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Award Number	Grant Program	Award Recipient	Project Title	Award Period	Approved Award Total	Project Director First Name	Project Director Middle Name	Project Director Last Name	Co-Project Director First Name	Co-Project Director Middle Name	Co-Project Director Last Name	Organization	Organization City	Organization State	Organization Postal Code	Organization Country	Year Awarded	Primary Humanities Discipline	Grant Program Name	Division or Office	Approved Outright Funds	Approved Matching Funds	Awarded Outright Funds	Awarded Matching Funds	Description

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RO-10183-67	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language	9/1/1967 - 8/31/1968	$12,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1967	Linguistics	Basic Research	Research Programs	12000	0	12000	0	No project description available
RO-10291-68	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	Yiddish Language project	9/1/1968 - 8/31/1969	$12,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1968	Languages, General	Basic Research	Research Programs	12000	0	12000	0	No project description available
RO-10631-69	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of Yiddish Language	9/1/1969 - 8/31/1970	$30,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1969	Linguistics	Basic Research	Research Programs	10000	20000	10000	20000	Project to compile complete dictionary of the Yiddish language, from earliest extant records to the present world-wide dispersion of the language. ABSTRACT: Project to compile complete dictionary of the Yiddish language, from earliest extant records to the present world-wide dispersion of the language. Entries to include not only definitions and roots, but usages, social patterns and beliefs. Attempts to research entire field of Yiddish and complete comprehensive dictionary started prior to World War II in Europe and US. Most collections and compliled materials lost in war and most researchers and compilers eliminated under Nazis. Crucial that work be completed as soon as possible since number of scholars who have dealt with Yiddish as a "living" language rapridly diminishing. Qualified personnel being trained by grantee but no younger scholars have been raised with Yiddish as second language. Yiddish has played crucial role in Jewish history, linking Jews around the world in the last centuries. Key to Jewish culture and to the extent that this culture has influenced American culture, relevant also for America. Important nuances and meaning will be lost forever if project not completed during lifetime of aging Jewish scholars; insights into American and Jewish cultures will at same time disappear.
RO-10721-70	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language	9/1/1970 - 8/31/1971	$20,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1970	Linguistics	Basic Research	Research Programs	10000	10000	10000	10000	Project to compile complete dictionary of the Yiddish language.
RO-11371-71	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language	1/1/1972 - 11/30/1973	$45,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1971	Linguistics	Basic Research	Research Programs	0	45000	0	45000	To continue compilation, processing and interpretation of the lexical material for the complete Encyclopedic "Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language" with particular emphasis on its historical development and training of researchers for the field.
RO-12127-73	Research Programs: Basic Research	CUNY Research Foundation	The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language	9/1/1973 - 11/30/1975	$100,000.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1973	Linguistics	Basic Research	Research Programs	50000	50000	50000	50000	For continued support to compile a complete dictionary of the Yiddish language, from earliest extant records to present world-wide dispersion of the language. Entries to include not only definitions and roots, but usages, social patterns and beliefs.
RT-*0601-75	Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - Tools	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language [GYD]	9/1/1975 - 9/30/1981	$149,600.00	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1975	Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Reference Materials - Tools	Preservation and Access	75000	74600	75000	74600	To continue compilation, processing and interpretation of the lexical material for the complete Encyclopedic "Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language" with particular emphasis on its historical development and training of researchers for the field. The project will document over 200,000 words combining the most exhaustive listing of entries with linguistic and semantic history and precise definitions of all its possible meanings thereby exemplifying culture, social and political developments and characteristics of the Jewish way of life
RT-*1373-77	Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - Tools	CUNY Research Foundation	Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language [GYD]	11/1/1977 - 12/31/1980	$17,977.35	Nathan		Susskind				CUNY Research Foundation	New York	NY	10036-0150	USA	1977	Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Reference Materials - Tools	Preservation and Access	17977.35	0	17977.35	0	To compile, process and interpret lexical material for the complete Encyclopedic "Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language" with emphasis on document and literary sources and oral informant data, applying linguistic computer technology. The Dictionary will contain over 200,000 Yiddish words from the 10th Century to today. During this phase, the project will develop linguistic computer programming and research for the expanded revised manuscript for volume five and subsequent volumes.