Maine Humanities Council | Grants, 1999-2000

Past Grants

Grants Made By Maine Humanities Council : 1999–2000

(List Current as of November 9, 2000)

Maine Humanities Council Grants are funded by the New Century Community Program An initiative of the Maine Cultural Affairs Council and funded by the Maine State Legislature

Maine Center for the Book

Born to Read/Prescription to Read

Born to Read - Portland
City of Portland - Public Health Division, Portland, $500
A Born To Read project in Portland which promotes reading through in-home visits and library programs.
Born to Read - Waldo County Preschool-2000
Waldo County Preschool & Family Services, Belfast, $500
A family literacy project serving families in the Belfast area.
Born To Read - The Parent Place
Child Health Center, Auburn, $500
A Born To Read program serving over 100 families in Androscoggin and Oxford Counties.
Born To Read - Parents Are Teachers Too, Waldo County
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Belfast, $500
A joint family literacy project to promote reading in Waldo County through home visiting services.
Partners for Reading 2000
Eastport Elementary School, Eastport, $500
Literacy program designed to promote family reading and increased awareness of books by Maine authors and illustrators.
Ready To Read - Year 2
MSAD #27, Fort Kent, $1,200
A literacy program to promote reading in seven northern Aroostook County communities.

Literature & Literacy

African Women’s Literacy Project Planning Grant
Portland Adult Education, Portland, $500
A project to engage African refugee women and their children in creating bilingual storybooks based on their cultural heritage.
The Bates/Community Humanities Seminars
Bates College, Paris, $3,000
Summer enrichment reading and discussion program for high school students in Oxford County.
Coming Home From War
St. Joseph’s College, Standish, $825; $500 planning
A reading-discussion series exploring issues related to the experience of people returning home from war.
Community Poetry Events - Series 2000
Belfast Institute of Lifelong Learning, Belfast, $500
Readings of classic and contemporary poetry in various Belfast community settings
Literature of Southeast Asia: Focus on Women in Thailand
Penobscot School, Rockland, $465
Workshop and book discussion series on Southeast Asian literature, particularly literature of Thailand.
Maine Authors in Our Schools
Vivian E. Hussey Primary School, Berwick, $395
Classroom discussions on literature by Maine authors visiting elementary schools in the Berwick area.
MAINE READS - 2000
PCA-Great Performances, Portland, $5,000
A live program of short fiction read and interpreted by Maine authors and performed in Portland, Buckfield, and Camden.
Soundideas
WMPG, South Portland, $5,530
A 13-week radio series featuring selected readings by USM faculty in their field of interest and several live discussion programs.
Visiting Writer: Ellen Dissanayake
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, $500

Community History/Cultural Heritage

Arts & Heritage

A new joint granting program between Maine Humanities Council and Maine Arts Commission and funded by the Maine Communities in the New Century initiative.

Builder of Dreams
NY Artists Unlimited, New York, $1,200
An intergenrational threatrical production relating to life in Maine at the turn of the century; includes period music, oral history and discussion - presented in multiple Maine venues.
Acadian History Millennium Project
Madawaska Public Library, Madawaska, $2,000
A series of eighteen oil paintings with historical narrative commissioned to depict significant events in the history of Acadians.
Arts & History Education Programs - The Ruggles House
The Ruggles House Society, Cherryfield, $2,000
Funds will support development of an art and history educational program based on the Ruggles House for schools in the towns surrounding Coumbia Falls.
At My Best You Shall Know Me: Presentation of Home and Self in Maine
Maine State Museum, Augusta, $1,356
Funds will support an innovative, multicultural exhibit on Maine home life, domestic decoration and folkways. Exhibit will appear in multiple venues.
Bangor & Aroostook Documentary Photography Project
Fort Kent Historical Society, Fort Kent, $1,600
A photographic project documenting the history of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Brunswick in the Year 2000
Arts Are Elementary, Brunswick, $1,825
A ceramicist guides third grade students in creating clay tile murals based on the history of Brunswick.
Center Theater Film Festival
Center Theater, Dover-Foxcroft, $2,000
A weekend classic film festival in the historic center theater bulding, including a focus on the building’s history
Chantons
LA Arts, Lewiston, $2,000
Production of a CD celebrating the Franco-American heritage with traditional French songs performed in both French and English for distribution to schools and libraries.
Community Artists
Stockholm Historical Society, Stockholm, $1,850
A project to catalog, conserve, and promote the art work of local Aroostook County landscape artists born prior to 1930.
CTAM Moving Image Preservation Project
Community Television Association of Maine, Scarborough, $2,000
Funds to support a film festival of Maine Community life as captured in the film collections of Maine Community Television stations.
Exploring St. Croix Island
Calais Middle School, Calais, $2,000
Joint project of a school and two historical societies to explore the 1604 founding of a settlement on St. Croix Island and create a mural as a permanent record of the event.
Franco-American Heritage Film Festival Video
Penobscot School, Rockland, $2,000
Production of a video from footage of discussions held at the 1999 Franco-American Heritage Film Festival for distribution to arts and cultural organizations.
George Washington’s World
Old Fort Western, Augusta, $1,000
A series of community events and activities related to the life, death, and legacy of George Washington in commemoration of the bicentennial of his death
Go Global!
Blue Hill Consolidated School, Blue Hill, $1,200
Year-long school project to study local relationships to the global community through music, art, movement, literature, history, and technology.
If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride
Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, $2,000
Photographic documentation of the development and perfomance of a community history/dance project commissioned for the Bates Dance Festival and performed at the Portland Museum of Art.
Images, Observations, and Recollections
School Street Arts Committee and Unity Historical Society, Troy, $2,000
Events in conjunction with the installation of an exhibit of Charles Reed’s photographs from his work as a Bangor Daily News photographer, 1950-1990.
Lewis Hine and the Maine Child Labor Photographs
Lewis Hine and the Maine Child Labor Photographs
Quoddy Maritime Museum, Eastport and Lewiston, $1,990
Production of a travelling exhibit of photographs by Lewis Hine, particularly his images of children in the textile and canning industries of the early 1900s.
Lewiston/Auburn People: Then and Now
Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, $2,000
A series of workshops to help local people explore personal and family stories, focusing particularly on their educational experiences.
Lisbon People: Then and Now
Friends of the Library and Lisbon Historical Society, Lisbon Falls, $2,000
A program to research, develop and preserve lifestories of people from the Lisbon area.
Maine Garden & Landscape Trail
Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta, $2,000
Support of the Maine garden and landscape Trail project, a map and guide highlighting Maine’s designed, historic and vernacular landscapes.
Museum Panel Project
Great Cranberry Historical Society, Port Charlotte, $2,000
Creation of display panels to highlight aspects of history and culture on Great Cranberry Island.
Northeast Silent Film Festival-2000
Northeast Historic Film, Bucksport, $2,000
A showing of historic silent films related to New England, accompanied by live piano music.
A Pantheon of Whitefield Heroes & Heroines-Then & Now
Whitefield School PTA and Whitefield Historical Society, Whitefield, $2,000
Student project to explore local history by researching the lives of individuals who have lived in the community. This research will subsequently be presented through original paintings by the students.
Photographing Maine: 1840-2000
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, $2,000
Exhibit focusing on Maine’s significant role in the development of photography as a fine art form.
Roy Dynasty of Painters
Acadian Village, Van Buren, $2,000
Exhibition of folk paintings by three early members of the Roy family of the Saint John Valley, to be mounted in multiple venues in the Valley.
Schoodic Arts Festival
Schoodic Arts for All, Prospect Harbor, $2,000
Support for interpretive aspects of Schoodic’s summer art and cultural festival
Shaped by the Sea: The Kennebunks, 1640-1860
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, $2,000
Grant will support an exhibit and program series on the shipbuildlng business in the Kennebunks
UM-Presque Isle Centennial Film-Pilot
University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque isle, $2,000
The first phase of a new film about the history of the University of Maine at Presque Isle in the context of Maine's normal schools and its community.
Using the Land--Making a Living; Hope in 2000 (Phase One)
Hope Historical Society, Hope, $2,000
Funds to photograph and document the land-based work traditions of Hope, Maine and mount a public exhibit in Summer 2000.
Wesget Sipu First Annual Gathering Arts Demonstrations
Wesget Sipu Inc., Fort Kent, $1,876
A tribal gathering to be held in Fort Kent, featuring traditional art and cultural activities.
A Year of Public Art
Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance, Portland, $2,000
The project highlights seven public art projects opening in the Portland area during May and includes a lecture series by arts organizations in Fall, 2000.
Young Folkdancers Community Outreach Project
Franco Folk Arts Cooperative, Lewiston, $2,000
Children will learn traditional dances from the ethnic community and share with local schools and senior centers.

Community History

130th Anniversary of Founding of Swedish Colony
Maine’s Swedish Colony, New Sweden, $1,000
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Oral History Project
Fort Kent Historical Society, Fort Kent, $1,000
Documenting the history of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad in Fort Kent and the lives of the people who worked there prior to the Fort Kent station’s closure in 1979.
Come Spring Heritage Trail
Union Historical Society, Appleton, $1,250
Creation of promotional material for the town of Union’s local Heritage Trail driving tour.
Currents of Change: Understanding the Androscoggin
Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, $1,000
Exhibit and related public programs to explore the history of the Androscoggin River from 1700 to 2000, as it relates to the Brunswick-Topsham region.
I Remember...Mount Desert Island Families in the 20th Century
Mt. Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, $1,000
A project to collect oral history and artifacts from island families.
Islesford Community Time Capsule-A Millennium Project
Islesford Historical Society, Islesford, $610
Programming and creation of a community time capsule reflecting the history of the island community plus life in the year 2000.
Portland’s History Docents Training Program for 2000
Greater Portland Landmarks, Portland, $1,000
Support of a cooperative educational program designed to train new volunteers as tour guides for historical buildings in Portland.
Schoolhouse Memories
West Auburn School Historical Society, Auburn, $1,000
An oral history documentation project focusing on the West Auburn Schoolhouse.
The Historic Summer Street Walking Tour
Reeds Brook Middle School, Hampden, $1,000
A student project to research, design, produce, distribute, and promote a walking tour brochure and map of Hampden’s historic Summer Street District.
The Little Red Barn Museum
Brunswick Junior High School and Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, $1,000
A collaborative effort to develop a student-run museum focusing on the Pejepscot region of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harspwell.
The Lovejoy Project
Social Justice & Truth in History, Monroe, $1,000
Production of a curriculum guide on the life and times of Elijah Lovejoy serving Maine history and U.S. history classes.
The Origins of Yarmouth: Secession, Shipbuilding and Social Strife
Yarmouth Historical Society, Yarmouth, $1,000
Two small publications about the origins of the town of Yarmouth, published in conjunction with 150^th anniversary activities.
The Peaks Island Military Reservation Trail
Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center, Peaks Island, $1,000
Creation of a self-guided tour of the Fifth Maine Regiment Reservation on Peaks Island.
The Unique Cultural and Architectural Heritage of Waterford, Maine
The McLaughlin Foundation, South Paris, $720
Public interpretive programs associated with an historical tour of Waterford.

History/Heritage

A Day’s Work in Maine
Maine Preservation Tilbury House, Boothbay Harbor, $5,025
Development of a travelling exhibit of images from Bunting's noted book of Maine work photographs.
A la Prochaine Fois...A Film Journey From Quebec to the US
Penobscot School, Rockland, $5,000
Completion of a film about the preservation of Franco culture among immigrants from Quebec.
Bayside History and Planning Exhibit
Architalx, Portland, $500
Exhibit of community-generated plans for the future development of Portland's Bayside neighborhood.
Crystal Spring Farm: A Dairy in Brunswick and the Franco-American Community
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Brunswick, $500
Recording the history of Crystal Spring Dairy Farm in from the Franco-American perspective.
Downeast Heritage Day
University of Maine at Machias, Machias, $1,179
A one-day forum for those interested in preserving the local history of Washington County.
Food & Farming in Am. Life & Letters: A Symposium
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Unity College, Unity, $1,000
A symposium for writers, scholars, and historians concentrating on how American writing has shaped our experience of food and the farming that produces it.
Fourth Annual Wooden Canoe Festival, 2000
Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce and Millinocket Recreation & Parks Department, Millinocket, $1,000
Public interpretive events surrounding local history celebration.
"If these walls could talk..."
Whiting Village School, Whiting, $726
Study and interpretation of history related to Whiting’s historictwo-room school house.
Let Us Remember the Old Micmacs
University of Maine, Orono, $1,200
A photography exhibit organized by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology which will travel to various Maine sites.
Lewis Hine: The Child Labor Photographs in Maine
Creative Photographic Art Center of Maine and Quoddy Maritime Museum, Lewiston and Easport, $3,000
A traveling exhibit of photographs documenting the use of child labor in Maine’s factories and agricultural work during the early 1900s.
Looking Ahead Backwards: Soviet Cinema of the Brezhnev Era of Stagnation
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, $500
A workshop focusing on Soviet filmmaking in the 1970s and its connection to the events, concerns, and problems of Soviet life in this era.
Lubec Landmarks Study Committee for the McCurdy Smokehouse Museum
Lubec Landmarks, Lubect, $500
Planning work for historic preservation and interpretation of the smokehouse.
Lubec Walking Tour Brochure
Lubec Consolidated School, Trescott, $352
Lubec High School history students will develop an Historic Walking Tour of Lubec.
Milbridge Historical Society Web Presence
Milbridge Historical Society, Milbridge, $500
Web page development by the Milbridge Historical Society to provide wider distribution of historical material.
Models for Scientific Inquiry: Ancient and Modern
St. Joseph’s College, Standish, $299
A symposium on the study of ancient medicine, combining input from three pre-med students and three seasoned scholars.
Native American Traditional Arts
Kennebec Valley Technical College, Fairfield, $200
A presentation on the Penobscot and Wabanaki cultures, part of a multi-cultural series of lectures.
Pemaquid: Crossroad of Cultures
Bristol Consolidated School, Round Pond, $500
Fourth grade students work with an archaeologist to collect historical material of the Bristol region.
Penobscot Heritage Activity Kits: Updating & Refurbishing
Bangor Historical Society,Bangor School Department, History Department of the University of Maine, & Maine Forest & Logging Museum, Bangor, $500
Assessment work in preparation for updating eight traveling history exhibits originally developed around 1970.
Presentation of the Film "The Seventh Day"
Friends of Colonial Pemaquid, Pemaquid, $500
An effort to promote community history by featuring a presentation of a restored silent movie originally filmed in New Harbor in 1921.
The Helen Nearing Project
Maine Alliance of Media Arts, Portland, $225
Publicity for the premiere screening of Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious Dying, a 60 minute film documentary.
The Herbert Hayes Homestead - Recreating The Past To Help Understand The Future
Auburn School Department, Litchfield, $7,631
Through archaeological research at a local site, students of Edward Little High School study the cultural history of their community.
The Monmouth Academy Historical Preservation Project
Monmouth Academy, Winthrop, $500
"The Photographer and the Canneries: Lewis Hine Visits Eastport
1911" An Exhibit"Quoddy Maritime Museum, Eastport
$500
Things That Go Bump In the Night
Washburn Norlands Foundation, Livermore, $500
Three-day conference exploring natural and man-made disasters and how New Englanders coped with them.
Town of Millinocket - Centennial Celebration
Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce, Millinocket, $500
Public interpretive events for community history celebration.
Where’s Rumford?
Rumford Public Library, Rumford Center, $5,000
An exploration of Rumford’s diverse history through various community activities, including a book of stories and essays; a photo exhibit; and related school programs.
With Valor and Courage: Maine and the Civil War
L.C.Bates Museum, Hinckley, $5,875; $500 planning
Development of public interpretive events and exhibit.
Wooden Canoe Festival 2000
Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce, Millinocket, $500
Start-up grant to plan program content for this summer’s Wooden Canoe Festival.
World Turned Upside Down: Talks About The Am. Revolution & The New Republic
Maine Historical Society, Portland, $500
A lecture series focusing on the changes in Maine brought about by the American Revolution and its aftermath, and Maine’s influence on the New Republic.

Contemporary Issues

A Woman’s Place
Mainely Girls, West Rockport, $500
A mixed-media installation representing the issues women frequently confront in modern society.
MAINE DAWN 2001: Communities Collaborating to Create Their Future History
Unity Scholars, Cape Elizabeth, $500
A program to help Maine communities host vision-forming events geared to establishing their goals for the future.
Maine Preservation 2000 Annual Conference LASTING VALUES: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICIES FOR PRESERVATION
Maine Preservation, Portland, $1,000
Two-day statewide event to address broad issues of historic preservation and specific challenges inherent in preserving Maine’s historic resources.
Maine Youth Center Girls’ Film Festival
Mainely Girls, Rockport, $500
Film and discussion program for youth-at-risk.
Maine International Resource Directory: School & Library Distribution
World Affairs Council of Maine, Portland, $1,000
Distribution to all Maine public libraries and K-12 schools of a resource directory providing information on international organizations with Maine ties.
Religion, Global Culture & the University
University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, $6,036
Institute on the Impact of Globalization on Religion & the Study of Religion
Research for Ecoart Exhibition
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, $270
Research for an exhibit of art which addresses issues in the environment.

Teacher Enrichment

Bringing History to Life: The Maine Council for the Social Studies 16th Annual Spring Conference
Primary Source, Augusta, $2,000
A teachers’conference focusing on history and social studies.
Connecting Kids, Community, Curriculum & Trails: A Workshop for Teachers
Portland Trails, Portland, $170
Do History.org--Teacher’s Workshop in Maine
Film Study Center; Harvard University, Cambridge, $500
Novus Ordo Saeclorum: The Refounding of Rome in the Age of Augustus (July 5-July 13, 2000)
Classical Association of New England, Waterville, $1,000
A week-long teacher’s institute covering the world of the eastern Mediterranean from 100 BC to14 AD.
Using Art to Explore Maine Communities and History
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, $1,881
A one-day conference for teachers and local historians on using local resources to explore art within the context of the history and culture of a community.

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