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COMPLETED GRANT PROJECTS
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Please note that this page is not a complete list of all grants received by the institution throughout our history. This page was compiled through research begun in 2021.
AHA-NEH SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) Grants to Sustain & Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Preserving Community Oral Histories The AHA-NEH SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) grant to Sustain & Advance the Work of Historical Organizations' grant of $29,582 provided enormous support in processing the backlog of archival processing for the Oral Histories of Tompkins County. Over the course of the year we accomplished massive successes: finished transcriptions for 132 interviews (original narrative goal had been for 75), the completion of 11 Archival Finding Aids for specific projects (original grant narrative had been for 9), and the digital reformatting of 80 audio files in both archival and reference formats. The History Center was one of fifty institutions from across the USA awarded funds through this program. This grant was administered by the American Historical Association with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities SHARP relief funds for institutions adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Grant Period: April 2022-April 2023 Award: $29,582 |
IMLS American Rescue Plan Grants These funds were used in tandem with the $20,000 SHARP Recovery Grant from Humanities New York to support specific collaborations with the Southside Community Center, Latino Civic Association, and Ithaca Asian American Association to make our collections more representative of the full histories of Tompkins County. These funds sponsored collaborative efforts to assess the representation of Black, Latinx/e/o/a, and Asian communities within our paper and photograph archives, and our three dimensional object and textile collections. |
Grant Period: 2021-2022 Award: $36,000 |
HNY SHARP Recovery Grant These funds were used in tandem with the $36,000 American Rescue Plan grant funds from the Institute of Museum & Library Services to support specific collaborations with the Southside Community Center, Latino Civic Association, and Ithaca Asian American Association to make our collections more representative of the full histories of Tompkins County. These funds sponsored collaborative efforts to assess the representation of Black, Latinx/e/o/a, and Asian communities within our paper and photograph archives, and our three dimensional object and textile collections. Additionally we will collaborate with each partner organization in creating public outreach strategies to address significant gaps in its historical record of Tompkins County. |
Grant period: 2021-2022 Award: $20,000 |
Building Capacity, Creating Sustainability, Growing Accessibility The History Center (THC) selected as one of 98 museum partners in New York State to participate the IMLS CARES Act grant project. THC is using this opportunity to expand access to our Oral Histories of Tompkins County collections, focusing on processing and including those interviews that represent marginalized and under-represented stories and voices from Tompkins County. Project Results: - Oral History Collection Finding Aids, Stop and Listen to HERstory Oral History Experience - Creation of new oral history collections: Black Voices in Tompkins County, Indigenous Voices in Tompkins County, Asian Diaspora in Tompkins County, Women's Voices, Religion & Belief in Tompkins County, Stories of Immigration, and Gender & Sexuality in Tompkins County. |
Grant Period: 2020- September 2022 Award: Grant award in technology and staff training and support |
NYSCA Recovery Fund Round Three The NYSCA Recovery Funds will be used to support the research and exhibit curation of reCOUNT: Facing our Census. A museum wide exhibit which opened on April 1st 2022 exploring the narratives and histories captured by the census in Tompkins County across the decades. Press Release |
Grant Period: July 2021-June 2022 Award: $10,000 |
MANY & NYSCA Partnership Grants Across NYS for Capacity Building Capacity Building grants were awarded in amounts up to and including $5,000 to help museums respond to pandemic-related challenges, build financial stability, strengthen board and community engagement, update technology, support leadership, and change systems to address diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and justice. The History Center used the awarded funds to purchase 5 new computers, replacing two staff computers, two computers for use in the Archives & Research Library, and one computer for our Exhibit Hall front desk. THC Press Release MANY/NYSCA Press Release |
Grant Period: 2022 Award: $5,000 (Increased from original award of $4,710) |
Finding Aid Project - History Center Archives Delmas Foundation awarded a total of $17,565 to The History Center in Tompkins County to support improving remote access to the museums valuable collections through the creation of Finding Aids. Project Results: |
Grant Period: 2021- March 2022 Award: $17,565 |
HistoryForge Project The National Historical Public Records Commission, a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, announced the award of a Public Engagement with Historic Records Grant in support of HistoryForge. HistoryForge is a dynamic web environment that combines digitized census records with historic map and building records. This grant will augment the platform with user-generated content, and integration of other archival materials into the platform. Project Examples: Completion of 1940 census transcription for City of Ithaca |
Grant Period: 2019-2020 *Extension granted for 2021 Award: $132,946 |
HNY CARES Emergency Relief Grant Humanities New York awards $10,000 in HNY CARES Emergency Relief Grant funds to THC. Funds used for ongoing archival work and developing new methods for engaging the public with archival materials. Project Examples: - Virtual youth programs: Ithaca Drag Story Hour, Music of Central NY w/ Dave Ruch |
Grant Period: July 2020-June 2021 Award: $10,000 |
CARES - Youth Program Resiliency, and Community Archives & Exhibits The National Endowment for the Humanities awards Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) grant to THC. Grant funds provide support for a selection of fall (2020) humanities programs, ongoing archival work, and the creation of supplemental digital content for the Exhibit Hall. Project Results:
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Grant Period: June 2020-December 2020 Award: $79,814 |
Technology & Digitization Grant - HistoryForge Project South Central Regional Library Council awarded a $3,000 Technology & Digitization Grant to The History Center in Tompkins County to digitize historical photographs, maps, and Ithaca City Directories from the History Center's collection in support of HistoryForge. Project Examples: - Example building listing on HistoryForge: Southside Community Center 305 S. Plain St |
 Award: $3,000 Grant Period: 2019-2020 - Completed August 2021 |
Telling Histories: Women’s Oral History Project
The City Federation of Women's Organizations Women Building Community grant awarded funds to The History Center to support young women ages 14-19 in exploring and uncovering hidden or untold histories about girls and women in Tompkins County. The participants will explore themes and question what matters to them in their communities, be trained on how to conduct oral history interviews, and each will interview an adult woman in the community related to their personal interests. They will transcribe their interviews and create an archival copy of the audio interviews. Project Result: HERSTORY: Generation to Generation Women's Oral History Project |
Grant Period: 2019 |
Legacy Foundation Funds Historic Marker for Alex Haley's Birth Home Alex Haley Memorial Project in collaboration with The History Center receives grant to fund a historic marker at 212 Cascadilla St, Haley's birth home. | Grant Period: 2020 |
Humanities New York Action Grant Funds Collaborative Program with Southside Community Center on African American History Funding public program 'African Americans in Ithaca: Situations People in Place and Time' a two day community forum hosted at Southside Community Center. Historic perspective on African-American history in Ithaca serves as a foundation for dialogues on current issues and topics. | Grant Period: 2018 |
NYSCA Funds Development of Tompkins Center for History & Culture Developing a heritage education center, which will serve as a new community gathering place with exhibits, programs and resources that “collectively celebrate our rich history, heritage and culture in new, synergistic and inclusive ways.” | Grant Period: 2017 Award: $28,500 |
Market New York Grant and Regional Economic Development Council Awards 1.3 Million for Development of Tompkins Center for History & Culture | Grant Period: 2017 Award: $305,000 (REDC) + $1,060,000 (Market New York Grant) |
NYCH Support Monthly Reading Group on Black Innovators New York Council for the Humanities supports free monthly reading group 'Black Innovators of the Early Twentieth Century' to meet monthly at The History Center. | Grant Period: 2007 |
Grant Projects of the DeWitt Historical Society
Grant Awarded for Conservation and Preservation of Library Materials DeWitt Historical Society is awarded $16,216 from the New York State Discretionary Grant Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. The funding was used to preserve historic maps from the collection. | Grant Period: 2001 Award: $16,216 |
NYSCA Funds $7,300 Grant to DeWitt Historical Society | Grant Period: 1998 Award: $7,300 |
NEH Funds Traveling Exhibit on Industry in New York State National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the DeWitt Historical Society (DHS) a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the traveling exhibit 'Industry and the Community: The Industrial History of New York State.' The project was started by the Regional Council of Historical Agencies in Syracuse, but due to staffing cutbacks DHS took on the project. Ten museums collaborated on the exhibit. This was the first grant application submitted by the DeWitt Historical Society to the National Endowment for the Humanities. | Grant Period: 1993 Award: $60,000 |
NYCH & NYSCA Funds Research and Exhibit on History of Finnish Saunas New York Council for the Humanities funds $1,500, and New York State Council on the Arts funds $1,000 for research and exhibit to be displayed in the fall of 1985 on Finnish style saunas and traditions in the Finger Lakes region. Project Result: The Sauna in Central New York by Melissa Ladenheim published in Ithaca New York 1986 by the DeWitt Historical Society | Grant Period: 1985 Award: $1,500 (NYCH) & $1,000 (NYSCA) |
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