Program

Federal/State Partnership: State Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants

Period of Performance

11/1/1983 - 12/31/1984

Funding Totals

$115,375.00 (approved)
$115,375.00 (awarded)


Chautauqua '84: Jefferson's Dream and the Plains Experience

FAIN: SO-20451-83

Chautauqua Society, Inc. (NE, ND, KS, SD) (Bismarck, ND 58501)
Everett C. Albers (Project Director: June 1983 to October 1990)

To support five-day visits to two communities in each of the four states in this revival of the Chautauqua movement. Texts based on archetypal Plains characters are developed and presented by scholars in public discussions, fo- cusing on the reality of farm life compared with the Jeffersonian ideal.