Heritage Grant Recipients
Project Titles & Awards

1993 to present

A - F

Atchison Public Library, Atchison
Photo Duplication & Index Creation for Atchison County Historical Photographs ($3,415)

Barbed Wire Museum, La Crosse
Photograph & Document Collection Preservation Project ($2,500)

Barton County Historical Society, Great Bend
Care & Preservation of Photographs Project ($1,278)
Care & Preservation of Photographs: Phase II ($2,849)
On the Home Front: A World War II Oral History Project ($3,272)

Baxter Springs Historical Society, Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs Heritage Center Mining Preservation Project ($3,274)

Belle Plaine City Council, Belle Plaine
Photograph Preservation & Index Creation for City of Belle Plaine ($3,107)

Belleville Public Library, Belleville
Pieces of the Past: Preserving and Displaying Our WPA Art Collection ($3,428)

Brown Foundation, Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education: An Oral History ($3,000)

Bukovina Society of the Americas, Ellis
Linguistic Atlas of Kansas German ($2,324)

Bull City Community Foundation, Alton
Historical Photograph Preservation & Collection of Alton ($2,224)

Butler County Historical Society, El Dorado
Preservation of the Butler County Historical Society Textile Collection ($2,065)

Butterfield Trail Association of Logan County, Russell Springs
Butterfield Trail Museum Photo Restoration ($2,088)

BWAKA, Horton
Prairie Band Potawatomi Language Preservation Project ($3,000)

Chanute Historical Society, Chanute
Preserving Chanute's History ($3,500)

Chautauqua County Historical and Genealogical Society, Sedan
Preservation of Chautauqua County Cemetary Images ($3,500)

Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum, Arkansas City
Cherokee Strip Museum Photograph Preservation Project ($3,500)

Clark County Historical Society, Ashland
Recording the Past to Plan the Future ($3,500)

Clinton Lake Historical Society, Lawrence
Clinton Lake Museum Electronioc Catalog Creation ($3,500)

Collyer Community Alliance Association, Collyer
Honoring Our Immigrant Past ($3,480)

Community Mercantile, Lawrence
The Community Mercantile Oral History Project ($3,350)

Concerned Citizens for Old Quindaro, Inc., Kansas City
Quindaro Cemetery Community/Family Index ($3,350)

Deines Cultural Center, Russell
Care of the Deines Collection ($2,763)

Denmark Preservation Society, Lincoln
Danish Customs & Traditions in Denmark, Kansas ($3,000)

Doniphan County Historical Society, Troy
Hunter Ranch Oral History, 1929-1959 ($3,500)

Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, Hesston
Hedgerow Heritage ($1,500)
Native Plant Image Preservation ($3,500)

El Centro, Kansas City
MYgration Stories: The Oral Histories of Hispanic Immigrants in Kansas City, Kansas ($3,036)

Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz, Kansas City
Kansas City Jazz Oral History/Preservation Project ($3,000)

Ellis County Historical Society, Hays
Photograph Collection Project, ($2,336)

Fick Fossil and History Museum, Oakley
Historic Photo Restoration ($1,332)

Finney County Historical Society, Garden City
Buffalo Jones: Man, Legend, & Reality ($2,300)
Finney County Photo Archives: Collections & Index Systems ($3,000)
Finney County Photo Archives: Collections & Index System, Part II ($3,000)
Volga Germans in Finney County & Southwest Kansas ($2,740)

First National Black Historical Society of Kansas, Wichita
The Tradition of Blues in Wichita: African Americans Tell Their Story ($2,977)

Flint Hills Rodeo Association, Strong City
Riding on Tradition: An Historical Overview of the Flint Hills Rodeo 1937-1997 ($1,875)

Ford County Historical Society, Dodge City
Oral History of the Dust Bowl in Ford County ($2,992)
Rescue for Ford County's Photographic Heritage ($955)

Franklin Community Council, Franklin
The Spirit of Franklin Remains ($3,500)

Franklin County Historical Society, Ottawa
Photo Cataloging ($1,993)
Photo Cataloging II ($1,605)
Preservation of Farm Aerial Photographs ($1,783)

Friends of the Native American Heritage Museum, Highland
Ioway-Otoe Language Project ($3,299)

Friends University, Wichita
Cataloging & Preserving Historic Church Photos ($2,705)

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Girard Public Library, Girard
Girard & Crawford County History Through Pictures ($2,283)

Glasco Community Historical Society, Glasco
Establishing Best Practices at the Glasco Historical Museum ($995)

Greeley County Historical Society, Tribune
Horace Greeley Museum Photo Cataloging Project ($2,046)

Greensburg Convention and Tourism Promotion Committee, Greensburg
Greensburg's EF-5 Tornado Oral Phenomenon ($3,500)

Harvey County Historical Society, Newton
Pulpits & Potlucks: A Photographic History of Harvey County, 1872-2007 ($1,908)

Herr Family Association, Mission
The Hmong in Kansas City, Kansas Oral History Project ($1,272)

Hesston Historical Society, Hesston
Aggressive Entrepreneurship & Dynamic Businesses in Hesston, Kansas ($3,500)
Student Life at Hesston College, 1909-1949 Oral History Project ($3,470)

High Plains Museum, Goodland
1950s Negatives Collections Care Project ($3,360)
Glass Plate Negative Collection Project, ($3,200)

Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro
Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery Project ($2,850)

Historical Society of Downs Carnegie Library, Downs
Breaking Sod – The Annotated Sod & Stubble ($3,000)

Horace Greeley Museum, Tribune
Dust Storms in Greeley County Oral History Project ($3,370)

Hutchinson Symphony Association, Hutchinson
The History of the Hutchinson Symphony Orchestra ($3,500)

Inman Museum Association, Inman
Sixty Years of Custom Harvesting on the Great Plains Oral History Project ($3,475)

Jennings Heritage Associates, Jennings
Establishing Best Practices at the Czech Memorial Museum in Jennings, Kansas ($1,284)

Johnson County Museums, Shawnee
Changes in Law Enforcement in Johnson County, 1950-2000 ($2,010)
Hidden Histories: Ethnic Communities in Johnson County, Kansas ($2,806)

Kansas Children's Service League, Manhattan
KCSL: Kansas Pioneer of Kansas Child Welfare Services ($2,418)

Kansas Firefighters Museum and Memorial, Wichita
Kansas Firefighters Museum Care of Collections ($3,500)

Kansas NFO, Pittsburg
An Oral History of Kansas NFO Early Years ($2,985)

Kansas Oil Museum & Hall of Fame, El Dorado
Preservation of the History of the El Dorado Oil Field ($3,386)

Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance, Lawrence
Kaw Valley Voices Oral History Project ($3,000)

Kirwin City Library, Kirwin
Preserving Our Heritage: Permanent Archival Storage for Digitized Historical Documents, Prints, and Ephemera from Kirwin City Library ($1,748)

Koester House Museum, Marysville
Inventory & Accessioning of the Koester House Museum Collection ($3,497)

Lansing Historical Museum, Lansing
Glimpses in Time: The Lansing Historical Museum Photograph Project ($1,071)

Leavenworth County Historical Society, Leavenworth
Digital Archiving of the Everhard Historic Glass Photographic Negatives ($3,500)
Everhard Nitrate Negative Project ($3,365)
Everhard Photograph Project ($3,469)
Everhard Photograph Project II ($3,498)

Legler Barn Museum, Lenexa
Cataloging and Care of Collections Photograph Project ($3,500)

Liberal Memorial Library, Liberal
Photographs from the Harry E. Chrisman Collection ($3,307)

Lucas Arts & Humanities Council, Lucas
Cataloging/Indexing Kansas Self-Taught Art Sculptures ($3,500)
Grassroots Art ($2,901)
Researching Architectural Design in Post-Rock Limestone ($3,000)
Social Acceptance of Grassroots Art in Kansas Oral History Project ($3,500)

Luray Historical Society, Luray
Preserving the Legacy of a Small Town Bank ($2,600)

Lyndon Carnegie Library, Lyndon
When Time Stands Still ($3,371)

Lyon County Historical Society, Emporia
Lyon County Historical Society Photograph Preservation Project–Phase I ($3,500)

Lyon County Historical Society Archives, Emporia
Archives in the Heartland ($1,180)

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MANA de Topeka, Topeka
Early 1970s Political Involvement by Mexicans in Topeka, Kansas ($1,319)

Marshall County Historical Society, Marysville
Inventory and Accessioning of Historic Courthouse Collection ($3,360)
Photo Cataloging and Preservation Project ($3,500)

Marshall's Civic Band, Inc., Topeka
Cataloging & Preservation of Marshall's Civic Band Library ($3,000)

Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Chanute
Safari Museum Photographic Cataloging & Indexing Project ($3,449)

McPherson County Old Mill Museum, Lindsborg
Cataloging/Researching Collection of Agricultural Technology ($2,940)
Demographics in the Early Settlement Period of McPherson County ($3,000)

Mennonite Heritage Museum, Goessel
Cataloging the Textile Collection ($3,000)
Cataloging/Researching Collection of Farm Technology ($3,000)
Decline of the German-Russian Head Scarves & Haubes ($3,000)
Developing a Heritage Garden: Research & Site Plan ($3,415)
Translating German Documents ($3,499)

Miami County Genealogical & Historical Societies, Paola
Roots Documentation ($2,627)

Moundridge Historical Association, Moundridge
Conservation of Textiles of the Cole House Museum ($2,944)
Photograph Preservation at the Cole House Museum ($3,100)

Mt. Sunflower University, Wallace
Technology & Its Impact on Wallace County ($1,968)

Nemaha County Historical Society, Seneca
Settling Nemaha County Photograph Preservation Project ($3,500)

North Lyon County Senior Center, Allen
North Lyon County Intergenerational Learning ($3,013)

Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita
Multi-Ethnic Cowboys on the Kansas Plains ($3,087)

Orphan Train National Museum & Research Center, Concordia
Cataloging & Indexing the National Orphan Train Collections ($3,423)

Osawatomie Museum Foundation, Osawatomie
Cataloging & Preserving Our Artifacts to Better Serve the Community ($3,500)

Osborne County Genealogical and Historical Society, Osborne
Back to School - Osborne County School Pictures ($3,497)

Ottawa County Historical Museum, Minneapolis
George Washington Carver Research Project ($1,920)

Parsons Historical Society Museum, Parsons
Reclaiming the Past: An Oral History of Frederick Douglass School, 1908-1958 ($3,320)

Peabody Historical Society, Peabody
Peabody: Princess of the Productive Prairies ($3,500)

Pioneer Friends, Inc., Goodland
Sherman County Oral History Project: Dust Bowl ($1,384)
Sherman County Oral History Project ($1,125)

Pittsburg Public Library, Pittsburg
Don Gutteridge's Life in Professional Baseball ($2,218)

POW Preservation Society, Concordia
Preserving the History of the German World War II POW Camp Concordia ($3,500)

Raymer Society, Lindsborg
Cataloging, Indexing, and Care of Lester Raymer's Personal Letters and Papers ($2,123)

Reno County Historical Society, Hutchinson
Image Duplication & Index Creation For Reno County Photographs ($2,584)
Reno County Historical Resources Public Access Project ($2,000)
Reno County Museum Archives Project ($3,300)

Republic County Historical Society, Belleville
Republic County During WW II: The Effects of War ($1,710)

Riley County Historical Society & Museum, Manhattan
Land Grant Ladies: Kansas State University Presidential Wives ($900)

Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri, Reserve
Sac & Fox Nation Historical Preservation ($3,000)

Saline County Historical Society, Salina
Saline County Historical Photo Index File ($3,000)

Scott County Historical Society, Scott City
Scott County Photograph Cataloging Project ($2,970)

Smoky Hill Museum, Salina
Shelter in the Smoky Hills ($2,958)
Archives Catalog for "Settling the Smoky Hills" Exhibit ($2,000)

Smoky Valley Historical Association, Lindsborg
One-Room School House Oral History Project ($2,375)
Smoky Valley Oral History Cataloging Project ($3,452)

Smoky Valley Historical Association & Lindsborg Arts Council, Lindsborg
Lindsborg/Smoky Valley Artists & Craftworkers ($1,927)

Solomon Valley-Highway 24-Heritage Alliance, Morland
Placing the Stretch of Highway 24 That Passes Through the Solomon Valley in Historical Context ($3,500)
Weaving the Common Threads of the Solomon Valley Fabric ($3,000)

St. Joseph Church, New Almelo
New Almelo, Kansas Community Population Index 1878-1995 ($2,996)

Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society, Stafford
Gray Studio Glass Plate Negatives Project ($3,500)

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Thomas County Historical Society, Colby
Building Community Through Images ($2,200)
Conserving & Cataloging Thomas County Photographs from 1958-1970 ($3,500)
Promoting a Sense of Place with Digital Images and Audio ($3,500)

Tonganoxie Community Historical Society, Tonganoxie
History of Agriculture/Dairying in Tonganoxie ($2,593)

Towanda Area Historical Museum, Towanda
Towanda Area Photograph Preservation Project ($3,027)

Wamego Historical Society, Wamego
Wamego Museum – Preserving Photographs on Display ($3,478)

Washington County Historical Society, Washington
People of Washington County, Kansas 1928-1937 ($2,164)

Watkins Community Museum of History, Lawrence
Cataloging, Indexing, and Data Entry for Improved Access to Archival Collections ($3,500)
Preserving 19th Century Clothing ($3,498)

Wichita County Historical Society, Leoti
Wichita County Photograph & Document Preservation Project ($2,087)

Wichita Public Library, Wichita
Picturing Wichita: Historical Photographs of Early Wichita ($2,791)
Wichita Public Library: Survey of Manuscripts ($2,977)

Wilson County Historical Society, Fredonia
Preservation and Research of Lois Fink Spohn's Clothing and Hat Collection ($1,846)

Windthorst Heritage Inc., Dodge City
Inventory and Cataloging of the Historic Artifacts of Windthorst ($826)

Women Attorneys Association of Topeka, Topeka
Petticoat Lawyers: Kansas Women Attorneys ($3,500)

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