Incorporating the themes of "We the People" into the Programming of Humanities Tennessee, 2009

FAIN: BC-50476-09

Humanities Tennessee (Nashville, TN 37206-3607)
Robert Cheatham (Project Director: March 2009 to January 2013)
Timothy Henderson (Project Director: January 2013 to May 2011)

The development of sessions at the 2009 Southern Festival of Books; assessment of the needs of cultural organizations in the state; planning for the Museum on Main Street travelling exhibit, "Journey Stories;" and the launch of the Tennessee Virtual Center for the Book.

Humanities Tennessee's 2009 "We the People" project will support: at least ten sessions on American history and culture at the 2009 Southern Festival of Books; assessments of cultural organizations to enable them to improve their abilities to document and present the histories of their communities; program planning for the "Journey Stories" Museum on Main Street tour; grants that examine state and local history; and the launching of the Tennessee Virtual Center for the Book.