http://www.masshumanities.org/ Recent Grants Awarded by MFH en Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:59:58 PDT Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:59:58 PDT PHP Scanning and inventory 1,000 photographic prints of New Englanders enjoying the outdoors between 1930-1950.
   Appalachian Mountain Club
   Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Rebecca Fullerton


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Inventory of 12 boxes of artifacts and records from the Proctor Comb and Button Manufacturing Company, a significant industry in the town from the mid-1800s into the early 1900s.
   Northborough Historical Society
   Northborough, MA, Worcester County (Central)
   project director: Ellen Racine


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Inventory of negatives and photographs taken at Gardener's Colony for the Insane during the 1950s and 1960s and reproduce them in print for researchers and online for the public.
   Westminster Historical Society
   Westminster, MA, Worcester County (Central)
   project director: Betsy Hannula


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A reading and discussion series for fathers and their five-to-nine year olds based on our Family Adventures in Reading program.
   Foxborough Regional Charter School
   Foxborough, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
   project director: Karen Harris


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Research, design, and installation of Work + House, an exhibit focused on workers' housing in the city's industrial past that began with the paper and textile mills.
   City of Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development
   Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
   project director: Megan Whilden


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A series of six events combining film, live performances, and conversations with community leaders and humanities scholars on Baldwin's life, work, and message of equality.
   Maysles Institute
   New York, NY, New York County ()
   project director: Karen Thorsen


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A county-wide reenactment of the events of September, 1774, when the local British government was overthrown by weaponless militiamen.
   Worcester Historical Museum
   Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
   project director: William D. Wallace


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 An extensive collaborative program exploring art and human rights, to be held as interactive seminars, theatrical productions and public conversations at the Loeb Drama Center and participating schools and organizations.
   American Repertory Theatre
   Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Timothy P. McCarthy


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Performances of a new musical play on the immigration history of Boston and honoraria for a humanities scholar and panelists for post-performance talk back in three communities.
   In Good Company
   Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Kay Dunlap


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A summer school for budding archaeologists from underserved area high schools.
   Sons and Daughters of Hawley, Inc.
   Hawley, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
   project director: John F. Sears


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Production of two performances of an adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" with performances at Springfield Historical Museum and including an educational outreach component to include Springfield youth participants and play development workshops in Greenfield.
   Old Deerfield Productions, Inc.
   Deerfield, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
   project director: Linda McInerney


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Finalization of improvements to their accessibility measures for sight-impaired visitors, including experiential interpretation, and for a workshop sharing best practices learned from this project.
   Gore Place
   Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
   project director: Thom Roach


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A partnership with upwards of ten faith-based groups of diverse traditions uniting to host five film-and-discussion events on civics and religion.
   The Pluralism Project
   Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Elinor Pierce


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Documentation of the oral histories of the working-class life of women and/or their descendants during the 1910-1940 period.
   Fall River Historical Society
   Fall River, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
   project director: Joyce B. Rodrigues


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Transportation of 75 Commonwealth Academy students to Sojourner Truth's Florence abolition and slavery walking tour, which will also be overhauled with streamlined, age-appropriate educational materials and online resources.
   Committee for Northampton, Inc.
   Florence, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
   project director: Terrence O'Toole


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000    Community Economic Development Center of Southeast
   New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
   project director: Laura Orleans


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A county-wide reenactment of the events of September, 1774, when the local British government was overthrown by weaponless militiamen.
   Worcester Historical Museum
   Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
   project director: William D. Wallace


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 A residency to produce the local history theatre piece Mill, Mountain, River: A Child's Eye View of Olde Colraine alongside third and fourth graders in Colrain, MA. The play tells the story of child workers in the Griswoldville factories and will be produced over two weeks and presented publicly as well as to the school community.
   Fractured Atlas
   New York, NY, New York County ()
   project director: Jonathan Mirin


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Support for speakers, scholars, and publicity materials for the seventh annual Boston Muslim Film Festival.
   American Islamic Congress
   Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Edina Skaljic


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Production and installation of outdoors signage to help visitors interpret the history of the precarious entrance to Boston Harbor as viewed from Stony Beach in Hull, including the stories of pilots, lifesavers, lighthouse keepers and more.
   Hull Lifesaving Museum, Inc.
   Hull, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
   project director: Victoria Stevens


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Pre-production of a one hour television documentary on the untold story of women clerical workers organizing for pay equity, advancement, and recognition. The 9 to 5 Project addresses a significant aspect of feminist social movement history in the U.S. and raises important questions about labor history.
   CMP Inc.
   Yellow Springs, OH, Greene County ()
   project director: Julia Reichert


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Production of a short film about historical discrimination against the Irish in Lowell. Lowell's "Irish Problem": The Town Vote to Fund a School for the Irish will be incorporated into fourth grade curricula.
   University of Massachusetts Lowell
   Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
   project director: Kristin Gallas


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Creation of multi-lingual playbills for the company's Road to Tolerance cycle of five plays, to be presented to Boston Public School students.
   Theatre Espresso
   Jamaica Plain, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director: Wendy Lement


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Development and implementation a multi-lingual exhibit of census-based maps of Boston telling the story of recent immigration in the city.
   Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
   Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director:


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Support for development of the film Seams, a poetic oral history of women's experiences of the conflict between Britain and Ireland.
   Center For Independent Documentary
   Sharon, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
   project director: Carolyn Lewis


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Production of a new, original play, The Mildred Files about a scandal involving the Academy's past interim director. The performance is part of the Academy's Women's Work Initiative, a multi-year series of events and productions focused on women in the performing arts.
   Northampton Academy of Music, Inc.
   Northampton, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
   project director: Debra J'Anthony


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000    Winslow House
   Ocean Bluff, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
   project director: Laura Smolcha


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 An online exhibit and curriculum unit to be developed within the existing Disability History Museum website using the story of Anne Sullivan (Hellen Keller's famous teacher and Agawam, MA, resident) to tell the story of disability rights and poverty advocacy.
   Straight Ahead Pictures
   Conway, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
   project director: Laurie Block


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Two four-day summer institutes for 60 Boston-area teachers. The institutes are loosely organized around the theme of women in African American history.
   Museum of African American History
   Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
   project director: L'Merchie Frazier


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000    Sturgis Library
   Barnstable, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
   project director: Antonia Stephens


]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:51 +0000