Kansas Humanities Council Awards Spring Grants

Date: April 16, 2007

TOPEKA - The Kansas Humanities Council recently awarded $24,324 in Humanities and Heritage grants to four organizations.

Friends of the Kaw, Lawrence ($9,180)
Life on the Kaw
“Life on the Kaw” is a humanities component of the Friends of the Kaw website. The new feature will connect the Kansas River to history, poetry, literature, and archaeology. Laura Calwell, project director.

Lone Chimney Films, Andover ($5,000)
Bloody Dawn: The Lawrence Massacre
A documentary chronicling William Quantrill’s 1863 raid on Lawrence, featuring commentary and analysis by history scholars. Jenifer Carroll, project director.

Smoky Valley Historical Society, Lindsborg ($3,452)
Smoky Valley Oral History Transcription/Cataloging/Indexing
A project to transcribe approximately sixty-four oral history interviews conducted between 1981 and 1989. The interviewees shared memories of the early 1900s, and many were members of Swedish pioneer families. Chris A. Abercrombie, project director.

Votaw Colony Museum, Inc., Coffeyville ($6,692)
Reconnection II
A public history event in Kansas City, Kansas designed to reconnect descendents of African American colonies, Exodusters and Liberian immigrants. The event features humanities scholars leading workshops on African American history topics. Nat Fitz, project director.

A non-profit organization with 35 years experience, the Kansas Humanities Council conducts and supports community-based programs, serves as a financial resource through an active grant-making program, and encourages Kansans to participate in their communities. For more information about other KHC grants, contact the Kansas Humanities Council, 112 SW 6th Ave., Suite 210, Topeka KS 66603-3895, e-mail info@kansashumanities.org or visit online at www.kansashumanities.org.

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