Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

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

The Andrew W. Mellon Fund

matching grant toward costs of improving the care and management of library collections

Specialized Research Centers/Libraries

for Library's physical improvement program

Renovation Costs

to augment The Ricciardi Family Exhibition Fund, an endowment in honor of Lawrence R. Ricciardi, on the occasion of his retirement from the Foundation's Board of Trustees

Exhibitions Endowment

matching grant to strengthen the capacity to catalogue its collections

Collection Cataloguing

for use by the University Archives in developing appraisal guidelines for scientific and technological materials

Cataloguing Project

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, and to contribute to its insurance costs

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

for affiliation with the Research Libraries Information Network

Research Libraries Information Network

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

Independent Research Libraries - Financial Data

to endow the position of associate curator of drawings and prints

Curatorial Endowment - Prints and Drawings

to endow the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Curatorial Endowment - Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

to endow the position of curator of modern and contemporary drawings

Curatorial Endowment - Modern and Contemporary Drawings

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

Strengthening Care and Access to Research Collections

matching endowment in support of its conservation department

Conservation Endowment

in partial support of permanent curatorial and technical assistance in its Department of Drawings, and toward expenses of preparing two major catalogues for publication

Department of Drawings

matching endowment in support of research and publication of substantial scholarly quality

Art Museum Publication Program

matching endowment in support of core functions

Independent Research Libraries Program

to support staff training and development initiatives

Professional Development and Training Program

Faulkner Morgan Archive

to support the establishment of a Humanities and Social Sciences Institute at Morgan State University

Benjamin Quarles Humanities and Social Science Institute

to renew support for undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research programs sponsored by the Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Sciences Institute

The Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Sciences Institute

to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Emergency Student Support in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Library Support Network

towards costs of a project to place volumes of The Library of America series in public libraries around the country

The Library of America

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

Library for the Performing Arts

to support a collaborative program designed to increase the number of historically black college and university students entering graduate library and information science programs

Recruiting to the Library Profession IV

toward completion of the Oral History program of the Dance Collection of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts

Dance Collection of the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts

to support planning for a digital library of the Middle East

Planning for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)

to support the creation of a digital library platform that would provide access to records of the cultural heritage of the Middle East

Developing the Technical Platform for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)

to assist the Dance Collections of the Library & Museum of Performing Arts in establishing an oral history program

Dance Collection of the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts - Oral History Program

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

toward costs of automating library systems in Phase I of the Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium

Library Automation for the Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium - Phase I

for a program to place volumes of The Library of America series in public libraries

Library of America

to support public exhibitions of place-based research, art, and design projects and community programming

Morgannale

acquisition fund for its libraries and to assist plans for introducing new technologies into the library system

Library

to support research, editorial, and related costs for publishing projects consistent with the core mission of the Library of America series

to support the creation of a national collective of black, queer faculty committed to cultivating the intellectual and artistic pursuits of the next generation of black, queer scholar-activists

Black Queer...Everything

to support the development of an undergraduate minor concentration in African American and African Diaspora Studies

African American Studies Minor Concentration

to support technical research and software prototyping for the Digital Public Library of America

Developing a Prototype for the Digital Public Library of America

to complete the acquisition of library hardware and software by the Cape Library Cooperative

Library Automation for the Cape Library Consortium 

toward costs of automating library systems at the five member institutions of the Cape Library Cooperative

Library Automation for the Cape Library Consortium

to support the development of new methods of relevance ranking in local library systems

Strengthening Library Systems

Library Collection

toward costs of publishing a Guide to the Research Collections of The New York Public Library

Guide to the Research Collections of the NYPL

to support the implementation of an integrated library system to be shared among three art museum libraries

Integrated Library System 

to support the needs of the community-based archive

Support for Community-Based Archives

to support staffing at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm, a summer course, leadership training on food heritage and other programming  

Art of Urban Ag:  Growing an Art of Urban Ag Academy 

in support of an electronic library for ACS institutions designed to produce significant cost-savings and improved access to library materials

Electronic Library

to improve bibliographic services in its Arts Reference Library

Art Reference 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" 