing on the period from 1954-1979.
Newport News Public Library System	2005	$9,200.00	Newport News	Funds to support a ten-part series of book and film discussion programs designed to focus attention on the power of reading to affect individual readers, communities, and society as a whole.
Radford University	2005	$10,000.00	Radford	Funds to support an oral history project resulting in the development of a multi-media presentation on women activists in the Central Appalachian region.
Shenandoah University	2005	$11,850.00	Winchester	Funds to support pre-production costs for a documentary film based on an autobiographical account of Massive Resistance to school desegregation in Warren County, Virginia.
Steamboat Era Museum	2005	$10,000.00	Irvington	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit and related programs on the Chesapeake Bay and the Civil War.
Steamboat Era Museum	2005	$10,000.00	Irvington	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit and related programs on the Chesapeake Bay and the Civil War.
Virginia Historical Society	2005	$9,350.00	Richmond	Funds to support archival work leading to the updating of an online publication designed to increase public awareness of and access to African American manuscripts and collections at the Virginia Historical Society.
World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads	2005	$2,600.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support an eight-part lecture-discussion series on current topics in the field of international relations.
The Prism Coffeehouse, Inc.	2005	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the contributions of the humanities to a performance-lecture series on The Blues
National D-Day Memorial Foundation	2005	$1,350.00	Bedford	Funds to support a public lecture-discussion program on the role of African American women in the armed services during World War II.
Accokeek Foundation	2005	$1,200.00	Accokeek	Funds to support planning to design an educational complement (lesson plans and other classroom materials) to a new series of staged conversations on American history being developed for PBS.
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship	2005	$1,250.00	Purcellville	Funds to support planning for a long-term project that will interpret the finding of an archaeological and historical research project that has uncovered an intact 19th century historic landscape within the boundaries of the largest publicly accessible natural area in Loudoun County, the state’s fastest-growing locality.
Old Dominion University	2005	$1,650.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a panel discussion exploring issues related to the detention of suspected terrorists and American citizens who have been defined as “enemy combatants” by the U.S. government.
Firehouse Theatre Project	2005	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the contributions of the humanities and humanities scholars to an eleven-day conference/lecture exploring the spiritual, emotional, and social impact of pregnancy and birth, focusing in particular on how these are portrayed in popular culture.
Halifax County Historical Society	2006	$2,500.00	South Boston	Funds to support portions of a two-day event commemorating General Nathanial Greene’s crossing of the Dan River in 1781, a strategic maneuver that hastened the end of the Revolutionary War.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2006	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a lecture and portions of an event to celebrate the Richmond premiere of the VFH-funded documentary film “Down In the Old Belt.”
Fairfax County Park Authority	2006	$1,400.00	Great Falls	Funds to support the second annual “Food for Thought” symposium, located at the site of one of the two fully operational grain mills in Virginia. The event is designed to help historical interpreters and other museum professionals increase their knowledge of gristmilling traditions and their historical context.
Virginia Union University	2006	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support production of an interpretive brochure focusing on the history and collections of the Virginia Union University Art Museum, which has significant collections of African and African American art.
The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center Foundation, Inc.	2006	$600.00	Newport News	Funds to support a public lecture in connection with a historical re-enactment and exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama–one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights Movement.
Virginia University of Lynchburg	2006	$2,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a series of public programs marking the 90th anniversary of the death, in Lynchburg, of Ota Benga, a Pygmy who was brought to the U.S. in 1904 and exhibited in museums and zoos before being rescued and brought to Virginia. The series will also focus on the current plight of Pygmies in central Africa.
Blue Cow Arts	2006	$9,000.00	Floyd	Funds to support a series of interpretive performances featuring traditional musicians to be presented as part of the 2006 Floydfest Music Festival.
Emory and Henry College	2006	$5,000.00	Emory	Funds to support the 25th Appalachian Literary Festival, featuring writers and scholars from throughout the central Appalachian region.
Ferrum College	2006	$9,000.00	Ferrum	Funds to support production of an interpretive exhibit and accompanying publication on the history and folk culture of “moonshining” in Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge mountains.
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.	2006	$7,350.00	Salem	Funds to support a series of lectures, performances, workshops, and demonstrations of music and other traditions native to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Central Virginia.
Galax-Carroll Regional Library	2006	$8,400.00	Galax	Funds to support production of an interpretive photographic exhibit and publication focusing on old-time musicians from the Whitetop Mountain are of Virginia–a region that contains, perhaps, the richest concentration of old-time musicians in the world.
Pamplin Historical Park	2006	$10,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support a summer Institute for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teachers, exploring the interrelated themes of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding	2006	$14,000.00	Washington	Funds to support the second annual China-America Festival of Film and Culture, a four-day event designed to address the need for better understanding between the U.S. and China.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2006	$9,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support production of a traveling exhibit on the life and achievements of Mary Ellen Henderson, a well known African American educator and Civil Rights activist in Falls Church.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2006	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a two-day workshop for teachers focusing on Chinese history and culture, timed to coincide with the 2nd annual China-America Festival of Film and Culture in Richmond.
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library	2006	$6,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support publication and distribution of educational materials generated for and during a three-day teachers’ institute foing on “Virginia and the Jim Crow South.”
Hampton University	2006	$3,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support a reading discussion series focusing on how African American authors include the heritage of black culture in their works.
Northern Virginia Urban League	2006	$3,000.00	Alexandria	Funds to support the development of a “Teaching with Historic Places” lesson plan, focusing on the Franklin and Armfield Office in Alexandria, a center of the slave trade in Virginia.
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation	2006	$3,000.00	Castleton	Funds to support a “community mapping project” as the first step in a long-term effort to interpret the history of Scrabble School, a Rosenwald School in Rappahannock County. Among other questions, this project will explore the importance of geography and distance in the larger story of African Americans’ struggle to obtain education in a rural area prior to desegregation.
Virginia Military Institute	2006	$1,000.00	Lexington	Funds to support a series of public lectures and the creation of a traveling exhibit on the Knights of Pythias Hall, an African American historic site adjacent to the VMI campus in Lexington.
Appalachian Children’s Theater, Inc.	2006	$3,000.00	Wise	Funds to support a series of workshops focusing on traditional skills of the Appalachian Region and their historical and cultural context.
Arlington County	2006	$3,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support a 2006 summer teachers’ institute designed to identify and explore strategies for integrating folklife and field work into existing public school curricula.
Carter Family Memorial Music Center	2006	$3,000.00	Hiltons	Funds to support a monthly interpretive songwriters’ showcase at the Carter Family Fold, one the most important traditional music venues in Virginia.
Honaker Redbud Festival, Inc.	2006	$3,000.00	Honaker	Funds to support an interpretive performance and publication, as part of the 25th annual Redbud Festival in Russell County.
Mt. Rogers Combined School	2006	$3,000.00	Whitetop	Funds to support a series of interpretive performances and workshops featuring traditional musicians and luthiers of the Whitetop Mountain area.
University of Virginia	2006	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a cultural survey of African musicians currently living in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
University of Virginia	2006	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a cultural survey of African musicians currently living in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
The Prism Coffeehouse, Inc.	2006	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the re-publication of Elias Howe’s 1850 manual, “The Complete Preceptor for Banjo,” which is generally thought to be the seminal work on this subject.
Council for America’s First Freedom	2006	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a conference on religious freedom, focusing in particular on the roots of this ideal in Virginia.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2006	$1,500.00	Roanoke	Funds to support the creation of an on-line catalog of the Historical Society’s collections, focusing on the history and culture of Western Virginia, the Roanoke area in particular.
Peninsula Fine Arts Center	2006	$2,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support a series of three public lectures on African American art, to be presented in conjunction with an exhibit on more than seventy artworks in the Alitash Kebede collection. More than forty African Americans artists are represented. The focus of our support is on the interpretation of these works.
Arts Enter Cape Charles	2006	$5,000.00	Cape Charles	Funds to support publication of a booklet on the history and architectural significance of the Palace Theatre in Cape Charles.
Berryville Main Street	2006	$3,250.00	Berryville	Funds to support a series of lectures and performance-discussion programs on American musical traditions entitled “The Roots of American Music.”
Renaissance Partners, Inc.	2006	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of interpretive programs on “the working arts of Virginia,” to be presented as part of the 2006 National Folk Festival in Richmond.
City of Harrisonburg	2006	$8,000.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support publication of a brochure/driving tour booklet on African American Heritage sites in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.
Friends of Fairview	2006	$7,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support portions of a community history project on African American history in Staunton, using a six-acre local cemetery as the springboard.
Hampton University	2006	$3,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support a panel discussion focusing on the ways in which stories express and engage their readers in the search for identity and “home.”
Isle of Wight County Museum Foundation, Inc.	2006	$7,000.00	Smithfield	Funds to support the re-creation of a “Publique Ffaire” similar to those that were licensed by the Virginia Colonial government in the seventeenth century to encourage trade and other forms of beneficial interchange between the colonists and local Indian tribes, the Nansemond in particular.
Journey Through Hallowed Ground	2006	$10,000.00	Waterford	Funds to support research leading to the creation of African American historic sites whithin the 175-mile historic corridor covered by the larger “Journey Through Hallowed Ground” project.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2006	$7,200.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of an interpretive brochure and interactive video to accompany an exhibit of wood sculptures by the Virginia artist Leslie Garland Bolling, an African American born in Surry County in 1898 who worked and exhibited in Richmond and nationwide in the 1930s and 40s.
Network of South Asian Professionals	2006	$5,000.00	Washington	Funds to support the sixth annual South Asian Literary and Theatre Arts Festival in 2006.
Petersburg Garden Club	2006	$8,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support development of a website exhibit, printed materials, and public symposium on the history of Lee Park in Petersburg. The Park and its botanical preserve were created during the 1930s through an unusual collaborative effort involving black and white women from the Petersburg area.
Prince William County Historic Preservation Division	2006	$10,000.00	Woodbridge	Funds to support design and production of an exhibit and two related publications on the history of Lucasville School, a one-room school for African American children that is the only school building of its kind remaining in Prince William County.
Virginia Wesleyan College	2006	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a public symposium on the subject of Creationism, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, exploring issues surrounding religion and the public schools.
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art	2006	$9,000.00	Salisbury	Funds to support the 2006 annual Chesapeake Waterfowl Expo, focusing on decoy carving and related traditions native to Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Washington and Lee University	2006	$6,250.00	Lexington	Funds to support planning for a series of exhibits and related programs, all focusing on various aspects of the lives, character, and educational contributions of George Washington and Robert E. Lee.
Virginia Foundation for Community College Education	2006	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the keynote address and post-lecture discussion at the 2006 annual meeting of the State Board for Community Colleges, to be attended by representatives from each of Virginia’s two-year public colleges. The focus is on the relationship between philanthropy and higher education.
The Montpelier Foundation	2006	$2,000.00	Orange	Funds to support development of interpretive signage for the recently-discovered “Madison-era Agriculture complex” at Montpelier.
Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County	2006	$2,500.00	The Plains	Funds to support the expansion of an existing database of Virginians–emancipated slaves and free blacks–who emigrated from Virginia to Liberia between 1820 and 1866.
University of Virginia	2006	$-	Charlottesville	Funds to support a two-week residency devoted to the art and culture of the aboriginal Pitjantjatjara people of central Australia featuring Nura Ward, a Pitjantjatjara leader, and in conjunction with a separate but related exhibition of fifteen works by Pitjantjatjara painters.
American Focus, Incorporated	2006	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support planning and pre-production costs for a one-hour documentary film on the ‘Crooked Road,” Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail.
Park Partners, Inc.	2006	$1,500.00	Gloucester	Funds to support production of a documentary video on the history of Gloucester County, focusing in particular on Powhatan Indian history and culture.
Sully Historic Site	2006	$2,000.00	Chantilly	Funds to support printing and mailing costs for a brochure on the history of slavery and slave life at Sully Plantation in Fairfax County.
Virginia Law Foundation	2006	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support planning for a one-hour documentary film entitled “Virginia’s Judicial History–A Blueprint for Our Country.”
Historic Fincastle, Inc.	2006	$1,826.20	Fincastle	Funds to support a pilot oral history project focusing on the cultural and social life of Fincastle, Virginia (Botetourt County) during the 20-year period from 1930-1950.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2006	$2,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support the publication of a history of the Town of Onancock, which is being produced to coincide with the Town’s observance of 2007.
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	2006	$1,500.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support a lecture by the noted journalist Juan Williams, presented in conjunction with a traveling exhibit on the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
Council for America’s First Freedom	2006	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day conference exploring the subject of religious freedom in America. The conference features a keynote address by former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, will result in a publication, and in a collaborative effort involving the Council, the “Journal of American History,” and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
Chincoteague Cultural Alliance	2006	$2,500.00	Chincoteague Island	Funds to support portions of a Native American Festival, focusing on the tribes that were indigenous to what is now the Eastern Shore of Virginia at the time of English settlement, and whose descendants and currents members still live there.
Virginia Association of Museums	2006	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support the participation of museum professionals from Great Britain in the 2007 annual conference of the Virginia Association of Museums.
Christopher Newport University	2006	$1,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support a public lecture and book discussion program featuring Matthew Bogdanes, author of “The Thieves of Baghdad,” which deals with the theft and attempt to recover the antiquities taken from the Iraq Museum during the fall of the city and of Saddam Hussein in April, 2003.
Thomas Nelson Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.	2006	$1,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support a four-part lecture series in conjunction with the 2007 anniversary. The focus is on the 17th century history of the Jamestown area and subsequent archaeological work.
Thomas Balch Library	2006	$2,000.00	Leesburg	Funds to support a four-part lecture series commemorating the 400th anniversary of Virginia and the 250th anniversary of Loudoun County in 2007.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2006	$1,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support archaeological and documentary research on two nineteenth century slave cabins located within the current Lynchburg city limits. In the near future, one of these structures is to be moved to Legacy Museum, the other to Popular Forest, where they will become part of the interpretation at each site.
American Focus, Incorporated	2006	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and planning for a one-hour documentary film on traditional string music of the “Crooked Road,” a region that follows Rt. 58 through Southwest Virginia from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the coalfields.
Boat People SOS	2006	$1,500.00	Falls Church	Funds to support expansion of an interpretative photographic exhibit documenting the stories of Vietnamese refugees and immigrant families and exploring the 30-year history of the Vietnamese American community in Northern Virginia.
James River Association	2006	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the establishment of an historic Water Trail along the navigable portions of the Chickahominy River, part of the larger “Captain John Smith Historic Water Trail” project being developed during Virginia’s 400th anniversary in July.
Norfolk State University Foundation, Inc.	2006	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a three-day conference exploring the rights of African Americans in U.S. history, presented as one of eight “Democracy Conferences” designated by the Federal 2007 Commission.
Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center	2006	$3,500.00	Clintwood	Funds to support production and distribution of a music CD with interpretative liner notes exploring the musical legacy of Billy Gene Mullins, a well-known songwriter, performer, and member of the influential Mullins family of Dickenson County, Virginia.
Virginia Historical Society	2006	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a three-day symposium on the life of country music singer Patsy Cline, her musical legacy and her influence on American popular culture.
Virginia Historical Society	2006	$3,000.00	Richmond	No description available
Southwest Virginia Public Library Directors Group	2006	$10,400.00	Abingdon	Funds to support a series of lectures and book discussions to be held at eight public libraries in Southwest Virginia during 2007.
Southwest Virginia Public Library Directors Group	2006	$10,400.00	Abingdon	Funds to support a series of lectures and book discussions to be held at eight public libraries in Southwest Virginia during 2007.
Sultana Projects, Inc.	2006	$9,450.00	Chestertown	Funds to support design and fabrication of an exhibit on John Smith’s explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, to be displayed initially as part of the Captain John Smith’s 400 Project’s re-enactment voyage.
Trees Virginia	2006	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and documentation leading to the publication of a book connecting the most “remarkable” trees of Virginia with human history.
University of Virginia	2006	$9,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support planning, research, and the development of humanities (historical) content devoted to the stories of approximately 3,700 African American Virginians who left Virginia for Liberia between 1820 and 1865.
Virginia Association of Museums	2006	$10,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a three-day intensive museum training program designed to serve the needs of staff, board members, and key volunteers at small and emerging museums (including historic sites) statewide.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2006	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of lectures and development of an interpretative exhibit on the immediate and long-term effects of sexual violence and how the humanities can be useful in the “art” of surviving this experience.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2006	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of lectures and development of an interpretative exhibit on the immediate and long-term effects of sexual violence and how the humanities can be useful in the “art” of surviving this experience.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2006	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of lectures and development of an interpretative exhibit on the immediate and long-term effects of sexual violence and how the humanities can be useful in the “art” of surviving this experience.
Virginia State University	2006	$10,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support an oral history project including more than one hundred interviews with local residents and a publication focusing on the Civil Rights movement in Petersburg and on Petersburg’s contributions to the movement nationwide.
Virginia Wesleyan College	2006	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a series of twelve lecture discussion programs focusing on the role of religion in the lives of people living in Virginia during the Colonial Period.
World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads	2006	$4,500.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support an eight-part lecture discussion series on current topics related to American foreign policy, international relations and global affairs.
Urban Alternatives Foundation	2006	$2,500.00	Amissville	Funds to support the first phase of a large-scale research and oral history project to document the buildings, people and traditions of Columbia Pike in Arlington, one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse neighborhoods in Virginia.
Liberty University	2007	$1,500.00	Lynchburg	A two-day scholarly and public conference on Christianity and American history, with a particular focus on how Virginians (Jefferson and others) helped to determine the role of Christianity in the U.S. during the Founding period, and subsequently.
National D-Day Memorial Foundation	2007	$1,250.00	Bedford	Funds will support the fourth in an annual series of public programs on the contributions of African American soldiers and support personnel during World War II. The program this year focuses on the crew of the USS Mason.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2007	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support the cost of printing an interpretive poster honoring eight Virginia women– past and present–who have made important contributions to Virginia and America.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	2007	$2,000.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support a public forum on “Individual Rights in the 21st Century,” presented in conjunction with an exhibit in which several of the original documents (including the Magna Carta) that created the foundations of individual rights and democracy will be on display.
Association of American Geographers	2007	$5,000.00	Washington	A three-day public symposium exploring the growing reciprocal influence between geography and the humanities, focusing on issues such as globalization, space and place, and the increasing use of tools such as GPS in humanities research.
American Shakespeare Center	2007	$5,000.00	Staunton	A one-week teachers’ institute focusing on the teaching of Shakespeare and his use of language in relation to Virginia’s English standards of learning.
American Shakespeare Center	2007	$5,000.00	Staunton	No description available
Barrier Islands Center	2007	$9,650.00	Machipongo	Funds to support the first phase of a long-term oral history project focusing on the former residents of Virginia’s Barrier Islands and their descendants.
Bath County Historical Society	2007	$5,000.00	Warm Springs	Funds to support a long-term initiative in which Bath County teachers will develop local history curricula and resource materials based on their own research into primary documents related to the history of Bath County. The project was developed as a collaborative effort between the local historical society and the public schools.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	2007	$8,000.00	Richmond	Production of a traveling exhibit on African American history in Virginia, focusing on the lives of twelve exemplary figures from the fields of politics, finance, literature, music and sports.
The Blue Ridge Music Center	2007	$7,500.00	Galax	A series of interpretative programs, to be presented weekly from June-September 2007, focusing on the cultural history and musical traditions native to the communities of Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains.
Chincoteague Island Library	2007	$8,600.00	Chincoteague	An oral history project designed to document the disappearing cultural traditions of Chincoteague Island.
Halifax County Historical Society	2007	$6,000.00	South Boston	Production of an interpretative exhibit that tells the story of a significant Revolutionary War event in Halifax County – General Nathaniel Greene’s crossing of the Dan River in 1781.
Isle of Wight County Museum Foundation, Inc.	2007	$5,700.00	Smithfield	A nine-day Institute for Teachers in southeastern Virginia, focusing on Virginia Indian – specifically Nansemond – history and culture. Members of the Nansemond tribe are active participants and partners in this project.
The Montpelier Foundation	2007	$5,000.00	Orange	A reunion and conference bringing together the descendants of African Americans enslaved at Montpelier and neighboring plantations in Orange County, with leading historians, African American scholars and the broader public.
Pamplin Historical Park	2007	$8,000.00	Petersburg	A one-week Institute for middle and high school teachers focusing on the causes of the American Civil War.
Virginia Arts Festival	2007	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support the contributions of traditional artisans from Virginia’s “Crooked Road” region to a new one-day folklife festival in Williamsburg.
Carver-Price Alumni Association, Inc.	2007	$3,000.00	Concord	An oral history project focusing on interviews with former students, teachers, and staff of the Carver-Price High School in Appomattox County, a series of DVDs based on these interviews.
Christiansburg Institute	2007	$3,000.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support revisions and additions to an existing website on the history of Christiansburg Institute, focusing on extensive connections between Christiansburg Institute and the beginnings of the Rosenwald School movements in Virginia and nationwide.
Fluvanna County Historical Society	2007	$3,000.00	Palmyra	Funds to support development of a strategic plan to preserve and interpret the history of Fluvanna County’s five remaining Rosenwald schools.
Hampton University	2007	$3,000.00	Hampton	Funds to support two new programs in an ongoing “Literary Reading Series,” featuring discussion with leading African American authors.
Virginia Tech	2007	$3,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support development of a website devoted to the subject of African American schools and education in Virginia during the Great Depression.
Virginia University of Lynchburg	2007	$3,000.00	Lynchburg	A three-day conference on the life of Ota Benga, an African Pygmy who was brought to the U.S. in 1904, exhibited as a curiosity at the St. Louis World’s Fair and the Bronx Zoo, and subsequently brought to Virginia Baptist Seminary (now Virginia University of Lynchburg) where he died in 1916.
Friends of the Eastern Shore Public Library	2007	$1,500.00	Accomac	A five-part library-based book discussion series on the past, present, and future of the Chesapeake Bay Region, presented as a part of the larger “DelMarVa Discussions” series.
Virginia Museum of Natural History	2007	$2,500.00	Martinsville	Funds to support an exhibit and lecture series on the history and culture of Virginia Indians, past and present.
Virginia State University	2007	$3,000.00	Petersburg	Funds to support research focusing on the contributions of two of Virginia’s historically black colleges–Hampton University and Virginia State–to agricultural training programs that served blacks farmers.
Arlington County	2007	$2,500.00	Arlington	A one-week institute in which ten Arlington elementary school teachers will document the “Roots of Virginia” portion of the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, working with folklorists and technical advisors to produce curriculum units, podcasts, and other resources for distribution state and nationwide.
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division	2007	$8,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support production of a DVD and accompanying print publication documenting the history of Nauck, an African American neighborhood in Arlington.
Augusta County Historical Society	2007	$5,000.00	Staunton	Funds to support research and script development for a one-hour documentary film on the Civil War, focusing on two communities, Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Berryville Main Street	2007	$2,500.00	Berryville	A five-part lecture and performance-discussion series exploring the origins and evolution of American music.
Blue Cow Arts	2007	$4,200.00	Floyd	A series of interpretative performances focusing on Applachian gospel traditions, presented as part of the 2007 FloydFest music festival.
Brownsburg Community Association	2007	$5,000.00	Brownsburg	Funds to support an oral history project focusing on the Brownsburg community in Rockbridge County.
Journey Through Hallowed Ground	2007	$10,000.00	Waterford	Funds to support publication of a book containing information on one hundred African American historic sites within the region covered the “Journey Through Hallowed Ground” project. Research on these sites was supported by an earlier VFH grant.
Longs Chapel Preservation Society	2007	$7,500.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support publication of a book on the history of Zenda, an African American community in Rockingham County.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	2007	$8,900.00	Lancaster	A community research project, resulting in a searchable database, that focuses on the history of enslaved families in Lancaster County, Virginia, during the period 1830-1865.
Radford University	2007	$4,000.00	Radford	Funds to support publication of a book on the history of five African American communities whose ancestors are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, near Radford.
Research Foundation of SUNY at Binghamton	2007	$5,000.00	Binghamton	Funds to support a two-day conference on the history of Early Modern Virginia.
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding	2007	$8,000.00	Washington	Funds to support the third annual China-American Festival of Film and Culture, a four-day event exploring various aspects of Chinese history and culture and changes currently underway in China.
Southern Documentary Fund	2007	$5,000.00	Durham	Research and script development for a two-part series of documentary films on the history of the ocean liner the SS United States, her designer Williams Francis Gibbs, and the role of Virginia (Newport News) in the rise of American sea power in the 20th century.
Steamboat Era Museum	2007	$7,500.00	Irvington	Funds to support continuation of an oral history project to document the Steamboat Era in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2007	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a traveling exhibit and website exploring the aftermath of sexual and domestic violence and the contributions the humanities can make to the “art” of surviving it.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2007	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a traveling exhibit and website exploring the aftermath of sexual and domestic violence and the contributions the humanities can make to the “art” of surviving it.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance	2007	$6,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a traveling exhibit and website exploring the aftermath of sexual and domestic violence and the contributions the humanities can make to the “art” of surviving it.
Virginia University of Lynchburg	2007	$6,000.00	Lynchburg	A three-day conference on the life of Ota Benga, an African Pygmy who was brought to the U.S. in 1904 and exhibited as a curiosity at the St. Louis World’s Fair and the Bronx Zoo before being rescued by a group of black ministers and brought to Lynchburg, where he died in 1916.
Visual Arts Center of Richmond	2007	$9,900.00	Richmond	Funds to support the creation of an exhibit including photographic portraits and oral histories of women soldiers who have been wounded during their military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Arts Center In Orange	2007	$3,000.00	Orange	Funds to support production and promotion of a 45-minute DVD (video documentary) on African-American schools and education in Orange County.
Sweet Briar College	2007	$2,300.00	Sweet Briar	Funds to support a photographic exhibit titled “Family Portraits: Virginia Indians at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” and a related public discussion featuring representatives of the tribes depicted in the exhibits.
Eastern Shore’s Own	2007	$2,500.00	Belle Haven	Funds to support a documentary film on the Wachapreague Carnival, an annual event that is a focus of local culture and community life on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2007	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a four-part series of public discussions on issues surrounding drug use and drug policy in the U.S.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2007	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a four-part series of public discussions on issues surrounding drug use and drug policy in the U.S.
Presence Center for Applied Theatre Arts	2007	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the first phase of an oral history project focusing on the history of Charlottesville’s McGuffey Elementary School and its role in the larger history of school desegregation in Central Virginia.
University of Mary Washington	2007	$1,200.00	Fredericksburg	Funds to support printing costs for a book to accompany a new exhibit on James Monroe’s childhood and formative years, titled “The Making of a Revolutionary.”
Newport News Public Library System	2007	$1,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support a lecture/reading by the novelist Amy Tan.
Northampton County	2007	$2,500.00	Eastville	Funds to support printing costs for a book designed to acquaint local residents and visitors to Northampton County with the resources held in the local courthouse; and to encourage the use of these resources. Northampton has the oldest continuous set of public records in the U.S., dating from 1632.
Blue Ridge Irish Music School	2007	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support an interpretative performance by the Irish singer/songwriter Tommy Sands, focusing on traditional Irish and Irish-American music and world peace.
World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond	2007	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a four-part series of lecture/panel discussions focusing on “China’s futures.”
Barrier Islands Center	2007	$2,500.00	Machipongo	Funds to support production of a series of video documentary “vignettes” depicting life on Virginia’s Barrier Islands and involving excerpts from oral history interviews with former Barrier Island residents and their families conducted under a previous VFH grant.
Historic Polegreen Church Foundation	2007	$2,500.00	Mechanicsville	Funds to support a panel discussion on religious pluralism in Virginia, focusing on the history of religious freedom, including Jefferson’s “Virginia Statute,” and on current issues.
Belle Grove Plantation	2007	$7,500.00	Middletown	Funds to support research on the history and architectural significance of Harmony Hall in Shenandoah County.
The College of William and Mary	2007	$9,000.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support the development of essays, teacher resources, and other humanities content for a permanent web-based “Resource Center” devoted to exploring the principle of separation of church and state from a historical, philosophical, political and legal perspective.
Eastern Shore Center for Black History and Culture, Inc.	2007	$11,500.00	Eastville	Funds to support publication of a book of biographies profiling African American residents of Virginia’s Eastern Shore who made significant contributions in the fields of civil rights, business, education, the military, law, politics, and religion. The book is designed as a companion to a volume on Eastern Shore African American historic sites, published in early 2007, also with funding from the VFH.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance	2007	$3,100.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support a series of workshops designed to enhance the interpretive aspects of Downtown Harrisonburg’s annual Court Days Festival.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2007	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support an interpretive exhibit and accompanying brochure on the history of African American social groups and their influence in Central Virginia, the Lynchburg area in particular.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	2007	$10,000.00	Lancaster	Funds to support Phase II of a three-part project focusing on the history of slave families in Lancaster County during the period 1830 -1865.
The Montpelier Foundation	2007	$3,500.00	Orange	Funds to support the development of new interpretive materials focusing on the lives and experiences of Montpelier’s enslaved community.
Museum of the Confederacy	2007	$5,300.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-week teachers’ institute focusing on the lives, political views and presidencies of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln.
Regent University	2007	$5,000.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support a public symposium on the subject of African American Pentacostalism, its history, current status, and influence within African American communities and beyond.
University of Virginia	2007	$6,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of a website devoted to the emigration of African Americans from Virginia to Liberia between 1820 and 1865.
Visual Arts Center of Richmond	2007	$7,300.00	Richmond	Funds to support a panel discussion and publication of an interpretive gallery guide to accompany a large-scale photographic exhibit on the experience of women combat veterans in Afghanistan and Iraq that was funded in part by a previous VFH grant.
Visual Arts Center of Richmond	2007	$7,300.00	Richmond	Funds to support a panel discussion and publication of an interpretive gallery guide to accompany a large-scale photographic exhibit on the experience of women combat veterans in Afghanistan and Iraq that was funded in part by a previous VFH grant.
National D-Day Memorial Foundation	2008	$1,000.00	Bedford	Funds to support a public lecture, the fifth in an annual series, focusing on the contributions of African American soldiers and support personnel during WWII. This year’s program focuses on the “Port Chicago” incident in California and its aftermath.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2008	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support the cost of printing and distributing an interpretative poster honoring Virginia women — past and present — who have made important contributions to Virginia and the U.S.
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum	2008	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the cost of printing an interpretative publication designed to accompany an exhibit examining the continuing influence of Edgar Allen Poe on popular culture, specifically comics and graphic novels.
William King Museum	2008	$1,500.00	Abingdon	Funds to support a series of public events offered in conjunction with an exhibit exploring the relationship between art and faith in Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
Capitol Square Civil Rights Memorial Foundation	2008	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support printing costs for a brochure focusing on the Capitol Square Civil Rights Memorial and the history it commemorates.
George Mason University	2008	$1,000.00	Fairfax	Funds to support an interpretive performance and public conversation on the subject of ballad singing and traditional ballads of Virginia, featuring Elizabeth LaPrelle, an acknowledged master of this tradition.
Virginia Discovery Museum	2008	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a series of three public programs focusing on various aspects of Monacan culture, to coincide with the exhibit “Beyond Jamestown: Virginia Indians, Yesterday and Today” during its display at Charlottesville’s Virginia Discovery Museum.
Rockfish Valley Organization	2008	$2,000.00	Nellysford	Funds to support an archaeological and historical research project focusing on the Elk Hill community in Nelson County.
Chippokes Plantation State Park	2008	$3,000.00	Surry	Funds to support an oral history project resulting in a publication and series of pubic presentations on the relationship between traditional gardening practices and African American history and foodways.
Partnership for Floyd	2008	$7,000.00	Floyd	Funds to support a series of four performances and discussion programs focusing on the musical heritage of Floyd County, with a special emphasis on the role of the Floyd Country Store in helping to foster and sustain the music of this region.
Frontier Culture Museum	2008	$5,800.00	Staunton	Funds to support a one-week teachers’ institute focusing on the contributions made by Africans and their African American descendants to the creation of American frontier culture.
Isle of Wight County Museum Foundation, Inc.	2008	$6,500.00	Smithfield	Funds to support a nine-day teachers’ institute focusing on life in Western Tidewater, Virginia from 1750-1820 — the second of three “ethnohistory” institutes presented as a collaboration between the Isle of Wight County Museum, the Nansemond Tribe, and Paul D. Camp Community College.
Laurel Grove School Association	2008	$11,000.00	Springfield	Funds to support a multi-stage curriculum development project focusing on the history of Laurel Grove School in Fairfax, the County’s last remaining African American school that has recently been restored to accurately reflect its appearance ca. 1920 and is now a museum.
Old City Cemetery	2008	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support creation of a website containing the burial records of the Diuguid Funeral Home in Lynchburg, a large and unique collection of more than 78,000 individual records which has been called a “national treasure.”
Old City Cemetery	2008	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support creation of a website containing the burial records of the Diuguid Funeral Home in Lynchburg, a large and unique collection of more than 78,000 individual records which has been called a “national treasure.”
Prince William County Public Schools	2008	$10,000.00	Manassas	Funds to support development of two video programs, and educational website, and promotional brochure/poster focusing on the Cactus Hill archeological site in Virginia, and how the work of archaeologists at this and other pre-Clovis sites are revising long-held theories about the origins of Native Americans on the North American continent.
Trees Virginia	2008	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research leading to the publication of a book connecting the most “remarkable” trees in Virginia with human history.
University of Virginia	2008	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support a photographic exhibit, panel discussion, and interpretative booklet exploring issues of violence, poverty and social changes in El Salvador.
University of Virginia	2008	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of an online exhibit and website, based on an on-going oral and community history project, focusing on events related to the Civil Rights Movement in Danville, VA, in particular the protests during the summer of 1963, and their long-term legacy within the community and beyond.
Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium	2008	$6,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support a free public lecture by the author Walter Mosley and seven book discussion programs focusing on his work, to be held at libraries in the Hampton/Newport News area.
The Fairfield Foundation	2008	$3,000.00	White Marsh	Funds to support research leading to the creation of a booklet and website exhibit on the everyday material life of African American living in the vicinity of Fairfield Plantation (Gloucester County) during the decades immediately following the Civil War.
The Fairfield Foundation	2008	$3,000.00	White Marsh	Funds to support research leading to the creation of a booklet and website exhibit on the everyday material life of African American living in the vicinity of Fairfield Plantation (Gloucester County) during the decades immediately following the Civil War.
Fairy Stone State Park	2008	$3,000.00	Stuart	Funds to support a series of interpretative performances on the evolution of the African American spiritual from call-and-response traditions of the antebellum period to the present day.
Norfolk State University Foundation, Inc.	2008	$1,250.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a lecture/interpretative performance on the life, work, and artistic achievements of photographer, filmmaker and poet Gordon Parks.
Nansemond Indian Tribal Association (NITA)	2008	$2,000.00	Churchland	No description available
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History	2008	$2,000.00	Danville	Funds to support production of an interpretative exhibit and public lecture focusing on the unique musical heritage of Danville and its communities.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Inc.	2008	$2,500.00	Tazewell	Funds to support two interpretative performances and a publication on Southwest Virginia musical traditions, to be presented as a complement to the Smithsonian Institution’s “New Harmonies” traveling exhibit.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2008	$2,500.00	Farmville	Funds to support two public lectures on the history of Civil Rights in education in Virginia, featuring former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton and John Stokes, one of the plaintiffs in the Davis vs. Prince Edward Co. case, both of whom have written recent books dealing with this history.
St. John’s Church	2008	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day planning meeting, part of a larger process leading to the development of new teaching materials and resources that address the foundations of Virginia and United States government.
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.	2008	$8,000.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support publication of a book presenting selections from the pretty of Anne Spencer in an intrepretive context.
Appalachian Traditions, Inc.	2008	$7,500.00	Norton	Funds to support the 40th annual Dock Boggs and Kate O’Neill Peters Sturgil Memorial Festival in Wise County.
Arlington County	2008	$5,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support production of two CDs with interpretive liner notes and two related performance-discussion programs featuring masters of traditional music from Turkey and Mongolia, both of whom are recent immigrants currently living in northern Virginia.
Taubman Museum of Art	2008	$4,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a pilot oral history project based on recorded interviews with master musicians from the Appalachian region, focusing on their artistic development. The project is the first step toward creating a regional music history archive.
Berryville Main Street	2008	$1,900.00	Berryville	A four-part series of lecture / performance / discussion programs, part of a larger series on traditional American music.
Ellis Acres Memorial Park, Inc.	2008	$6,700.00	Dillwyn	Funds to support the first phase of a longer term oral history porject focusing on African American education in Buckingham County.
James Madison University	2008	$6,000.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support installation of the exhibit “Beyond Jamestown: Virginia Indians Past and Present” and a series of related programs on the history of Virginia Indians and their culture in the present day.
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley	2008	$5,000.00	Winchester	An interpretive exhibit on the life and cartographic contributions of Jedediah Hotchkiss, a 19th century map-maker who served as chief cartographer for Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
Network of South Asian Professionals	2008	$5,000.00	Washington	Funds to support the 8th annual South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival.
Old Dominion University	2008	$4,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a month-long symposium on the subject of incarceration and its impact.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2008	$5,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support planning for a permanent exhibit on the history of the civil rights and education as embodied in the history of the Robert R. Moton School and Prince Edward County, VA.
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation	2008	$9,000.00	Castleton	Funds to support planning for two related interpretive exhibits — one physical, one web-based — on the history of Scrabble School in Rappahannock County, one of the Rosenwald Schools in Virginia established to provide education for African American students during the years of legalized racial segregation.
Urban Alternatives Foundation	2008	$6,000.00	Amissville	Funds to support community interviews, photo documentation, two exhibits, and a public forum, part of a long-term effort to document the buildings, communities, and physical and cultural changes along Columbia Pike in Arlington County.
Venture Richmond	2008	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support portions of the first annual (2008) Richmond Folk Festival, focusing on “the artistry, creativity, and community life of new immigrants to Virginia.”
Virginia Commonwealth University Foundation	2008	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the development of ten 30-minute radio interviews/conversations with leading scientists and humanities scholars foucsing on topics related to “Darwin, Evolution, Creation, and Intelligent Design,” part of a larger series entitled “Conversations in Science and Religion.”
Virginia Division of State Parks	2008	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funs to support a series of one and two-day programs held at state parks throughout Virginia, focusing on Native American technologies, material culture, and use of wild foods and medicinal plants.
Virginia Quarterly Review	2008	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the continuation of a long-term effort to document the literary history of The Virginia Quarterly Review, focusing on important “backstories” involving major European and American authors whose works were published in the VQR.
State Fair of Virginia, Inc.	2008	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews with African American former groomsmen at the Meadow farm/stable in Doswell, Virginia, home of Triple Crown-winner Secretariat and a number of other world-class throuroughbred racehorses.
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society	2008	$500.00	Amherst	Funds to support an interpretive performance focusing on Patrick Henry and his connection to the historic Winton House in Amherst County, to be presented for a public audience in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Amherst County Historical Society.
Fairfax County Park Authority	2008	$1,500.00	Falls Church	A public symposium marking thirty years of archaeological work in Farifax County.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2008	$2,200.00	Onancock	Funds to support the initial phases of a public archaeology project designed to add another perspective to ongoing interpretation at the Ker Place historic site.
Cape Charles Historical Society	2008	$2,000.00	Cape Charles	Funds to support research and database development — the first phase of a longer-term effort to develop a new research and interpretive center at the Cape Charles Museum.
Carver-Price Alumni Association, Inc.	2008	$2,000.00	Concord	Funds to support the continuation of an oral history project focusing on the history of African American Education in Appomattox County during the era of segregation, as well as portions of an exhibit on the same subject.
Northern Virginia Community College	2008	$1,000.00	Annandale	Funds to support a public lecture on the subject of slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Ferrum College	2008	$9,000.00	Ferrum	Production of an exhibit, an accompanying double CD with liner notes, and publication of a gallery guide exploring the history and cultural impact of Rockabilly music in Virginia.
James Madison University	2008	$8,000.00	Harrisonburg	A one-week summer institute for teachers focusing on the poetry of Lucille Clifton and on the teaching of poetry, African American poetry in particular.
Journey Through Hallowed Ground	2008	$5,000.00	Waterford	Funds to support printing and design costs for a book containing information on 100 African American historical sites within the region covered by the “Journey Through Hallowed Ground” project. Research for this publication was supported by previous grants from the VFH.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2008	$8,000.00	Lynchburg	An interpretive exhibit and brochure — and a related lecture/discussion program — focusing on the military service of African Americans in Central Virginia.
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth	2008	$7,500.00	Big Stone Gap	Production and distribution of a CD of contemporary Appalachian music, to be released in tandem with the PBS film series “Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People.”
Museum of the Confederacy	2008	$4,000.00	Richmond	A one-week Institute for teachers, focusing on the experience of solidiers, enslaved persons and women during the U.S. Civil War.
National D-Day Memorial Foundation	2008	$7,000.00	Bedford	A two-day conference marking the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion (D-Day) and examining the legacies of this event through the eyes of scholars and writers as well as veterans who participated.
Newport News Public Library System	2008	$6,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support creation of an online exhibit (to accompany and complement a physical exhibit) focusing on the development of the city of Newport News through the lens of the Old Dominion Land Company records.
Preservation Piedmont	2008	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support creation of a “web prototype” for a database including information on Virginia’s Rosenwald schools, as well as research and the collection of oral histories to be included in this database.
Rockbridge Friends of Mountain Music and Dance	2008	$9,000.00	Natural Bridge	Funds to support the costs of recording eleven traditional banjo players as part of a larger effort to produce a double CD with accompanying DVD and liner notes, documenting various “claw-hammer” and “picking” styles with roots in the central Appalachian region.
Tangier History Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center	2008	$9,000.00	Tangier	A series of five performance-discussion programs, to be held at five different Eastern Virginian locations, focusing on the changing ecology and maritime cultures of the Chesapeake Bay from the perspectives of Tangier Island watermen.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2008	$4,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a series of lectures and reprinting of an accompanying publication in connection with a multi-site tour of the VFH-funded exhibit “When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans.”
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2008	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support the first in a series of seven annual conferences coinciding with the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2008	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support printing and distribution of a poster acknowledging the contributions of eight Virginia women to the fields of literature, scholarship, politics, education and community development.
Roanoke College	2009	$2,000.00	Salem	Funds to support one in a series of programs on Vietnamese history and culture entitled “Knowing Vietnam.”
University of Richmond	2009	$2,500.00	University of Richmond	Funds to support supplies for a one-week workshop for teachers and museum professionals focusing on ways to identity authentic and respectful portrayals of native people and tribal communities, Virginia Indians in particular.
Columbia Pike Revitalization Project	2009	$5,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support photo and oral history documentation of the people, buildings and changes taking place along Columbia Pike in Arlington, leading to an exhibit and related programs to be developed in conjunction with the “Pike’s” 200th anniversary in 2010.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2009	$8,000.00	Onancock	Funds to support the first phase of a three-part project focusing on 20th century farm life on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, beginning with oral history interviews with current and former farmers in Accomack County.
Prince William County Public Schools	2009	$9,000.00	Manassas	Script development for a one-hour video documentary on Virginia Indian history, covering the period from 1720 to the present day.
Barrier Islands Center	2009	$7,000.00	Machipongo	A one-day interpretive music festival and accompanying publication presenting distinctive musical traditions from various parts of Virginia.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society	2009	$7,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support the development of a permanent exhibit and accompanying interpretive booklet on the history of Hopkins & Bros. Store in Onancock, now a state and federal historic landmark.
Friends of the Southwest Virginia Museum	2009	$6,200.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support a series of interpretive workshops, to be presented as part of the 2009 “Gathering in the Gap” music festival.
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	2009	$9,000.00	Lancaster	Funds to support the final phase of a 3-part project focusing on slave and slave-owner data gathered through an in-depth study of estate books and other public records in Lancaster County.
Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.	2009	$5,000.00	Locust Grove	Funds to support planning and design of a permanent exhibit on the history of the first groups of German immigrants to settle in Colonial Virginia.
Refugee and Immigration Services	2009	$3,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a treatment for a one-hour documentary film on the African immigrant communities and the impact of African immigration in Richmond.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2009	$5,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support republication of the 1965 book “Bound for Freedom” by Neil Sullivan, who led successful efforts to open a federally funded Free School in Prince Edward County during the period when its public schools were closed to avoid desegregation.
Robert Russa Moton Museum	2009	$5,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support republication of the 1965 book “Bound for Freedom” by Neil Sullivan, who led successful efforts to open a federally funded Free School in Prince Edward County during the period when its public schools were closed to avoid desegregation.
Schoolhouse Museum Foundation	2009	$5,000.00	Smithfield	Funds to support continuation of an oral history project focusing on African American education in Smithfield and Isle of Wight County during the year prior to integration.
Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc.	2009	$5,000.00	Stratford	A three-day teachers institute on slavery, examining this complex topic from a broad range of perspectives and designed to provide teachers with resource that will aid in their classroom teaching.
Manassas Museum Associates	2009	$1,500.00	Manassas	Funds to support design and printing of an interpretive brochure, designed to complement and help launch an exhibit and series of related programs on the transformation of Prince William County from an agricultural to a suburban region.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	2009	$1,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a public lecture and printed catalogue in conjunction with an interpretive exhibit explaining “the relationship between clothing and identity for Patrick Henry, his family, and later residents of [his home]Scotchtown, including enslaved African Americans.”
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	2009	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	This request is for funds to support completion of the Frances Brand Oral History Project, which complements restoration of an unusual series of folk-art portraits of “ordinary people who broke through gender and ethnic barriers to move into the mainstream” of the Charlottesville/Albemarle community.
Handley Regional Library	2009	$1,250.00	Winchester	A lecture/book discussion program featuring Logan Ward, the author of the See you in a Hundred Years, which describes his family’s experiment with living on their Shenandoah Valley farm as if it were a century ago.
Blue Ridge Traditional Arts	2009	$2,000.00	Galax	An interpretive performance / workshop exploring the Tidewater and bluegrass (Appalachian) gospel traditions through the music of the Paschall Brothers and Doyle Lawson.
Greene County Historical Society	2009	$2,000.00	Stanardsville	Funds to support the creation of an online database of artifacts and other materials in the collections of the Greene County Historical Society, laying the foundation for future exhibits and educational programs.
Telamon Corporation	2009	$2,150.00	Raleigh	Funds to support the costs of bringing the VFH-funded exhibit “We Have to Dream While Awake: Courage and Change in El Salvador” to the Eastern Shore, and to support two related public programs.
Appalachian Cultural Music Association	2009	$5,500.00	Bristol	Funds to support research and development of an interpretive exhibit on the history of mountain music in the southern Appalachians.
Baldwin Center for Preservation Development	2009	$4,000.00	North Garden	Funds to support a symposium on rural land use issues, specifically on alternatives and strategies for preserving working agricultural land alongside residential development.
Gunston Hall Plantation	2009	$1,250.00	Mason Neck	Funds to support a lecture, demonstration, and performance program exploring and acknowledging the contributions of enslaved men and women to the building of George Mason’s Gunston Hall.
James Agee Film Project	2009	$9,000.00	University Park	Research and script development for a six-part documentary film series on the history of religion in America, spanning the period from the mid-15th century to the present.
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley	2009	$4,500.00	Winchester	Funds to support design and fabrication of an interpretive exhibit on vernacular chairs produced in the Shenandoah Valley from the 18th to the 20th centuries, emphasizing German, Swiss, and Scots-Irish cultural influences.
Network of South Asian Professionals	2009	$4,000.00	Washington	Funds to support the eighth annual South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation	2009	$6,000.00	Castleton	Funds to support the development of an online exhibit (and planning for a physical exhibit) on the history of Scrabble School, a former Rosenwald School in Rapphannock County.
Society of Former Special Agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation	2009	$6,000.00	Quantico	Funds to support portions of a long-term oral history project to record the memories of former FBI agents, in particular the experiences of women and minority agents as well as agents involved in terrorism and organized crime cases.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2009	$3,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support a panel discussion — to be presented during the annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival — on the history, present status, and future of the Blues, as well as on the cultural environment(s) in which the Blues have flourished.
Virginia Tech	2009	$8,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a one-day public forum on scientific controversies surrounding animal cognition, presented as part of the on-going “Choices and Challenges” series of Virginia Tech and in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.
Virginia Historical Society	2009	$9,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support production of a DVD to be included as part of a major exhibit on the history of John Brown’s Raid, how it was seen and understood at the time, and its meaning in the present day.
Watermen’s Museum	2009	$7,000.00	Yorktown	Funds to support a series of humanities-based experiential learning programs designed for young adults with mental disabilities, and evaluation of this initial program series as a potential model for other similar museum-based education programs statewide.
World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads	2009	$2,500.00	Virginia Beach	Funds to support the 2010 “Great Decisions” series of eight weekly lecture discussion programs addressing issues in American foreign policy and international relations.
Hope Community Services	2009	$2,000.00	Farmville	Funds to support a series of dialogues involving African American clergy from Southside Virginia in discussions about racial reconciliation.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR)	2009	$2,500.00	Clifford	Funds to support collection of oral history interviews, production of a 21-minute video based on these interviews, and a series of public program, all exploring the history of segregated education in Amherst County.
University of Virginia	2009	$2,400.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support the costs of reprinting a 16-page interpretive booklet entitled “We Have to Dream While Awake: courage and Change in El Salvador,” wjocj was designed to accopmany a photographic exhibit of the same title, and which will distributed at multiple locations as the exhibit continues to circulate statewide.
Virginia Holocaust Museum	2009	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a lecture on the origins of the Holocaust, presented as part of the sponsoring organization’s annual (2009) commemoration of Kristallnacht.
Virginia Association of Museums	2009	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day planning conference to explore the feasibility of creating a statewide African American Museums Network.
Saint Joseph Catholic Church & Giuseppe Verdi Lodge (sons of Italy)	2009	$1,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support portions of the Third Annual Saint Joseph Italian Festival in Richmond, exploring the Italian immigrant experience and Italiano-American culture in the present day.
Jefferson Center Foundation, Ltd.	2009	$1,400.00	Roanoke	Funds to support a series of events — an exhibit, two panel discussions, multiple lectures, and musical performances — leading up to a performance of the “Music from the Crooked Road” tour, sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2009	$4,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support Legacy Museum’s Tenth Anniversary exhibit focusing on significant objects and artifacts chosen and interpreted by local collectors, in collaboration with leading African American historians.
The Living Archives	2009	$5,000.00	New York	Funds to support research, script development, and the contributions of historians and legal scholars to the development of a documentary film on the landmark Supreme Court case, Loving vs. Virginia that overturned anti-miscegenation laws in the United States.
Prince William County Public Schools	2009	$3,000.00	Manassas	Funds to support a continuation of pre-production work toward the creation of a one-hour documentary video on Virginia Indian history and contemporary life.
Stafford County	2009	$3,000.00	Stafford	Funds to support production and promotion of an interpretive exhibit focusing on the stories of former slaves who escaped to freedom through the port of Aquia Landing, and on the site as a portal for slave transport.
University of Memphis	2009	$1,000.00	Memphis	Funds to support pre-production costs for a two-part, two-hour documentary film on the lives of three Civil War officers — John Singleton Mosby, Francis Channing Barlow, and Charles Russell Lowell.
Virginia Association of Museums	2009	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support a three-day intensive “Fundamentals Forum” designed to provide training opportunities primarily for the staffs, boards and volunteers of small and emerging museums in Virginia.
Virginia Tech	2009	$4,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support the development of instructional materials and strategies designed to assist middle school students and their teachers in learning about important themes in Virginia and U.S. history through the lens of Christiansburg Institute, which educated generations of African American students in S.W. Virginia during the 100-year period from 1866-1966.
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Foundation, Inc.	2010	$1,500.00	Christiansburg	Funds to support a public forum/discussion featuring fourteen masters of Appalachian music traditions, exploring the connections in their own lives and Appalachian culture and identity.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2010	$1,500.00	Falls Church	Funds to support a panel discussion on the history of Native and African Americancontributions to the Blues, presented as part of the 2nd Annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival in Falls Church.
Blackwater-Nottoway River Keeper	2010	$1,800.00	Sedley	Funds to support research, photo and oral history collection, and a series of related activities documenting the history and importance of water-driven grist mills and saw mills in the Western Tidewater region.
Chincoteague Cultural Alliance	2010	$800.00	Chincoteague Island	Funds to support documentation of two African American cemeteries on Chincoteague Island, resulting in an exhibit and related programs focusing on the history of these cemeteries and of African American life on Chincoteague.
Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	2010	$1,000.00	Blacksburg	A panel discussion and related film screening exploring the cultural, technological and social history of rural medicine in Virginia from a variety of cultural and research perspectives.
Handley Regional Library	2010	$1,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support a film screening, a dramatic reading, and a panel discussion to be presented as part of the 8th annual “One Book, One Community” reading program, focusing in 2010 on “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc	2010	$2,000.00	Galax	Funds to support development of curriculum materials designed to introduce students to the traditional music of the Appalachian region and to the history and cultural context which shaped the development of these distinctive musical forms.
Randolph College	2010	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support a one-day conference on Ancient Greek Drama in Performance. The conference will explore the challenges of staging dramatic productions when based on the “original practices,” and how contemporary audiences gain an enhanced understanding when Greek drama is presented in this way.
American Shakespeare Center	2010	$3,272.29	Staunton	A three-day seminar for high-school teachers focusing on technique for teaching Shakespeare in the classroom.
Southern Memorial Association	2010	$3,400.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support publication of a 32-page, four-color booklet on the history of Tinbridge Hill, an historically African American neighborhood in inner-city Lynchburg.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2010	$4,000.00	Newport News	Funds to support development of an interpretive exhibit and related publication on the history of the watermen (and women) of the Chesapeake, and on the issues confronting the region’s maritime communities today.
Laurel Grove School Association	2010	$4,000.00	Lorton	Funds to support further expansion of a longer-term project to develop curriculum resources and other tools for teaching about the history of Laurel Grove School in Fairfax County. Laurel Grove School was founded for African American children shortly after the end of the Civil War and is now a museum dedicated to teaching about the history of African American education.
Virginia Intermont College	2010	$2,000.00	Bristol	Funds to support a series of lectures, performances, film screenings, and public discussions designed to reach local audiences in the Bristol area.
The Montpelier Foundation	2010	$3,150.00	Orange	Funds to support the development of new interpretive exhibits at James Madison’s Montpelier, focusing on the Madison family, the enslaved community at Montpelier, the U.S. Constitution and the role of the 4th President (Madison) as its principal architect.
The Museum of the Confederacy	2010	$3,452.00	Richmond	A five-day institute for teachers on the Sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War, explaining the “issues, events, and people key to the year 1861.”
Virginia Commonwealth University	2010	$3,521.51	Richmond	Funds to support an oral history project on the history of the Holley School for Freedmen (later the Holley Graded School) in Northumberland County.
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2010	$4,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day conference on “Military Strategy in the American Civil War,” the third program in an annual series held in conjunction with the War’s Sesquicentennial observance.
Blue Ridge PBS	2010	$4,000.00	Roanoke	A one-hour, documentary video, intended for statewide television broadcast, on the history of Virginia’s state parks, timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the creation of Virginia’s state park system in 2011.
Galax Volunteer Fire Department	2010	$5,500.00	Galax	Funds to support a two-day music and cultural arts festival featuring dozens of traditional musicians and music scholars from the Blue Ridge and Appalachian regions of Virginia.
The Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.	2010	$7,000.00	Sharon	Research and script development for a two-hour documentary film on the life and literary achievements of Edgar Allan Poe. The project will also result in a shorter version of the film to be used as part of the visitor experience at the Poe Museum in Richmond.
FrancisEmma, Inc.	2010	$7,000.00	Powhatan	Funds to support an oral history project focusing on the history of two progressive boarding schools — St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute and St. Francis de Sales Institute — that were established on the former Belmead plantation in the 1890s.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2011	$1,200.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a planning meeting and a series of oral history interviews leading to the publication of a book centered around a memoir written by Barbara Johns, who led the student walkout at Robert R. Moton High School in 1951 and is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most important figures in the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia and nationwide.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc.	2011	$1,500.00	Machipongo	Funds to support an exhibit and two public lectures on the history and ecological importance of Virginia’s Barrier Islands.
Pamunkey Indian Tribe	2011	$2,500.00	King William	Funds to support a series of planning meetings to develop a comprehensive plan for renovation and updating exhibits at the Pamunkey Indian Museum.
College of William & Mary	2011	$1,500.00	Williamsburg	Funds to support the cost printing and distributing an interdisciplinary guide to pilgrimage studies, to the history of the Spanish “Camino de Santiago,” and to the 2011 Hollywood feature film, “The Way.”
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2011	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to assist in documenting the “food and farming heritage” and agricultural traditions of central Virginia, and to create a web-based compendium of information on the region’s agricultural heritage.
Arlington County, VA Government	2011	$1,500.00	Arlington	Funds to support design and printing of an interpretive brochure to accompany a gallery exhibit on Arlington’s Mongolian immigrant community.
American Frontier Culture Foundation	2011	$1,500.00	Staunton	Funds to support a four-part lecture series exploring aspects of American Indian history and culture in the Shenandoah Valley.
Newport News Public Library Foundation	2011	$1,250.00	Newport News	Funds to support a public lecture by Catherine Coulter — the author of more than sixty books — presented as part of an ongoing (annual) series of author appearances, sponsored by a consortium of seven public and college/university libraries in the Hampton/Newport News region.
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society	2011	$1,500.00	Dayton	Funds to support an exhibit titled “Bernhart & Company: Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Fraktur (1774-1850). The exhibit will include digital prints of family “certificates” illustrating the Fraktur tradition, which was common within German and Swiss immigrant communities in the Shenandoah Valley during this period.
Historic Polegreen Church Foundation	2011	$1,500.00	Mechanicsville	Funds to support a public lecture by the historian John Ragosta on the topic “Religious freedom–How We Got It”, exploring the transformation of political thought in Virginia toward broad acceptance of the ideal of religious freedom.
American Association for State and Local History	2011	$1,500.00	Nashville	Funds to support a series of three public lectures presented in conjunction with the 2011 annual conference of the American Association of State and Local History. The theme is “The Promise of Remembrance and New Beginnings.” Speakers include Adam Goodheart, Dorothy Cotton, and Spencer Crew.
Cape Charles Historical Society	2011	$1,500.00	Cape Charles	Funds to support transcription of approximately 90 existing audio and video tapes of interviews with long-time residents of the Cape Charles area. These transcriptions will then be used in developing exhibits and other educational programs focusing on the history of the Cape Charles community.
Carver-Price Alumni Association, Inc	2011	$2,659.64	Lynchburg	Funds to support a series of planning meetings, the first phase of a long-term effort to redefine the interpretive mission of the Carver-Price Museum in Appomattox.
Taubman Museum of Art	2011	$3,000.00	Roanoke	Funds to support the third in a series of three public conversations exploring the intersection of history and contemporary issues in the arts — titled “Bright Leaves and Curing Barns: Artist Examinations of Tobacco’s Legacy.”
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2011	$7,500.00	Onancock	Funds to support publication of a large-format brochure/booklet on the history and impact of the Civil War on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Virginia Repertory Theatre	2011	$2,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a new theatrical production on the life and achievements of Oliver Hill, Sr., the Virginia attorney whose pioneering work in the field of Civil Rights led to the end of legalized segregation in America’s public schools.
Mountain Empire Community College	2011	$5,000.00	Big Stone Gap	Funds to support production of a two CD anthology of selected music performances from the past five years of the “Home Craft Days Festival” in Big Stone Gap (2006-2010.)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2011	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews intended to provide context for an unpublished memoir by Barbara Johns who as a sixteen-year-old girl led the student walkout at Robert R. Moton School in Farmville, Virginia, that ultimately led to desegregation of the public schools nationwide.
University of Richmond	2011	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support development of a documentary film titled “Mothers at War,” an outgrowth of another VFH-funded project that examined the experiences of women combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc.	2011	$6,000.00	Machipongo	Funds to support a documentary film on the waterfowl hunting and decoy carving tradition of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, based on interviews with local historians and many of the leading carvers and hunting guides living today.
Suffolk River Heritage, Inc.	2011	$7,500.00	Suffolk	Funds to support production of historical, interpretive maps in printed and digital formats, plus outdoor signage for the Water Trail, focusing on the Nansemond River and surrounding waterways.
Eastern Shore Community College Foundation	2011	$2,000.00	Melfa	Funds to support an interpretive performance and accompanying publication honoring the “lives and leadership” of seven women — four nationally known figures and three who made extraordinary contributions at the local level, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2011	$2,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a one-day conference on “Leadership and Generalship in the Civil War,” the fourth program in a seven-part series of annual events marking the sesquicentennial of the US Civil War.
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. DBA WHRO	2011	$2,277.17	Norfolk	Funds to support production of a series of 90-second radio history vignettes on the history of the Eastern Shore via a collaboration between the Barrier Islands Center and WHRO-FM radio, resulting in both broadcast and online accessibility.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2011	$2,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support three public presentations in conjunction with a larger scholarly conference marking the sesquicentennial of the “Battle of Hampton Roads.”
The Museum of the Confederacy	2011	$2,914.00	Richmond	Funds to support a five-day institute for Virginia teachers, one in a series marking the sesquicentennial of the US Civil War.
Louisa County Historical Society	2011	$3,000.00	Louisa	Funds to support research and planning and a series of community programs focusing on “experiences of African Americans and women of all races” in Louisa County during the period from the end of the US Civil War to the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement.
Germanna Foundation	2011	$3,000.00	Locust Grove	Funds to support production and installation of a permanent exhibit on the history of the first groups of German immigrants to settle in Virginia. Script development for the exhibit was support by an earlier VFH grant.
Science Museum of Virginia Foundation	2011	$5,000.00	Richmond	Funds to support a broad array of programs, public lectures, panel discussions and a companion exhibit designed to complement a major exhibition at the Science Museum titled “Race: Are We So Different?”
Legacy Museum of African American History	2011	$5,000.00	Lynchburg,	Funds to support an interpretive exhibit and accompanying publication on African American life in Central Virginia during and after the US Civil War.
Virginia Nottoway Indian Circle and Square Foundation, Inc.	2011	$6,000.00	Capron	Funds to support production of a permanent exhibit and related traveling display focusing on the history and contemporary culture of the Nottoway of Virginia.
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University	2011	$6,000.00	Durham	Production of an audio documentary, intended for national broadcast, on an incident in Franklin County, Virginia in which high-ranking local officials were indicted for illegal alcohol production (“moonshine”) during the Prohibition Era.
Handley Regional Library	2012	$1,000.00	Winchester	Funds to support production of an exhibit on the history and architectural significance of the Handley Library in Winchester, and a lecture on the same subject to coincide with the exhibit opening.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2012	$2,000.00	Clifford	A series of oral history interviews, public forums and additions to an existing website focusing on the history of segregated education and the integration of the public schools in Amherst County.
The Brownsburg Museum	2012	$1,500.00	Brownsburg	An interpretive exhibit on race relations in Brownsburg, Virginia–Rockingham County–before and after the Civil War.
Newport News Public Library Foundation	2012	$1,200.00	Newport News	Funds to support a public lecture by the poet Nikki Giovanni, as part of an ongoing series sponsored by the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium, which includes seven public and university libraries in the Hampton/Newport News area.
Friends of Handley Regional Library	2012	$803.78	Winchester	Funds to support a public lecture by the author James McPherson, whose book FOR CAUSE AND COMRADES: WHY MEN FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR is the focus of the 2012 “One Book, One Community” reading program in Winchester, Frederick and Clarke counties.
Bath County Historical Society	2012	$1,500.00	Warm Springs	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews with alumni of two former Rosenwald Schools in Bath County.
Blue Ridge Traditional Arts	2012	$1,000.00	Galax	Funds to support a pre-concert lecture on traditional Blues music, to coincide with a performance of the Blue Ridge Music Center titled “Country Bluesmen and Songsters.”
Oyster Museum, Inc. DBA Museum of Chincoteague Island	2012	$1,500.00	Chincoteague Island	Funds to support research and oral history interviews, the first phase of a longer term effort to explore and document the history of African American families on Chincoteague Island.
Garth Newel Music Center Foundation, Inc.	2012	$1,200.00	Warm Springs	Funds to support two lecture-presentations as part of the third annual Old Dairy Heritage Day Festival in Bath County
Paul D. Camp Community College	2012	$3,000.00	Franklin	Funds to support research, interviews, and planning for a one-hour documentary film on the economic cultural and social history of peanut farming and processing in the Western Tidewater region of Virginia.
Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail: The Crooked Road	2012	$1,000.00	Abingdon	Funds to support the inaugural (2012) Abingdon Crooked Road Music Festival.
College of William & Mary	2012	$1,381.28	Williamsburg	Funds to support two public events — a documentary film screening and an interpretive performance, presented in connection with a larger symposium on “Pilgrimage Studies.”
Jewish Museum & Cultural Center (Friends of Chevra T’Helim Inc.)	2012	$1,500.00	Portsmouth	Funds to support a five-part series focusing on the experiences of Virginia’s Jewish communities during the Civil War.
Sweet Briar College	2012	$4,500.00	Sweet Briar	Development of an interpretive plan for a former slave cabin located on the campus of Sweet Briar College in Amherst County, one of the few structures of its kind remaining in Virginia.
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation	2012	$6,000.00	Castleton	Oral history interviews, development of classroom lesson plans, and additions to an existing website focusing on the history of Scrabble School in Rappahannock County, and by extension, on the broader history of Rosenwald Schools through Virginia and the South.
Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project Inc.	2012	$6,000.00	Arlington	Funds to support a series of six public events featuring Living History portrayals of John Clayton, an 18th century botanist whose Flora of Virginia stood for more than 200 years as the definitive atlas of Virginia plant life. The programs will take place in conjunction with the publication of new Flora of Virginia volume in late 2012.
Prince William County Historic Preservation Division	2012	$2,500.00	Dumfries	Funds to support a three-day conference on the history of slavery and emancipation, coinciding with the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013.
YWCA of Central Virginia	2012	$2,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds to support research and oral history interviews, the first phase of a larger project explaining the history of the Lynchburg YWCA “within the context of the history and social fabric” of the Lynchburg community.
Rappahannock Historical Society	2012	$3,000.00	Washington	Funds to begin digitization of the collection of the Rappahannock Historical Society, leading to an online catalog of the Society’s holdings.
Steamboat Era Museum	2012	$3,500.00	Irvington	Funds to support continuation of an oral history project begun under a previous VFH grant to document the history and culture of the steamboat era on the Chesapeake Bay.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2012	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support development of an interactive web portal for documenting regional food heritage in the five counties of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2012	$5,000.00	Falls Church	Funds to support development of a walking tour exploring the history of African American life in Falls Church during the period from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2012	$5,462.86	Onancock	Funds to support collection and transcription of oral history interviews and a public symposium focusing on mid-20th century farm life on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
African American Historical Society of Portsmouth	2012	$3,500.00	Postsmouth	Funds to support planning for an interpretive exhibit on the history of the Portsmouth Colored Library, to be installed in the lower library building, which is now the Portsmouth Community Museum.
African-American Heritage Festival Foundation, Inc.	2012	$4,000.00	Staunton	A two-day African American Heritage Festival, focusing on African American history and culture in the Staunton area, past and present, and in particular on the importance of local historic sites.
James Madison University	2012	$6,000.00	Harrisonburg	Funds to support production of a documentary film exploring the literary legacy of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.
Red Dirt Productions	2012	$7,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support research and script development for a feature-length documentary film titled “Common Ground: People, Places, and Food in the American South.”
Stone Soup Productions	2012	$1,000.00	Washington DC	Funds to support pre-project research and interviews leading to development of a script treatment for a documentary film, weaving together the life stories of two musical prodigies, one African American, the other Afro-European.
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2012	$1,500.00	Richmond	A one-day conference titled “The American Civil War at Home,” the fifth in annual series of conferences on the history and contemporary meanings of the Civil War.
YWCA of Central Virginia	2012	$1,500.00	Lynchburg	Funds supporting research leading to publicity of a book on the history of the Lynchburg YWCAs — they were segregated — to be published as part of the larger YWCA Centennial observance an exploring the relationship between the local, statewide and national stories of “The Y.”
The Museum of the Confederacy	2012	$3,000.00	Richmond	A five-day institute for Virginia teachers focusing on the year 1863 as the “turning point” in the American Civil War, with an emphasis on providing strategies and resources for classroom teaching.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2012	$3,000.00	Blacksburg	Funds to support research and production of one (or two) radio documentaries focusing on sites of recreation for African Americans during the period of racial segregation, either Bay Shore Beach in Hampton and/or “Dreamland” in Roanoke.
National Council for History Education	2012	$3,300.00	College Park	Funds to support scholarships allowing 26 Virginia K-12 teachers to attend a three-day national conference, held in Richmond, on the subject of “Emancipation and Human Rights in History.”
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center	2012	$3,500.00	Prince George	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews, digitization of historic documents and a one-day cultural festival, focusing on the history and cultural traditions of the Czech and Slovak communities in Prince George and neighboring counties in Virginia.
Institute of Southern Jewish Life	2012	$3,600.00	Jackson	Research and oral history interviews to be incorporated into the Virginia section of the online Encyclopedia of Jewish Life. More than 20 communities in all parts of Virginia will be profiled.
Ferrum College	2012	$4,500.00	Ferrum	Planning and research toward a new, permanent exhibit on the folkways of the Southern Virginia Blue Ridge.
Russell County	2013	$600.00	Lebanon	Funds to support a five-part series of library-based book and film discussions organized around the theme of “America at War.”
William King Museum of Art	2013	$1,177.41	Abingdon	Two public lectures presented in connection with an exhibit on the history and cultural significance of the Virginia dulcimer.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2013	$650.00	Charlottesville	A lecture and interpretive performance focusing on the tradition of Appalachian storytelling in relationship to natural resource issues in the Central Appalachian region.
Appomattox 1865 Foundation	2013	$1,000.00	Appomattox	A one-day festival of interpretive performance, lectures and other events explaining the history of the banjo, especially the legacy of Appomattox native Joel Walker Sweeney who is generally acknowledged as the “father” of the modern five-stringed instrument we know today.
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation	2013	$2,000.00	Falls Church	A panel discussion on the history, evolution and future of Blues music, presented as part of the 2013 Tinner Hill Blues Festival in Falls Church.
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts	2013	$1,000.00	Galax	A series of lectures, interpretive performances, and public conversations on the musical heritage of the Blue Ridge and Central Appalachian regions presented in conjunction with the 2013 Galax Fiddlers convention.
Newport News Public Library Foundation	2013	$1,500.00	Newport News	Funds to support the seventh in an annual series of book discussion programs bringing best selling authors to the Peninsula region of Virginia. This year’s featured writer is Jeff Shaara, the author of historical and military fiction books based on actual events.
Clarke County Historical Association	2013	$1,250.00	Berryville	Funds to support a moderated conversation explaining the history and features of Bluegrass music, focusing on the history of the performance venue known as Watermelon Park and featuring the world’s leading Bluegrass musicians.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2013	$2,000.00	Onancock	Funds to support design and printing costs for a brochure describing the collections and programs of eleven museums and historical societies on Virginia’s Eastern Shore–all members of the VFH-sponsored Eastern Shore Museum Network.
Paul D. Camp Community College	2013	$3,000.00	Franklin	Pre-production funding in support of a documentary film on peanut farming and economy in Virginia’s Western Tidewater region.
Piedmont Arts	2013	$1,000.00	Martinsville	A series of library-based community conversations on the role of mass media in society, using Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Farenheit 451 as a catalyst for these discussions.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2013	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	A one-day symposium titled “In the Shadow of Stalin: African American Artists and Intellectuals in Soviet Russia,” presented in conjunction with a related exhibit that has received national attention.
Wayne Theatre Alliance	2013	$1,000.00	Waynesboro	A public lecture series focusing on local/regional history in Waynesboro and the surrounding area.
Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative	2013	$2,000.00	Cape Charles	Continuation of an oral history project and publication of an integrative booklet on the history of the Cape Charles Rosenwald School, an important site related to the story of African American education in Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Fairfield Foundation	2013	$2,000.00	White Marsh	Funds to support the oral history portion of a larger project, documenting the cultural history and landscape of a 1930s-era service station, now a landmark in Gloucester’s downtown historic district.
UVA, Curry School of Education	2013	$4,870.00	Charlottesville	An exhibit and related public programs marking the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Danville civil rights protests.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2013	$5,000.00	Roanoke	An oral history project documenting the experiences of African Americans who worked on the railroad in the Roanoke Valley during the mid-late 20th century.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc.	2013	$5,000.00	Machipongo	A documentary film on the history and current status of commericial and sport fishing, and the seafood industry on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
George Mason University	2013	$2,500.00	Washington	Funds to support development of a web portal to facilitate use of an existing community archive history of Reston, Virginia.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2013	$3,000.00	Onancock	Funds to support a one-day symposium focusing on the novel To Kill A Mockingbird and the its meaning in light of the history of racial segregation on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
College of William & Mary	2013	$4,638.95	Williamsburg	A series of community conversations and dialogues exploring African and African American resistance to slavery and the process of reconciliation and inter-racial healing the present day.
Norfolk State University	2013	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Funds to support a two-day conference — the second in an annual series leading up to 2019, exploring the meaning of the events of 1619 and “The Making of America.”
Fractured Atlas, Inc. (The Front Porch Cville)	2013	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Funds to support pre-production costs for a one-hour documentary film on the histories of African American communities in Tidewater Virginia that were uprooted in the years following WWI, through the federal government’s exercise of eminent domain.
Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society, Inc.	2013	$5,000.00	Saluda	Funds to support research leading to the development of an exhibit using local court cases and other primary documents from Middlesex County to explore broader issues in local and Virginia history.
The Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2013	$6,000.00	Forest	A two-day symposium on the legacy of racial slavery in Virginia and the United States and how museums, historic sites and other public institutions can use the interpretation of slavery to advance a public dialogue on race and racism in the present day.
Paul D. Camp Community College	2013	$7,500.00	Franklin	Funds to support a series of oral history interviews with key individuals involved in peanut farming and marketing in Virginia’s Western Tidewater region, the first step toward creating a community archive on peanut farming history, and the next step leading to development of a one-hour documentary film on the same subject.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2013	$5,000.00	Clifford	Funding to support continuation of a community oral history project focusing on the experience of segregated education in Amherst County and the impact of desegregation on the lives of teachers, students and parents.
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2013	$7,500.00	Richmond	Funds to support productions of a traveling exhibit exploring the history of Richmond’s Leigh Street Armory, described as “one of the most iconic buildings in Virginia’s African American history.
College of William & Mary	2013	$2,500.00	Williamsburg	Planning and research leading to a new interpretation of Highland, the Albemarle County home of James Madison and an important Virginia presidential site. The goal is to re-examine past scholarship, identify important themes and new research needs, and lay the groundwork for a fresh interpretive approach through print, on-site signage, and docent training.
Mary Baldwin College	2013	$2,500.00	Staunton	Oral history interviews, part of a larger effort to document the history of the Johnson Street neighborhood in Staunton. The focus is on the early-mid 1960s and especially on the role of Booker T. Washington High School, which was the center of African American community life in Staunton during those years.
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2013	$3,000.00	Richmond	A one-day conference, the latest in an annual series inaugurated in 2009. VFH has supported all five of the previous events: all have been superb. This year’s program will “situate the…War within the wider context of world history,” including unification in Europe, industrialization, changes in the global cotton trade, the international abolitionist movement, etc.
The Museum of the Confederacy	2013	$3,200.00	Richmond	A five-day institute for teachers, focusing on the events of the year 1864 and the “war of attrition” that had come to define the Civil War on both sides. This Institute is the latest in an annual series (VFH has supported five of the six most recent programs), providing access to nationally-known scholars, primary sources, and SoL-based curriculum materials.
George Mason University	2013	$3,500.00	Washington	Development of a series of “framing essays” for a new website exploring child custody issues in Virginia. The essays will be written by historians and legal scholars, and the site will serve as a central resource for information on a topic that affects children and families across the socio-economic spectrum.
Brightpoint Community College Foundation	2013	$5,000.00	Midlothian	Research and interviews with former teachers and students, focusing on the history of Rosenwald Schools in Goochland County. Rosenwald Schools provided education for African American children in Virginia and throughout the South in the years prior to integration. The project is based on an exemplary academic-community partnership.
American Focus, Inc.	2013	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Planning and research for a 30-minute documentary film on the history of the Blue Ridge Tunnel; on the Irish and African American laborers who built it; and on current efforts to preserve the site. The Tunnel was built in the 1850s and was the longest tunnel in North American when it opened in 1858. It remains a civil engineering landmark even today.
Preservation Virginia	2013	$5,000.00	Richmond	A series of consultations with historians, museum professionals, and other experts, working toward development of a new interpretive and marketing plan for “Scotchtown,” Patrick Henry’s former home in Hanover County. The focus is on the meaning of “liberty, revolution, and individual rights,” ideals with which Henry remains strongly identified.
Bonder and Amanda johnson Community Dev Corp	2013	$7,500.00	Arlington	Publication of a book on the history of the Nauck/Green Valley neighborhood, Arlington’s oldest African American community and the focus of an innovative community history partnership between the Nauck Civic Association and the Drew Model (Elementary) School. The area is currently facing intense redevelopment pressure and is changing rapidly.
Paul D. Camp Community College	2013	$8,000.00	Franklin	Production of a one-hour documentary film on peanut farming and economy in the Western Tidewater region of Virginia. Specifically, this grant supports editing costs for two versions of a “trailer” for school and community use. Earlier VFH grants have funded script development and filming interviews with local farmers, historians, and business leaders.
Roanoke College	2014	$950.00	Salem	A public lecture on the subject of art crime, focusing on the value of art as cultural heritage and an expression of the human experience. The lecturer is Robert Wittman, a former FBI agent who has investigated many incidences of stolen art and other cultural patrimony. Mr. Wittman is the author of the N.Y.Times bestselling book, “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Recover the World’s Stolen Art Treasures.”
Bath County Historical Society	2014	$3,000.00	Warm Springs	Two public lectures and a related audio-visual presentation focusing on several recently discovered textiles that are known to have been produced by an African American woman, the daughter of enslaved parents, in Bath County, Virginia. Appalachian African American textiles of this vintage, that can be traced to their individual maker, are extremely rare–only a tiny handful of examples exist; thus, the discovery is of statewide and national significance.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2014	$1,500.00	Blacksburg	A two-day conference on the subject of “Veterans in Society” the second in an annual series of events explaining this complex topic in depth.
Hampton Roads Branch ASALH	2014	$1,850.00	Newport News	Funds to support the planning, research, and oral history collection for the first phase of a long-term project to document and make accessible the stories of women who served as “human computers” in the early days of the U.S. Space Program.
College of William & Mary	2014	$1,500.00	Williamsburg	A series of community programs and installation of historic markers to commemorate the founding of Josephine City in present-day Berryville (Clarke County), Virginia, and to honor Josephine’s African American residents including formerly enslaved persons buried in the local cemetery and African American veterans of the Civil War.
Washington and Lee University	2014	$3,000.00	Lexington	Publication of a bi-lingual exhibition catalogue with scholarly essays, designed to complement an exhibit of paintings (“The Strangest Fruit”) by the Mexican American artist Vincent Valdez.
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center	2014	$2,385.00	Prince George	Funds to support research and oral history documentation focusing on the history and traditions of the Czech and Slovak immigrant communities ins Southside Virginia.
James River Writers	2014	$1,500.00	Richmond	A series of community-based panel discussions featuring professional authors and presented in conjunction with the annual James River Writers Conference.
Ferrum College	2014	$2,000.00	Ferrum	Funds to support research leading to production of an exhibit on the history of community-based canneries, in rural Virginia, drawing in part on a large collection of vintage canning labels to help tell the story.
EVS Communications	2014	$2,500.00	Washington	Development of a “Unit of Study” exploring the history of Latino immigration/migration to the U.S. and designed for use by teachers in public school classrooms statewide.
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts	2014	$3,000.00	Galax	A series of public lectures and workshops, focusing on the musical heritage of Southwestern Virginia, to be offered in conjunction with the 2014 Galax Fiddler’s Convention. VFH funds also support filming the workshops for public and in-school program use.
Mathews County Historical Society	2014	$4,000.00	Mathews	An oral history project focusing on landscape changes and the relationship between local culture, memory, and the “built environment” of Matthews County, conducted as part of a larger county-wide effort to explore the history of Matthews and its communities.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2014	$4,000.00	Richmond	A series of African American genealogy workshops and other public programs, presented in conjunction with the traveling version of a major exhibit (“To Be Sold”) explaining the impact of the domestic slave trade, and Virginia’s role in that commerce, on families and individuals.
The Fellowship for Intentional Community	2014	$5,000.00	Rutledge	Research and pre-production for a documentary film tracing “the lineage of seed-saving in Virginia” beginning with Jefferson’s work at Monticello and tracing the history of seed-saving to the present day.
Old Dominion University	2014	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Creation of an interactive digital map of Norfolk’s Lambert Point neighborhood, focusing on the history and “cultural geography” of a long-time African American area of the City that is now undergoing rapid change.
James Madison University	2014	$8,000.00	Harrisonburg	A three-day conference exploring new directions in African American poetry designed to bring together scholars, teachers, students and a public audience with emerging black poets and more established authors.
Jewish Museum & Cultural Center (Friends of Chevra T’Helim Inc.)	2014	$1,500.00	Portsmouth	Research and planning for an exhibit on the history or European Jewish immigration to the U.S., and to the Tidewater Virginia region in particular.
Norfolk State University	2014	$1,749.84	Norfolk	Research, including a series of interviews, development of a photographic exhibit, and a related public program exploring the roles that Norfolk State University and Norfolk-area black churches played in the Civil Rights Movement.
The Museum of the Confederacy	2014	$3,400.00	Richmond	A 5-day summer institute for Virginia teachers, exploring the events leading up to the end of the Civil War and its aftermath.
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission	2014	$4,550.00	Richmond	The seventh and final program in a series of annual “signature conferences” exploring the history and enduring impact of the American Civil War from multiple perspectives.
Taubman Museum of Art	2014	$4,750.00	Roanoke	Two public lectures, presented as part of the Museum’s 2015 Distinguished Speakers Series. Individual programs focus on “Walt Whitman, the Civil War, and Renewal” and the growing of tobacco worldwide.
Virginia Chamber Orchestra	2014	$5,000.00	Alexandria	Production of an educational video, with print and on-line interpretive materials, focusing on the role of music in the life of President Abraham Lincoln.
Bassett Historical Center	2014	$6,900.00	Bassett	Funds to support research and travel leading to the development of a series of public programs on the story of George and Willie Muse, whose extraordinary lives are to be chronicled in a forthcoming book titled “Truevine,” and written by the writer Beth Macy, author of “Factory Man.”
Office of Historic Alexandria	2014	$8,000.00	Alexandria	Research and a series of interviews exploring the history of immigration in Alexandria, Virginia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, with an emphasis on stories of Alexandrians who have immigrated to the U.S. since 1970. The project will lay the groundwork for a major exhibit and series of public programs to follow.
Virginia Museum of Transportation	2014	$8,000.00	Roanoke	A series of filmed interviews with historians and a wide range of individuals who remember first-hand the J-Class locomotives that were designed and built in Roanoke, Virginia during the early-mid 20th century. These interviews will be incorporated into a larger documentary film to coincide with the restoration and return-to-service of the “611,” the only one of the 14 original J-Class locomotives that remains.
African American Historical Society of Portsmouth	2014	$8,000.00	Postsmouth	An oral and visual history project documenting the history of the Portsmouth Community Library for African Americans, through the eyes of those who remember the library and led its transormation into a local history museum.
Legacy Museum of African American History	2014	$8,500.00	Lynchburg,	An interpretive exhibit on the history of African American music in Lynchburg.
The Human Computer Project, Inc.	2014	$9,900.00	Hampton	The second phase of a long-term project to document, interpret, and present the stories of the pioneering female mathematicians (“human computers”) who worked at NASA and its predecessor agency during the early days of aeronautics and the U.S. Space Program.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2015	$2,045.79	Blacksburg	Planning to support development of an interpretive plan for the log building that adjoins Solitude Mansion, the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus. The cabin was constructed in 1843 as housing for members of the enslaved community at Solitude, which was owned by Robert Preston, who donated the first parcel of land on which the land-grant college later known as Virginia Tech was built.
Stratford Hall	2015	$2,500.00	Stratford	Production of an educational video on the life of Joseph J. Roane, an African American agronomist from Kremlin, VA (Westmoreland County) who spent seven years in the Soviet Union in the 1930s working to modernize cotton production in Uzbekistan.
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church	2015	$2,981.00	Richmond	Production of an interpretive brochure on the Rev. John Jasper, whose sermon titled “De Sun Do Move” is celebrated as one of the great rhetorical achievements in Virginia and American history. The brochure is also designed to complement an exhibit on Jasper’s life and work at Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Richmond.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2015	$2,000.00	Blacksburg	A public forum examining the “extraordinary life” of Kitty Reynolds who was enslaved on the former Rock Spring Plantation, a.k.a. Reynolds Homestead, in Critz, Virginia. Mrs. Reynolds was the mother of two sons who were involved in a legal case that led to the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Ex Parte Virginia.
Friends of the Pittsylvania County Public Library	2015	$1,500.00	Chatham	A five-part community discussion focusing on the theme of Civil Rights and exploring the history of the Civil Rights movement in Danville and the surrounding area.
The National Hand Dance Association	2015	$2,500.00	Washington	A panel discussion exploring the impact of Hand Dance (also known as Swing Dance) on the social and cultural life of African American communities in northern Virginia; and on the importance of this dance form as a cultural expression in these communities.
Christopher Newport University	2015	$1,250.00	Newport News	A five-part series of film screening-discussion programs, featuring films that focus on five Latin-American countries: Cuba, Mexico, Bolivia, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2015	$1,427.86	Charlottesville	A reading and panel discussion in which six indigenous Australian writers will read from their work and engage in dialogue with two Native American writers on the subject of “writing from an indigenous perspective.”
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association	2015	$2,000.00	Alexandria	A series of four public lectures focusing on the impact of the Civil War on the lives of women in Alexandria, VA.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2015	$2,500.00	Clifford	An exhibit, lecture series, and film screenings exploring the work of Edgar Allan Poe and their continuing impact on American culture, with a special focus on Poe’s connections to Virginia.
Norfolk State University	2015	$2,500.00	Norfolk	A panel discussion exploring the evolution of Civil Rights in America, with a special focus on the history of the Voting Rights Act.
Virginia Children’s Book Festival	2015	$2,000.00	Keysville	A series of programs for the parents of young readers presented as part of the 2015 Virginia Children’s Book festival, held at Longwood University in Farmville.
Virginia Wesleyan University	2015	$2,500.00	Virginia Beach	A series of twelve programs exploring the legacies of 1619 in terms of the intersection of cultures and the formation of unique–and complex–American identities.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2015	$3,000.00	Onancock	A one-day symposium, including film screenings, book discussions, historical dramatizations and a panel exhibit, all focusing on the experience of women on the Eastern Shore of Virginia during the Civil War.
College of William & Mary	2015	$3,000.00	Williamsburg	Publication of an interpretive brochure presenting information on members of the enslaved community at James Monroe’s “Highland” plantation and on the spaces where they lived and worked.
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts	2015	$3,500.00	Galax	A series of lecture-performance events, focusing on the music and culture of southwest Virginia, presented in workshop format in conjunction with the 2015 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention.
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Foundation, Inc.	2015	$3,500.00	Christiansburg	An oral history project focusing on the life of Ms. Nannie Berger Hairston, a well-known civil rights leader and advocate of opportunity and equality in Montgomery County and southwestern Virginia.
Jewish Museum & Cultural Center (Friends of Chevra T’Helim Inc.)	2015	$4,000.00	Portsmouth	Production of an interpretive exhibit on the history of European Jewish immigration to the United States, the communities of Virginia, and the Tidewater region in particular.
James Madison University	2015	$4,000.00	Harrisonburg	A community mapping project designed to make the history of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County accesible using the tools of digital history.
FrancisEmma, Inc.	2015	$5,000.00	Powhatan	An interpretive exhibit on the history of Belmead–a national historic landmark in Powhatan County that was one of the largest slave-holding plantations in Virginia, and later, the site of two schools for African Americans.
Norman Lane Jr. Memorial Project	2015	$5,500.00	Winston-Salem	A multi-faceted project including a conference, publication and documentary film exploring the nature of military service with a focus on the experience of Marine Corps officers and enlisted men who served in Vietnam during the pivotal years 1967-69.
Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Inc.	2015	$5,600.00	Williamsport	A panel discussion, photographic exhibit, and educational brochure exploring the role that U.S. military service plays in Virginia’s Filipino community, the history of Filipino service int he U.S. military, and the connection between military service, patriotism and citizenship among Filipino immigrants to the U.S.
University of Richmond	2015	$7,000.00	Richmond	A statewide survey of World War I memorabilia, enhancement of an existing website exploring Virginia’s role in World War I, and development of a lesson plan on the same subject for use by Virginia teachers.
Chroma Projects/Piedmont Council of the Arts	2015	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Publication of a book exploring the effects of urban growth in Charlottesville on homes, family businesses and neighborhoods within the city’s urban core. The book includes paintings by Charlottesville artist Richard Crozier and five accompanying essays writteng by well-known scholars and authors in Virginia.
Friends of Breaks Park	2015	$1,500.00	Breaks	A one-hour documentary film on the history of the region that encompasses the Breaks State Park on the Virginia-Kentucky border, and on the challenges facing this region—and the park itself—in the present day.
University of Lynchburg	2015	$2,400.00	Lynchburg	A five-part series of lecture-discussion programs exploring the subject of hate and violence from multiple perspectives.
The Fellowship for Intentional Community	2015	$3,000.00	Rutledge	Continuation of research and a series of first-person interviews with scholars and agriculturalists—pre-production costs for a documentary film on the history of seed-saving in Virginia and the U.S. from Thomas Jefferson to the present day.
Ward Foundation, Inc.	2015	$4,000.00	Salisbury	Research, production of an interpretive exhibit, publication of a book, and roundtable discussion with scholars and practitioners, exploring the decoy-carving traditions of Chincoteague Island.
Norfolk State University	2015	$4,000.00	Norfolk	A photographic exhibit and community discussion offered in two locations – Norfolk and Williamsburg – exploring the connection between African Americans and the Philippines, mainly through the experience of Buffalo soldiers serving in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars.
UVA, Curry School of Education	2015	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	An exhibit, publication, and development of a lesson plan for Virginia teachers exploring key events and legacies of the Civil Rights Movement in Danville.
VMI Research Laboratories, Inc.	2015	$6,000.00	Lexington	A two-day conference on “Ethical Dilemmas in the Digital Age”, with a focus on national policy and individual rights.
Hampton University	2015	$8,000.00	Hampton	An oral history and digital mapping project exploring the history of Aberdeen Gardens, a planned community built in the 1930s for African Americans in the Hampton/Newport News area.
Richmond Jazz Society Incorporated	2015	$8,000.00	Richmond	An interpretive exhibit on the early years of Jazz in Virginia (1900 – 1949), with an emphasis on the musical culture of the Richmond area during this period.
Arlington County, VA Government	2015	$9,000.00	Arlington	Publication of a booklet and community forum explaining the history of the Arlington commercial district formerly known as “Little Saigon,” which was the hub of community life for many immigrants and refugees who came to the Washington D.C. area after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975
James Madison University	2016	$2,000.00	Harrisonburg	A five-week “intercultural seminar” designed to overcome language and other barriers that separate English-speaking and Spanish-speaking families enrolled in the Dual Language Immersion Program in the Harrisonburg
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2016	$1,200.00	Onancock	A public lecture, series of readings, and related programs focusing on the history of enslavement on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and at historic Ker Place in particular.
Fractured Atlas, Inc. (The Front Porch Cville)	2016	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	A series of events exploring and presenting the Son Jarocho musical tradition native to the Veracruz region of Mexico.
National D-Day Memorial	2016	$1,328.55	Bedford	A public lecture/presentation on the history of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only unit of African American soldiers to participate directly in the D-Day invasion, featuring Linda Hervieux, the author of a widely-acclaimed book on the subject.
Local Colors of Western VA	2016	$3,000.00	Roanoke	Our funds support a film screening, lecture and panel discussion program on the subject of Latino immigration in the U.S., Roanoke in particular. The featured speaker is Eduardo Lopez, producer of the documentary film “Harvest of Empire.” Panelists are Roanoke area residents who bring a broad range of perspectives and personal experience to this discussion.
Norfolk State University	2016	$3,000.00	Norfolk	A film screening/discussion on Latino immigration in the U.S.; a public forum on Immigrants in Academia; and a lecture – book discussion program focusing on the novel Americanah, by the Nigerian author Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie.
Foundation for Historic Christ Church	2016	$1,500.00	Irvington	An exhibit and series of related programs commemorating the 225th anniversary of the 1791 Deed of Emancipation by which noted Virginian Robert Carter III provided for the gradual manumission of more than 500 African Americans enslaved on his plantations.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2016	$3,000.00	Richmond	A panel discussion exploring immigration and religious freedom in Virginia and the U.S., to coincide with the Library’s exhibition titled “First Freedom:The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.”
Dream Project, Inc	2016	$3,000.00	Arlington	Two community forums, one for students and one for a general public audience, focusing on milestones in Arlington’s 40-year history as a gateway for immigrants to Virginia and the U.S., and on the future of Arlington as a community committed to diversity and inclusion.
The Senior Center (The Center)	2016	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	A mini-documentary film on the Bluegrass fiddler Lovell Coleman, his life and musical career.
St. George’s Episcopal Church	2016	$3,000.00	Accomac	A film screening, discussion, and cultural festival focusing on Latin American immigration and featuring foods and music of Latino communities on Virginia’s Eastern Shore – in particular on the Son Jarocho tradition from Mexico.
Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program	2016	$3,000.00	Harrisonburg	A storytelling and film discussion program organized around the theme “The Many Voices of Harrisonburg” and focusing on immigrants who have lived in the Shenandoah Valley for generations as well as those who have arrived more recently.
St. John’s Church Foundation	2016	$2,500.00	Richmond	Planning to assess current interpretation at St. Johns Church in Richmond – site of Patrick Henry’s “give me liberty…” speech – and recommend new approaches that will enhance the experiences of both real and “virtual” visitors to St. John’s.
Blue Ridge Literacy	2016	$1,500.00	Roanoke	Two panel discussions and a public reading/conversation using the novel “The Submission” by Amy Waldman as a springboard in addressing issues of religious diversity, immigration, and community identity.
Smithfield Preston Foundation (DBA Historic Smithfield)	2016	$1,200.00	Blacksburg	A series of historic tours connecting Blacksburg-area residents with sites related to the Preston family, whose influence on Virginia and American history was profound.
Virginia Wesleyan University	2016	$2,500.00	Virginia Beach	A series of community forums and discussion programs exploring issues central to the 2016 Presidential campaign.
Preservation Virginia	2016	$2,000.00	Richmond	Public screening and discussion of a documentary film exploring the history of the Rosenwald school building program, presented as part of the 2016 annual Virginia Preservation Conference.
Chesterfield County Public Library	2016	$1,000.00	Chesterfield	A one-day book/literary festival, held in Chesterfield County and featuring Kristen Green, the author of a book about the history of desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia as the keynote speaker.
William King Museum of Art	2016	$1,250.00	Abingdon	A speakers’ series titled “Art in Appalachia, Appalachia in the World,” focusing in part on Appalachian identity and the ‘globalization’ of Appalachian culture.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	2016	$1,000.00	Williamsburg	Research and planning for an exhibition titled “Images of Pocahontas”, focusing on the ways she has been represented in fine art and popular media.
James Madison University	2016	$1,000.00	Harrisonburg	An interpretive performance of African American poetry and music honoring the legacy of Maya Angelou.
Norfolk State University	2016	$3,500.00	Norfolk	Research and digital mapping designed to illustrate and explore the racial and cultural diversity in the Virginia Colony during its early decades.
Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation	2016	$4,000.00	Norfolk	Development of a website, digital content, and two lesson plans for classroom use, exploring the history of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War era.
Hampton University	2016	$4,000.00	Hampton	A two-day seminar for teachers using the novel Miko Kings to explore questions of identity and the historical threads connecting African Americans and Native Americans.
2019 Commemoration, Inc.	2016	$4,000.00	Williamsburg	Research and script development for a documentary film on the early years of the Jamestown story, focusing on the events of 1619.
Christopher Newport University	2016	$5,000.00	Newport News	A three-day conference for teachers on the Middle East and North Africa, culminating in a “Food and Community” festival featuring food and music from Middle Eastern and North African communities in the Hampton/Newport News area.
Women in Film & Video Inc.	2016	$5,000.00	Washington	Research and pre-production for a documentary film on African-American diplomats during the Cold War era, focusing in part on Virginian Edward R. Dudley, who served as the first African-American to achieve the rank of ambassador (to Liberia).
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2016	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	A series of public programs presented as part of the 2017 Appalachian Studies conference, focusing on Appalachian economy, traditional culture, and renewal.
Downtown Farmville Partnership	2016	$5,000.00	Farmville	Design and development of a Civil Rights walking tour of downtown Farmville, to be presented in a printed brochure and through a website.
Hampton History Museum Association	2016	$6,000.00	Hampton	Oral history interviews, an interpretive exhibit, and a series of community conversations on the history and continuing legacy of the first sit-in demonstration to be held in Virginia during the Civil Rights movement.
EVS Communications	2016	$6,000.00	Washington	Production of a special episode of the Spanish-language program Linea Directa, exploring the “origins, development, and growth” of Latino communities in Northern Virginia.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2016	$6,400.00	Newport News	An exhibit and symposium on Polynesian navigation techniques and indigenous maritime knowledge, to coincide with and explore the impact of the “world-wide voyage” of Hokule’a and its visit(s) to Virginia.
Eastern Mennonite University	2016	$6,500.00	Harrisonburg	Research and pre-production for a documentary film on Mennonites in America.
Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program	2016	$6,500.00	Harrisonburg	An interpretive exhibit, publication, and two public lectures focusing on immigration and the experience of immigrant and refugee families in the Harrisonburg area.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2016	$2,500.00	Charlottesville	Production of a series of 100 radio programs celebrating the 100-year history of Jazz in America.
Southern Documentary Fund	2016	$2,500.00	Durham	A documentary film examining ways that Appalachia – and Appalachian people – have been represented and portrayed in film, television, and photographs, often using stereotypes and cliches.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2016	$3,000.00	Richmond	A public program blending historical narration and interpretive performance to explore the musical legacy of the Prohibition Era in Virginia.
Eastern Mennonite University	2016	$3,000.00	Harrisonburg	Two public presentations and a local heritage tour of Harrisonburg-area sites, offered as part of a four-day conference on the role and experience of women in Anabaptist faith traditions.
Riverviews Artspace	2016	$4,000.00	Lynchburg	An 8-part film discussion series exploring the history, issues, contributions, and challenges faced by LGBTQ persons in American society.
Louisa County Historical Society	2016	$4,500.00	Louisa	A multi-faceted local history initiative using information about African American burial sites to help create a new way of understanding race and slavery in Louisa County.
Local Colors of Western VA	2016	$5,000.00	Roanoke	A series of interpretive dance performances, focusing on dance traditions from Mexico (Veracruz), Cuba, and the Philippines, to be presented as part of the annual (2017) Local Colors Festival in Roanoke.
Cape Charles Historical Society	2016	$6,000.00	Cape Charles	An exhibit, film screening/discussion and related program on the history of Rosenwald education in the U.S., with a focus on the history of the Cape Charles Rosenwald school.
James Madison University	2016	$7,000.00	Harrisonburg	A week-long series of lectures, readings, and discussions designed primarily for Virginia high school teachers, focusing on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
EVS Communications	2016	$7,500.00	Washington	Production of abbreviated versions of the award-winning documentary film Harvest of Empire, on the history of Latin American immigration to the United States, designed for use in school classrooms and community discussions.
Americas Media Initiative	2017	$2,700.00	Chicago	A multi-media documentary on the lives of Bolivian immigrants from the Valle Alto region of Bolivia now living in Northern Virginia; and on the complex historic, cultural, economic, and social/familial connections between immigrant communities and their place(s) of origin.
James Madison University	2017	$3,000.00	Harrisonburg	Three new programs in an ongoing lecture-discussion series exploring contemporary social and political issues – in this case monuments and memorials, America’s incarceration system, and fascism past and present – in a way that reaches beyond polarized arguments and sound-bites.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2017	$1,700.00	Onancock	An exhibit and related public lecture on the history, architecture, and preservation of Eastern Shore houses. The exhibit draws from a large collection of historic photographs taken during the period from the 1930s to the 1960s; the lecture will focus on Sears houses on the Shore.
Eastern Mennonite University	2017	$3,000.00	Harrisonburg	A series of four webinars on topics related to the theme, “Transforming Historic Harms”. Each program addresses a national issue using a Virginia case study, and the series as a whole builds on Eastern Methodist University’s long record of success in conflict resolution, healing, and reconciliation.
James Madison University	2017	$1,500.00	Harrisonburg	A series of interactive seminars designed to enhance communication and cultural understanding between native English-speaking and Spanish-speaking parents in the Dual Language Immersion programs of Harrisonburg City Schools.
Lydia Csato Gasman Archives	2017	$2,400.00	Charlottesville	Research and preparation of a manuscript for publication of the transcripts and notes from a series of interviews with Marie-Therese Walter, a muse and lover of Picasso. The interviews were conducted in the early 1970s by the legendary Picasso scholar and UVa Professor Lydia Csato Gasman and are a major contribution to Picasso scholarship and to the study of Modernism.
Eastern Shore Training and Consulting, Inc (ESTACI)	2017	$3,000.00	Exmore	Planning for a new “African American History Tour” of sites on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, with an initial focus on the story of Outlaw’s Blacksmith Shop in Onancock.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra	2017	$4,000.00	Norfolk	A public discussion and print publication on the history and musical traditions of the African American Spiritual, presented in conjunction with the The Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s “Songs of Freedom” concert.
William King Museum of Art	2017	$4,000.00	Abingdon	Production of a documentary film on the late 18th and 19th century material culture and decorative arts of southwestern Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee, designed to provide visitors to the new Betsy K. White Cultural Heritage Gallery with an introduction to this subject.
The Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Foundation and Museum	2017	$5,000.00	Wytheville	An exhibit and related public programs focusing on the life, leadership, and historic contributions of Wytheville native and former First Lady of the U.S. Edith Bolling Wilson.
Old Church Gallery. Ltd.	2017	$5,000.00	Floyd	A multi-faceted project to promote and facilitate public access to a trove of oral history interviews and primary documents – the result of a nine-year effort to collect the stories of Floyd County residents who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II.
Richmond Jazz Society Incorporated	2017	$5,000.00	Richmond	A five-part lecture series on American Jazz, presented in conjunction with a VFH-funded exhibit on “Jazz in Virginia”.
1882 Foundation	2017	$7,000.00	Fairfax	A series of film screenings and discussion program on the history of Asian Americans, particularly Chinese Americans, in Virginia and the United States.
Center for Community & Family Development	2017	$7,000.00	Onley	A project to catalog, digitize and make available to public audiences and researchers a large collection of documents and other materials related to the history of African American life on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, the result of 30 years of research by one of Virginia’s leading community historians.
Red Dirt Productions	2017	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	Research, script development, and pre-production of key Virginia stories to be included as part of a feature-length documentary film exploring the intersection of Native, African, and European food traditions in the American South.
Field Studio	2017	$7,500.00	Richmond	Production of a documentary film on John Dabney, a legendary chef and caterer who worked at the highest levels of Richmond society and began building his skills and reputation while he was still enslaved.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2017	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	A series of sixteen filmed interviews exploring the personal impact and experience of race and racism among long-time residents of Charlottesville.
James Madison University	2017	$2,000.00	Harrisonburg	A public reading and panel discussion on the topic “Poetry Without Borders,” featuring contemporary African American poets Tyehimba Jess, Brenda Marie Osbey, and Anastasia Renee.
Coffee House Films, Inc.	2017	$2,500.00	Chicago	Virginia-based research for a feature-length documentary film on the life of author William Faulkner and the enduring impact of his work on American culture.
Embrace Richmond	2017	$4,500.00	Richmond	A multi-faceted project using stories and storytelling to build community in the rapidly changing Richmond neighborhood of Brookland Park.
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. DBA WHRO	2017	$4,500.00	Norfolk	Interviews, consultation with local historians, production, and distribution of a series of radio programs on the “Do-Drop Inn,” an African-American cultural landmark on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Fairfield Foundation	2017	$4,500.00	White Marsh	Research and planning for a print publication and online resource exploring African American life and history in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia through sites that were once listed in the “Green Book”, a publication used by African American travelers during Jim Crow segregation.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra	2017	$4,500.00	Norfolk	An exhibit, printed booklet, and series of pre-concert lectures to accompany the premiere of a new orchestral work inspired by the history of rail transportation in Virginia and by the photographs of O. Winston Link, whose images document the “golden age” of steam rail transport in the U.S.
Clinch River Educational Center	2017	$6,000.00	Abingdon	A documentary film exploring Appalachian identity and community through the life of Earl Gilmore, a gay, African American, devoutly Christian blues singer, coal miner, and lifelong resident of Clinchco, Virginia.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2017	$6,000.00	Newport News	An exhibit and public symposium on the role of Newport News, Virginia in World War I.
Ocean Ana Rising Inc	2017	$6,000.00	Bronx	Research and planning for a documentary film on the United Order of the Tents, the oldest black women’s organization in the country, founded in 1865 by two enslaved Virginia women.
Taubman Museum of Art	2017	$7,000.00	Roanoke	A print publication and facilitated panel discussion in which African immigrants and refugees in the Roanoke Valley will share their own migration stories in conjunction with a major new exhibit of artworks from the African diaspora.
Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Inc.	2017	$8,000.00	Williamsport	A two-day “Content Academy” for teachers and development of print and online resources on Philippine-American history and the history of the Filipino community in Hampton roads.
Prio Bangla, Inc.	2018	$3,000.00	Woodbridge	An interpretive publication exploring the histories and traditions represented in the 7th annual (2018) “Prio Bangla” festival in Arlington – an international and multi-cultural event involving diverse immigrant and refugee communities, designed to promote cultural exchange
Prince William Library Foundation	2018	$800.00	Woodbridge	Development of a study/discussion guide to be use primarily in Library-based screenings of the documentary film “A Outrage”, exploring the history of lynching in the United States.
Western Tidewater Virginia Heritage, Inc.	2018	$3,000.00	Suffolk	A documentary film on the history of peanut cultivation in the region of Virginia known as Western Tidewater, and on the role that peanut farming and marketing have played in the history, culture, economy, and daily life of the region from the 19th century to the present day.
Danville Museum of Fine Art and History	2018	$3,000.00	Danville	Planning for an exhibit and series of related public programs on the life and achievements of Camilla Williams, a Danville native who was the first African American soprano to appear in leading roles with a major American opera company.
Northampton Historic Preservation Society	2018	$3,000.00	Eastville	Production of a documentary video on the social history of the 1914 Jail in Northampton County as a reflection of changing attitudes toward incarceration and punishment. Grant funds also support an initial public screening, discussion, and web hosting to make the documentary accessible to audiences nationwide.
Norfolk State University	2018	$16,000.00	Norfolk	A series of community conversations and related events designed to “change the narrative” about race and the history of race in Norfolk.
Challenging Racism	2018	$16,000.00	Arlington	A series of community conversations and related events designed to “change the narrative” about race and the history of race in Arlington.
Points of Diversity	2018	$16,000.00	Roanoke	A series of community conversations and related events designed to “change the narrative” about race and the history of race in Roanoke.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2018	$2,500.00	Blacksburg	A one-day public humanities summit produced collaboratively by Virginia Tech and Virginia Union University, exploring Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of a “Beloved Community”, its roots in the Civil Rights Movement, and its meaning in the present day.
Studio Two Three	2018	$5,000.00	Richmond	A week-long series of book arts workshops, storytelling activities, panel discussions, and other events organized around the theme “The Power of the Press”.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2018	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	An exhibit and community event, the first phase of a longer-term effort to document and provide context for a large collection of African American portraits from the Rufus Holsinger collection at UVa; and to encourage African American families in the Charlottesville area to share portraits of their ancestors depicted by Mr. Holsinger in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Community Arts Center Foundation, Inc. (DBA The Prizery)	2018	$6,000.00	South Boston	A series of lectures, film screenings, community discussions, and other events, offered as part of an ongoing “One Community” initiative addressing racism and segregation in South Boston and Halifax County.
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University	2018	$6,000.00	Durham	Research, filming, and initial editing costs for a documentary film on the Rock Castle Gorge Community in Patrick County, which was displaced by the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930’s.
The Futuro Media Group	2018	$6,000.00	New York	Research and production of a short film on the life, times, and achievements of Richmond native and African-American business pioneer Maggie Lena Walker, part of a larger (31-part) series profiling notable women from the Progressive Era.
Philippine Nurses Association of Virginia	2018	$6,500.00	Virginia Beach	Oral history interviews, a photo exhibit, a printed brochure, and a panel discussion exploring the stories of Filipino nurses in Virginia and their impact on the nursing profession locally and statewide.
Ferrum College	2018	$6,500.00	Ferrum	Research, production, and promotion costs for an exhibit on the history of Virginia Souvenirs.
Washington and Lee University	2018	$7,000.00	Lexington	A bilingual English/Spanish publication to complement an exhibit of works by the artist Adriana Corral, inspired by the history of the Bracero Mexican guest-worker program and exposing the historical roots of the nation’s current and longstanding ambiguity regarding Mexican migrant workers.
Embrace Richmond	2018	$7,500.00	Richmond	An inter-generational community engagement project exploring the legacies of segregation and re-segregation in Richmond, using the Brookland Park community as a focus.
Columbia Pike Documentary Project	2018	$9,000.00	Arlington	An exhibit, catalogue, and related programs exploring ongoing and recent changes along Columbia Pike in Arlington.
Fractured Atlas, Inc. (The Front Porch Cville)	2018	$9,000.00	Charlottesville	A multi-layered project including interviews and interpretive performances designed to connect the traditional forms of Son Jarocho (the music and dance of Veracruz) to the experience of Mexican immigrants and migrants in Virginia today.
Longwood University	2018	$2,200.00	Farmville	Publication and distribution of original writings by American military veterans and their families, exploring the effects of combat and and the experience of military service generally.
Menokin Foundation	2018	$5,000.00	Warsaw	Research focusing on the lives of individuals who were enslaved at Menokin Plantation in Richmond County.
Virginia Chamber Orchestra	2018	$5,000.00	Alexandria	A print publication, interpretive performance, video, classroom resources, and series of public screenings and discussion programs exploring music in the life of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Bower Center for the Arts	2018	$7,000.00	Bedford	An exhibit and related public programs honoring the story of the 22 “Bedford Boys” who died on June 6, 1944 as part of the D-Day invasion.
New York Women in Film and Television	2018	$7,500.00	New York	A half-hour documentary film exploring the history and stories of African American life in Alexandria as seen through the eyes and creative work of two local artists who build miniature dioramas depicting scenes from daily life in the city’s African American neighborhoods.
Catticus Corp	2018	$9,000.00	Berkeley	Research and early-stage script development for a documentary film on the response of white Southerners, particularly in Virginia, to the Supreme Court’s 1954 desegregation mandate.
American Civil War Museum	2018	$9,000.00	Richmond	An exhibit and related public programs exploring the roles that Jefferson Davis, his family, and the Confederate Museum (later the Museum of the Confederacy) played in developing the “Lost Cause” narrative after the Civil War.
George Mason University	2018	$9,000.00	Washington	Development of a website that tells the story of the “lost segment” of the Appalachian Trail through Southern Virginia and the social and economic impact that the re-routing of the Trail had on Virginia communities.
YMCA of Pulaski County	2018	$10,000.00	Pulaski	A research and oral history project focusing on the history of the Calfee Training School in Pulaski County, one of many such schools that provided education for African American children during segregation and that was the focus of a landmark legal challenge under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.
Gallery 5	2019	$3,000.00	Richmond	A series of facilitated public conversations connecting aspects of Richmond’s history to issues in the present day.
Cape Charles Historical Society	2019	$3,000.00	Cape Charles	Archiving and accessioning costs associated with two large collections of documents and artifacts that were recently donated to the Cape Charles Historical Society/Museum by Bay Coast Railroad and the former Savage’s Drug Store, which served Northampton County residents over a 60-year period.
Springhouse Community School	2019	$2,000.00	Pilot	A week-long series of events exploring the themes of liberation and belonging through song, in particular the shape-note singing tradition that has been practiced in Appalachian as well as other rural American communities since the Colonial period.
University of Mary Washington	2019	$3,000.00	Fredericksburg	A permanent exhibit on the African American history of Spotsylvania County to be developed jointly the University of Mary Washington and the John J. Wright Educational and Cultural Center and Museum, where the exhibit will be installed.
American Civil War Museum	2019	$1,500.00	Richmond	An exhibit at the American Civil War Museum’s Appomattox site exploring “the many ways African-Americans defined freedom and forged new lives outside of slavery during the Age of Emancipation”.
Temple Beth El	2019	$1,400.00	Williamsburg	A public lecture and discussion program on the history of Jewish life in Virginia and on new waves of antisemitism linked to the rise of white nationalism nationwide.
American Frontier Culture Foundation	2019	$1,200.00	Staunton	A four-part lecture and discussion series organize around several events and themes that are central to Virginia’s 2019 Commemoration: the arrival of the first Africans in 1619; entrepreneurship and economic innovation; Thanksgiving in 1619; and women in early Virginia.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc.	2019	$1,450.00	Machipongo	Publication of a brochure promoting the resources available through the member organizations of the Eastern Shore Museums Network, a consortium of fifteen museums, public libraries, and historical societies that interpret aspects of the Shore’s history and culture
VICTORY HALL OPERA	2019	$1,350.00	Charlottesville	A public panel discussion in which five African American women scholars and artists discuss the influence of Sally Hemings’ story in their own work and in the wider “historical and artistic consciousness.”
John M. Langston Citizens Association	2019	$3,000.00	Arlington	Development of a walking tour brochure – print and online – and a musical performance/discussion focusing on the history of Halls Hill, a historically African-American neighborhood in Arlington.
Caswell County Historic Associations	2019	$2,600.00	Yanceyville	Development and public performances of an original play depicting the imagined interactions of four historical figures – an African American furniture maker, a midwife, a world-renowned artist, and an educator who served as principal of a Rosenwald school
Bloodroot Mountain	2019	$3,000.00	Bulls Gap	An exhibit and public symposium focusing on the work of ten well-known Appalachian writers.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources	2019	$1,900.00	Richmond	A public seminar to promote awareness of Virginia’s maritime heritage and the need to discover and preserve that heritage through underwater and coastal archaeology.
Preservation Piedmont	2019	$2,950.00	Charlottesville	A panel discussion and website exploring the continuing legacy and influence of Drewary Brown, a prominent Civil Rights leader and advocate for social justice in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
University of Richmond	2019	$3,000.00	Richmond	Production of a traveling exhibit (a “museum in a box”) based on a larger exhibit titled “Growing Up in Civil Rights Richmond: A Community Remembers” which featured photographic portraits and excerpts from in-depth interviews with 30 Richmond residents, black and white, whose lives and ways of seeing the world were shaped by their experience a children during the Civil Rights movement.
Forgotten Clefs, Inc.	2019	$3,000.00	Bloomington	A series of five lecture/performance programs linking 17th Century English musical traditions with Virginia history, specifically with the first meeting in July 1619 of the body that became the House of Burgesses and later the Virginia General Assembly.
James Madison University	2019	$2,000.00	Harrisonburg	A storytelling workshop and related events focusing on immmigration stories, presented in conjunction with the traveling version of the “New Virginians” exhibit at the Library of Virginia.
Mountain View High School (Stafford County Public Schools)	2019	$3,000.00	Stafford	Three post-performance conversations – two for an audience of teachers, one for the general public – using the 1855 trial of an enslaved woman named Celia to address issues of race and power in American history.
Virginia Friends of Mali	2019	$3,000.00	Richmond	A one-day public symposium on the history of Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom and its potential as a space for “conciliation” in the City.
Storefront For Community Design	2019	$16,000.00	Richmond	A series of exhibitions, performances, and other events exploring the narrative of Gabriel’s Rebellion as a way to help “change the narrative” about race and the history of race in Richmond.
Northeast Neighborhood Association of Harrisonburg (NENA)	2019	$16,000.00	Harrisonburg	A multi-tiered project recognizing African American history through the creative visual art forms; including a Youth Art Workshop, the creation of new painted works, an Art Intervention, a digital catalog of painted images with accompanying regional African American histories, a project website, and the presentation of newly created art .
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2019	$16,000.00	Charlottesville	Development of a study guide and website on the history of race and race relations in Charlottesville, connecting this history to the larger state and national narratives.
The Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness at Averett University	2019	$2,500.00	Danville	A three-part lecture/community-discussion series, part of a larger “cultural programming” effort designed to connect the communities of Averett University and the Danville region.
Norfolk State University	2019	$2,500.00	Norfolk	Planning for the redesign and expansion of an existing website on emigration from Virginia to Liberia in the early to mid-1800s, currently the most comprehensive resource of its kind devoted to this subject.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2019	$7,000.00	Blacksburg	Creation of first annual John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of the legendary guitarist John Jackson and exploring the roots of the Piedmont Blues tradition.
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Heritage foundation, Inc.	2019	$7,000.00	Franklin	Development of interpretative signage to be installed as an outdoor exhibition on Cheroenhaka tribal land, focusing on native flora and fauna and their relationship to the Tribe’s history and traditions.
Chrysler Museum of Art	2019	$7,000.00	Norfolk	A series of public programs and development of K-12 educational materials complementing a new exhibition exploring the influence of Palladio on Jeffersonian’s architectural vision, and the ways in which that vision reflected Jefferson’s approach to human slavery.
Video Action, Inc.	2019	$8,000.00	Washington	Production of a six-minute film on writing as a force for physical as well as social healing among women diagnosed with cancer.
Christiansburg Institute Inc.	2019	$8,000.00	Christiansburg	Development of interpretive signage and related on-line exhibits on the history of Christiansburg Institute, which served the educational needs of African American children in Southwest Virginia and the New River Valley from 1866-1966.
Maymont Foundation	2019	$9,000.00	Richmond	A panel discussion, printed brochure, and development of lesson plans to coincide with the redesign of a landmark exhibit on the lives of African American domestic workers at Maymont during the “Gilded Age”.
Prio Bangla, Inc.	2019	$10,000.00	Woodbridge	An interpretive publication (print and digital versions) to be distributed in conjunction with the 8th annual Prio Bangla festival, a multi-cultural event honoring the diversity of Northern Virginia. The publication will include interviews with more than a dozen immigrants and refugees from all parts of the world.
Encore Stage & Studio	2019	$10,000.00	Arlington	Research, script development, and three public performances of an original play exploring stories and themes from Arlington’s African American history.
Watermen’s Museum	2019	$10,000.00	Yorktown	A traveling exhibit on the food systems of the Chesapeake Bay region, highlighting four keystone species (Shad, Rockfish, Oysters, and Blue Crab) that bind together the region’s ecology, history, culture, and economy.
Virginia Organizing, Inc. (Designated Fiscal Sponsor)	2019	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	An exhibit on the history of B.F. Yancey Elementary School, an important educational and cultural center for African American students and their families in Albemarle County from 1960 until its closure in 2017.
William King Museum of Art	2019	$10,000.00	Abingdon	Creation of a web-based digital archive that will make photographic and documentary records of more than 4,000 Appalachian cultural objects (furniture, textiles, pottery, paintings, firearms, and metalwork) accessible worldwide.
Petersburg Preservation Task Force	2019	$10,000.00	Petersburg	Production of the first two exhibits for the newly renovated Petersburg Exchange, focusing on the histories of tobacco commerce and of water-powered industries in Petersburg.
The Valentine	2019	$10,950.00	Richmond	An exhibit and printed catalog exploring the story of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Richmond through the experiences of advocates, caregivers, and people currently living with the disease.
Suffolk River Heritage, Inc.	2019	$2,000.00	Suffolk	Planning, cataloguing, and digitization of primary source material acquired during twelve years of research into the communities of Northern Suffolk, which has resulted in four published books.
Virginia Wesleyan University	2019	$3,000.00	Virginia Beach	A staged public reading of selections from Greek tragedy performed by military veterans recruited from the Norfolk/Greater Hampton Roads area, home to sixteen military bases and many active-duty and retired military personnel and their families.
American Frontier Culture Foundation	2019	$3,300.00	Staunton	A year-long, eleven-part series of lecture/discussion programs exploring the emergence of a “distinct American identity” in the Shenandoah Valley during the 18th and 19th centuries from multiple perspectives and points of view.
Friends of Esmont, Inc.	2019	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Research and writing toward the first comprehensive history of Esmont Village in Southern Albemarle County.
Secretly Y’all, Corp	2019	$6,500.00	Richmond	Development of an online database of stories collected mostly from Richmond-area residents at public storytelling events held city-wide.
Virginia Civics Education, Inc.	2019	$8,000.00	Orange	A series of professional development programs for Virginia middle- and high-school teachers based on the “We the People” curriculum and designed to improve civics education generally and teaching about the U.S. Constitution in particular.
Stratford Hall	2019	$10,000.00	Stratford	A series of public programs to be presented in conjunction with a new exhibit at Stratford Hall titled “Atlantic Cultures and the Creation of America”.
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2019	$10,000.00	Richmond	A series of lectures, community conversations, and other programs presented as a complement to the traveling exhibition “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: the Paradox of Liberty.”
American Anthropological Association	2019	$10,000.00	Arlington	A research and community development project in which professional anthropologists will work with local residents in two Southwest Virginia communities – Grundy and Pulaski – to envision a post-industrial future based on shared local values.
Preservation Virginia	2019	$10,000.00	Richmond	A collaborative needs-assessment process focusing on cultural resources and resource management for the seven federally-recognized Virginia Indian tribes, in which tribal leaders will work closely in partnership with Virginia’s oldest historic preservation organization.
James Madison University	2019	$10,000.00	Harrisonburg	Expansion of an exhibit on the history of the Lucy F. Simms School in Harrisonburg and creation of two smaller versions, one to be installed permanently at Harrisonburg High School, the other designed for circulation to sites throughout Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.
Lynchburg Museum Foundation	2019	$10,000.00	Lynchburg	An exhibit and related events commemorating the history of the women’s suffrage movement in Lynchburg on the 100th anniversary of adoption of the 19th Amendment.
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University	2019	$10,000.00	Durham	A documentary film exploring the themes of land, identity, memory, and displacement through the history of Rock Castle Gorge, a small community in Patrick County whose residents were displaced in t1930s during construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Danville Museum of Fine Art and History	2019	$10,000.00	Danville	Production of an introductory video on the history of the Sutherlin Mansion, the current home of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and history and an important site in the intersecting histories of the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement in Danville.
Persian Classical Music Co	2019	$10,000.00	Vienna	A nine-part series of lecture/performance program exploring various aspects of Persian “folkloric” music and the history and cultural traditions it embodies.
The George Washington University	2019	$10,000.00	Washington DC	A two-day curriculum development seminar and two follow-up webinars for middle- and high-school teachers in Northern Virginia, exploring the cultural and political diversity of Muslim societies.
William King Museum of Art	2019	$10,000.00	Abingdon	Development and promotion of a new exhibit on the Virginia long rifle, both as an item of material culture and decorative art and as a window onto the larger stories of 18th and 19th century European settlement in the Valley of Virginia, the Appalachian region, and beyond.
Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.	2019	$10,000.00	Arlington	A series of recorded interviews and photographic portraits, presented in both online and physical exhibits, documenting the experiences of refugees who have recently resettled in Northern Virginia as well as those of members of the “receiving” communities.
Columbia Pike Documentary Project	2020	$1,000.00	Arlington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Lydia Csato Gasman Archives	2020	$1,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Patrick County Historical Society	2020	$1,000.00	Stuart	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
FAYETTE AREA HISTORICAL INITIATIVE	2020	$1,000.00	Martinsville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
African American Historical Society of Portsmouth	2020	$1,000.00	Postsmouth	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Vinton Historical Society	2020	$1,000.00	Vinton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Persian Classical Music Co	2020	$1,000.00	Vienna	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Amherst County Museum & Historical Society	2020	$1,000.00	Amherst	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Red Dirt Productions	2020	$2,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Christiansburg Institute Inc.	2020	$2,000.00	Christiansburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Montgomery Museum of Art & History	2020	$2,000.00	Christiansburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Cold War Museum	2020	$2,000.00	Vint Hill	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Historic Petersburg Foundation	2020	$2,000.00	Petersburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Legacy Museum of African American History	2020	$2,000.00	Lynchburg,	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Prio Bangla, Inc.	2020	$2,000.00	Woodbridge	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Historic Gordonsville Inc. (DBA Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum)	2020	$2,000.00	Gordonsville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Wilderness Road Regional Museum	2020	$2,000.00	Newbern	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Friends of Handley Regional Library	2020	$2,000.00	Winchester	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Radford Heritage Foundation (Glencoe Mansion)	2020	$2,000.00	Radford	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Lynchburg Museum Foundation	2020	$2,000.00	Lynchburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Cape Charles Historical Society	2020	$2,000.00	Cape Charles	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Local Colors of Western VA	2020	$2,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Jewish Museum & Cultural Center (Friends of Chevra T’Helim Inc.)	2020	$2,000.00	Portsmouth	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Rockbridge Historical Society	2020	$2,000.00	Lexington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Augusta County Historical Society	2020	$2,000.00	Staunton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association	2020	$2,000.00	Fairfax Station	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
South Boston – Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History	2020	$2,000.00	South Boston	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2020	$2,000.00	Clifford	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Fauquier Historical Society	2020	$2,000.00	Warrenton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives	2020	$2,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2020	$4,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Louisa County Historical Society	2020	$4,000.00	Louisa	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Fairfield Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	White Marsh	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Richmond Jazz Society Incorporated	2020	$4,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Rice’s Hotel~Hughlett’s Tavern Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Winchester	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY	2020	$4,000.00	RICHMOND	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
American Focus, Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Smithfield Preston Foundation (DBA Historic Smithfield)	2020	$4,000.00	Blacksburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	2020	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Blacksburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Reston Historic Trust & Museum (DBA Reston Historic)	2020	$4,000.00	Reston	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Greater Reedville Association	2020	$4,000.00	Reedville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Beach Maritime Museum, Inc t/a Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum	2020	$4,000.00	Virginia Beach	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2020	$4,000.00	Onancock	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Washington Heritage Museums	2020	$4,000.00	Fredericksburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	2020	$4,000.00	Fredericksburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Danville Museum of Fine Art and History	2020	$4,000.00	Danville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Historic Crab Orchard Museum	2020	$4,000.00	Tazewell	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library Inc (DBA Lancaster Virginia Historical Society)	2020	$4,000.00	Lancaster	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Loudoun Museum	2020	$4,000.00	Leesburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Virginia Quilt Museum	2020	$4,000.00	Harrisonburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Fall for the Book, Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Fairfax	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Belle Grove Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Middletown	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Hanover Tavern Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Hanover	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Civics Education, Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Orange	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Muse Writers Center	2020	$4,000.00	Norfolk	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Steamboat Era Museum	2020	$4,000.00	Irvington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia, Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Clarke County Historical Association	2020	$4,000.00	Berryville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Foundation for Historic Christ Church	2020	$4,000.00	Irvington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The John Marshall Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center	2020	$4,000.00	Newport News	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Podium Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2020	$7,500.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Oyster Museum, Inc. DBA Museum of Chincoteague Island	2020	$7,500.00	Chincoteague Island	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Virginia	2020	$7,500.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Museum of Transportation	2020	$7,500.00	Roanoke	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	2020	$7,500.00	Brookneal	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Menokin Foundation	2020	$7,500.00	Warsaw	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
William King Museum of Art	2020	$7,500.00	Abingdon	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2020	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Germanna Foundation	2020	$7,500.00	Locust Grove	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
St. John’s Church Foundation	2020	$7,500.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library	2020	$7,500.00	Staunton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
American Frontier Culture Foundation	2020	$7,500.00	Staunton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc.	2020	$7,500.00	Machipongo	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States	2020	$7,500.00	Washington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Waterford Foundation, Inc	2020	$7,500.00	WATERFORD	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Presidential Precinct	2020	$7,500.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum	2020	$7,500.00	Smithfield	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
National D-Day Memorial	2020	$10,000.00	Bedford	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Montpelier Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Orange	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens	2020	$10,000.00	Norfolk	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Book Arts Press, Inc. dba Rare Book School	2020	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Military Aviation Museum	2020	$10,000.00	Virginia Beach	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Gunston Hall	2020	$10,000.00	Mason Neck	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
National Sporting Library, Incorporated	2020	$10,000.00	Middleburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Valentine	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Williamsburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2020	$10,000.00	Forest	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Stratford Hall	2020	$10,000.00	Stratford	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Museum of History & Culture	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Arcadia Food, Inc.	2020	$10,000.00	Alexandria	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Pamplin Historical Park	2020	$10,000.00	Petersburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Maymont Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Journey Through Hallowed Ground	2020	$10,000.00	Leesburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Blue Ridge PBS	2020	$10,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Preservation Virginia	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
American Civil War Museum	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Arlington	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Rockingham Library Association DBA Massanutten Regional Library	2020	$10,000.00	Harrisonburg	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2020	$10,000.00	Newport News	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
American Center of Oriental Research	2020	$10,000.00	Alexandria	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Birthplace of Country Music	2020	$10,000.00	Bristol	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Richmond Hill	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Jamestown	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Virginia Holocaust Museum	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Culpeper Cavalry Museum Inc. (DBA Museum of Culpeper History)	2020	$4,000.00	Culpeper	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society	2020	$4,000.00	Dayton	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Light House Studio	2020	$4,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Inc.	2020	$4,000.00	Williamsport	NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2020	$3,000.00	Onancock	An interpretive performance titled “Notes from the Green Book”, exploring both the music of the Jim Crow era and the restrictions placed on African American travelers in Virginia – Eastern Virginia in particular – during that time.
Louisa County Historical Society	2020	$2,300.00	Louisa	Two public lectures exploring aspects of women’s history in Virginia, presented during the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Nelson County Historical Society	2020	$3,000.00	Lovingston	Creation of a digital archive containing interviews, diaries, photographs, and other materials collected over more than 40 years for the publications of “Backroads,” a journal documenting rural life in Nelson County; and a public lecture by the journal’s long-time editor.
Richmond Hill	2020	$3,000.00	Richmond	A panel discussion and a public lecture exploring aspects of the history of enslavement at Richmond Hill and in the City of Richmond.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2020	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Two public events commemorating the arrival of Union troops in Charlottesville and Albemarle County in early March 1865, and the beginning of emancipation for enslaved residents who were the majority of the county at that time.
Thomas Day House/Union Tavern	2020	$3,000.00	Milton	A series of dramatic performances of an original play, to be recorded and disseminated electronically, depicting the imagined interactions of seven historical figures from the Danville region.
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities	2020	$2,100.00	Richmond	Development of an online “toolkit” designed to help students, teachers, and other users turn a potentially divisive 2020 Election season into opportunities for constructive dialogue.
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	2020	$3,000.00	Brookneal	Research and site-mapping designed to reconstruct and set in context the stories of African Americans who are buried in the “Quarter Place” cemetery at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill (in Bedford County); as well as the broader story of enslavement by a man best known for his impassioned speech demanding liberty.
Blue Earth Alliance	2020	$5,000.00	Seattle	Research and planning for a multi-faceted project exploring the “changing lives and identities” of three communities along the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, focusing on “tradition bearers” in these communities and their efforts to “retain cultural identity” in the face of rapid, climate-driven change.
Virginia Organizing, Inc. (Designated Fiscal Sponsor)	2020	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Development of a virtual tour of sites related to African American life and history in Charlottesville.
George Mason University	2020	$5,000.00	Washington	Research toward development of a digital exhibit on the life and career of journalist John Mitchell, Jr., longtime editor of the Richmond Planet and one of the country’s leading anti-lynching advocates during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The exhibit will focus on Mitchell’s work in Virginia and in particular on his collaboration with Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
Stone Soup Productions	2020	$5,000.00	Washington DC	Research and production of a podcast – one in a multi-part series – exploring how the stories uncovered by the WPA Writers and Artists Project address contemporary issues; in this case, the racism encountered by WPA interviewers and the ways the “Lost Cause” narrative was included in WPA publications.
Richmond Hill	2020	$5,000.00	Richmond	Research and a series of public programs on the history of enslavement and African American life at Richmond Hill, which currently functions as a retreat center in the heart of Richmond.
Pocahontas Reframed Storytellers Film Festival	2020	$5,000.00	King William	Production of a film representing indigenous cultures from different parts of North America and projecting an “alternate history” in which genocide and conquest were not the outcomes of European contact and Native values and aesthetics prevail in a borderless North America.
Encore Stage & Studio	2020	$6,000.00	Arlington	Adaptation of an existing theatrical production (also created with V.H. support), introducing elementary school teachers, students, and their families to the history of public school desegregation in Arlington County.
Promise Land Communications	2020	$6,000.00	Charlottesville	A series of podcasts depicting the lives of five Black professors at a (fictional) predominantly White university in the rural South, exploring issues of race and racism in higher education.
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. DBA WHRO	2020	$7,000.00	Norfolk	A series of podcasts and radio segments on the life of Willis Hodges, a free black resident of Princess Anne County (now Virginia Beach) and the “mechanics of the Underground Railroad in Hampton Roads.”
Christiansburg Institute Inc.	2020	$7,000.00	Christiansburg	Updating and republication of two books on the life, achievements, and legacy of Edgar A. Long, who served for more than two decades as principal of Christiansburg Institute, a school that provided high-quality education to generations of African American students between the years 1866-1966.
Semilla Cultural	2020	$7,000.00	Fredericksburg	Three interpretive performances and panel discussions on the history of Puerto Rican Bomba, its ties to Africa, and and its continuing evolution as a musical tradition in the United States.
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Virginia	2020	$8,000.00	Richmond	Production of a digital version of a new exhibit on the story of enslavement at Wilton House, using artifacts uncovered at the original Wilton site to provide a framework and entry-point for this story.
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	2020	$8,000.00	Brookneal	Research, oral history interviews, and consultations with members of the local African American community, exploring the history and stories of enslavement at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill.
Chincoteague Cultural Alliance	2020	$8,000.00	Chincoteague Island	A film on the history of Chincoteague from pre-European contact to the building of the Assateague Lighthouse in 1866-67.
Red Dirt Productions	2020	$8,000.00	Charlottesville	Production of a multi-media “tool-kit” for use in classrooms, museums, and other settings as a complement to the documentary film (also supported by Virginia Humanities) titled At the Common Table: The Hidden History of Southern Food. Both explore the ways that food connects people across racial lines.
George Mason University	2020	$8,000.00	Washington	A digital exhibit on the life and career of journalist John Mitchell, Jr., the long-time editor of the Richmond Planet; his role in advocating against lynching; his collaborations with Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells; and the ways these three figures challenged, supported, and influenced one another.
Helping Hand Cemetery Club	2020	$10,000.00	Ponte Vedra	An exhibit, print publication, website, and new research exploring the history and stories of African American life in Courtland, Virginia through the lens of the Helping Hand Cemetery.
Fractured Atlas, Inc. (The Front Porch Cville)	2020	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	A film and series of public screening/discussion programs exploring issues raised by mass incarceration in the United States, through the lives of three inmates and the annual father-daughter dance at the Richmond City Jail.
AHC Inc.	2020	$12,000.00	Arlington	Creation and distribution of a handmade book documenting the personal experiences of Arlington residents during 2020, to be distributed to every household in the Gates of Ballston affordable housing community and beyond.
Healthy Suffolk	2020	$13,000.00	Suffolk	Research and Production of the first two episodes in a larger series of podcasts exploring issues, challenges, and opportunities facing rural communities, agriculture, and food systems in Virginia, with an emphasis on the Western Tidewater region.
Library of Virginia Foundation	2020	$15,000.00	Richmond	A multi-site, multi-platform institute for Virginia K-12 teachers on the history of Virginia’s state constitutions, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Constitution and considering its departures from earlier versions and its relationship to the challenges Virginia will likely face in the decades to come.
Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia	2020	$15,000.00	Indian Neck	A series of exhibits, research, a publication, and a Youth Day event focusing on Virginia Indian history—the history of the Rappahannock people in particular; their relationship with the Commonwealth of Virginia; and in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Rappahannock Tribe’s incorporation.
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2020	$2,500.00	Roanoke	A five-part monthly lecture series and related articles (print and online) exploring aspects of Botetourt County history in observance of the County’s 250th anniversary.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra	2020	$3,000.00	Norfolk	Research and production of a portable exhibit on the history of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and its role in the cultural renaissance of Norfolk, developed in conjunction with a commemorative publication on the same subject.
1455	2020	$4,000.00	Winchester	The second annual summer literary festival in Winchester organized this year around the theme “Storytelling in the 21st Century.”
Clerk of the Circuit Court	2020	$5,000.00	Leesburg	Digitization of a large trove of records documenting the lives of Free Black residents in Loudoun County; and a related public program to be presented during Black History Month, 2021.
The Friends of the Buchanan County Public Library, Inc.	2020	$5,500.00	GRUNDY	A fourteen-part library-based speakers’ series with an emphasis on literature produced by Appalachian writers.
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society	2020	$6,000.00	Washington	The 42nd annual Conference of the African American Historical and Genealogical Society, to be held virtually in 2020 for the first time in its history.
Newport News Public Library	2020	$7,000.00	Newport News	Design and installation of a multi-media exhibit, two public events, and a print publication honoring the achievements of individuals from the Southeast Community, a historically African American neighborhood that is being rapidly transformed through “redevelopment.”
Coming To The Table-RVA	2020	$8,000.00	Richmond	A series of video podcasts featuring conversations between “linked pairs” of individuals—usually one African American, and one European American—who are connected to the history of slavery, and to each other, by ancestry or place.
Prio Bangla, Inc.	2020	$8,000.00	Woodbridge	An 80-page print and online publication exploring the “American Dream” and its meaning through interviews with first-generation (mostly younger) immigrants and refugees in Virginia.
Literacy InterActives, Inc.	2020	$8,000.00	Clarksville	A public workshop and Town Hall program exploring the history of Mecklenburg County’s African American community—its funerary traditions in particular—through the lens of the Parker Sydnor historic cabin near Clarksville.
The Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest	2020	$8,000.00	Forest	Design/production costs and consultations with scholars and community advisors for a series of outdoor interpretive sites along a new 2.2-mile access road, focusing on the lives of enslaved individuals and families at Poplar Forest.
Richmond Hill	2020	$8,000.00	Richmond	A series of community conversations, development of a website, and a companion booklet exploring the history and stories of enslavement at Richmond Hill, currently an ecumenical residential and retreat center and site of a former monastery.
Catticus Corp	2020	$10,000.00	Berkeley	Research and planning for an interactive “I-doc” website, designed primarily for classroom use, on the history of public-school desegregation in Prince Edward County, white resistance to desegregation, the conflict between black agency and white supremacy, and the ideology of the “Virginia Way.”
QUILL	2020	$10,000.00	Bastian	“Renovation” and expansion of an existing archive of more than 800 oral histories conducted with Bland County residents since the project was launched in 1993 with Virginia Humanities’ support.
Floyd Creative Studios	2020	$10,000.00	Floyd	Creation of a digital archive documenting the music and culture of four counties—Floyd, Franklin, Patrick, and Carroll—along Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge.
Congregation Beth Israel	2020	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	Interview and transcription costs for a long-term oral history and research project documenting Jewish life in Charlottesville.
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation	2020	$10,000.00	Castleton	Research and oral history interviews leading to a film on Rosenwald education in Rappahannock, Culpeper, and Warren Counties.
Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program	2020	$10,000.00	Harrisonburg	An exhibition of approximately 30 large-format photographs, to be installed on buildings throughout Harrisonburg, depicting immigrant and refugee families in the Harrisonburg area; part of a larger, multi-faceted, multi-year project exploring the immigrant and refugee experience through the eyes of those who have lived it.
Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia	2020	$10,000.00	Abingdon	A digital preservation project that includes scanning, indexing, and labeling more than 163,000 photographs documenting life in Southwestern Virginia.
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2020	$10,000.00	Richmond	Research and script development for a documentary film on the life of Virginia Estelle Randolph, exploring her legacy in the fields of education, interracial coalition building, public health, and juvenile justice.
University of Minnesota	2020	$13,292.00	Minneapolis	Development of a 25-minute audio podcast, a “toolkit” for listeners, and a series of public events exploring the history of transgender activism in the U.S. with a particular focus on Virginia.
1882 Foundation	2020	$15,000.00	Fairfax	An educational “toolkit” designed for classroom use on the role of Asian Americans as full participants in the Virginia and American stories.
Maymont Foundation	2020	$15,000.00	Richmond	Development of an online exhibit and lesson plans focusing on the lives and community contributions of African Americans employed as domestic workers at Maymont during the years 1893-1925.
Enrichmond Foundation	2020	$4,000.00	Richmond	A series of artistic portraits and interviews with 24 immigrants (from 24 countries) now living in the Richmond area, highlighting the diversity of languages and cultural backgrounds they have brought with them and their perspectives on learning a new language and finding “voice” in their new country.
Public Housing Association of Residents	2020	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	Planning for an oral history project designed to document and make accessible the experiences and perspectives of public housing residents in Charlottesville, with a particular focus on the history of grassroots organizing by members of this community.
Communities in Power	2021	$2,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads	2021	$2,000.00	Suffolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens	2021	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	2021	$6,000.00	Virginia Beach	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. DBA WHRO	2021	$8,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater	2021	$10,000.00	Virginia Beach	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Virginia Stage Company	2021	$10,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Virginia Beach Library Foundation	2021	$10,000.00	Virginia Beach	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Clever Communities In Action	2021	$10,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
American Red Cross of Coastal Virginia	2021	$10,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Eastern Virginia Medical School	2021	$10,000.00	Norfolk	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Tidewater African Cultural Alliance	2021	$10,000.00	Virginia Beach	Beneath the Surface Grant Program in Partnership with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society Inc	2021	$4,000.00	Clifton Forge	Publication of a book on the history of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railroad as seen through the eyes of the industrial photographer William Rattase, focusing on the years 1943—1950 and the importance of the C&O to the economic development of Virginia and neighboring states.
Eastern Shore Public Library	2021	$5,000.00	Parksley	A two-part planning project designed to foster coordination of local research and programs related to the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence; and to support development of a new website in conjunction with the opening of the Library’s new Eastern Shore Heritage Center in the summer of 2021.
James Madison University	2021	$5,000.00	Harrisonburg	A week-long institute for teachers, offered virtually, exploring the work of African American poet and publisher Haki Madhubuti from a wide range of perspectives. Mr. Madhubuti will be present throughout the program, which is the fifth in a series of “Legacy Seminars” organized by the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
Black Heritage Museum of Arlington Virginia	2021	$3,300.00	Arlington	Printing/reprinting of several new and existing publications on the history of African American life in Arlington County, in conjunction with the Museum’s reopening in a new location.
Shenandoah County Historical Society, Inc.	2021	$4,550.00	Edinburg	Research and tree-ring analysis (dendroarchaeology) documenting the history of two log and timber-frame barns in Shenandoah County, shedding light on both the age of the trees used in construction and on environmental conditions in the years leading up the trees’ harvest. The project adds to a larger database of more than 270 historic barns in the County.
Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia	2021	$2,500.00	Abingdon	A virtual conference on African American genealogy and history in Washington County, featuring nationally recognized genealogist Kenyatta Berry as the keynote speaker.
Louisa County Historical Society	2021	$3,000.00	Louisa	A three-part community history project exploring African American history in Louisa County, including research, oral history interviews, and development of a series of recommendations for integrating African American history into local classroom teaching.
AMMD Pine Grove Project	2021	$5,000.00	Richmond (Henrico)	A series of three webinars organized around the theme “Partners in Philanthropy,” exploring the roles of local African American communities in building and sustaining Rosenwald Schools as well as the modern potential of the “Tuskegee Model” for protecting threatened African American historical resources.
Fairfield Foundation	2021	$3,250.00	White Marsh	Planning and the production of on-site signage and other educational materials, designed to expand and deepen interpretation at the birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed in Gloucester County.
Northampton Historic Preservation Society	2021	$10,000.00	Eastville	Production of an exhibit exploring the history of jails and incarceration on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Birthplace of Country Music	2021	$10,000.00	Bristol	Research and planning for a major new exhibit on Women in Old-Time Music, Past and Present.
Pocahontas Reframed Storytellers Film Festival	2021	$20,000.00	King William	Support for the 5th annual Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival, a hybrid (virtual and in-person) event featuring leading Native American filmmakers and scholars and exploring the history of Native American representation in American film.
Presidential Precinct	2021	$3,000.00	Charlottesville	A hybrid (virtual and in-person “Africa Ideas Summit”, part of a larger Democracy and Civic Leadership Institute in which 25 Fellows from 17 sub-Saharan African countries will explore the story of Virginia in light of the political challenges facing their home countries.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2021	$1,500.00	Charlottesville	Two filmed dramatic productions exploring issues in African American life reflecting the playwrights’ experience growing up in Charlottesville.
Catticus Corp	2021	$4,500.00	Berkeley	An “educational interactive website prototype” titled “Striking Back; Striding Forward,” exploring the story of the 1951 Student Strike in Farmville, which led to the closure of the Prince Edward County Public Schools and, eventually, to the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board decision.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2021	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	A pilot episode for a 5-6 part audio podcast series exploring the stories of Virginia’s indigenous communities, focusing on “tribal heritages, cultures, histories, and current issues,” and featuring Tribal leaders as the primary narrators.
Fluvanna County Arts Council	2021	$5,000.00	Palmyra	A documentary film exploring the role that African American churches and religious organizations played in creating and sustaining Rosenwald Schools in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2021	$5,000.00	Clifford	A panel discussion and production of two exhibits honoring the life and legacy of Karenne Wood (Monacan), an educator, poet, scholar, advocate, and leader within the broader Native community of Virginia prior to her death in 2019.
More Than a Fraction Foundation	2021	$8,000.00	Baltimore	A 3-day public program featuring lectures and presentations, performances, tours, and ceremonies, the outgrowth of a longer-term case study exploring the possibilities for reconciliation between descendants of the Fraction family who were enslaved at Smithfield and Solitude Plantations in Montgomery County and the Preston family who enslaved them.
Virginia Organizing, Inc. (Designated Fiscal Sponsor)	2021	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Development of eight new videos for a “Beloved Community Virtual Bus Tour” highlighting locations of significance in the history of Charlottesville’s African American community.
National Center for Community Strategies	2021	$10,000.00	Alexandria	A documentary film on the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia, focusing on the lives and experiences of the 32 enslaved Angolans received by the Virginia Colony in 1619.
Wayne Theatre Alliance	2021	$3,520.00	Waynesboro	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Washington Heritage Museums	2021	$3,520.00	Fredericksburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
The John Marshall Foundation	2021	$3,520.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Suffolk River Heritage, Inc.	2021	$3,520.00	Suffolk	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Steamboat Era Museum	2021	$3,520.00	Irvington	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project	2021	$3,520.00	Harrisonburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Rockbridge Historical Society	2021	$3,520.00	Lexington	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Radford Heritage Foundation (Glencoe Mansion)	2021	$3,520.00	Radford	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library Inc (DBA Lancaster Virginia Historical Society)	2021	$3,520.00	Lancaster	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Loudoun Museum	2021	$3,520.00	Leesburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia, Inc.	2021	$3,520.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Ivy Creek Foundation	2021	$3,520.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Friends of Onancock School (DBA Historic Onancock School)	2021	$3,520.00	Onancock	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Fall for the Book, Inc.	2021	$3,520.00	Fairfax	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Culpeper Cavalry Museum Inc. (DBA Museum of Culpeper History)	2021	$3,520.00	Culpeper	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Clarke County Historical Association	2021	$3,520.00	Berryville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Belle Grove Inc.	2021	$3,520.00	Middletown	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia African American Cultural Center	2021	$7,040.00	Virginia Beach	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
The Montpelier Foundation	2021	$7,040.00	Orange	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
The Cold War Museum	2021	$7,040.00	Vint Hill	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Salem Historical Society, Inc. (DBA Salem Museum)	2021	$7,040.00	Salem	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia	2021	$7,040.00	Indian Neck	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Rappahannock Historical Society	2021	$7,040.00	Washington	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Prio Bangla, Inc.	2021	$7,040.00	Woodbridge	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Norfolk State University Foundation	2021	$7,040.00	Norfolk	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Montgomery Museum of Art & History	2021	$7,040.00	Christiansburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Local Colors of Western VA	2021	$7,040.00	Roanoke	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Helping Hand Cemetery Club	2021	$7,040.00	Ponte Vedra	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society	2021	$7,040.00	Dayton	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Belmead on the James, Inc. (DBA Drexel-Morrell Center)	2021	$7,040.00	Powhatan	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.	2021	$7,040.00	Clifford	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Young Audiences of Virginia, Inc. (DBA Arts for Learning)	2021	$11,900.00	Norfolk	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities	2021	$11,900.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia Association of Museums	2021	$11,900.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Shenandoah Valley Mountain Music Makers Association, Inc. (DBA Shenandoah Music Trail)	2021	$11,900.00	Swoope	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Reston Historic Trust & Museum (DBA Reston Historic)	2021	$11,900.00	Reston	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	2021	$11,900.00	Brookneal	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
National Women’s History Museum	2021	$11,900.00	Alexandria	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States	2021	$11,900.00	Washington	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Menokin Foundation	2021	$11,900.00	Warsaw	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Madison House	2021	$11,900.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Halau Nohona Hawaii	2021	$11,900.00	Alexandria	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Fluvanna County Historical Society	2021	$11,900.00	Palmyra	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Fairfield Foundation	2021	$11,900.00	White Marsh	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY	2021	$11,900.00	RICHMOND	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation	2021	$11,900.00	Accomac	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Coming To The Table-RVA	2021	$11,900.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum	2021	$11,900.00	Fincastle	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Augusta Military Academy Alumni Foundation	2021	$11,900.00	Fort Defiance	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library	2021	$17,000.00	Staunton	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
William King Museum of Art	2021	$17,000.00	Abingdon	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia Nottoway Indian Circle and Square Foundation, Inc.	2021	$17,000.00	Capron	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia Museum of History & Culture	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Virginia Holocaust Museum	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens	2021	$17,000.00	Norfolk	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Stratford Hall	2021	$17,000.00	Stratford	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Smithfield Preston Foundation (DBA Historic Smithfield)	2021	$17,000.00	Blacksburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Richmond Public Library Foundation	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Richmond Hill	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Red Dirt Productions	2021	$17,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Presidential Precinct	2021	$17,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Preservation Virginia	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Points of Diversity	2021	$17,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Maymont Foundation	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle	2021	$17,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Journey Through Hallowed Ground	2021	$17,000.00	Leesburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center	2021	$17,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation	2021	$17,000.00	Williamsburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
James Solomon Russell Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives, Inc.	2021	$17,000.00	Lawrenceville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Historical Society of Western Virginia	2021	$17,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Historic Gordonsville Inc. (DBA Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum)	2021	$17,000.00	Gordonsville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
George Mason University	2021	$17,000.00	Washington	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	2021	$17,000.00	Fredericksburg	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Descendants of Enslaved Communities at UVA	2021	$17,000.00	Charlottesville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Danville Historical Society	2021	$17,000.00	Danville	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Community Arts Center Foundation, Inc. (DBA The Prizery)	2021	$17,000.00	South Boston	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Chickahominy Indian Tribe – Eastern Division	2021	$17,000.00	Providence Forge	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Blue Ridge PBS	2021	$17,000.00	Roanoke	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Bland County Public Library	2021	$17,000.00	Bland	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Birthplace of Country Music	2021	$17,000.00	Bristol	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Augusta County Historical Society	2021	$17,000.00	Staunton	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
American Civil War Museum	2021	$17,000.00	Richmond	NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the America Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant
Access Virginia	2021	$4,500.00	Newport News	An original play and accompanying public discussions exploring the challenges faced by people living with deafness or hearing loss.
St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum	2021	$7,500.00	Smithfield	Production of a series of twelve one-hour podcasts exploring issues related to the early American religious experience and how these issues continue to inform and challenge us today.
Virginia Friends of Mali	2021	$10,000.00	Richmond	A 90-minute documentary film on the experience of two young female journalists—one from Richmond, the other from Segou, Mali—as they develop their craft and work toward empowerment of women in both cities.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park	2021	$10,000.00	Newport News	Research and programming, part of a larger effort to honor the contributions of African American workers who built the Mariners Museum and its park-like campus.
Creciendo Juntos	2021	$10,000.00	Charlottesvillee	A series of public workshops, internships, and printing/distribution of four ‘Zine’ publications highlighting the voices and perspectives of Latinx youth.
Johns Hopkins University	2021	$12,000.00	Baltimore	A multi-media art and storytelling project focusing on the stories of eleven Muslim women in Virginia and their experience of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry in the post-9/11 era; part of a larger project profiling 99 Muslim women nationwide. The project began with the act of creating 99 clay pots and bowls, one for each of the women being interviewed. The number 99 also corresponds to the number of different names for God in Islam.
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation	2021	$15,000.00	Arlington	A traveling exhibit on the lives and contributions of women of color serving in the U.S. military from the Revolutionary War era to the present day.
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society	2021	$15,000.00	Charlottesville	An oral history project on the experience of desegregation in Charlottesville and Albemarle County seen through the lens of high school athletics.
Hardwired Global	2021	$15,000.00	N. Chesterfield	A pilot training program designed to help refugees and their host communities address challenges to refugee integration through partnerships with refugee resettlement agencies statewide.
Columbia Pike Documentary Project	2021	$20,000.00	Arlington	The culminating phase of a 15-year effort to document the changing face of Arlington’s Columbia Pike corridor through photographs and interviews focusing in this phase on voices and perspectives of The Pike’s younger residents.
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society	2021	$20,000.00	Onancock	Production of two segments of a six-part hour-long video on the history of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Richmond Public Library Foundation	2022	$3,495.50	Richmond	Federation of State Humanities Councils’ Democracy and the Informed Citizen Initiative Grant
Cayambis Institute for Latin American Studies in Music	2022	$2,715.00	Blacksburg	A three-city tour of Cayambis Sinfonietta, the organization’s performing ensemble, in Blacksburg, Bridgewater, and Radford, featuring an interactive educational program designed to introduce local public middle and high school students to Latin American classical music.
Radford University	2022	$3,000.00	Radford	A series of curricular and co-curricular book discussions around the 2020 graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s 1993 dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower,” which will empower the community to discuss the past, present, and future of humanity itself.
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia	2022	$3,750.00	Richmond	A summit designed for middle and high school aged youth and students in the Richmond Metropolitan Area with overarching objectives including youth empowerment, educational and cultural enrichment, and leadership.
Birthplace of Country Music	2022	$3,784.00	Bristol	A summer educator fellowship program that will allow the organization to work directly with two teachers from the Bristol, VA and Tennessee school systems to accomplish various educational objectives.
Unmarked Documentary, LLC	2022	$4,000.00	Lynchburg	A free, public screening of “Unmarked,” a short documentary that tells the stories of neglected African American cemeteries and enslaved burial sites across the Commonwealth, followed by a panel discussion.
Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia Inc.47-148131	2022	$4,241.62	Fredericksburg	A hands-on workshop led by Dr. D. Brad Hatch, a master maker of the Patawomeck eel pot, an enrolled member of the Patawomeck tribe, and member of the 2022-23 class of Virginia Humanities’ Folklife Apprenticeship program.
Belmead on the James, Inc. (DBA Drexel-Morrell Center)	2022	$5,000.00	Powhatan	Production of a digital file and a graphic exhibit that tell the stories of the African American churches in Powhatan from the 1800s to today, to be presented at Powhatan’s 2023 Juneteenth Celebration and permanently archived at the Drexel-Morrell Center.
Descendants of Enslaved Communities at UVA	2022	$5,000.00	Charlottesville	Development and production of a short documentary on Black student activism at UVA that will be part of a video series created under UVA’s Race, Place, and Equity program
Endstation Theatre Company	2022	$5,000.00	Lynchburg	Production of an original play about the 1961 desegregation—and subsequent filling in—of Lynchburg’s public swimming pools, to be performed in local high schools as part of a new initiative: Community Stories in Community Schools.
Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater	2022	$5,000.00	Virginia Beach	Publication of an expanded version of “To Life: Stories of Courage and Survival” and production of companion resources including podcasts, lesson plans, an eBook, and educational and community outreach.
Springhouse Community School	2022	$5,000.00	Pilot	A series of public, community-wide conversations and events centered on Bryan Stevenson’s novel “Just Mercy,” which focuses on injustices in the United States judicial system.
Virginia Opera Association, Inc.	2022	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Educational community outreach for the organization’s production of “Fellow Travelers,” an opera that details the “Lavender Scare,” a witch hunt resulting in mass firings of gay workers from the United States government.
Women Make Movies	2022	$5,000.00	New York	Post-production for “Hope of Escape,” an independently-made historical drama that champions enslaved American heroes and abolitionist allies who, leading up to the Civil War, were willing to take on immense risk in order to combat the wretchedness of slavery.
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle	2022	$1,498.00	Charlottesville	Publication of “The Joy of Writing,” a collection of stories written by adult immigrant and refugee students learning to read, write, and speak the English language, covering topics including personal histories, struggles of survival, and cultural traditions.
Virginia Beach Art Center	2022	$1,500.00	Virginia Beach	A ten-day experience designed to celebrate history and cultural diversity in the community through art, featuring a new community-based immersive art installation focused on local Native American history.
Local Colors of Western VA	2022	$3,000.00	Roanoke	Local Colors’ third annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, which seeks to honor the Hispanic/Latino community in the Roanoke Valley and celebrate its heritage with special outdoor programming.
Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project	2022	$4,510.00	Harrisonburg	A reading of the narrative of Bethany Veney, who was born enslaved in Page County, Virginia in the early 1800s, by her living descendents. Veney’s narrative is one of the most powerful descriptions of slavery in the Shenandoah Valley.
Menokin Foundation	2022	$5,000.00	Warsaw	Menokin’s inaugural Descendants Day seeks to honor the enslaved community by not only ensuring that their history is firmly rooted in the past, but that their descendants are supported and celebrated now and well into the future.
St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum	2022	$5,000.00	Smithfield	An annual two-day event that aims to share the experiences of 17th century Virginians through period musical performances, thematic lectures, and costumed interpreters.
The Urban Renewal Center	2022	$5,000.00	Norfolk	A series of five free performances of traditional African American religious music, serving as an avenue to explore, share, and learn about the history of slavery and civil rights in Hampton Roads, as well as the history of struggle, resistance, and celebration rooted in Black spirituals.
Virginia Commonwealth University Foundation	2022	$5,000.00	Richmond	An incubator that catalyzes research conversations, including both humanist and natural sciences research, to build connections between the Richmond community and the university.
Ivy Creek Foundation	2022	$5,805.00	Charlottesville	Production and installation of three educational interpretive panels to teach visitors about the farmhouse, barn, and cemetery located at historic River View Farm in Charlottesville, home of formerly enslaved individual Hugh Carr and now called the Ivy Creek Natural Area.
Jewish Museum & Cultural Center (Friends of Chevra T’Helim Inc.)	2022	$6,502.00	Portsmouth	Purchase of a digital touch screen display to enrich an existing exhibit on immigrant Jews who contributed culturally and economically to the larger Tidewater area, a vital center of Jewish life at the turn of the 20th century.
Tidewater African Cultural Alliance	2022	$9,276.00	Virginia Beach	The inaugural African Diaspora Heritage Month Commemoration inaugural event celebrates the local African Diaspora Community and its culture with programming that includes panel discussions, voter registration, and free health screenings.
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	2022	$10,000.00	Brookneal	Development and distribution of both streamed and live programming on topics related to Red Hill, Patrick Henry’s home in Charlotte County purchased in 1794, and its Quarter Place, where the enslaved community labored and was housed.
TWP – The Youth Movement	2022	$13,000.00	Norfolk	A program that enables Virginia Youth Poets to use their voices, their lived stories, and their original poetry as empowered voices, representing themselves, their communities, and Virginia through a partnership with the National Youth Poet Laureate Program (NYPL).
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center	2022	$15,000.00	Fredericksburg	Creation of a city-wide interpretive plan, K-12 student programming, and a digital exhibition on African American history built around the community’s contested “Slave Auction Block.”
The Bridge PAI	2022	$15,000.00	Charlottesville	A platform showcasing “experimental and monumental” works by Black, Indigenous and low-income artists with the goal of bringing diverse creative works and recovered histories to light.
The Origin Project	2022	$18,278.00	Big Stone Gap	A writing workshop for teachers to facilitate stories about their familial origins, to be shared later with students as roadmaps for their own writing and published alongside the students’ stories in “The Origin Project, Book Nine.”
Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia	2022	$18,385.00	Indian Neck	A radio-based project designed to address the “need to pass down wisdom and experiences of our elders” and to train (primarily) young people to document Tribal family stories for cultural restoration, identity, and preservation, as well as to teach the public about Indigenous beliefs and traditions.
George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts	2022	$20,000.00	Fairfax	Production of marketing and communications assets for a free annual 10-minute play festival that aims to use theater as a means for cross cultural communication.
The American Friends of Lafayette	2022	$20,000.00	Gaithersburg	Production of three web-based travelogues that follow Lafayette’s fifty stops in Virginia during his Farewell Tour across the United States in 1824–1825, to educate the public about Lafayette’s role in the American Revolution and his advocacy of human rights.
Virginia Civics Education, Inc.	2022	$6,000.00	Orange	Project Description: Planning and initial steps in creating the design framework for a “Field Guide to Local History,” designed to give users the tools to understand their individual and/or local stories within the larger shared narratives of Virginia and the United States.
The Valentine	2022	$6,000.00	Richmond	Project Description: An Augmented Reality walking tour of Richmond’s Monument Avenue, designed to spark in-depth, small group discussions and personal reflection about the history of the Confederate monuments and the Lost Cause ideology that created and supported them.
University of Richmond	2022	$12,000.00	Richmond	A multi-faceted project documenting the history of the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) as seen through the lives and careers of GRTC’s pioneering African American bus drivers, mechanics, and their families. The project includes oral history interviews, photo documentation, organization and digitization of GRTC’s archives and creation of three “site-specific” works of art based on the interviews and research.
Blue Ridge Discovery Center	2022	$1,750.00	Troutdale	Production of an historical timeline on the history of the former Konnarock LutheranTraining School, now the headquarters of the Blue Ridge Discovery Center.
Josephine School Community Museum	2022	$2,500.00	Berryville	The First Annual Juneteenth Festival in Berryville (Clarke County).
One Shared Story	2022	$3,000.00	Gordonsville	Research, documentation, and training of local volunteers, part of a larger effort exploring the histories of two African American churches in Louisa County—Bright Hope Baptist and Foster Creek Baptist.
Arlington Historical Society	2022	$5,000.00	Arlington	Research to begin documenting the lives of Arlington’s enslaved population
AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Greater Richmond VA Chapter	2022	$5,000.00	RICHMOND	Website redesign to facilitate ease of use and information sharing.
James Madison University	2022	$5,400.00	Harrisonburg	Transcription of an unpublished novel written ca. 1880 by George Newman, an influential African American educator in the Shenandoah Valley.
Restless Books	2022	$6,500.00	Brooklyn	An “immigrant writing lab” designed to draw forth the personal stories of undocumented immigrants, mostly from Latin America, and to facilitate the sharing of these stories with the wider community.
Louisa County Historical Society	2022	$7,000.00	Louisa	A series of community outreach activities—oral histories, lectures, and genealogy workshops, part of a larger, ongoing initiative exploring the history and stories of African American life in Louisa County.
National D-Day Memorial	2022	$8,000.00	Bedford	A series of podcasts, conversations with and among leading historians, on topics related to World War II.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	2022	$8,250.00	Charlottesville	Production of three short videos introducing the Monacan Nation and its people as custodians of the land in and around Charlottesville
Rotary Club of Cape Charles	2022	$9,800.00	Cape Charles	Development of a walking tour (in print and online versions) of African American historic sites in Cape Charles
Piedmont Virginia Community College	2022	$10,000.00	Charlottesville	A two-part project to, first, solicit original writing in the form of personal storytelling from incarcerated PVCC students; and then to create a theatrical production drawing from these personal testimonies.
Catticus Corp	2022	$10,000.00	Berkeley	A series of consultations with teachers and other prospective users of an interactive website focusing on the stories of Barbara Johns, the 1951 Student Strike in Farmville, Virginia, and the Strike’s aftermath.
Stratford Hall	2022	$10,000.00	Stratford	Research, a one-day storytelling event, and development of a new interpretive plan including exhibits and printed brochures, all designed to increase visitors’ awareness of enslavement and the lives of enslaved individuals at Stratford Hall
Library of Virginia Foundation	2022	$11,000.00	Richmond	A series of planning meetings in which representatives from Virginia’s eleven state-recognized Native tribes will shape the content of a new exhibit titled “Indigenous Perspectives,” shedding new light on documents in the Library’s collections.
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	2022	$20,000.00	Blacksburg	Production of four 30-minute audio podcasts exploring subjects related to the histories and cultures of Virginia’s state and federally recognized Native tribes.
Pocahontas Reframed Storytellers Film Festival	2022	$20,000.00	King William	The Sixth Annual Pocahontas Feframed Film Festival featuring films by Native filmmakers from throughout North America
George Mason University	2022	$10,000.00	Washington	Planning for a longer-term project, including an initial group of oral history interviews, exploring the story of Northern Virginia (specifically Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria) by centering the voices and perspectives of immigrants, refugees, and indigenous residents of the region.
Dream Project, Inc	2022	$20,000.00	Arlington	Talent, Innovation, and Equity Project at Dream Project (SCHEV Grant)
Christiansburg Institute Inc.	2022	$20,000.00	Christiansburg	Talent, Innovation, and Equity Project at Christiansburg Institute, Inc. (SCHEV Grant)
Creciendo Juntos	2022	$20,000.00	Charlottesvillee	Talent, Innovation, and Equity Project at Creciendo Juntos (SCHEV Grant)
Sacred Heart Center	2022	$20,000.00	Richmond	Talent, Innovation, and Equity Project at Sacred Heart Center (SCHEV Grant)
University of Richmond	2023	$2,000.00	Richmond	A public screening and discussion of the documentary “Framing Agnes,” which explores trans care and features conversations with trans scholars and cultural workers.
Goochland County Historical Society	2023	$2,290.00	Goochland	An oral history project interviewing eight of the surviving students who integrated Goochland High School in 1965, and a public lecture on Virginia’s Freedom of Choice Program.
Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation	2023	$4,690.00	Chesapeake	Community Connections: A seven-part series of performance and discussion programs using stories from the past including themes related to the Underground Railroad to initiate conversations about contemporary issues.
Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation	2023	$5,000.00	Blacksburg	An immersive history exhibition documenting the LGBTQ history of the region.
CAN Foundation	2023	$5,000.00	Newport News	A project working with youth to explore lived experiences with gun violence and promote well-being and healing.
Gallery 5	2023	$5,000.00	Richmond	A program exploring diverse voices in poetry and spoken word in the Richmond area, through poetry readings that subvert traditional historical narratives and uplift under-represented voices.
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. DBA WHRO	2023	$5,000.00	Norfolk	Expansion of Virginia Voices into a monthly podcast and digitally published feature to increase its reach across specific news deserts in Virginia, building on a series first produced in 2020 to provide unique perspectives on Virginia’s news.
Steamboat Era Museum	2023	$5,000.00	Irvington	A new exhibit designed to showcase the lives of children during the Steamboat Era, building on existing work by adding children’s stories and expanding educational opportunities
American Frontier Culture Foundation	2023	$4,800.00	Staunton	2023 Annual Lecture Series: Six free public lectures on Indigenous, colonial, and early American history and culture, with talks by humanities scholars on topics including maps of early America, and migration and the making of the United States.
Josephine School Community Museum	2023	$5,000.00	Berryville	A festival to educate and inform the public about the African American experience from 1865 to the present, through exhibits, videos, speakers, and performers.
Fluvanna County Historical Society	2023	$9,500.00	Palmyra	Creation of a memorial for the enslaved individuals buried at Oak Hill Cemetery and a documentary that captures the work done to restore and preserve historic Black cemeteries in the region.
Virginia Commonwealth University	2023	$14,925.00	Richmond	Loose Parts—Exploring the Public Humanities of Child-Directed Adventure Play: This project will explore the interdisciplinary area of adventure play studies and fund community conversations, screenings, and pop-up adventure play experiences to support the construction of a permanent, artist-activated adventure play space.
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation	2023	$16,622.52	Arlington	Production of educator resources for grades 6-12 focused on telling underrepresented stories of military women’s roles in American history, using the archival collection of the Military Women’s Museum.
Germanna Foundation	2023	$20,000.00	Locust Grove	Discovering Catina: Co-curated scholarly research into the life of Catina, a Siouan-speaking woman enslaved by Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood during the early 18th century.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden	2023	$20,000.00	Richmond	An exhibition showcasing a unique botanical collection, largely created by Black women in the 1930s through a WPA-funded native flora conservation project.
Office of Historic Alexandria	2023	$20,000.00	Alexandria	Douglass Cemetery Oral History Project: Preservation and documentation of the history of Alexandria’s African American community’s cemetery and the individuals buried there, using oral histories and a digital humanities platform.
Roanoke College	2023	$20,000.00	Salem	Production of a child-focused exhibit connecting the natural history of Appalachia to stories of other areas and cultures.
Taubman Museum of Art	2023	$20,000.00	Roanoke	A free public exhibition of illustrations by artist David Ramey Sr. depicting the historic Black Gainsboro community in downtown Roanoke, including related narratives and educational programming.
Virginia Opera Association, Inc.	2023	$20,000.00	Norfolk	Production of the first phase of an original documentary film that will expand on the operatic retelling of the Loving v. Virginia case, exploring its relevance to contemporary issues of race, identity, and social justice.

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