Competitive Grants To Nonprofit Organizations:
Funded by the Utah Humanities Council, April 2009
FUNDED
TITLE: Utah Rock Art Research Association Symposium
Applicant: Utah Rock Art Research Association
Request: $5,000
Abstract: A two-day forum of prehistoric rock art scholars—art historians, archaeologists, and advocates—designed to present and discuss information derived from their studies of rock art. The symposium (to be held Cedar City) will also include panel discussions, site reports, skills workshops, and a special session dealing with public lands issues and threats to the preservation of Utah rock art. An evening community lecture will conclude the forum.
Award: $4,628
TITLE: Utah Historic Pottery Project
Applicant: Utah State Parks
Request: $4,000
Abstract: This project will begin the work of recovering and delineating the work and importance of Utah’s pioneer era potters by investigating and presenting public programs about the pottery shop of Thomas and Sarah Davenport in Parowan. An excavation at the site of the shop and tours of the site, an exhibit at Iron Mission State Park in Cedar City, two lectures, a blog and interactive web site, the design of a replica potter kiln, and a workshop about historic Utah pottery comprise the project.
Award: $4,000
TITLE: Mathematics, Language, and Imaginations
Applicant: Utah Symposium in Science and Literature
Request: $5,000
Abstract: The Utah Symposium in Science and Literature is a program of the University of Utah’s Office of the Vice President for Research, in collaboration with the Department of English. Over the course of three days in October 2009, events will include a keynote address by each of the three distinguished guests (poet Alice Fulton, mathematician Barry Mazur, and composer John Adams), concurrent panel sessions, and a broadcast on Radio West.
Award: $5,000
TITLE: Youth Representations and Responses
Applicant: Mestizo Arts and Activism
Request: $4,864
Abstract: The Mestizo Arts & Activism program, in conjunction with the University of Utah Honors College and Ethnic Studies Program, will present a series of intergenerational bilingual public forums focused on creating a space to dialogue about representation of communities and youth of color. This project will involve humanities scholars Dr. David Quijada and Dr. Matt Bradley in a series of three community forums to be held in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo. The community forums will revolve around the worked created by youth involved in the Mestizo Arts & Activism project that frame and critique portrayals of communities and youth of color.
Award: $4,864
TITLE: Ranching in Boulder
Applicant: Boulder Heritage Foundation
Request: $3,800
Abstract: The Boulder Heritage Festival is held annually at the Anasazi State Park Museum in Boulder and provides the vehicle for community involvement. In addition to the music and arts that are a part of the festival, there are also workshops, presentations, publications and displays around the theme. This year’s theme is “Ranching."
Award: $3,800
TITLE: Big Read: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Applicant: Orem Public Library
Request: $5,000
Abstract: In addition to providing copies of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the library will be hosting over twenty performance/lecture/discussion programs highlighting the historical background, setting, and culture of the novel, as well as biographical information about the author and his times. The library will also be screening film adaptations of Twain’s works.
Award: $5,000
TITLE: St. George Book Festival
Applicant: St. George Book Festival
Request: $5,000
Abstract: The fourth annual St. George Book Festival presents a unique perspective on the relationships between past and present with four days of lectures, activities, and panel discussions focusing on memories, imagination, and reason. The purpose of the festival is to explore the depths of the human soul through the humanities. Festival activities will be held in the newly remodeled St. George Community Arts Building and the adjacent LDS Tabernacle inside the historic St. George Town Square.
Award: $5,000
TITLE: History of Logan Canyon Podcast
Applicant: Stokes Nature Center
Request: $3,950
Abstract: The Stokes Nature Center will produce 15 podcasts representing a mixture of history, lore, and legends, concerning historic Logan Canyon. Brochures, canyon maps, and GPS coordinates will accompany the series of podcasts. If they choose to use the map and GPS coordinates, users will be able to associate the history and lore in the podcasts with specific geographic locations and environmental details at each site.
Award: $3,329
TITLE: Bilingual Interpretation
Applicant: USU Museum of Anthropology
Request: $5,000
Abstract: Bilingual students from Utah State University will interpret artifacts, and then write and record scripts in English and Spanish for two exhibits in the USU Museum of Anthropology. Their efforts will culminate in two live, formal public presentations made in Spanish and heavily marketed to the local Spanish-speaking community as part of the museum's ongoing Saturdays at the Museum initiative.
Award: $4,379
Museum Interpretation Grants: Jointly Funded by the Utah Humanities Council and Office of Museum Services
TITLE: DAUGHTERS OF THE UTAH PIONEERS INTERPRETIVE LABELING PROJECT
Applicant: Highland Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum (Highland)
Abstract: To create interpretive labels for each artifact in the Highland DUP Museum.
Award: $900
Contact: Kathryn Schramm (801-756-2256; highlandcc2008@msn.com)
TITLE: PERMANENT CHIPPED STONE TOOL EXHIBIT
Applicant: Fremont Indian State Park and Museum (Sevier)
Abstract: To create a permanent exhibit on prehistoric chipped stone tools that will show visitors how and why they were made.
Award: $1,600
Contact: Kari Carlisle (435-527-4631; karicarlisle@utah.gov)
TITLE: DAUGHTERS OF THE UTAH PIONEERS INTERPRETIVE LABELING PROJECT
Applicant: American Fork Relic Hall Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum (American Fork)
Abstract: To develop informative labels that will tell the stories behind museum artifacts.
Award: $500
Contact: Karen Adams (801-756-3724; upnadams@afconnect.com)
TITLE: WENDOVER AIRFIELD INTERPRETIVE HISTORY EXHIBIT
Applicant: Historic Wendover Airfield (Wendover)
Abstract: To develop an interpretive exhibit for display in the Airfield's new passenger terminal building.
Award: $2,500
Contact: James Petersen (801-541-8723; jamespetersen@q.com)
TITLE: MYTON MEMORIES ARTIFACT INTERPRETATION
Applicant: Myton Memories Museum (Myton)
Abstract: To develop a permanent system of archiving and interpreting artifacts in the museum.
Award: $2,990
Contact: Kathleen Cooper (435-722-6090; myton2@ubtanet.com)
TITLE: INTERPRETIVE LABELING PROJECT
Applicant: Mona Pioneer Cemetery and Log Cabin (Mona)
Abstract: To inform visitors of the historical importance of the artifacts located in Mona’s historic cemetery and cabin.
Award: $444
Contact: Frank Grover (801-836-8808)
TITLE: ANTIQUE GRANARY INTERPRETIVE LABELING PROJECT
Applicant: Juab Company Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum (Nephi)
Abstract: To develop informative labels for the granary on display in the museum
Award: $650
Contact: Bessie Jones (435-623-2019)
TITLE: HISTORIC STEADMAN BARN EXHIBIT PROJECT
Applicant: West Jordan Historical Society Museum (West Jordan)
Abstract: To develop labels and interpretive materials for the museum’s new dairy exhibit housed in the Historic Steadman Barn
Award: $3,000
Contact: Robert Dalley (801-225-3116; Bob@dalley.org)
TITLE: LABEL AND VIDEO INTERPRETATION PROJECT
Applicant: Manti Old City Hall Museum (Manti)
Abstract: To preserve local history for visitors, residents, and future generations through video recordings of local residents and interpretive labels.
Award: $418
Contact: Vern Buchanan (435-835-5711; vern@mantibuchanans.com)
TITLE: DOCENT/VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM
Applicant: Museum on Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University (Provo)
Abstract: To initiate a formal docent and volunteer training program at the museum
Award: $2,000
Contact: Kari Nelson (801-422-0022; mpc_programs@byu.edu)
TITLE: INTERPRETATION OF WILLARDSON COLLECTION
Applicant: Museum of Anthropology, Utah State University (Logan)
Abstract: To interpret ethnographic artifacts from the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Egypt, and Haiti.
Award: $3,000
Contact: Bonnie Pitblado (435-797-1496; Bonnie.Pitblado@usu.edu)
TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPRING CREEK CLASSROOM
Applicant: John Hutchings Museum of Natural History (Lehi)
Abstract: To create an exhibit on the historical, cultural, and scientific meanings of plants native to Utah.
Award: $2,000
Contact: Susan Whittaker (801-768-7180; swhittaker@lehi-ut.gov)
Oral History Grants: Jointly Funded by the Utah Humanities Council and Utah State History
 Funds for Oral History Grants are made possible through state appropriations and a special We The People appropriation from Congress to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Our Story, Your Story: Italian-Americans in Utah
Italian Cultural Center of Utah and KUED, Salt Lake City
A project to collect, transcribe, and film interviews of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans.
Contact: Joanne Milner (joanne.milner@slcgov.com; 801-535-7388) www.inpiazzautah.com
Grant award: $1,200
Providence City Oral History Project
Providence City Historic Preservation Commission, Providence
Collecting and preserving oral histories of some of Providence’s lifetime residents.
Contact: Karl Seethaler (435-752-3423) www.providencecity.org
Grant award: $1,200
Park City Oral History Project
Park City Historical Society and Museum. Park City
A project to add ten new transcribed oral histories (and indexes) to the museum’s collections.
Contact: Lola Beatlebrox (lola@parkcityhistory.org; 435-649-7457) www.parkcityhistory.org
Grant award: $1,200
Brigham City Oral History Project
Brigham City Museum Gallery and Brigham City Library, Brigham City
Chronicling the history of Brigham City residents, with a special emphasis on war veterans.
Contact: Sue Hill (bclibrarydir@yahoo.com; 435-723-5850)
Grant award: $1,200
Preserving Life Experience
Uintah County Library, Vernal
A project to preserve oral accounts of residents’ life histories, with an emphasis on their experiences in Ashley Valley.
Contact: Doris Burton (dkarren@easilink.com; 435-789-0091) www.uintah.lib.ut.us
Grant award: $1,200
Nurses at War
Brigham Young University College of Nursing, Provo
Archiving and publishing accounts of military nurses involved in the two Persian Gulf wars.
Contact: Patricia Rushton (Patricia_Rushton@byu.edu; 801-422-5375) www.byu.edu/nursesatwar
Grant award: $1,200
LDS Hospital Medical Researchers Oral History Project
IHC Health Services, Salt Lake City
Conducting nine interviews of pioneers in medical research and transcribing the results of those interviews.
Contact: Becky Lloyd (becky.lloyd@ihn.com; 801-408-2180)
Grant award: $2,000
Quick Grants: Funded by the Utah Humanities Council
Quick Grants 2008
Quick Grants 2007
Quick Grants 2006
Albert J. Colton Fellowship for Projects of National or International Scope
Recipient: Patrick Madden, Brigham Young University
Quotidana: An Online Anthology of Classical Essays
Quotidiana is an online anthology of classical essays that attempts to reinsert the essay into the public consciousness as a viable and valuable literary form. It aims to make great essays freely available, to rediscover lost essayists (especially women), and to revivify the literary landscape by boldly proclaiming the importance of this most direct, most insightful, most personable of literary genres.
Award: $3,500
Delmont Oswald Fellowship for Projects in Utah Studies
Recipient: Phillip Bimstein
Abstract: Project seeks to consider the ways that the languages of political theory and music overlap. Political theory is rich with metaphors for musical forms and processes, and musicology often interprets melodic phrases as dialogue or developed arguments. However, neither discipline speaks fluently to the other. If they did, we could have richer understanding of both music and dialogue.
Award: $3,500
Graduate Fellowship
Recipient: Christopher Blythe (USU, History)
Abstract: Project focuses on the organizational diversity among Mormon Fundamentalist sects and analyzes the process of structural organization within Mormon Fundamentalism, utilizing a comparative approach.
Award: $500
Undergraduate Fellowship
Recipient: Trenton Olsen (USU, English)
Abstract: Project compares the poetry of contemporary Irish poet Seamus Heaney to the famous Romantic writer William Wordsworth. While scholars have long been interested in Wordsworth’s influence on Heaney, Olsen’s analysis provides new important insight on the relationship through a close reading of Wordsworth’s ‘Tinturn Abbey’ and Heaney’s ‘Changes’.
Award: $500
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