$20,800.00
to Antiquarian and Landmarks Society
(Bethlehem) for The New Light and The New Woman: Reinterpreting
the Bellamy-ferriday
House and Garden.
The
Antiquarian and Landmarks Society received $20,800 from the Cultural
Heritage Development Fund to research and develop plans to reinterpret
their Bethlehem site, Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden. The Bellamy-Ferriday
house is home to two important Connecticut stories. An 18th-century
occupant, Reverend Bellamy, was a driving force in early Connecticut's
religious “Great Awakening” while the history of its 20th-century
owner, Carolyn Ferriday, exemplifies the important role women
played in early 20th-century philanthropy. The site's reinterpretation
will incorporate both stories into the visitor
$2,500.00
to
Connecticut League of Historical
Societies (Fairfield)
for
CLHO/NEMA Collaboration .
The
Connecticut League of History Organizations, the state's professional
organization for heritage organization staff, received $2,500
from the Cultural Heritage Development Fund to sponsor two prominent
speakers at the League's upcoming professional development conference
to be held in Mystic in November.
$5,000.00
to
Department of Jewish Education
(New Haven)
for
A Taste of Yiddish.
The
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven received this $5,000 grant
from the Cultural Heritage Development Fund to support a daylong
cultural
festival of Yiddish culture hosted by. Funds will be used by the
Federation to cover honoraria for scholars of Yiddish study, who
will provide historical and cultural content for the day's activities.
$4,900.00
to Fairfield
Historical Society (Fairfield)
for
Exhibit on the History of Exchange.
The
Fairfield Historical Society received a $4,900 grant from the
Cultural Heritage Development Fund to plan an exhibition on the
history of monetary exchange in the United States from pre-Colonial
times through the present. The exhibition will cover early systems
of bartering to the development of local then national monetary
systems through the transformation of household-based economies
to capitalism.
$5,000.00
to Glebe House Museum
& Gertrude Jekyll Garden (Woodbury)
for
Reinterpretation of the Glebe
House Through Archaeological Explorations.
The
Glebe House Museum received $5,000 from the Cultural Heritage
Development Fund to underwrite the formal research project, including
an archaeological investigation, that will inform a reinterpretation
plan for the historic site. The circa 1750 Glebe House is the
birthplace of the Episcopal Church on the American continent and
home to the only remaining garden in America planned by Gertrude
Jeckyll, one of England's most venerated garden designers.
$20,500.00
to Historical Society
of the Town of Greenwich (Greenwich) for
Slavery in Fairfield County.
Until
recently, the history of slavery in Connecticut has been eclipsed
by the state's role in Abolitionist's movement. Recently, The
Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich has taken a leadership
role in exploring the little-known history of slavery in the North
through its historic Bush-Holly house. The historical society
will use a $20,500 grant from the Cultural Heritage Development
Fund to plan a temporary exhibition, hands-on history gallery,
publications and educational programs on the history of slavery
in Fairfield County. The project will also bring to light the
previously unknown narratives of Wallace Turnage, which provide
important insights into slave life in Colonial
$4,500.00
to Lutz Children's Museum
(Manchester) for Lutz Children's Museum Collection Revew.
Manchester's
Lutz Children's Museum is home to a large but eclectic collection
of material culture and natural history items from around the
world
that was amassed by the museum's benefactor as a teaching tool
for
her students. The Museum was awarded a $4,500 Cultural Heritage
Development
Fund grant to engage the services of a curator to professionally
assess the collection and determine how to best use it for both
permanent exhibitions at the museum and traveling educational
exhibits for classroom use.
$9,474.00
to New Haven Colony Historical
Society (New Haven) for
Planning Grant for Special Exhibition
on Margaret Fitch Brewster.
The
New Haven Colony Historical Society received $9,474 in Cultural
Heritage Development support to plan an exhibition on the life
of New Haven resident, Margaret Brewster. The Society will utilize
its collections
of the New Haven philanthropist belongings to explore issues
of
gender, social standing and the opportunities for change afforded
the wealthy in early 20th-century New Haven.
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