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GRANTS 2008

GRANT RECIPIENT PROJECT TITLE GRANT TYPE
The Gardner Group, Inc. The Peter Cooper Story Media
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission Trenton Bath House & Day Camp Interactive Website - Phase 2: Video and Audio Site Tour Podcast Media
The Newark Museum The Newark Museum Centennial Handbook Major
Drew University, Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study Genocide as a Process Major
Camden County College, History Department Abraham's Children: The History of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Major
Renaissance Newark Foundation Teaching Revolution '67: A Curriculum for New Jersey High Schools Major
The College of New Jersey, English Department Wilder in the Twenty-first Century Major
Newark Public Library Puerto Rican Community Archives Processing Project Major
Montclair State University, The George Segal Gallery George Segal Retrospective Catalog and Educational Activities Major
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Holocaust Resource Center Holocaust Survivor Portrait and History Book - From Despair Comes Hope, Second Edition Major
Newark Public Library Richard C. Jenkinson Collection Exhibition Project Major
Camden County College, English Department Poe's Bicentennial Birthday: A Celebration of His Life and Literature Major
Woodbridge Township Arts Council My New Life, My New Poem: Festival of Contemporary Immigrant Writing Major
Two River Theater Company ReEntry: FYI Major
Montclair State University, Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies Houses and Concepts of Home: Place and Belonging in a Global World Major
Arts Council of Princeton Two Panel Discussions in Support of the Exhibition "Return: Home" Mini
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey One People or Two: Israel and the Future Mini
Brookdale Community College, The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center Persistence of Genocide Exhibit Mini
Two River Theater Company Humanities Events for Martha Clarke's "Garden of Earthly Delights" Mini
College of Saint Elizabeth The College of Saint Elizabeth, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery Interactive Website Mini
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center Bringing Caregivers Closer: The Humanity and Art of Health Care Mini
Somers Point Jazz Society The Evolution of Jazz from Dixieland to Modern Mini
Pequannock Township Public Library A Taste of the Dutch in Pequannock HFG
Montclair Art Museum Community and the Local Food Movement HFG
Woodbury Public Library Herbal Delight and Chocolate - Long Ago and Still Delicious HFG
Gloucester County Historical Society Favorite Foods and Libations of Presidential Families HFG
Ocean County Library, Toms River Branch A Taste of Ocean County: How Sweet It Is!  - Blueberries & Bees: Discover New Jersey's Wonder Fruit and Our Honeybee HFG
American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark Cultures and Culinary Traditions Around Haledon HFG
The New Jersey Historical Society Hungering for America HFG
Teaneck Public Library Franks & Beans to Fajitas & Quesadillas: What's Cookin' in New Jersey Diners HFG
Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Lenape Foodways - Three Sisters: Corn, Beans & Squash HFG
Montclair Public Library A Party for Twins and Special Children HFG
West Caldwell Public Library Cultural Cuisine: An International Cooking Contest HFG
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Holocaust Resource Center From Europe to New Jersey: A Sampling of Recipes from Holocaust Survivors - A Taste of New Jersey, Culture, and Culinary Traditions HFG

 

GRANTS 2007

GRANT RECIPIENT PROJECT TITLE GRANT TYPE
Roebling Main Gate Museum Roebling Museum Documentary Film Project Media
The New Jersey Historical Society "What's Going On? Newark and the Legacy of the Sixties" Major
Rutgers University Press Mapping New Jersey: An Evolving Landscape Major
Camden County College, History Department Origins of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia Major
Bloomfield College The Bloomfield College Kellman Course in the Humanities Major
Montclair State University, Global Education Center Italian Sense of Place: Land and Identity Major
Filipino American National Historical Society, New Jersey Chapter "Pamana" meaning Legacy Major
Friends of the New Jersey State Museum Jersey Folk: Identity, Communities, and Traditional Arts Major
Trenton Downtown Association Patriots' Week 2007 Major
Camden County College, English Department All About Austen: Her Laughter, Her Life, Her Legacy Major
The College of New Jersey, Religious Studies Committee The Creation and Contestation of Sacred Space Major
Save Ellis Island, Inc. Behind the Scenes: Laundry, Kitchen and Support Workers on Ellis Island, Exhibit Development for the Laundry/Hospital Outbuilding Major
Montclair State University, History Department American Spring: A Visionary Humanities Festival Celebrating the MSU Centennial Major
Hoboken Historical Museum Making Strides: Two Oral History Publications about Crossing Borders and Building Community in 20th Century Hoboken Major
Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) North Princeton Development Center: Public Memory and Social Landscape Mini
Montclair Art Museum Dulce Pinzon: The Real Story of the Superheroes Mini
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Bringing Caregivers Closer: Literature, Poetry and the Arts as Catalysts to Integrated Caring and Mainstream Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mini
Filipino American National Historical Society New Jersey Chapter "Pamana" meaning "Legacy" Mini
Princeton Battlefield Society Princeton Battlefield Tour with David Hackett Fischer Mini
Raritan Valley Community College Foundation Educators' Summer Institute on Social Justice: Confronting Injustice - Making a Difference Mini
Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County Defining Israel at 60 through the Humanities Mini
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Art Department George Washington Nicholson and the Art of New Jersey Mini
Passage Theatre Company The State Street Project (writing and literacy components) Mini
Ocean County Library, Toms River Branch To Our Shores: The Immigrant Experience in Ocean County HFG
Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Moment of Contact: First Encounters between Japan and New Jersey HFG
Waldor Memorial Library of the United Jewish Communities of Metrowest Taking Our Past into the Future: Immigrant Family Legacies HFG
Morris County Historical Society Immigration Today: Cultural Threat or American Tradition? HFG
The Newark Museum Exploring the Immigrant Experience through American Art and Material Culture HFG
Christ Presbyterian Church The Immigrant Experience in New Jersey: Spiritual Journeys HFG
The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark Sacco and Vanzetti HFG
Montclair Art Museum Free Saturday Tour: Superheroes in our Communities HFG
Westwood Public Library Dance: An Intrinsic Element of Salsa HFG
Nutley Public Library The Indian American Immigration Experience HFG
Salem County Historical Society Hispanic Oral History Program HFG
Kearny Public Library From Ireland and South Asia to New Jersey: The Story of Lucy the Elephant HFG
Somerville Public Library The Irish Impact on New Jersey HFG

 

GRANTS 2006

GRANT RECIPIENT PROJECT TITLE GRANT TYPE
The Gardner Group, Inc. The Last Ghost of War Media
Printmaking Council of New Jersey A Ripple in the Water: Healing through Art Media
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art 5 Days in July Media
The New Jersey Historical Society Remembering 1960s Urban Unrest Oral History Project Major
Paper Mill Playhouse Beyond Anne Frank: Facts and Legacy of the Holocaust Major
Montclair State University, Global Education Center Hungarian Festival of the Arts and Humanities Major
Brookdale Community College, Center for Holocaust Studies "Survival of the Human Spirit: Triumph Over Adversity" Major
David Sarnoff Collection David Sarnoff and the Innovative Spirit and Six Innovations that Changed the World Major
Camden County College, Department of History America and the Soviet Union in the Era of the Cold War Major
People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos Major
Historical Society of Princeton Interpretation of South Asian Performing Arts: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective Major
Montclair Art Museum Family Guides for the Permanent Collection of the Montclair Art Museum Major
College of Saint Elizabeth Memory and Memorializations: What, Why and How Do We Remember - Lessons from the Holocaust Major
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Holocaust Resource Center Holocaust Survivor Portrait and History Book - From Despair Comes Hope Major
Hoboken Historical Museum Hoboken is Home Major
Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church Carl Linnaeus, Pehr Kalm, and the Early American Scientific Community Major
Rutgers University, Eagleton Institute of Politics Because Politics Matters Major
The Newark Museum Association Public Places, Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India Major
The Newark Public Library Irish in New Jersey Exhibition Major
Trenton Downtown Association Patriots' Week Major
Lawnside Historical Society, Inc. Tell Lawnside's Story - Oral History Project Mini
Montclair Public Library Henrik Ibsen: A Dialogue between Ibsen Scholars and the New Jersey Public Mini
Foundation for New Media, Inc. William March/Company K Mini
Battlefield Restoration and Archaelogical Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) Two wayside exhibits for the Molly Pitcher cannon project Mini
Temple Beth Ahm Excommunication in Judaism Mini
Paterson Education Foundation "Crash Course" Mini
Brookdale Community College, Department of English "New Worlds" Poetry Reading and Discussion Mini
Passage Theatre Company The State Street Project (writing and literacy components) Mini
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Bringing Caregivers Closer: Pain, A Segue to the Humanities, the Arts, and Integrative Care Mini
William Paterson University, History Department Latinos in U.S. Cities: Power, Politics, and Culture Mini
The Institute for the Humanities at Montclair State University Sports in America: A Humanities Perspective Mini
Rutgers University, Center for African Studies Slavery and Contemporary Cultures of Circulation Mini
Raritan Valley Community College Foundation Educators Summer Institute on Social Justice: Confronting Racism Mini
Monmouth County Historical Association "Documents in the Classroom" Publication Project Mini
Montclair Art Museum Another Way of Seeing: Art, Poetry and Prose by Contemporary Native American Women Writers HFW
The Newark Museum "Tibet: Out of the Past, Into the Present" Family Activities HFW
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School Feeding the Hungry: Connecting Cultures HFW
Salem County Historical Society John Rock Memorial Lecture HFW
The Montclair Free Public Library Land of the Afghans HFW
Franklin Township Public Library New Jersey and the 21st Century: Connecting Diverse Cultures through Storytelling HFW
Camden County College Italian and Irish Cinema Sharing the Spotlight HFW
Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County Newark as a Metaphor in Philip Roth's Writing HFW
Ocean County Library, Toms River Branch People of the Book: Past, Present, Future HFW
Jefferson Township Public Library Day Break: Shedding Light on Islam HFW
Kearny Public Library The Art and Artifacts of Native Americans HFW
Teaneck Public Library Diversity and Integration in New Jersey: Past, Present, and Future HFW
The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark MARDI GRAS: Made in China HFW
Waldwick Public Library Spirit of Lindbergh: Charting Cultural Connections to the 21st Century HFW
Tuckerton Seaport/Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum, Inc. Educator's Envoy Program HFW
Dove Gathering of the Arts Cultures and Customs of the Diverse Nations of Latin America HFW
Somerville Public Library Chinese Celebration HFW
Myanmar Youth Association Ceremony Honoring Teachers, Parents, and Elders HFW

 

GRANTS 2005

GRANT RECIPIENT
PROJECT TITLE GRANT TYPE
Hudson West Productions Bordentown - A Place Out of Time Media
New Jersey Network Foundation The Gentle Bonaparte Media
Bloomfield College Kellman Course in the Humanities Major
Camden County College, History Department America's Greatest War: WWII from the Perspective of Six Decades Major
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Winter Festival: "The Many Faces of Mozart" Major
People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos / Latinos ESL Expansion Major
Boat People SOS, Inc. Vietnamese-American Cultural Odyssey Major
The Newark Museum Association Power Dressing Major
Jersey City Museum First Look: The Essential JCM Major
Salem County Historical Society The African American Experience in Salem County: An Oral History Project Major
Trenton Downtown Association Patriots' Week Major
Hoboken Historical Museum Working People Major
Save Ellis Island!, Inc. Stories Then and Now: The Literature of Immigration Major
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts Shostakovich Festival and Symposium Major
Montclair State University, Department of Anthropology Confronting the Threat of Genocide: A Symposium at Montclair State University Mini
State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick State Theatre Cultural Explorations Community Project Mini
Kean University, Department of Africana Studies North Star Literary Society: Stories of the Underground Railroad Mini
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Operation Babylift, Vitenam (1975-2005) Mini
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial Battleship New Jersey Teacher's Handbook Mini
Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission New Jersey Art & Artists: The New Deal and Now Mini
Jamesburg Civic Association Once Upon a Planet: An Evening of Storytelling Mini
Washington Association of New Jersey The Return of George Washington to Morristown Mini
Hoboken Historical Museum Sweet Cigar Charlie, a "A Vanishing Hoboken" Oral History Project Chapbook Mini
Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) Walt Whitman and Place: A Conference Celebration 150 Years of "Leaves of Grass" Mini
Brookdale Community College Stephen Dunn Poetry Reading and Discussion Mini
Act Out Theatre A Man of Firsts Mini
Passage Theatre Company Trenton Takes/Word for Word Mini
Spirit of the Arts Foundation "One Big Union" The IWW and a Century of Radical Labor Activism, 1905-2005 - a Conference and a Celebration Mini
Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives Early Coinage of the Roman Republic: Exhibition and Public Program Mini
Alice Paul Institute Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass: Beyond Race and Gender on the Road to the Vote Mini
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Arts and Humanities Glimpses of Indian History through Bharatanatyam Mini
Northwest Jersey Folklife Project, Inc. No Exit Number: Regional Identity in Northwest Jersey Mini
Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest Guided Tours of the Exhibition Born at the Beth: Newark's Jewish Hospital since 1901 HFW
Newark Public Library At Home in the World: Fabulous Folktales HFW
The Noyes Museum of Art The Pine Barrens: Up Close and Natural HFW
Somerville Public Library Experience the Andes HFW
Teaneck Public Library From the American Revolution to the Civil Rights Era: New Jersey Shows the Way HFW
Camden County College Churches, Taverns and Revolution in New Jersey HFW
The Montclair Historical Society New Jersey in Pictures: An American Idea HFW
The East Lynne Theater Company Paul Robeson through His Words and Music HFW
Morris County Heritage Commission Victorian Mourning Lecture & Cemetery Walking Tour HFW
Franklin Township Public Library The Native Connection: How Indians Helped Shape America HFW
Pequannock Township Public Library The Negro Folk Songs HFW
The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark I Hear America Singing: Walt Whitman, the Ordinary Man Presented through Poetry & Prose HFW

 

GRANTS 2004

GRANT RECIPIENT
PROJECT TITLE GRANT TYPE

Film/Video Arts

Newark, 1967: Then and Now
Media
The Gardner Group, Inc.

Siberian Dream: A Belief in Something Sacred

Media
Hoboken Historical Museum Picturing Hoboken: A Series of Illustrated Lectures and An Oral History Publication Major
The Newark Museum Association Baubles, Bangles, and Bling Bling: A World of Jewelry Exhibition Major
Camden County College Foundation Broaching Bloomsday: A Centennial Celebration Major
People and Stories – Gente y Cuentos People and Stories – Gente y Cuentos/Latinos ESL Expansion Major
Montclair State University, Latin American & Latino Studies Program Rethinking Latin-American and Latino Identity in the Twenty-First Century Major
Mason Gross School of the Arts Images of Bach Lecture Series Major
Rutgers University Press Publication Grant for New Jersey in the American Revolution Major
Camden County College, History Department Election 2004 Major
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Winter Festival: “Northern Lights” Major
Historical Society of Princeton Princeton Recollections Major
Jersey City Museum Virtual Catalogue Major
Rutgers University – Department of Africana Studies Philosophy Born of Struggle XI Conference Major
The College of New Jersey Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Symposium Major
Save Ellis Island!, Inc. Ellis Island Institute Summer Teachers' Seminar Major
Holocaust Council of MetroWest From Memory to History Major
The Newark Public Library Harry Dorer: American Photographer and New Jersey Chronicler Major
Rutgers University – Newark: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Imagining Change: The Evolving Role of the Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Urban Research University Major
CavanKerry Press LaurelBooks Discussion Series Major
The Rutgers University Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies Reinventing Newark - 1901 to 2004 Major
Park Performing Arts Center The Cultural Thread/El Hilo Cultural - Oral Histories Major
Hunterdon Museum of Art Almost Human Exhibition Major
Alice Paul Institute Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s Courageous Walk Mini
Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs Lewis & Clark Exhibit Lecture/Discussion Mini

Montclair State University, Department of French, German, and Russian

"Celebration!" Evaluating the Importance of Ritual and Festivity for Cultural Identity Mini
Temple Beth Ahm Landmark Ideas that Shaped Jewish Life in Our Time Mini
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Korea Day Mini
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Arts and Humanities Digital Arts and Electronic Literature Speaker Series Mini
Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission Our Long Endurance, the Story of New Jersey in the Civil War Mini
Heritage Trail Association The Simcoe's Raid Project Mini
Friends of the Hermitage, Inc. A Revolutionary Relationship: Theodosia Prevost, Aaron Burr and the Hermitage Mini
Rutgers University, Committee on Italian Studies Age of Galileo Symposium Mini
Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council

The Arts in Twentieth-Century America: Where Have We Been..Where Are We Going? Part Two

Mini
Atlantic City Medical Center, Dept. of Medical Education Old Age: Counting Down and Summing Up Mini
Montclair State University, Department of Anthropology Confronting the Threat of Genocide: A Symposium at Montclair State University Mini
State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick State Theatre Cultural Explorations Community Project Mini
Kean University, Department of Africana Studies North Star Literary Society: Stories of the Underground Railroad Mini
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Operation Babylift, Vitenam (1975-2005) Mini
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial Battleship New Jersey Teacher's Handbook Mini
Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission New Jersey Art & Artists: The New Deal and Now Mini
Jamesburg Civic Association Once Upon A Planet: An Evening Of Storytelling Mini
Plainfield Public Library, Young People's Room Humanities Festival Week for Kids 2004 HFW
Lawnside Historical Society, Inc.

Our History Through His Lens

HFW
Jersey City Museum jersey(new) ArtTalks HFW
The Montclair Art Museum American Tall Tales with Gerald Fierst HFW
Denville Free Public Library Music (Is) in the Air HFW
Bergenfield Free Public Library The Palisades HFW
Camden County College, Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Paine and His Powerful Political Pen HFW
Gloucester City Historical Society and Museum We the Peoples of New Jersey HFW
Woodbury Public Library Legends and Folksongs - New Jersey Style HFW
Teaneck Public Library John McPhee's The Pine Barrens HFW
The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark Exploring the History of Italian-Americans in New Jersey through Poetry and Prose HFW
Somerville Public Library A Voyage to Japan HFW
The Newark Museum Association Picturing New Jersey through Artists' Eyes HFW
Tuckerton Seaport, a Project of the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Bayman’s Museum Legends of the Jersey Shore HFW
The East Lynne Theater Company

“Three Miraculous Soldiers”: The Humanity of New Jersey Native Stephen Crane

HFW
Monroe Township Public Library A Billy Yank Governor HFW
Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission

Prisoners Among Us: Italian-American Identity & World War II

HFW

 

GRANTS 2003

GRANT RECIPIENT

PROJECT TITLE

GRANT TYPE

New Jersey Network Foundation

From Botanica to Buddhist Temple

Media

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Dvorak in America

Major

Save Ellis Island!, Inc.

Ellis Island Ferry Building Exhibit

Major

The New Jersey Historical Society

City on Display: A Newark Photographer and His Clients, 1890s-1940s

Major

Camden County College

Italians in America: Stereotypes, Struggles and Successes

Major

Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church

Third Annual New Sweden History Conference

Major

County of Union, Department of Parks & Recreation

Preservation Plan for the Archival Collection of the Union County Park System

Major

Aljira, Inc.

Alternate Routes

Major

Seton Hall University

The Beauty of Sacred Texts: Art Exhibit and Symposium

Major

The Newark Public Library

Transcultural New Jersey: Two Exhibitions

Major

Rutgers University, Department of Philosophy

Philosophy Born of Struggle: Tenth Annual Conference

Major

The Newark Museum Association

The Chinese Heritage Festival

Mini

Trent House Association

Collection Assessment Project

Mini

Princeton University Library, Rare Books Department

On Top of the World: An Everest Anniversary Conference

Mini

Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum

Vietnam Remembered

Mini

Atlantic City Medical Center, Dept. of Medical Education

The Health of Women: Where Literature and Medicine Meet

Mini

Lenape Lifeways Educational Programs, Inc.

Bringing the Past to your Neighborhood: Creating a Traveling Exhibit on NJ Prehistory

Mini

Monroe Township Free Public Library

Poetry Across Cultures: New Jersey

Mini

The Hunterdon Museum of Art

Poetry and Contemporary Art

Mini

Stevens Institute of Technology

Frankenstein in Our Time

Mini

Rutgers University - Asian-American Cultural Center, Livingston Campus

Indian Classical Dances as Cultural Communication

Mini

Drew University, Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study

Spring Film/Lecture Series: "Germany Looks Back on the Holocaust"

Mini

Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives

Picturing the First Castaway: The Illustration of Robinson Crusoe: An Exhibit and Public Program

Mini

Passage Theatre Company

Word for Word Trenton

Mini

Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council

The Arts in 20th Century America: Where Have We Been.and Where Are We Going? Part One

Mini

State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick

State Theatre "Masters of Mexican Music" Community Project

Mini

Paterson Education Foundation

Through Our Eyes

Mini

The Noyes Museum of Art

Earth and Sky: The Native American View of Spirituality

HFW

Morris County Visitors Center

Historic Graveyard Tour

HFW

The Newark Museum Association

Women, Quilts and American Society

HFW

The Montclair Free Public Library

Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Celebration

HFW

The Montclair Art Museum

Connecting Cultures Through Art

HFW

Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission

Food and Identity: Discovering Culture Through Everyday Foods, Festivals and Cuisine

HFW

The East Lynne Company

Fostering Community Through Dance

HFW

Somerville Public Library

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

HFW

The New Jersey Historical Society

Halloween Festival

HFW

The Montclair Historical Society

My House, My Community

HFW

Teaneck Public Library

Understanding Islam

HFW

The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark

The World of Work

HFW

Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission

Public Art: Creating a Sense of Place and Community

HFW

Jefferson Township Public Library

Tales of Magic, Miracles and Mystics

HFW

Camden County College

Halloween: A Celtic Celebration

HFW

Woodbury Public Library

Heroes Around the World

HFW

Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council

Fostering Community Lecture

HFW

Franklin Township Public Library

Native Communities: Fostering Care and Respect for Mother Earth

HFW

Jewish Federation of Cumberland County

Ethnic Art Exhibit

HFW

Johnson Park School Pto A view of Indian Culture HFW

 

GRANTS 2002

GRANT RECIPIENT

PROJECT TITLE

GRANT TYPE

George Street Playhouse

New Brunswick Community Bridge Project

Mini

Seton Hall University

When Heaven Meets Earth

Mini

Rutgers University Art Library

The Diamond Vertical Files of American Art

Mini

Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum

The Man Who Flew the Enola Gay: A Lecture by Paul Tibbets

Mini

William Paterson University

Celebration of Our Community: Composer George Walker

Mini

Camden County College Ancient Pre-Columbian Civilization of Central and South America
Major
The Montclair Art Museum Conversion to Modernism: The Early Work of Man Ray
Major
The Newark Museum Association The Sport of Life and Death: The
Mesoamerican Ballgame
Major
Save Ellis Island! Inc. Ellis Island Ferry Building Exhibit
Major
New Jersey Historical Commission Harriet Tubman-William Still NJ
Underground Railroad Journey
Major
Hoboken Historical Museum History Talks: A Series of Lectures
and Oral History Publications
Major
The Newark Public Library Remembrance: Newark's Greeks
Major
The Public Policy Center of New Jersey New Jersey Heritage Magazine
Major
People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos People and Stories: Gente y Cuentos
Major
Jersey City Museum Connecting to the Web:
Computerizing the Collection of the
Jersey City Museum
Major
American Jewish Committee Visas for Life Exhibit
Major
Rutgers University Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life Passages: Encounters with Jewish
Writers
Major
Historical Society of Princeton Lost Princeton
Major
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Understanding September 11: A Distinguished Speakers Series
Major
Kean University, English Department Centennial Celebration of Langston Hughes
Mini
Friends of the State House Woodrow Wilson: Progressive Governor of New Jersey and Visionary, President of the U.S.
Mini
Temple Beth AHM The Challenge of Religious
Fundamentalism
Mini
Park Performing Arts Center The Cultural Thread Brochure
Mini
Monroe Township Free Public Library Poetry Across Cultures/New Jersey
Mini
Roselle Free Public Library Legacy of Courage
HFW
Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission Exploring Chinese Culture
HFW
The Newark Museum Association Weekend Family Event
HFW
The East Lynne Company Exploring Culture Through Dance
HFW
Belleville Public Library Beyond Western Civilization
HFW
Teaneck Public Library From Tummler to Banana: The Influence of the Yiddish Language on American English
HFW
Woodbury Public Library Aesop's Fables for All Ages
HFW
Monroe Township Public Library Get Wrapped Up in Tamari
HFW
Somerville Public Library A Taste of India
HFW
The Down Jersey Folklife Center at Wheaton Village An Estonian Cultural Workshop
HFW
Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission Discovering Our Past; Creating Our Future
HFW
Lawnside Historical Society Lest We Forget
HFW
Jewish Federation of Cumberland County A Musical Odyssey: Jewish Musical Influences from Biblical Times to the Present
HFW
The New Jersey Historical Society Harvest of Shame Four Decades Later: What's Different for Farmworkers?
HFW
Township of Washington Public Library Over Here Molly Pitcher
HFW
Cranford Public Library Experiencing Folklore Variations
HFW
Ruth L. Rockwood Memorial Library The Splendor of Irish Literature Through Creative Dramatics
HFW
Elmwood Park Public Library Jaws, Paws and Claws: Animal Wisdom Tales from Around the World
HFW
Seabrook Education & Cultural Center Film Premier: "Seabrook Farms Remembered"
HFW
The Waterfront Ensemble, Inc. New Jersey Writers Explore Our Culture at a Time of Crisis
HFW
The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark The Strike of the Newark Teachers: Hopes on the Line
HFW
Monroe Township Free Public Library Interactive Storytelling
HFW
Camden County College The Irish Famine: Loss and Recovery
HFW
Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs Four Centuries in a Weekend
HFW
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Roots
Major
The Montclair Historical Society Technology and Home
Convenience: 19th and 20th Centuries
Mini
Plainfield Senior Citizen Center Keepers of Tradition
HFW
Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council Living History Monodrama
HFW
Saddle Brook Council on the Arts Arts-A-Poppin
HFW
Jamas Children's University The Amistad: Parallels in African-American History
HFW
Hoboken Public Library Storytelling from Around the World
HFW
William Paterson University William Paterson University Spring
Writers' Conference
Mini
Atlantic County Library System Atlantic County Reads
Major
Burlington County Historical Society The Ties That Bind: Railroads in Burlington County
Mini
Middlesex Co. Cult. & Heritage Comm. UnCommon Clay: Lecture Series
Mini
Montclair State University Montclair: The Struggle for Community
Mini
Newark Public Radio Count Basie’s New Jersey
Media
Camden County Historical Society His Master’s Voice: The Marvelous Talking Machine
Media
Friends of the NJ State Museum Piety, Politics & Public Houses: Churches, Taverns & Revolution in NJ
Major
Camden County College The Great Hunger: Hearth, Health and Heroes
Major
Passage Theatre Company State Street Project: Playmaking II, Poetry/Spoken Word, Senior Scenes
Major
Foundation for New Media William March and Company K
Media
New Jersey Chamber Music Society Learning the Program: Chamber Music in Perspective
Mini
Learning Community Charter School Terror Town: Jersey City, USA
Media

 

GRANTS 2001

GRANT RECIPIENT

PROJECT TITLE

GRANT TYPE

Jersey City Museum

Ben Shahn & The Passion of Sacco & Vanzetti

Major

Hoboken Historical Museum

Made in Hoboken: Invention, Manufacturing ,Artistry & Craft in the Mile Square City

Major

Center for Analysis of Public Issues

Today in New Jersey History

Major

Rutgers University: Department of History and The Center of African Studies

Fight Back: African Strategies Against Slave Trade

Major

Nanticoke Lenni - Lenape Indians of NJ

"Lenape, Then and Now" Symposium

Major

Black Women's History Conference, Inc.

A Conference to Celebrate Family & Community History

Major

Montclair State University:

Choosing to Participate

Major

Passage Theatre Company

State Street Project - Playmaking II, "Spoken Word, Senior Scenes

Major

Historical Society of Princeton

"Old Traditions, New Beginnings" Exhibition Catalogue

Major

New Jersey Chamber Music Society

Learning the Program: Chamber Music in Perspecitve

Mini

College of New Jersey: African-Am. Studies Dept.

Oral Traditions: Preserving an Africana Legacy

Mini

Union County College Foundation

Overcoming Hatred/Creating Community

Mini

Magnet Theatre Company

The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church: A Public Discussion

Mini

JCC Metro West

New Jersey Festival Showing of Jews and Buddhism and Newark Museum Tibetan Gallery Tour

Mini

Preservation New Jersey

Annual Meeting 2001-OlderSchools in Our Communities

Mini

Middlesex Co. Cult. & Heritage Comm.

Portrait of a Century-Lecture Series Discussion

Mini

Friends of the Belleville Library

2001 Book Discussion and Lecture Series: Studies in Classic Literature

Mini

JEA of MetroWest

The Changing Role of the American Jewish Woman

Mini

Mason Gross School of the Arst

SummerFest 2001-Authors' Night

Mini

Glassboro Center for the Arts/Rowan University

The Color Line Project

Mini

Foundation for New Media

The Diary of an Unknown Aviator

Major

People & Stories - Gente y Cuentos, Inc.

People & Stories - Gente y Cuentos

Major

NJ Symphony Orchestra

Richard Strauss:  A Hero's Life?

Major

Inlet Public Private Association

Absecon Lighthouse Interpretive Exhibition

Major

Camden County College

Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

Major

History Institute for Education and Media

There She is:  A History of Miss America

Major

Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation

A Health Care System for People

Major

Montclair Art Museum

Primal Visions/Public Programs

Major

Friends of the NJ State Museum

George Washington and the Battle of Trenton The Evolution of an American Image

Mini

East Amwell Historic Preservation Committee

Historic Links:  Historic Locations

Mini

Rutgers University Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese

First NJ Workshop of Bilingualism and Second Language

Mini

Elizabeth Public Library

Civic Engagement in America

Mini

Old Barracks Museum

The Hessians:  Forgotten Army of the American Revolution

Mini

Sussex County Community College

Intergenerational Oral History Project

Mini

Morris County Historical Society

Many Lands, One Country

Mini

Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum

Surrender of the U-858:  A German Crewman's Story

Mini

Council for Africanaffairs

International Workshop on US and Democratic Consolidation in Africa

Mini

Belleville Public Library

Exploring Our Human Experience:  Focus on American Artists

HFW

Gloucester Co. Cultural and Heritage Commission

Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters

HFW

Bloomingdale Free Public Library

Exploring Our Human Experience Through Folktales

HFW

Hamilton Township Public Library

Evening of Storytelling for the Whole Family

HFW

Woodbury Public Library

Toys and Tales Through Time

HFW

Berkeley College

Awakening Memory

HFW

Oakside Bloomfield Cultural Center

Raku Demonstration

HFW

Bergenfield Public Library

Impact of Women Artists on the Art

HFW

Teaneck Public Library

The Pinelands Traveler:  Ghost Towns

HFW

Union Co. Div of Cultural and Heritage Affairs

Four Centuries in a Weekend

HFW

Piscataway Public Library

World Folktales

HFW

Township of Washington Public Library

Young Thomas Jefferson

HFW

Historic Cold Spring Village

Vinnie's Story

HFW

Montclair Historical Society

The Travels of Charles Shultz:  Montclair, NJ Resident

HFW

Ruth L. Rockwood Memorial Library

The Mystery of Humor

HFW

Washington Public Library

Word of Mouth

HFW

East Orange Public Library

A Stitch in Time

HFW

Children's Room of Plainfield Public Library

Humanities Festival Week for Kids

HFW

The East Lynne Company

The Human Experience Explored Through Dance

HFW

Atlantic Co. Library, Mays Landing Branch

Climbing Your Family Tree

HFW

The Newark Museum Association

All About Glass

HFW

American Labor Museum/Botto House Nat'l Landmark

Viva La Festa:  The Tradition of Italian Festivals in the US

HFW

Jewish Federation of Cumberland County

Eastern and Western Comparative Religions-An Ecumenical Experience`

HFW

Camden Co. Cultural and Heritage Commission

Exploring our Community Past

HFW

Monroe Twp. Library

Storytelling for All Occasions

HFW

Myanmar Youth Association

Festival of Lights

HFW

The New Jersey Historical Society

Coming Up on the Season: Migrant Farmworkers in the Northeast

Major

New Jersey Historical Commission

Passaic, New Jersey-1926

Major

Passage Theatre Company

State Street Project: Playmaking II, Poetry/Spoken Word, Senior Scenes

Major

The Noyes Museum of Art

Small Towns, Black Lives: African-American Communities in Southern New Jersey

Major

Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections & Univ. Archives

Who Built New Brunswick?

Mini

New Jersey Chamber Music Society

New Jersey Chamber Music Society

Mini

Washington Association of New Jersey

From Retreat to Triumph

Mini

Temple Beth AHM

Lecture Series: Communication in a Multicultural World

Mini

Jamas Children's University

Intergenerational Folklore Literature Seminar

Mini

Drew University, Center for Holocaust

Spring Film and Lecture Series

Mini

Princeton Public Library

Viewing Difference: Film & Discussions on Race and Ethnicity in America

Mini

Thread Waxing Space

I Don't Know but I've Been Told

Media

NJN Foundation

Branch Brook Park: Legacy of the Gilded Age

Media

 

GRANTS 2000

GRANT RECIPIENT

PROJECT TITLE

GRANT TYPE

People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos, Inc.

People and Stories - Gente y Cuentos

Major

New Jersey Historical Society

Everything in Its Place: The world of and Urban Commercial Photographer, William F. Cone, 1895-1966 Exhibition

Major

Passage Theatre Company

State Street Project-"Play Making" & "Smart Partners/Art Exposure" AND Bang Bang You're Dead -"Talk-Backs"

Major

Historical Society of Princeton

Pioneers, Peddlers and Physicists: 250 Years of Jewish Life in Princeton

Major

Park Theatre Performing Arts Inc.

The Cultural Thread: An Exploration of the Embroidery Traditions of NJ.

Major

Program in African-American Studies Princeton University

"Imitating Life: Women, Race, Film, Life"

Major

Jersey City Museum

Education Programs for Freddy Rodriguez: In This House, Trujillo is the Chief! And Mel Edwards: The Prints of a Sculptor

Major

Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Inc.

A Sense of Place; The Cooper Branch Free Public Library in Camden

Major

Salem County Historical Society

"Home in Salem County"

Major

The Ellis Island New Jersey Foundation

Forgotten Gateway: The Abandoned Buildings of Ellis Island

Major

NJN Radio / NJ Historical Commission

The Life and Times of Frank Hague

Major

Burlington County Historical Society

African-American Seamen in the Age of Sail

Mini

Temple Sinai, Summit, NJ

The Objects of Our Affliction

Mini

Beth Israel Community Library

Holocaust Collection Access

Mini

County of Middlesex Cultural Heritage Commission

Somebody to Cheer For

Mini

International Institute of New Jersey

MASCARA Project

Mini

Historical Society of the Somerset Hills

Brick Academy Archives

Mini

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences

Women Artists Lecture Series

Mini

Friends of Monmouth Battlefield

Native American Participation in the Monmouth Campaign of 1778

Mini

Friends of the Belleville Public Library

Studies in Contemporary Literature: 2000 Book Discussion and Lecture Series

Mini

New Jersey Shakespeare Festival

Fifteenth Annual Shakespeare Colloquium

Mini

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Bird Lives!

Mini

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper

Paper Trails: Four Pioneers in American Handmade Paper

Mini

Institute for Alternatives in Education

African-American Educational and Historical Achievements in Burlington County:  The Bordentown School and Beyond

Mini

Ethnic Studies Center, Kean University Library (DECLINED)

The Frontier in American Culture

  Mini  

  (declined)

NJPAC

Gospel Music: A Symposium and Workshop with the NJPAC Jubilation Choir

  Mini

Montclair Art Museum

Handbook of the Permanent Collection

Major

Readington Twsp. Museums

Scripting for 18th Century Living History Project

Major

New Media

Charles Chesnutt: The Life of Slavery

Major

Kean University (DECLINED)

The Underground Railroad CD-Rom Project

Major

Newark Public Library

Beisbol Behind the Veil

Major

NJ Symphony Orchestra

The Meanings of Tchaikovsky

Major

Camden Co. College

The Glory of Greece

Major

Montclair Public Library

Oral Histories of the African American Community in Montclair

Major

Rutgers University Libraries

Public Access to the Showalter & Diamond Collections

Major

The State University of New Jersey-Newark

Portuguese Nobel Laureate in Literature, Jose Saramago's Visit to Rutgers-Newark

Major

Newark Museum

Puerto Rican Santos de Palo: Sculptures Between Heaven and Earth

Major

Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center

When Newark Had a Chinatown-The Chinatown Project

Major

The John Henry Pop Lloyd Committee

Out of the Shadows

Major

Morris County Historical Society

"Women's Work is Never Done"

Mini

First Baptist Church, Teaneck

Intergenerational Institute of Music

Mini

American Labor Museum/Botto House

Distance Learning Programs

Mini

Waterloo Foundation for the Arts

Eighth Annual New Jersey Storytelling Festival

Mini

William Paterson University

Spring Writer's Conference

Mini

Cape May County Historical Society

Woodbine and the Jewish Community

Mini

Haddon Heights Hist. Society

"Stand by the River"

Mini

The Newark Museum

Artists and Communities: America Creates for the Millennium

HFW

The Cape May County Historical Society (Museum)

Hispanic Heritage Day

HFW

East Orange Public Library

Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters:  A Stitch in Time

HFW

Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission

Buried in Gloucester County, New Jersey

HFW

Township of Washington Public Library

The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt

HFW

Manville Public Library

The German Festival

HFW

Sterling Hill Mining Museum

We Live by the Whistle

HFW

Bernards Township Library

New Jersey Poets and You, Perfect Together!

HFW

Jackson Cultural and Historical Commission

Folklore and Music of the Pine Barrens and Early Jackson

HFW

Dunellen Public Library

Dunellen, Yesterday and Today

HFW

Berkeley College

Shakespeare's Spirited Women

HFW

Woodbury Public Library

Tell a Story/Build a Nation

HFW

Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission

Camden County-Its History and Future

HFW

The East Lynne Company

Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music

HFW

Jewish Federation of Cumberland County

Trip to Synagogues in South Jersey

HFW

Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center

The Oakes Family and Oakeside Today

HFW

The Newark Public Library

Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music

HFW

Ruth L. Rockwood Memorial Library

The American Century: Photography of America's Past, 1889-1989

HFW

Hamilton Township Public Library

An Evening of Storytelling for the Whole Family

HFW

Teaneck Public Library

On Prejudice: Intercultural Communication and Tolerance Teaching Through Literary Art

HFW

American Labor Museum/Botto House

Italian-American Radicalism:  A Lost History Recovered

HFW

West Caldwell Public Library

Embracing Our Ancestry:  A Celebration of Heritages Past and Present in West Caldwell

HFW

Burlington County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs

Buried in Burlington County

HFW

Union County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs

Four Centuries in a Weekend

HFW

Highland Park Hist. Society

Gone, But Not Forgotten

HFW

Summit High School/Summit Historical Society

Summit Speaks:  Voices From Four Centuries

HFW

Montclair Free Public Library

Generations in Harmony

HFW

 

GRANTS 1999

GRANT RECIPIENT

PROJECT TITLE

GRANT TYPE

Trent House Association

Trent House Archives Access Project

MINI

Rowan University

Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935-1943

MINI

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Bricks, Mortar and Spirit: Philip Roth's Newark

MINI

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences

Experience Opera!

MINI

Washington Association of New Jersey

The Image of George Washington

MINI

Belleville Public Library and Information Center

1999 Studies in Contemporary Literature Series

MINI

West Milford Township Library

A History of American Music: The Sound of America

Ready

Friends of the Morristown & Morris Twp. Library

Americans in the 1930s

Ready

Mahway Board of Education

Citizenship in the 21st Century

TGF

Mt. Horeb School

Children's Literature

TGF

Mountain Lakes Board of Education

The Individual & Community in America

TGF

The Newark Museum

From the Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art

Major

NJN/New Jersey Network

Banjo Man

Major

Media

William Paterson University

Thinking About the Holocaust at the End of the Century

Major

Friends of the New Jersey State Museum

Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World

Major

Camden County College

Roman Nights: A Multimedia Lecture Series on Ancient Rome

Major

Newark Public Library

Nevarca: A Celebration of the Italian American Experience in Newark

Major

Hoboken Historical Museum

The Future of Our Past: Preserving Hoboken's Architecture, Cultural Heritage, and Memories in the Next Century

Major

Stephen Crane House

Invited Guests of Arbutus Cottage

Major

Krueger-Scott Mansion Cultural Center

The Lost Years: Recovered Oral Histories of African-Americans in Newark, 1910-1970

Major

African Studies

African Art and the Interconnections with African American Cultural Issues

Major

Waterloo Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

New Jersey Storytelling Festival at Waterloo Village

MINI

Skylands Writers & Artists Assoc.

Celebrating Literary New Jersey 1999

MINI

New Jersey Chamber Music Society

Learning the Music: Chamber Music in Perspective IV

MINI

JEA of MetroWest

Jews in Uniform: Jewish American Contributions to Safeguard Democracy

MINI

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Traditions and New Directions: Culture and Technology in the 21st Century

MINI

Dept. of Fine Arts, Kean University

Art of the New Jersey Turnpike

MINI

UMDNJ-G.F. Smith Library

Community Outreach Manual for "A State of Health: New Jersey's Medical Heritage"

MINI

Glassboro Center for the Arts/Rowan University

Behind the Broken Words

MINI

Rowan University College of Communication

Classic Film Series: Six Films That Shook the World

MINI

Monmouth County Archives

Archives and History Day

HFW

Episcopal Diocese of Newark

"Waking Up the Poet Within You"

HFW

Wheaton Village, Inc. / The Down Jersey Folklife Center

The Past as Prologue: South Jersey Legends as Local History

HFW

United Jewish Center of Metro West

Creating Memories

HFW

Springfield Free Public Library

A Jewish Boyhood in Poland

HFW

Ocean County Library

Folk Heritage in Song & Native American Storytelling

HFW

The Nutley Free Public Library

"The Red Hawk Dancers"

HFW

Hunterdon Museum of Art

A Special Docenty Programs for Glorious Prints

HFW

Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission

The Past as Prologue: Camden County Neighborhoods

HFW

Manville Public Library

German Ethnic Festival - "The Past as Prologue"

HFW

Montclair Free Public Library

Montclair, Then and Now / Nostalgia Night

HFW

Historical Society of Princeton

Housemoving: Architectural  Preservation and Adaptation

HFW

County College of Morris

Shakespeare:  Soul of the Age

HFW

Township of Washington Public Library

Jazz Legends on Film

HFW

Jefferson Township Public Library

Nellie Bly- Did You Lie?

HFW

Ridgewood Public Library

Past as Prologue

HFW

The Historical Society of Plainfield

"A Stitch in Time"

HFW

Montclair State University

The Cuban Refugees in New Jersey: Reminiscences of a Voluntary Agency

HFW

Highland Park Historical Society

Naughty and Nice: The Stories Behind the Stories of Highland Park's Past

HFW

Woodbury Public Library

A Stitch in Time

HFW

Ruth L. Rockwood Memorial Library

The Past as Prologue: People Who Made a Difference

HFW

American Labor Museum/Botto House

Vito Marcantonio: A Recognition

HFW

Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission

"Buried in Gloucester County, New Jersey"

HFW

Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs

Four Centuries in a Weekend

HFW

Connetions

"Feeling Tango"

HFW

Cape May County Museum

Whitesboro Historical Fond.

Recollections and Conversations: The African-American Experience in Cape May County

HFW

Kearny Cottage Historical Association

"The Past as Prologue" Cinematheque

HFW