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Table of Contents:
1. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
AND CONFERENCES
Grant-Writing for Beginners
Fiscal Management
Making the Ask
Center for French Colonial Studies Annual
Meeting
AASLH Debuts Board Development Online
Workshop
Online Course: Basics of Archives
A Race Against Time: Preserving Our
Audiovisual Media
2. PROGRAMS
Movie Nights Scheduled in Greentown
Walking Tour of
Author Meeting, Book Signing to be Held at
IHB
Inaugural Crimson Leaf Ball to Benefit
Sugar Creek Historical Society Endowment
Civil War
Dinner at President Benjamin Harrison Home
Center for History and Studebaker Celebrate
Museum Day
3. FUNDING/SUPPORT
OPPORTUNITIES
IMLS Offers Libraries and Museums Free
Resources with Connecting to Collections Bookshelf Program
New NEH Deadlines for Museums and
Historical Organizations
IMLS Calls for 2008 Conservation Project
Support Grant Applications
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Grant Program
African-American Education and Outreach
4. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEWS
5. OFF THE PRESS
IHS Press Announces Release of Meredith Nicholson: A Writing Life
IHS Press Announces Release of Federal Justice in
IHS Press Announces Release of A Temporary Sort of Peace
Organizer Kit Aids Board Development
National Task Force Releases New Tools to
Aid in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
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1. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND
CONFERENCES
Grant-Writing for Beginners
This workshop instructs
participants about the basics of writing and applying for grants. It will be
offered September 12-13, 2007, 9 a.m.–12 p.m., at the
Registration fees is $90,
$100, $130. For more information or to sign up, contact: Debi Lee at 317-921-1257
or visit http://www.uwci.org/index.asp?p=179#isp
<http://www.uwci.org/index.asp?p=179#isp>.
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Fiscal Management
The Decatur County Community
Foundation will offer a workshop on fiscal management September 13, 2007, from
9 a.m.–12 p.m. at the
For more information or to
register, contact: Lesley Devine at 765-288-5586 or visit http://www.inrn.org <http://www.inrn.org>.
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Making the Ask
The Non-Profit Alliance for
Monroe County Topic will sponsor a workshop no resource development September
13, 2007, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at the Fountain Square Ballroom,
Participation fee is $10.
For more information or to register, contact Renee Chambers at cfgrants@insightbb.com
(mailto:cfgrants@insightbb.com) by September 10, 2007.
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The Midwest Archaeological Conference
will be held in
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The third annual Midwest Historical
Archaeological Conference will be held in
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Center for French Colonial Studies
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Center
for French Colonial Studies will be held in
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AASLH Debuts Board Development
Online Workshop
This fall, the American Association
for State and Local History will debut its newest online course, Board Development.
This online course, presented in partnership with the
Workshop Dates are:
October 15 – November 9, 2007;
registration opens online September 15
January 7-February 8, 2008; registration
opens online December 7
April 21-May 23, 2008; registration
opens online March 21
November 3 – December 5, 2008;
registration opens online October 3
Cost to enroll is $85 for members;
$95 for nonmembers. To register visit www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm <http://www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm>.
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Online Course: Basics of Archives
Participants proceed at
their own pace through this online workshop that covers the basics of archives
management and practices including acquiring collections, processing, housing
and preservation, and providing access. This AASLH workshop was developed in
cooperation with COSHRC, the Michigan Historical Center, the New York State
Archives and the Ohio Historical Society, and with a grant from IMLS.
Dates for the workshop are:
March 10 – April 11, 2008; registration
opens online November 1
June 2 – July 7, 2008; registration
opens online April 28
Cost: $85 members/$95 nonmembers
For more information or to
register, contact Bethany Hawkins 615-320-3203 or hawkins@aaslh.org (mailto:
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A Race Against Time: Preserving
Our Audiovisual Media
The Conservation Center for Art
and Historic Artifacts will present A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual
Media which will be held October 24-25, 2007, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in Cleveland, Ohio. For a program brochure and registration, visit www.ccaha.org/workshop_cal.php
<http://www.ccaha.org/workshop_cal.php>.
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2. PROGRAMS
Please confirm events specifics with sponsoring organization,
especially if traveling any distance
Johnson County Museum
Recognizes FUMC Residents
The Johnson County Museum of
History, 135 N. Main St., will recognize Franklin United Methodist Community residents
who have donated items to the museum and volunteer their services to the museum
September 8, 1 p.m.. Special people that
have also had a big impact on the institution will also be recognized.
Refreshments will be served
after the ceremony, and participants can stay to enjoy the FUMC 50th Anniversary
exhibit, which is on display at the museum through October 13. Call 317-346-4500
for more information
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Movie Nights Scheduled in Greentown
The Greentown Historical Society
will host eight “movie nights” which will feature movies in which Miriam or Sara
Seegar appeared. Miriam and Sara were both born in Greentown. The current exhibit
at the Greentown History Center, 103 E. Main St., is on the four Seegar sisters,
Helen, Dorothy, Miriam and Sara. The exhibit will be in place until November 25. The History Center is open Saturdays and Sundays
1-4 p.m. or by appointment.
The first seven movies will be
shown in the Old Bank Building, 101 E. Main St., Greentown, at 7 p.m. The schedule is as follows:
Sept. 11 Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) Richard Dix
stars as a novelist who is having trouble completing his latest manuscript. Promising his agent that he’ll finish the book
within 24 hours if only he gets some peace and quiet, he heads off to Baldpate Inn
– for which he thinks he holds the only key. The old inn turns into a hotbed of
intrigue as several mysterious characters, all bearing duplicate keys, intrude upon
his solitude in search of $200,000 in stolen bonds. Finally, the owner of the seventh key shows up. The film has a double surprise ending. Miriam Seegar plays the “romantic interest” of
the star.
Sept. 18 Clancy in Wall Street (1930) Clancy is a
pugnacious Irish-American plumber in partnership with parsimonious Scotsman Andy
MacIntosh. Though tight with a dollar himself,
Clancy accidentally begins playing the stock market, and before he knows what’s
happening he’s become a millionaire. His
efforts to entertain the crams of high society are both disastrous and hilarious,
and by the time he’s lost all his money in the Wall Street crash, Clancy is more
than happy to team up with MacIntosh again.
The obligatory romantic subplot his handled by Miriam Seegar and Edward Nugent.
Sept. 25 The Dawn Trail (1930) Starring Buck Jones,
this early sound Western tells the well-known story of a feud between cattle barons
and sheep men. When Mart Denton, son of a wealthy cattle man, kills a homesteader
during a quarrel, Sheriff Larry Williams (Jones) faces a difficult dilemma. The
sheriff is not only Mart’s best friend but also is engaged to the young man’s sister,
June (Miriam Seegar). But the law is the law and Mart is arrested. The angry cattlemen
help the youngster escape and Larry is wounded. The escaped prisoner, however, is
later killed by his own father, who mistakes him for one of the sheep herders. his final tragedy helps bring the old feud to
a peaceful conclusion.
Oct. 2 Strangers of the Evening (1932) Strangers of the evening is an effective
blend of horror and humor. There’s dirty work at the city morgue, where the body
of Frank Daniels suddenly disappears. Later on, at Daniel’s funeral, the wrong man
is buried. It’s all the handiwork of crooked undertaker, Chandler, who is part of
a complex political cover-up. Things get really hairy when Daniels shows up very
much alive, much to the astonishment of his daughter Ruth (Miriam Seegar).
Oct. 9 Out of Singapore aka Gangsters
of the Sea (1932) While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of
thugs try to take over the ship. Miriam plays
the captain’s daughter.
Oct. 16 False Faces (1932) In this melodrama, a sleazy plastic surgeon from
Chicago bungles an operation and causes the amputation of his patient’s legs. Naturally, she takes the quack to court. Miriam
Seegar has a minor part in this film.
Oct. 23 Smash and Grab (1937) Super-rich London husband and wife team amuse
themselves playing private detective to solve a series of smash and grab jewelry
thefts. This movie was made in the UK and directed by Tim Whelan, Miriam Seegar’s
husband. Sara Seegar has a minor part.
Oct. 30 The location of this
movie will be the Greentown Public Library Community Room. It is a movie about a traveling salesman who convinces
a town to buy band instruments and uniforms for a boys band. Sara Seegar plays a towns woman and has a singing
part.
There will be no charge for any
of the movies. The Seegar project received
support from the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state
agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and Eli Lily and
Company.
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Walking Tour of Delphi
Offered
Front Street Fancy–A Walk Highlighting the Magnates, Merchants
and Financial Pioneers of Delphi, Indiana will be held at 2 p.m., September 22, 2007.
Interested attendees should form
up back of the Delphi Indiana Library. The walk will take about one hour, and is
relatively easy to navigate.
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Author Meeting, Book Signing
to be Held at IHB
The Indiana Historical
Bureau Book Shop is hosting two well-known Hoosier authors – Rita Kohn and Alan
McPherson – on September 22, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Indiana
State Library Building at 315 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. Many books
by these authors will be sold at 20% off list price. Free parking will be
available on the state surface lot between Ohio and New York streets, with
entry from Capitol Avenue.
Check out the Historical
Bureau website at www.IN.gov/history <http://www.IN.gov/history>
or call 317-232-2535 to place orders and assure that you get a copy of the
featured books.
The event is featuring the
new publication Journeys to The Past: A
Traveler’s Guide to Indiana State Historical Markers by Alan McPherson. The
book features the Indiana state format historical markers installed by the
Indiana Historical Bureau since 1949. List price is $23.99 (paper). Orders for
this book should be received by the bureau by September 17, 2007, in order to
assure copies for the September 22, 2007, book signing. McPherson has also
published many books about Indiana’s history and nature, some of which will
also be available.
Rita Kohn, author of many
books on American Indians, will also be on hand to help promote her new book, Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of
Contemporary Delaware Indians, edited with James W. Brown. The book is
being issued in late November by Indiana University Press. List price is $34.95
(cloth). It is being offered by the Historical Bureau at a 20% prepublication
discount on books ordered. Kohn will be available on September 22, 2007, to
sign her other American Indian books and copies of the WFYI Public Television
documentary (VHS tapes) Long Journey
Home: The Delawares of Indiana, which Kohn directed.
Another highlight of the
event is the 20% prepublication discount offer on the Indiana University Press
reissue of The Natural Heritage of
Indiana by Marion Jackson, in late November. List price is $49.95 (cloth).
Originally published in 1997, this important and lavishly illustrated book is
being reissued in conjunction with the WFYI Public Television production of a
three-part documentary inspired by the book.
A December 8 event has been
scheduled by the Historical Bureau, at which Kohn, Jackson and Ralph Gray will
sign their new books.
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Inaugural Crimson Leaf Ball
to Benefit Sugar Creek Historical Society Endowment
Experience the Civil War era
through dining and dancing at the inaugural Crimson Leaf Ball to benefit the
Sugar Creek Historical Society Endowment campaign. The evening begins with a
mini encampment and a wine and cheese reception at the Thorntown Heritage
Museum from 4 – 5 p.m. Museum staff will be in period dress and available to answer
questions about the society and its museum.
Moving across Main Street to
the Thorntown Christian Church, a short dance instruction will be available
from caller Karen Dunnam of Grand Rapids, Mich., and musical ensemble Hasty
Pudding (formerly Bittersweet and Briars), Lafayette, Ind. Silent auction items
of antiques, art, services and goods will be available for inspection and
bidding. A period dinner by Country Garden Catering (Gene & Peggy Poe,
Thorntown) will feature entrees of beef roast in burgundy sauce and grilled chicken
breast stuffed with spinach and cheese accompanied by all the trimmings. Each
table of eight will host a Civil War re-enactor. Long-time SCHS member and
supporter Dr. Robert L. Gillan will be honored for his active pursuit and collection
of local history. Dancing, dessert and auction results will follow dinner.
Period dress is not required, but Costumes by Margie, Indianapolis, Ind. www.costumesbymargie.com <http://www.costumesbymargie.com> is
working closely with the society to provide costumes for those not who do not
own period clothing.
The Crimson Leaf Ball kicks
off an endowment campaign to raise $30,000 to establish the Sugar Creek
Historical Society Endowment. While the society was generously given the museum
property by the late Mildred Spencer, operating costs have grown and current
donations and revenue no longer cover maintenance and upgrade expenses. The long-term goal of the endowment is to
grow the fund to provide operating funds for the society’s Thorntown Heritage
Museum as well as supporting the programs and outreach of the organization from
generated annual interest.
The Thorntown Heritage
Museum holds icons of the community’s history including the town curfew bell,
the head of the original Mills fountain, several items from Anson Mills’
military tenure, sports-related memorabilia, locally collected stone tools and
points and the Robert Gillan Fiddle Collection. Programs include Third Thursday
Concert Series, Farmers’ Market, History for Home Schools (beginning in late
September), horticultural classes and author book signings. The society also
periodically hosts Traces on the Road
from the Indiana Historical Society.
Contact Pat Gillogly with
questions or to learn more about giving options at 765-436-7966 or e-mail thorntownhistory@frontiernet.net
(mailto:thorntownhistory@frontiernet.net). Tickets are $30 each and are
available at Randel’s Pharmacy and Carol’s Shake ‘N’ Bake in Thorntown, or
online at www.thorntownhistory.org
<http://www.thorntownhistory.org>.
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County Historian Re-Opens "Talk
Shoppe"
Max Fitzpatrick, Johnson County
Historian, announces the second session of "Talk Shoppe" on September
25, 4-6 p.m. at the Johnson County Museum of History, 135 N. Main St. in Franklin,
Ind. This is a time for people to come together and visit like they used to on America's
front porches, in country stores and around the cracker barrel. There will be few rules and a lot of fun. The
public is invited to participate or to come and listen. Enjoy light refreshments
or bring your own sack dinner. Please call the museum at 317-346-4500 for more information.
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Civil War Dinner at President Benjamin Harrison Home
Are you involved in a civic club, social club, book
club or neighborhood group? Do you have a group of clients to entertain? Looking
for something to enrich your typical dining experience downtown? The Harrison
Home is offering Civil War Dinners! This is the perfect opportunity for
approximately 20 people to engage in an unforgettable dinner conversation as
interactive guests of General Benjamin Harrison and his Aide-de-Camp. The evening begins in the carriage house for
hors d'oeuvres and wine, then the group enters the home from the front door,
takes a brief tour of the first floor as a group and assembles in the historic library,
where the group is greeted by General Harrison, who invites them to dinner
downstairs. Enjoy an insightful evening of Civil War discussion with General
Harrison and his aide.
The cost is $100 per couple, which includes all
expenses as well as a one-year membership for all guests/couples who participate.
Dinner will be held September 28, 2007, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the
President Benjamin Harrison Home, 1230 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis. By
reservation only. The General looks forward to dining with you!
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Center for History and
Studebaker Celebrate Museum Day
The Center for History and
Studebaker National Museum are joining with institutions across the country on
September 29, 2007, to participate in Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine and Hyundai Motor
America. Museum visitors who present a Museum Day Admission Card will receive
free admission to the Center for History and Studebaker National Museum from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on that day. The Museum Day Admission Card is available in the
September 2007 issue of Smithsonian
magazine as well as on the Museum Day website at www.smithsonian.com/museumdaycard
<http://www.smithsonian.com/museumdaycard>.
Currently on view at the
Center for History is Changing Channels:
How TV Transformed America. From Captain Kangaroo to Captain Kirk, from
American Bandstand to American Idol, from Sesame Street to Survivor, Changing Channels showcases moments of
television that will never be forgotten and explores ways America has changed–
– and been changed by – the "tube."
The Center for History also
showcases Copshaholm, the 38-room Victorian mansion of industrialist J. D.
Oliver and his family. Completed in 1896, the house retains the family’s
original furnishings. The Oliver family founded the Oliver Chilled Plow
Company, a major international manufacturer of farm implements and equipment in
the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Permanent galleries include
Voyages Gallery, a series of exhibitions that explore stories of the people of
the St. Joseph River Valley, from the prehistoric era to present-day cities.
The Ernestine M. Raclin Gallery of Notre Dame History features different
aspects of the university’s history. Women Who Played Hard Ball: The Real League of Their Own tells the story of
the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, whose collection is housed
at the museum.
At Studebaker National
Museum, visitors can enjoy the new exhibit, She’s
Real Fine: Muscle Cars. Studebaker National Museum’s priceless collection
of wagons, vehicles and artifacts spans 150 years of local industrial history.
Its new home is a state-of-the-art museum reflecting the design traditions of
Studebaker buildings from the 1920s and 1930s. The Bullet Nose Gallery sports a
Raymond Loewy-designed 1950 Champion convertible, distinctive for its front-end
“Bullet Nose” treatment that was new for 1950. Spinning on a large turntable,
the car is seen as it would have appeared in a 1950s showroom. Similarly
exciting is an authentic “Car Drop,” reminiscent of actual Studebaker
production.
Of special note is the
largest presidential carriage collection known to exist, showcasing carriages
belonging to Presidents Lincoln, McKinley, Harrison and Grant. Within this
collection is the museum’s oldest vehicle, the Lafayette carriage built in
1824.
Museum Day is also supported
by CITGO Petroleum Corporation and TIAA-CREF. Last year, forty-nine states were
represented by 448 museums participating in Museum Day.
For information about the
Center for History, call (574) 235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org
<http://www.centerforhistory.org>. To find out more about Studebaker
National Museum, call 574-235-9714 or visit www.studebakermuseum.org
<http://www.studebakermuseum.org>.
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3. FUNDING/SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES
IMLS Offers Libraries and
Museums Free Resources with Connecting to Collections Bookshelf Program
As the cooperator for the
Institute for Museum and Library Services’ Connecting to Collections Bookshelf,
AASLH is pleased to have this opportunity to fulfill its mission “to provide leadership,
service and support” to its members and the field. The Bookshelf will provide small-
and medium-sized libraries and museums with essential resources needed to improve
the condition of their collections. The collection of texts will be distributed
free of charge to 2,000 institutions, 1,800 to those with nonliving collections
and 200 to institutions such as zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens. The bookshelf
focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in library
special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria,
gardens and nature centers. The books cover subjects such as preservation management,
media storage, emergency response, collections care, housekeeping, legal considerations,
conservation biology, preservation awareness and legalities.
The application will be available
online September 1, 2007. Collecting institutions can go to our website at www.aaslh.org
<http://www.aaslh.org> and click on the link to the Bookshelf. This will take
you to an introduction page about what the Bookshelf is, who is eligible to receive
it, the list of books in the Bookshelf and how to proceed with the application process.
You will need to know your DUNS number and the Congressional District in which your
institution is located. (Instructions on how to find this information will be there
also.) This first application process will run from September 1 until November 15,
2007. A second round of applications will be accepted beginning March 1, 2008 and
close as of April 15, 2008. For more information, call Terry Jackson at 615-320-3203
or email her at jackson@aaslh.org (mailto:jackson@aaslh.org).
IMLS launched Connecting to Collections:
A Call to Action in response to the A Public Trust at Risk: the Heritage Health
Index Report on the State of America’s Collections, a 2005 study conducted by Heritage
Preservation, principally supported by IMLS, that documented the dire state of the
nation’s collections. The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf is supported
by IMLS, AASLH, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Henry Luce Foundation and Heritage
Preservation.
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New NEH Deadlines for Museums
and Historical Organizations
Beginning in 2008, the Division
of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities will accept
both Planning and Implementation Grant applications at two annual deadlines: January
23, 2008, and August 27, 2008. New Planning Grant guidelines are now available on
the NEH website www.neh.gov
<http://www.neh.gov > and
applications will be accepted on September 5, 2007. New Implementation Grant guidelines
will be posted on the NEH web site in the fall.
Libraries, museums, and historical
organizations undertaking projects that need planning or implementation funds are
encouraged to call the NEH Division of Public Programs at 202-606-8267 and speak
to a program officer.
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IMLS Calls for 2008 Conservation
Project Support Grant Applications
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services is accepting grant applications to the agency’s FY 2008 Conservation Project
Support (CPS) program. The Institute recently launched Connecting to Collections:
A Call to Action, a national initiative on behalf of the nation’s collections. The
IMLS-supported Heritage Health Index, published in 2005, made clear that our collections
of objects, documents, digital material and living collections are not only essential
to America’s cultural health, but that they are imperiled and in need of swift action.
Through the CPS program, the
Institute awards matching grants to help museums identify their conservation needs
and priorities and to help them ensure the safekeeping of their collections by implementing
sound conservation practices. The Institute funds conservation activities for four
types of collections: Nonliving, Natural History/Anthropology, Living Plants and
Living Animals.
There are six categories of Conservation
Project Support activities:
• General Conservation Survey
• Detailed Conservation Survey
• Environmental Survey
• Environmental Improvements
• Treatment
• Training
Applicants are encouraged but
not required to apply for up to an additional $10,000 to educate the general public
about their project. Conservation education activities may include lectures, workshops
and symposia, CD-ROM/audiovisuals, staff consultants, materials/supplies, publications
and exhibits.
Application guidelines and instructions
are available at www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/conservProject.shtm
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/conservProject.shtm>. Please note that
the Institute will only accept applications submitted through Grants.gov
<http://Grants.gov>, the federal government’s online application system. All
applicants who are using Grants.gov must register with Grants.gov before submitting
their application. Applicants who are not already registered should allow at least
two weeks to complete this one-time process. Visit www.imls.gov/applicants/grantsgov/checklist.shtm
<http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grantsgov/checklist.shtm> for more information on registration. Please direct
any questions about the CPS program to Christine Henry, 202-
653-4674, chenry@imls.gov
(mailto:chenry@imls.gov).
Application deadline is October
1, 2007.
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Grant Program
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Grant Program, sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the
Kentucky Historical Society, are offering program grants of up to $5,000. The deadline
is November 1, 2007. For more information, contact Chris Goodlett at chris.goodlett@ky.gov.
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African-American Education
and Outreach
The Elder G. Hawkins Foundation,
Inc. is offering grants ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 for nonprofit arts organizations working to preserve African-American
arts and culture through youth education and community outreach programs. Visit
www.leghf.org for more information <http://www.leghf.org for more information>.
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4. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEWS
Boone County Artists
Featured at Artsgarden
Twenty-five resident and associated
artists of the Sugar Creek Art Center are featured during the month of September
at The Artsgarden, located above the intersection of Washington and Illinois Streets,
adjacent to Circle Center Mall in downtown Indianapolis.
The exhibition consists of two-
and three-dimensional art created by artists and artisans in and around the northwestern
Boone County community of Thorntown. Mediums included in the show range from oils
and watercolor to bronze castings and pottery. The exhibit showcases professional
and student works representative of the center’s scope of art.
The Sugar Creek Art Center is
located a short drive from Indianapolis or Lafayette, just west of Interstate 65,
on Indiana State Road 47. Housed at 127 South Pearl Street, Thorntown, in the three-story,
1903 factory of E. R. Jacques & Co., the center provides working studios, galleries
and classes, as well as a retail gift shop, Studio 102. Open for two years, the
center boasts artists representing oil, watercolor, digital imaging, weaving, wood
and bronze sculpting, glass, ceramics and pottery. SCAC is open Thursday through
Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and hosts Culture at the Creek the second Friday of
each month, beginning at 6 p.m. To learn more about the center, its activities and
artists, visit www.Sugarcreekarts.org
<http://www.Sugarcreekarts.org> or call 765-436-7102.
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5. OFF THE PRESS
IHS Press Announces Release of
Meredith Nicholson: A Writing Life
The Indiana Historical Society
Press is proud to announce the release of Meredith
Nicholson: A Writing Life by Ralph D. Gray. An outspoken advocate for his home
state of Indiana during the golden age of literature, Nicholson wrote national best
sellers, including Zelda Dameron and House of a Thousand Candles.
In this first-ever Nicholson
biography, Gray explains Nicholson’s contribution to Indiana and the world. During
the late 1800s and early 1900s, Indiana authors achieved both national prominence
and national acclaim. Among Nicholson’s Hoosier contemporaries were poet James Whitcomb
Riley, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Both Tarkington and noted newspaper columnist
and humorist George Ade.
Nicholson was described as “most
rabid” of Indiana’s major authors by Hoosier literary historian Arthur S. Shumaker.
Nicholson won praise as an insightful essayist with his work published in such national
magazines as the Saturday Evening Post and Atlantic Monthly. He allowed his essays
to be permeated with his faith in ordinary “folks,” his belief in democratic values
and an unapologetic patriotism, some of which condemned the Ku Klux Klan and upheld
the rights of women – views not always popular during his lifetime.
Nicholson’s longtime support
and loyalty the Democratic Party was rewarded in 1933 when President Franklin D.
Roosevelt appointed him to be the United States’ top diplomat in war-torn Paraguay.
He went on to serve in two other Latin American countries before retiring from public
life in 1941.
Ralph D. Gray is professor emeritus
of history at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis and founding
editor of the Journal of the Early Republic.
He is the author of numerous articles for the
Indiana Magazine of History. He is a lifelong student of Indiana history, concerned
with its special features and with its place in the American experience. He taught
the subject for many years at Butler University in Indianapolis, has authored and
coauthored a variety of books and articles on Hoosier topics, and has put his interests
to work in the public sphere as a member of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation
Commission.
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IHS Press Announces Release of
Federal Justice in Indiana
The Indiana Historical Society
Press, in cooperation with the District Court Library Fund of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, is proud to announce the release
of Federal Justice in Indiana: the history
of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Since Indiana’s inception as
a territory under the Northwest Ordinance, the federal courts have played an important
and distinguished role in both local and national legal history for the past two
centuries. From its earliest days as a territorial court to the District Court’s
current composition, the people and places central to the conduct of the court’s
business are placed into the wider context of Indiana and American history.
Authors George W. Geib and Donald
B. Kite Sr. provide the reader with an understanding of both the organizational
structure of the court as well as glimpses into its cases – both great and small.
The discussions on the court’s structure allow for insight into the selection and
appointment of judges, contextualize the constitutional basis of the court’s authority
and make the politics and administration of federal justice in Indiana comprehensible.
The variety of cases included
illustrates the evolution of the court. It also lends a sense of humanity to the
court, as individuals involved with the trials and hearings are brought out of the
shadows to stand as witnesses to the court’s past. From the famous Ex parte Milligan
case to the modern court’s rulings on religion, pornography and civil rights, the
significance and influence of the federal judiciary in Indiana is clarified.
Federal Justice in Indiana is
an important addition to the growing collection of books on American legal history
and a valuable resource to those interested in Indiana history. With its balanced
handling of legal, social and political issues, this book will appeal to attorneys
and non-attorneys alike.
About the Authors
George W. Geib is a lifelong
student of Indiana history, concerned with its special features and with its place
in the American experience. He has taught the subject for many years at Butler University
in Indianapolis, has authored and coauthored a variety of books and articles on
Hoosier topics, and has put his interests to work in the public sphere as a member
of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission.
Donald B. Kite Sr. is a partner
with the Indianapolis law firm of Schultz & Pogue, LLP. Prior to entering the
private practice of law, he served as a judicial law clerk to three federal judges
in the Southern District of Indiana. While Kite has been interested in history and
involved in historical research for a number of years, it was during his service
as a judicial law clerk that he developed a particular interest in the history of
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
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IHS Press Announces Release of
A Temporary Sort of Peace
The Indiana Historical Society
Press is proud to announce the August 2007 release of A Temporary Sort of Peace. Written by Jim McGarrah, a poet and author
from southern Indiana, the memoir recounts his life as well as his experiences in
the U.S. Marine Corps at the height of the Vietnam conflict.
Growing up in Princeton, Ind.,
in the 1950s, McGarrah was a rising star on the playing field. He became captain
of his high school baseball team and later earned a baseball scholarship to college.
Despite his athletic achievements, McGarrah flunked out of school in 1967 and enlisted
in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The peaceful surroundings of
McGarrah’s childhood were far from the places in which he later found himself. The
memoir recounts everything from basic training at Parris Island in South Carolina
to the killing fields of Da Nang in Vietnam, where he found himself observing body
bags at an air base’s morgue.
The book also includes the author’s
days with a small Marine Combat Action Group in the village of Gia Le, his wounding
by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade during the height of the Tet Offensive,
and dealing with his war memories once he returned home. McGarrah also includes
his emotional return to Vietnam with his son in August 2005, where he visited former
battle sites and recounted many memories.
About the Author
Jim McGarrah teaches creative
writing at the University of Southern Indiana, where he is an assistant professor
in the English department. He is the author of the award-winning poetry collection
Running the Voodoo Down, the novel Going Postal and was the co-editor of the
Indiana Historical Society Press publication Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana. McGarrah also serves as
poetry editor of Southern Indiana Review
and is co-director of the RopeWalk Readers Series.
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Organizer Kit Aids Board Development
Are you looking for a way to
improve your organization’s board structure? The AASLH Board Orientation Organizer
is designed to be used with copies of your organization’s specific policies and
procedures to create a handbook for your board. The Organizer begins with a brief
introduction to board service followed by a description of general board functions.
Remaining dividers in the kit apply these general board functions to five major
areas of activity within historical organizations: collection, exhibits, publications,
public programs, and management. Most organizations will identify items in addition
to the above examples that they wish to include in a board handbook, Thoughtfully
combining the specific material appropriate to your organization with the overviews
provided by each divider will produce an effective board orientation handbook tailored
to your institution’s needs.
Each kit is $10 and includes
five sets of three-hole punched indexes. Order your copy at www.aaslh.org
<http://www.aaslh.org>.
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National Task Force Releases
New Tools to Aid in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
The Heritage Emergency National
Task Force announces new tools and resources, as well as the development of longer-term
recommendations in the areas of incentives for preparedness, working with first
responders, effective regional response, funding, and coordination among service
organizations. Among the proposed initiatives are a preparedness poster, speaker’s
bureau on cultural heritage emergencies, guidelines for mutual assistance networks,
GIS standards for cultural collections, a collections stabilization fund and a new
Foundation Center guide identifying disaster resources.
The Lessons Applied initiative
has been made possible through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities
and the Bay and Paul Foundations and the volunteer efforts of Task Force members.
The new tools are available as free downloads at www.heritageemergency.org and
include the following: