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Research and writing of a book about American Indians and economic enterprise in Montana from the late nineteenth century to the present, with a focus on the interaction of traditional and contemporary ways of life and the relationships between white, Black, and Native individuals.

Biscuits and Buffalo is about American Indians, including ranchers, farmers, biscuit makers, and entrepreneurs, who sustained their families and built viable economic enterprises on the Crow reservation in Montana from the late nineteenth century to the present. The book challenges persistent myths that Indians did not, or could not, adapt or succeed in the reservation era. It features Indian people who defy these myths, people who sought a viable way forward under difficult circumstances, and who did so with a strong sense of their Native heritage. They include Pretty Shield, who worked alongside white and Black women in the women’s club movement, and buffalo hunter Medicine Crow, who became one of many successful wheat farmers. Their stories revise the too simple histories that equate Indian change with defeat and Indian-white relations with antagonism. The book dismantles stark dichotomies between traditional and contemporary ways of life. It moves toward a more nuanced and inclusive view.

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Training program at the Winterthur Museum in conjunction with the University of Delaware to help fill increasing need for qualified historical society and museum personnel. ABSTRACT: Since 1952 Winterthur Museum and University of Delaware have collaborated in an interdisciplinary program for the training of personnel for humanistic museums and historical societies. Program covers 2 academic years, one full summer and part of another, during which the Fellow takes a total of 41 hours of course work at the University and the Museum, 6 hours of thesis work, includes both practical and theoretical problems related to collections of American artifacts and the conservation, preservation, presentation and interpretation thereof. Leads to M.A. degree. Graduates in great demand because of excellence of training and ever increasing need for qualified museum personnel. Funds for 5 Fellow' stipends, tuition and dependency allowance.

Six week series of lectures, museum, visits and presentations of problems by students at Colonial Williamsburg aimed at demonstrating to select graduate students and beginning professionals the opportunities and needs within the profession of historical administration. ABSTRACT: Six week series of lectures, museum, visits and presentations of problems by students at Colonial Williamsburg aimed at demonstrating to select graduate students and beginning professionals the opportunities and needs within the profession of historical administration. Program designed to attract well-trained young graduate students to fill increasing need for personnel in historical agency work. Jointly sponsored by American Association for State and Local History, American Association of Museums, Colonial Williamsburg, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Seminars have been given for 11 years; previously funded under H69-0-24. Funds for fellowships, travel and stipends for fellows.

To provide graduate fellowships for students participating in the hagley museum training program, leading to the MA and PhD degrees. The Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation and the University of Delaware jointly sponsor the program.

The Program educate young men and women for responsible positions in humanistic museums, historical societies, and historical restoration projects by providing them with both practical experience and scholarly depth.

To provide two museum internships at the Hagley Museum to provide promising candidates with classroom work in museology, practical experience in museum operations, and course work in history of the University of Delaware.

To support the training of graduate students for careers in humanistic museums, historical societies, and historical restoration projects. The two-year program provides academic training in art history, English history, and museum studies, and practical experience working as Museum guides and with the Museum's collection.

The University of Delaware requests a NEH Chairman's Grant of $30,000 to support a delegation to Cuba of art conservation students and professors in the Department of Art Conservation. The trip would be led by Debra Hess Norris, Henry Francis DuPont Chair of Fine Arts, and Director of the Winterthur Museum/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, as well as Dr. Jocelyn Alcantara-Garda, a research scientist in conservation and a native Spanish speaker. Professor Norris and Dr. Alcantara-Garda will assemble a group of five current and recent graduates of the art conservation program for a four-to five-day trip with a focus on photograph collections and preventive conservation. This diverse approach will offer students and recent graduates the opportunity to learn about Cuban cultural heritage and observe conservation treatment practices in that country.

Graduate education in the conservation of humanities collections. Support would be provided for partial stipends to ten students over two years as well as honoraria for special guest lecturers.

The Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) is a Master's level graduate program sponsored jointly by the University of Delaware (UD) and the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. With a three-year, intensive, learner-centered curriculum designed to educate and train highly qualified individuals responsible for the care and protection of collections-based cultural heritage, students also gain valuable and practical experience in documentation, analysis, treatment and preventive conservation. This proposal to NEH is requesting $200,000 to support the education and training of nine Masters-level students over a two year period. Grant funds will provide stipends for fellows and honoraria for special guest lectures.

Six stipends per year for three years to support students in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.  For each academic year, two stipends each will be distributed to first, second, and third-year “NEH Fellows,” a title that carries additional outreach and community engagement responsibilities.

WUDPAC is a three-year Master-level program sponsored jointly by the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library. Founded in 1974, WUDPAC embodies both institutions' commitment to humanities education and the integration of conservation, science, and practical research. We are committed to exposing our students to broad issues in the field, providing practical experiences in ethics, multiculturalism, documentation, analysis, treatment and preventive care, and above all, collaboration and respect for the humanities.  This proposal seeks $350,000 to help sustain the education and training of our 30 Master-level students from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023. Grant funds will be allocated to six "NEH Fellows" annually, making possible total stipend coverage for all WUDPAC students.  The commitment of our 404 graduates to-date is exemplified by their active engagement and contribution to evolving professional standards, and their advocacy worldwide.

Graduate education in the conservation of material culture collections.

The Winterthur/University of Delaware Master's-level Art Conservation Program (WUDPAC), which has been in existence since 1974, is one of only five graduate programs in the United States that educates and trains conservation professionals to care for our cultural heritage. WUDPAC is applying to the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the education and training of five Master's-level students a year for two years. The Fellowships are for students specializing in the preservation of objects, textiles, painted and decorative surfaces and/or furniture; plus travel costs for internship interviews and relocation, honoraria for special guest lecturers in preventive, objects, and textile conservation, research project costs, and other training expenses. Thirty Master's-level students are enrolled in the program: ten for each year of a three year program. In training conservators of the highest caliber, we are meeting a national need.

Graduate education in the conservation of humanities collections. Stipends would be provided for up to five students per year specializing in the conservation of objects, textiles, painted and decorative surfaces, furniture, or photographs.

This proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the education and training of 5 graduate students specializing in object, textile, painted and decorative surfaces, furniture, or photograph conservation for 2 years. A portion of guest speaker honoraria, travel, expendable teaching supplies, and research project expenses will also be funded. Since 1974, the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation has earned an international reputation for its humanities-based study of cultural heritage preservation. Our alumni have directly influenced the fields of art conservation, art history, history of technology, anthropology, and archaeology, and have ensured the availability of vulnerable cultural materials for scholarship, exhibition, and enjoyment. Trained professionals are essential to the survival of our material heritage, and NEH support of the education and training for our students will help to ensure that such professionals are available.

Planning for reallocation of space to improve energy consumption and environmental conditions for the care, storage, and preservation of a diverse collection of over 12,000 paintings, photographs, and art objects.

A Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) report in 2009 recommended that the space usage in two University Museums' buildings (Old College and the adjacent Mechanical Hall) be reviewed and reformulated. Funding is sought to bring the authors of the report back to the university to undertake this essential next step. Far more than a consultancy, this project will enable two internationally recognized experts on environmental management and collections conservation--Michael C. Henry and Wendy Claire Jessup--to work with an interdisciplinary team of museum staff, students, and faculty. Together, they will analyze the environmental systems, building envelopes, and collections storage needs in order to create a comprehensive space allocation plan to optimize usage and environment in existing museum spaces. The university will support this project by waiving indirect costs, providing support for Mr. Henry to teach a course in Art Conservation, and cover costs for Museums and Facilities staff.

Funding supports the purchase of environmental monitoring equipment, light filtering sleeves, storage furniture, and preservation supplies to house the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. The items include clothing, accessories, and household textiles, many dating from the 18th century. The collection is used in graduate and undergraduate courses in costume history and collections management, in research, and in exhibitions.

The Fashion and Apparel Studies Department at the University of Delaware is seeking funding to enhance the preservation, storage and exhibition spaces of the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Purchase and use of these items will fulfill recommendations made concerning the preservation of the Collection in the 2008 Delaware Collections Stewardship Project assessment. This project is focused on obtaining two types of resources that will significantly enhance the storage and exhibition areas of the Collection. First, to provide a controlled environment for storage and exhibition, environmental monitoring equipment, and UV light filtering products will be obtained. Second, to enhance preservation and storage conditions, the metal bars used for hanging garment storage will be replaced with bars of a smaller circumference and acid-free storage boxes for glass-plate negatives will be obtained to allow for proper storage of these artifacts. Start date 01-01-2010 end date 12-31-2010.

The digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of historic Delaware newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 as part of the state's participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The University of Delaware Library, Museums & Press proposes digitizing 100,000 pages of three historically significant Delaware newspaper titles: Middletown Transcript (1923-1963), Labor Herald (1940-1955), and Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial (1904-1920). The master negative microfilm reels for the first two titles are held within the University of Delaware's University Archives and Records Management unit, and duplicates of the master negatives of Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial were purchased from ProQuest. Preliminary copyright research supports the public domain status of all post-1923 content.

To support the preservation microfilming of 135 newspaper titles comprising 315,000 pages of newsprint, as part of Delaware's participation in the United States Newspaper Program.

The second phase of development of the Sampler Archive, an online digital repository and searchable database of images and descriptive information about American girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries from the 17th through the 19th centuries.

The purpose of the Sampler Archive Project is to create an online digital repository and searchable database that brings together digital images and detailed descriptive information on American girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The Sampler Archive Project: Phase 2 will build on the work already completed in Phase 1 by: (a) increasing the number of museum objects in the online database from 300 to 2300; (b) increasing the types of contributors the project can work with by developing protocols for non-institutional partners; and (c) enhancing the Sampler Archive's website to increase functionality for scholars and other audiences.

To support production of a book that will trace the evolution of the museum from its early stages as a collection for the elite to its present stage of being an institution that provides community services for the general public.