Grant
Awards, May-July 2003
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$3,835.00
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to
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Association
For The Study Of Connecticut History (Hartford)
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for
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Native
Americans and the Law |
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The
Association for the Study of Connecticut History
(ASCH) in collaboration with the Connecticut League
of History organizations received $3,835 in Professional
Development support for its annual conference.
The conference, which will explore the relationship
between American Indians and the U.S. legal system,
will be attended by scholars, public historians
and museum personnel. |
$5,000.00
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to
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Connecticut
League of History Organizations (Fairfield) |
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for
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CLHO
Professional Enhancement of Member Services |
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The
Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO)
was awarded $5,000 in Professional Development
support to enhance services to its membership,
which is composed of staff and volunteers from
the state's historical societies and historic
sites. |
$4,502.00
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to
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Cornwall
Historical Society (Cornwall) |
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for
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Cornwall
Historical Society Strategic Planning |
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The
Cornwall Historical Society received $4,502 to
engage consultants to lead the society's board
and all-volunteer staff through a strategic planning
process in which they will determine the future
direction and growth of the organization. |
$25,000.00
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to
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Harriet
Beecher Stowe Center (Hartford) |
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for
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Harriet
Beecher Stowe Center - Transformation of the Visitor
Experience |
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The
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center received $29,950
to train and reorientthe entire organization toward
an improved visitor experience. This grant follows
a total of $30,000 in planning support that the
center received to formulate a 5 year strategic
plan. |
$60,000.00
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to
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Mark
Twain Memorial (Hartford) |
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for
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"Mark
Twain: I Have Sampled This Life," A Visitor Orientation
Exhibition |
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The
Mark Twain House was awarded $60,000 to create
and install a visitor orientation exhibition in
their new Education and Visitors Center, scheduled
to open this fall. This follows a $10,000 planning
award to engage the exhibition designers last
year. |
| $5,000.00 |
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to |
Noah Webster Foundation (West Hartford)
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for |
West Hartford Stories: Oral History
Planning |
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The Noah Webster House received $11,600
to begin a ommunity-based project to identity and
record important stories on West Hartford's past
and its people. |
| $24,000.00 |
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to |
Norwich Heritage Discovery Center,
Inc. (Norwich) |
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for |
Norwich Heritage Discovery Center
Conceptual Plan |
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The Norwich Heritage Discovery Center
(NHDC) was granted $24,500 to engage a museum consultant,
historians and a design firm to prepare a conceptual
plan for a new heritage site in downtown Norwich.
This follows a CHC-funded $5,000 planning grant
in 2001 and $2,500 in December of 2002. |
| $3,250.00 |
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Stone Soup (West Cornwall) |
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for |
The Laptop Encyclopedia of CT History:
The Puerto Rican Experience |
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Stone Soup, a non-profit historical
research organization, was awarded $3,250 to engage
the services of independent scholar and Hispanic
history expert, Ruth Glasser, to research and write
entries on Puerto Rican history for the Connecticut
Humanities Council's internet-based LaptopEncyclopedia
of Connecticut History (www.ctheritage.org). |
| $24,999.00 |
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Windsor Historical Society (Windsor)
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for |
The Woodworkers of Windsor: A Connecticut
Community of Craftsmen, 1635 - 1715 |
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The Windsor Historical Society (WHS)
was granted $24,999 to install alandmark exhibition
and create public programs focusing on 17th and
18th-century Windsor, Connecticut furniture makers,
and demonstrating the critical role that the artisan
class played in early community-building. The exhibition
is scheduled to open this September and run through
April 2004. |
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