Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

8/1/1975 - 6/30/1977

Funding Totals

$38,986.00 (approved)
$38,986.00 (awarded)


The Wellsprings of a Nation: America Before 1801

FAIN: GM-10763-76

American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, MA 01609-1634)
Georgia B. Bumgardner (Project Director: August 1975 to present)

To implement an exhibition analyzing the religious, political and intellectual back of the American Revolution, presenting a narrative of the War using original documents, and illustrating some of the cultural advances made in the two decades after the war. Funds will also be used to publish a catalogue of the exhibit and to present a lecture series for the public relating to the various themes of the exhibition.