Program

Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils

Period of Performance

7/1/2007 - 12/31/2009

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$158,040.00 (approved)
$158,040.00 (awarded)


We the People in Ohio 2007-2008

FAIN: BC-50367-07

Ohio Humanities Council (Columbus, OH 43215-3857)
Gale E. Peterson (Project Director: March 2007 to January 2011)
Julie A. Goldsmith (Project Director: January 2011 to June 2012)
Patricia Nelda Williamsen (Project Director: June 2012 to June 2011)

The Ohio Chautauquas, "World War II," and "Inventors and Innovators" that will be held in 2007 and 2008, summer teacher institutes, the Gateway to History website, and local media projects associated with the fall 2007 broadcast of Ken Burns' documentary, "The War."

The Ohio Humanities Council will utilize We the People funds for several programs: 2007 & 2008 Ohio Chautauqua's on the themes of World War II (2007) and Inventors and Innovators (2008), including teacher institutes; maintaining the Gateway to History website and support of the Buckeye Council for History Education; media projects associated with the fall 2007 broadcast of Ken Burns World War II documentary; and projects related to developing Ohio's cultural/heritage/civic tourism capacity.