Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support a survey and assessment of collections in small libraries, archives, and other collecting institutions in the state of Pennsylvania

Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories - Phase III

to support a survey and assessment of small repositories of archives and manuscripts in the Philadelphia area

Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories - Phase II

Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories - Phase I

toward costs of an assessment of the Society's collections and collection management practices

Collections and Management

to support a comprehensive analysis of the Society’s manuscript, graphics, and art and artifact collections and the development of a long-range plan for the systematic preservation and cataloging of these materials

Collections Analysis for Preservation and Cataloging

matching endowment to promote access to and use of its collections

Graphics Cataloguing

toward the maintenance of its cataloguing operations and to promote wider scholarly use of its collections

Independent Research Libraries Program

toward costs of cataloguing and conserving library collections

Independent Research Libraries - Program II [Cataloguing & Conservation]

matching endowment for its conservation department

Conservation Activities

to improve access to library special collections

Special Collections Cataloging

to support staff training and development initiatives

Training and Professional Development

in support of projects to increase the scholarly use of its collections and those of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia

Joint Scholarly Projects

in support of studies of the potential for collaboration with The New-York Historical Society regarding  library collections

Collaboration - New York Historical Society

toward costs of an inventory and guide to historical societies in New Jersey

Historical Societies Guide

matching endowment in support of core functions of its library

IRL Program

toward costs of improving access to The New-York Historical Society’s library collections

New York Historical Society Library Collections

to support completion of a five-year project to improve access to the New-York Historical Society’s library collections

New-York Historical Society Library Collections

to support a Gender and LGBTQ+ History Fellow at The Center for Women's History at the New-York Historical Society

Gender and LGBTQ+ History

toward endowment to support a curatorship of rare books on the Society's library staff

Curator of Rare Books

to support relocation planning for the Society's physical archive, upgrades to its digital collection infrastructure, and planning for a rebranding project

Planning for the GLBT Historical Society's Future

to support a naturalization test preparation program that incorporates the Society's historical collections

The Citizenship Project

toward costs of editing the papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

in support of the editorial and research costs of The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

"The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe"

to support a symposium and an exhibit entitled "Hidden Treasures Revealed: The Paul Mellon Collection of Americana"

The Paul Mellon Collection of Americana

toward costs of its online bibliography of British and Irish history

Online Bibliography of British and Irish History

to support the historical conservation of objects and memories of recent catastrophic events in the United States

Objects and Memory

matching grant toward editorial costs of The Documentary History of the Supreme Court,1789-1800

Documentary History of the Supreme Court

to support the establishment of the Women's History Center

Center for the Study of Women's History

to support improving access to the Society’s unprocessed manuscript collections

Special Collections

to support the development of a citywide inventory of commemorative works and the commissioning of temporary public art projects in partnership with the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism

Providence Commemoration Lab

to support a suite of exhibitions that illuminate the nuances, vibrancy, and importance of American democracy

2020 Civics Exhibitions for First-Time Voters

to support the needs of the community-based archive

Support for Community-Based Archives

to continue support for the Citizenship Project

Citizenship Project

to support operations and capacity for The Civic Season

The Civic Season

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

matching endowment to support the position of director of research collections

Restricted Endowment

IRL Program II

Collection Access

matching grant to promote access to and use of its collections

toward costs of improving the care and management of library collections

Specialized Research Centers/Libraries

to support the cataloging of hidden collections

Cataloging Special Collections

toward support of processing. microfilming. and conservation activities

Processing/Conservation Activities

to support the pilot implementation of publishing cooperatives for digital scholarly editions

Digital Edition Publishing Cooperatives

toward costs of improved collection care and management

Improved Collection Care and Management

to support planning for cooperatives that would support the digital publication of documentary and scholarly editions

Planning for Digital Edition Publishing Cooperatives

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 