Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

for use of The Associated Colleges of the Midwest, The Newberry Library, to support the Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities

Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities

to support a review of the Newberry Library’s four research centers

Research Centers Review

to support integration of the Newberry's four research centers, library services, and public programs around large research projects

Research Centers

matching endowment of costs of improving the care and management of library collections

Strengthening Care and Management of Library Collections

to support summer training institutes in vernacular paleography in collaboration with the Folger Shakespeare Library, Getty Research Institute, Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery, and Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Paleography Consortium 

to support the retrospective conversion of library card catalogs to electronic format

Retrospective Conversion

to support summer institutes for training in paleography in collaboration with the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Getty Research Institute, the Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery, and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund," the income to be used to facilitate use of the Library's collections by qualified scholars

Collection Endowment

to support the library’s collaboration with tribal communities to improve their access to and use of its Indigenous collections

Collaborating with Tribal Communities to Improve Access to Indigenous Collections

to support the creation of digital resources for training students in paleography

French Paleography

matching grant in support of its cataloguing function

Cataloguing Endowment

matching endowment in support of its conservation department

Conservation Endowment

to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities

Postdoctoral Fellowships - Humanities

toward costs of postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities

to develop an economical small-scale means of treating water-damaged or insect-infested books

Damaged Book Treatment

to support residential fellowship programs at independent research libraries

in support of Mellon Seminars in Interpretation

Mellon Seminars in Interpretation

toward support of its Research and Education Programs

Research and Education Programs

matching endowment in support of core functions

Independent Research Libraries Program

toward the acquisition of a series of historic map collections and atlases for use at its Center for the History of Cartography

Historical Map/Atlas Collection

to support summer training programs in manuscript studies, paleography, and related disciplines

Paleography Consortium - Phase III 

to support staff training and development initiatives

Training and Professional Development

to support a series of fellowships for humanities graduate students to advance their knowledge of working in archives, and of the creation and structuring of archival information

The Archive: Theory, Form, Practice

toward costs of collecting data on the finances of independent research libraries

Independent Research Libraries - Financial Data

to support a series of summer training programs in vernacular paleography

Summer Institutes in Vernacular Paleography

to support specific initiatives to strengthen the care of, and improve access to, research collections

Strengthening Care and Access to Research Collections

in support of its Center for the History of the American Indian

Center for the History of the American Indian

to support the creation of tools and resources for the study of Italian handwriting in early modern manuscripts

Digital Tools and Resources for Italian Renaissance Paleography

to support a program of research and instruction in Renaissance and early modern studies in collaboration with the Newberry Library

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies 

to support a collaborative program between the university and the Newberry Library on "Renaissance and Early Modern Communities in a Transatlantic Perspective"

EEP - Library Automation

to support the development of digital scholarship at a national library

British Library Labs

to assess library needs in Czechoslovakia

Czechslovak Library Assessment

to support reorganization at the research library

British Library Labs - Phase II

to support reorganizations in library and archival services

British Library Labs - Phase III

to support a national research project to identify and address library policies that may serve to create barriers to accessing books and other library resources

Library Card Access Research 

to support the activities of the memory lab at Richmond Public Library

Support for Public Library Memory Labs: Richmond Public Library

to support the activities of the memory lab at Jacksonville Public Library

Support for Public Library Memory Labs: Jacksonville Public Library

Library Support Network

toward costs of travel and related expenses of the Hungarian participants attending the October 1997 Library Automation Conference in Warsaw

to provide improved access to the Internet for Library staff and to introduce a modern system of reader registration and control

EEP - Library Network

to support the activities of the memory lab at Boyle County Public Library

Support for Public Library Memory Labs: Boyle County Public Library

support of an Academic Library Internship Program for administrators of predominantly black college libraries

Academic Library Internship Program

toward costs of incorporating materials from the Chicago Historical Society and the New York-Historical Society into the National Digital Library

National Digital Library Program

toward costs of developing the Hungarian-Slovak Library Network

EEP - Library Network [Hungarian-Slovak]

in support of the October 1997 Library Automation Conference in Warsaw

EEP - Library Automation Conference

for use by its Library for the Perfoming Arts toward the costs of curatorial staff and research for its public programs

Performing Arts - Library

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" 